Adam Markel

Adam is the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times bestselling author of Pivot, a road map for embracing change. A sought-after keynote speaker, MC and workshop facilitator, Adam has reached tens of thousands worldwide by sharing his insights and research to develop greater levels of Resilience and sustainable performance.

An attorney, CEO and executive mentor, Adam is a business culture-change catalyst who guides organizations and individuals to create the optimal environment for people to be at their best. His company, More Love Media, helps leaders strengthen their voice, develop resilience, embrace change and cultivate work cultures of greater unity and resilience through keynotes, workshops and business mentoring, In Adam’s forthcoming book Change Proof: Leveraging the Power of Uncertainty to Build Long-Term Resilience, he reveals 4 tangible, impactful strategies that are required to succeed over time in a world with chronic change.

These fundamentals help audiences and readers center themselves and utilize change to their advantage, both personally and professionally, for increased and sustainable performance in the face of change. Adam credits much of his success to the principles he learned during his 8 years as a Jones Beach lifeguard in New York. As a first responder in a life and death environment, he learned the importance of cultivating a high performance capacity and impeccable teamwork and leadership. He’s found that the principles of this type of culture equally apply to any business that wants to build a sustainable competitive advantage to win.

Since his days on Jones Beach, Adam has spent his life protecting others and bringing them back from the brink of business and professional drowning–including his own. After building a multi-million dollar law firm specializing in finance, commercial and employment litigation, Adam turned a mid-life crisis into a mid-life calling, pivoting his own career path. He became CEO of one of the largest business and personal growth training companies in the world. Here he learned that motivation and inspiration alone are not enough to effectively utilize change; it’s about providing leaders, teams and audiences with tangible, effective takeaways to sustain them over time

For over a decade, Adam has trained and led programs around the globe in the areas of business and
entrepreneurship, resilience, leadership, transformation, relationships and public speaking. Adam’s keynotes, corporate workshops, combine his “Lessons from the Lifeguard Stand” with practical business strategies, personal development insights, and a unique delivery style to create a high-energy and impactful learning environment. As a self-proclaimed “recovering attorney,” he has shared his powerful content and heart-led leadership style on four continents, in dozens of countries, and throughout hundreds of cities.