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Patrick Nelson  

Inspirational Leadership & Safety Speaker; CEO of Loyalty Point Leadership

Patrick Nelson has gained both local and national accolades for his military service, academic career, and work as a professional speaker and trainer including being named the inaugural NFL-Tillman Military Scholar. He is an experienced leader that spent nearly seven years in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper and completed three combat deployments leading soldiers. His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart Medal.

Nelson is an engaging facilitator that has led leadership development programs for a variety of clients, from Fortune 500 clients to small businesses and across a variety of industries. Off the proverbial leadership field, he serves his community by actively volunteering with Tee It Up for the Troops, a non-profit organization that raises money for wounded veterans.

Nelson studied at Minnesota State University and received a Bachelor’s Degree graduating Magna Cum Laude. He also has a Master’s Degree in Sport Management from Minnesota State and a Masters in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.

Speech Topics


Leadership Development: "3 Levels of Exceptional Leadership"

Practical development for leading yourself and others. Brought to life by Patrick’s inspiring story and out-of-your-seat action, this highly actionable keynote helps your audience develop leadership skills and behaviors that will empower them to better lead themselves, the individual, and the team.

This keynote is perfect for leaders:

  • With high potential who are ready for the next challenge in their career
  • Needing to jumpstart their career development
  • Struggling to help develop other leaders

The audience will leave with:

  • A powerful growth-oriented mindset that spurs them to act on their own leadership potential and inspire themselves and their teams
  • Tools for building credibility and forward-looking accountability into their leadership style
  • The motivation and determination to drive results through their work

Safety Leadership: "Humanizing Safety"

A roadmap for organizational safety through individual empowerment. Leveraging a battle-tested Safety Leadership strategy that has resulted in a 57% reduction in the TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) for Fortune 500 organizations, Patrick will give your safety and operational leaders a playbook to make safety personal and a driver of workplace excellence.

This keynote is perfect for safety and operational leaders looking to:

  • Create individual buy-in and commitment to new safety programs
  • Positively influence and re-engage stakeholders in existing
  • Safety programs
  • Demonstrate ‘Safety ROI’ how safe workplace cultures create profitable outcomes

The audience will leave with:

  • A playbook on how to leverage storytelling to create deeper safety engagement
  • Non-traditional approach to maximizing positive safety outcomes through Servant Leadership and Forward-Looking Accountability
  • An inspired growth-oriented mindset to help propel them to start making proactive shifts in their safety culture that will motivate and engage others

Ignite Your Workforce

Disrupt workplace stagnation and empower your people to lead themselves and others.

What is the true cost of an unengaged workforce? According to global estimates, just 13% of people are engaged at work, which contributes to a huge productivity loss and hundreds of billions of macro-economic losses. This keynote delivers practical and sustainable development that will engage and equip participants with proven strategies to lead by tapping into their leadership and discretionary effort.

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