Paul Epstein is a former high-level executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams and a 2x best-selling author of The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster. Today he inspires audiences to WIN MONDAY as a starting point for growth and transformation and was recently named one of SUCCESS magazine’s top thought leaders who get results—alongside Tony Robbins, Brené Brown, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Mel Robbins—with his work featured on ESPN, NBC, Fox Business, and in USA Today.

WHO IS PAUL?

In nearly 15 years as a leader in the world of pro sports, Paul helped take NBA teams from the bottom of the league in revenue to the top two, broke every premium sales revenue metric in Super Bowl history while in the NFL’s league office, opened a billion-dollar stadium, and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy, where he was known as the “Why Coach.”
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He’s also the founder of the Win Monday community (an elite personal and professional development network) and host of the Win Monday podcast, where he interviews high-profile guests who reveal their secrets of confidence and work-life mastery.
As an award-winning keynote speaker, Paul’s impact continues off stage providing leadership development and culture transformation programs for companies and teams including Amazon, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Dallas Cowboys.

WHAT PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT

Paul customizes each experience based on industry and audience (e.g. managers vs. front-line employees). All of his keynotes are available in-person and in a variety of virtual formats.

The Power of Playing Offense in Defensive Environments

Leading with Confidence during Uncertainty

Keynote Outcomes:

  • Inspire your team to leverage purpose as a driver of commitment and performance 

  • Cultivate a culture of resilience to endure any climate of heavy change and uncertainty 

  • Understand the best and ‘next practices’ of trust building, collaboration, and growth

  • Know what the greatest leaders do, and how to scale these behaviors across organizations

  • Identify the keys to attracting, engaging, and retaining talent with confidence

  • Takeaway Resource for Attendees: Paul’s 52 Week Action Plan to WIN MONDAY

Global upheaval, unrelenting change, and economic uncertainty have us all playing defense. 

The result: confidence gaps that drive defensive mindsets and actions at organizations all over the world. But what if you had a playbook for playing offense — proactively pursuing and achieving meaningful goals and breakthrough performance — while everyone else is sheltering in place?

This is exactly what Paul delivers in this flagship keynote inspired by 15 years of leading teams in the NFL/NBA and his bestselling book, The Power of Playing Offense: a Leaders Playbook for Personal and Team Transformation.

Every audience member will walk away with a 5-pillar Playing Offense framework and WIN MONDAY playbook, curated for universal insights and actionable takeaways to implement in any industry or organization.

Making Better Decisions Faster

How to Overcome Paralysis and Inspire Action

The secret? The Head-Heart-Hands equation: a simple and repeatable process that taps into the power of our three most basic human tools for making better decisions faster. 

Keynote Outcomes:

  • Flip fear and uncertainty into clarity and confidence

  • Empower leaders and talent to become highly decisive, aware, and intentional in their actions

  • Acquire an operating framework designed for speed, efficiency, and winning time back

  • Build high-trust teams through heightened authenticity and collaboration

  • Leave with a playbook where everybody knows what to say “yes” to and what to say “no” to

  • Takeaway Resource for Attendees: Paul’s 52 Week Action Plan to WIN MONDAY

Even the most elite performers can rush to bad judgements, become paralyzed by indecision, or get worn down by decision fatigue.

In this keynote, Paul reveals the streamlined three-step process he’s used to turn around major sports franchises — from the locker room to the boardroom. Avoid decision traps, move forward clear and confident, and make the best out of your MVDs: Most Valuable Decisions.

Discover the key to making fast and effective decisions for the questions that keep you up at night:

  • Should I choose Strategy A or B?

  • Which candidate should I hire?

  • What should I spend my time on?

  • Do I take this deal, or call it off?

  • What are my goals for next year? 

Scaling Championship Culture

Leadership & Growth Insights from the NFL & NBA

As a result their buy-in, performance, and contributions skyrocket as individuals, and it spreads deep and wide through your organization.

Welcome to a championship culture that scales. 

Keynote Outcomes:

  • Learn the nuances of culture building for a team of 50 vs a team of 50,000.

  • Understand the keys to a YES IF culture over a NO BECAUSE culture, inspiring growth and collaboration across teams

  • Scale a values-obsessed team that can endure any market disruption or adverse environment

  • Discover future-proof insights around recruiting, engaging, and retaining your star talent

  • From organizational to individual purpose, learn to align and connect both

  • Takeaway Resource for Attendees: Paul’s 52 Week Action Plan to WIN MONDAY

Culture can only scale when EVERY person in it takes full ownership, accountability, pride, and a commitment to daily excellence.

That’s the spirit of a champion, and culture (when done right) is our ultimate competitive advantage.

This keynote is inspired by Paul’s 15 years as a culture-building practitioner in the NFL & NBA (including multiple national awards for his work as Founder of the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy), then stress tested across his training and consulting practice to deeply examine: what do the greatest cultures in the world have in common? 

The biggest needle moving insights are revealed in this talk.

Warning: this is not a classic ‘top down’ approach to culture. This is a framework where every individual owns their local culture, feeling seen, valued, and recognized. 

Closing the Confidence Gap in Sales

A Masterclass to Build Momentum and WIN

Keynote Outcomes:

  • Learn the best practices of elite performers and how they separate from the pack

  • Identify the confidence gaps that get in the way of optimal and sustainable performance

  • Discover the needle-moving habits and rituals required for daily growth and success

  • Understand the secrets and tactics of overcoming adversity and navigating uncertainty

  • Acquire a process to unlock your mindset, lead with authenticity, and drive purposeful action

  • Takeaway Resource for Attendees: Paul’s 52 Week Action Plan to WIN MONDAY

Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. Without it, there is no business to operate. No people to employ. No purpose to fulfill. No impact to ignite in the market.

CONFIDENCE is what makes it all possible.

Paul realized how confidence can be the ultimate separator and competitive advantage needed to win as a sales leader in the NFL and NBA, breaking the all-time Super Bowl revenue record, surpassing billion-dollar goals while opening new NFL stadiums, and transforming cellar-dwelling NBA teams from 28th in league revenue to 2nd within a single season.

This keynote unpacks exactly how he and his teams did it. The lessons and insights are industry agnostic and universally applicable.

It’s the perfect blend of sales mindset and winning psychology, coupled with tactical toolkits to maximize confidence and achieve breakthrough performance…immediately. 

Paul’s energy is infectious, his stories touch the heart, and he instills a mindset to be your best. We all walked away with actionable tools to navigate uncertainty, battle through indecision, and perform with confidence, leaving us with a rallying cry to WIN MONDAY

Head of Sales, Google Cloud

Paul’s keynote exceeded all my expectations and my team was profoundly moved by his authenticity and heart-based storytelling. He helped Amazon understand the core values at the center of leadership such as compassion, character, and trust. Point blank, Paul’s the best speaker we’ve ever had!

Finance Director, Amazon

Ever since Paul Epstein's keynote to our commercial sales team, the PLAYING OFFENSE mindset and 5-pillar game plan has had infinite impact in the field and beyond. Our team was inspired with purpose, became more resilient, built more trusting relationships, and our culture is that much stronger thanks to Paul. Couldn't recommend him more

Commercial Marketing Leader, Johnson & Johnson

Paul’s keynote touched our head, heart, and hands. The mindsetshifts were transformational, our hearts are now our competitive difference, and our hands are inspired to action. His ability to teachothers to win one day, one decision, and one action at a time drivesIMMEDIATE ROI in a way that's unparalleled in our industry!

Head of Revenue, SoFi Stadium

Paul’s work with our management team has been invaluable, inspiring individuals to find their purpose and become more fulfilled leaders. The impact on our culture has been tremendous and the lessons from his workshops have become a core part of our organizational DNA.

General Manager, Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows

Incredibly impactful message! Our goal was to motivate our elite sales people during a critical quarter at ADP - Paul's keynote accomplished that tenfold.

Director Continuous Sales Learning & Development

PAUL IN ACTION

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