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Christopher Fairbank    

Motivational Leadership

Mr. Christopher Fairbank, a renowned ballet dancer turned police officer turned motivational speaker, makes audiences laugh and motivates them to achieve more! Fairbank speaks all over the country, inspiring students, businesses, conference attendees, and organizations with the goal of creating positive change in our communities. Fairbank graduated from Purdue University Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration and Executive Management and graduated with his MBA from Baylor University with a concentration on Executive Communication and Management and is now a Doctoral Candidate at the University of the Incarnate Word with a graduation date of this December 2024. Fairbank's owns and operates a successful speaking and coaching business and is a former Dean of Students at local classical charter school.

Fairbank's is a thought leader, is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and has published five articles in Forbes magazine. He will have his first children’s book published this June and his first book on Ethical Leadership is on target to be published in late July. He has experience as a professional motivational speaker, youth mentor, public information officer, hostage negotiator, and retired professional ballet dancer and teacher, having danced and taught professionally for over eighteen years. He also had the privilege and honor of dancing for three consecutive presidents of the United States of America, as well as the late Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

In addition, Mr. Fairbank serves as a student and youth mentor, executive business coach, and trainer and mentors others to help them realize their potential and understand that they can succeed in life regardless of their circumstances through motivational speeches, and personalized training sessions. Mr. Fairbank is also an Honorary Commander of the United States Air Force and was recently appointed by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lieutenant General, John Healy USAF Commander, Air Force Reserve Command as one of only 20 Civic Leaders located across the country as a Civic Leader for the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).

Speech Topics


Empowering Perspectives for Personal and Professional Success

Introduction:

In this dynamic and inspiring presentation, we will explore three interconnected topics that aim to uplift, encourage, and motivate individuals towards positive change in both their personal and professional lives.

Maintaining a Positive Attitude in Difficult Situations:

  • Discover the transformative power of a positive attitude even in the face of adversity. Drawing from personal experience as a professional ethnic male ballet dancer who overcame a serious car accident, I will share insights on becoming a leader with integrity. Learning how maintaining positivity in challenging situations not only develops individual and team skills but is also crucial for success in today's world.

Perspective Changes Everything:

  • Unlock the profound impact of perspective in this enlightening segment. Explore how seeing situations from different viewpoints can lead to positive changes. Embrace the role of a positive disrupter, recognizing that every perspective is valuable. Gain a deeper understanding of how being a catalyst for change through diverse perspectives can bring about positive transformations in various aspects of life.

Your Future, Your Success:

  • Empower yourself to take control of your career and shape your future. Identify and leverage competencies beyond your current roles. Learn to set clear goals by proactively pursuing industries, organizations, and roles aligned with your aspirations. This presentation will guide you in building a precise perspective on your past achievements and future ambitions, enabling you to create compelling opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Takeaways:

  • By embracing these empowering perspectives, attendees will not only enhance their listening skills and relationships but also equip themselves to navigate challenges with a positive mindset. The principles shared in this presentation promise higher levels of success, encouraging individuals to be the positive change they want to see in their communities and workplaces. Your future success begins with the transformative power of maintaining a positive attitude, embracing diverse perspectives, and taking charge of your career path.

Ballet to Bullets

The goal of this presentation is to encourage a positive change in our communities and workforce. This unique presentation highlights the skills needed for individuals to become leaders with integrity and to be the change that “I” (as in you) want to see in the world. During this presentation, I will share how I became a leader as an ethnic male ballet dancer in the dance world and then as a ballet dancer moving into the field of law enforcement all the while being a motivational speaker.

We will also discuss and discover how to develop team and individual skills. These skills include the importance of listening and building relationships with fellow team members and with others who you interact with on a frequent basis. You will learn how to motivate yourself and others along the way. Together, we will discover ways to unite with others while making the most of individual talents.

The promise is that if you apply the principles heard in this presentation, each of you will be able to achieve higher levels of success. Your listening skills and relationships will become stronger, and you will be better equipped to motivate others while motivating yourself.

Maintaining a Positive Attitude in Difficult Situations

The goal of this presentation is to encourage a positive change in our communities and workforce. This unique presentation highlights the skills needed for individuals to become leaders with integrity and to be the change that “I” (as in you) want to see in the world. During this presentation, I will talk about how to maintain a positive attitude in the most difficult of situations. I will share how I became a leader as a professional ethnic male ballet dancer in the dance world after a serious car accident. After my accident, my doctors said that I would never walk again, let alone dance again. With a positive attitude and hard work, I then was able to become a professional ballet dancer despite all the negativity surrounding me and my situation. We will discuss how maintaining a positive attitude in difficult situations helps develop individual and team skills. In today’s world, we must always keep positivity at the forefront if we want to succeed.

The principles taught in this presentation are applied, each attendee will be able to achieve higher levels of success. Listening skills and relationships will become stronger, and the attendees will be better equipped to maintain a positive attitude in difficult situations and to help others do the same.

How to Use the Unique Formula to Discover Your Personal Power

This topic will help the learner (student) better understand how they can discover their own personal power. These 6 steps are essential for each of us to better understand our own uniqueness. I personally help each listener learn how to use my unique formula to discover their personal power and grow their self-esteem by following and applying my 6 steps.

  • Uncover your true self.
  • Never give up – positive change within.
  • Importance of self-discipline – individuality.
  • Question everything – knowledge brings power.
  • Undivided attention to your goals – you must set the goal to achieve the goal.
  • Everyone is unique – what has been learned from this.

Your Future Your Success

This presentation will allow attendees to see the importance of why and how perspective changes everything. The goal of this presentation is to help individuals learn how to take control of their career. This presentation will help identify specific competencies that can be leveraged beyond the various roles that individuals have held. It will also teach them how they can see what they have done in their role that has been for the betterment of all. They will learn how to set clear goals by proactively pursuing the industries, organizations, and roles in which they want to work in in the future. This presentation will help individuals build a clear and more precise perspective about where they have been and where they would like to be in the future. Having a new and clear perspective helps individuals make positive changes that will be compelling and allow them to create new opportunities.

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