Walter Bond

About

Speaker on Mentorship, Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation
Talks about: No One Can Stop You & The Best Team Always Wins
NBA shooting guard for the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, and the Detroit Pistons & Host of Food Network’s Giving You the Business
Past clients include: Accenture, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, The Dwyer Group, Allianz, Amway, GNC, Hilton, Medtronic, UPS Store, Radio Shack, Red Robin

About Walter Bond - Former NBA Athlete, Author and Speaker on Mentorship, Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation:

Walter Bond is recognized as one of the world's preeminent experts on sales, motivation, high performing teams, and leadership - and has been helping people turn self-limiting beliefs into self-empowering strategies for more than a decade. Like many young men growing up in Chicago, Walter dreamed of becoming an NBA athlete. Facing injuries and other challenges with unusual determination, he rose from being a reserve player coming off the bench - to become the first rookie free agent to start for the Dallas Mavericks. This astonishing journey provides the foundation for the powerful principles Walter teaches today. Walter's stories give listeners a roadmap they can follow to reinvent themselves - and recover the confidence they need to level up in their professional lives. Drawing on lessons learned in the trenches both in sales and as an entrepreneur, Walter's presentations open up new ways of looking not only at business challenges - but also the world.

Walter's stories are rich with humour, emotions, and authentic breakthroughs. His inventive phrasing, mannerisms, body language, pacing, and wisdom exert a powerful effect on his audiences - making his message memorable for months and years to come.

Walter has impacted hundreds of thousands of people in his rapid rise to the top of the speaking industry. Through his keynotes, workshops, books and CDs - Walter teaches that when you learn to eliminate excuses, understand the power of mentorship and control your mindset - that confidence and success are possible for all who desire it.

Walter creates an experience that audiences have enjoyed worldwide - and never forget. His dynamic and compelling programs provide both the motivation and the strategies to excel in business and in life.

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What Walter Bond Talks About:

Shark Mindset: Attack Every Opportunity with Relentless Focus
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What sets high performers apart is their mindset. The Shark Mindset is about thriving in business with relentless focus, aggression, and constant forward motion. In this keynote, Walter Bond shares his Sacred Six principles, providing the blueprint for a predator’s mentality where hesitation is eliminated and opportunities are seized with confidence.

Walter equips leaders, sales professionals, and entrepreneurs with strategies to create a high-performance culture, overcome fear, and dominate their markets. This isn’t just motivation—it’s a call to action for teams to play offense, stay hungry, and attack their goals like a predator.

Unstoppable Accountability: Building A Culture of Ownership and Excellence
In today’s fast-paced business world, accountability is essential for growth and success. Walter Bond’s keynote, “Unstoppable Accountability,” transforms organizations by fostering a culture of personal responsibility, empowering teams to embrace challenges, own outcomes, and drive continuous improvement.

Drawing from his NBA and business experiences, Walter equips teams with the tools to boost performance, overcome adversity, and achieve results together. Your team will leave inspired, ready to take ownership and elevate their game.

Join global leaders like Jersey Mike’s and UPS Stores Canada in experiencing Walter Bond’s powerful keynotes. Your next-level event starts here.

Team Mastery: unlocking the 6 Traits of Winning Teams
Success isn’t built by individuals—it’s driven by teams that excel in collaboration. In TeamMastery, Walter Bond reveals the formula for building high-performing teams that thrive under pressure. Based on his book Cultivate: The 6 Non-Negotiable Traits of a Winning Team, this keynote teaches essential traits like trust, accountability, communication, and resilience.

Your team will learn how to build trust and accountability for shared goals, enhance communication and collaboration, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, where individual strengths contribute to collective success.

From Bench to Breakthrough: The Power of Perseverance
Every great success story begins with a defining challenge, and for Walter Bond, that moment came when he was benched as the 6th man in college basketball. Instead of letting it hold him back, Walter turned this obstacle into his greatest strength, eventually propelling himself to the NBA. His journey is a testament to the power of perseverance, resilience, and maintaining the right mindset to rise above adversity, no matter how tough the climb.

In this powerful keynote, Walter shares how to turn setbacks into breakthroughs with a resilient mindset, emphasizing self-discipline and confidence as keys to overcoming challenges. His journey from the bench to the NBA will ignite your team’s drive, showing that the path to success lies in persistence. Ready to inspire greatness? Your breakthrough moment starts here.

This keynote isn’t just about motivation—it’s a playbook for turning good teams into unstoppable ones.