
Leadership & Collaboration
Tim Sanders
Top-Rated Keynote Speaker & Bestselling Author
The Biography
Tim Sanders is one of the top-rated keynote speakers on the lecture circuit due to his expertise, passionate delivery and extensive pre-event preparation process. His highly-customized talks deliver take away value as well as reinforcing event themes. Bring him to your next meeting to share his perspectives on leadership, organizational culture, sales performance, collaboration, and success. Tim Sanders spent most of his career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was on the ground floor of the quality movement, the launch of the mobile phone industry and, most notably, the birth of the worldwide web. Today, he's gravitated to disruptive change for over 30 years. He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's broadcast.com, which had the largest opening day IPO in history. After Yahoo acquired the company, Tim was tapped to lead their ValueLab, which enabled sales teams to close hundreds of millions of dollars of new business through rapid collaboration. By 2001, he rose to the position of Chief Solutions Officer and later, the company's Leadership Coach. In 2005, he founded Deeper Media, which provides consulting and training services for leading companies, trade associations and government agencies. His background is economics, psychology, and debate, giving him a rare blend of stories and science to move audiences to action. Time Magazine called him a "Public Consultant" because of his extensive pre-keynote research and highly customized advice points for groups. For over a dozen conferences and meetings, he's the top-rated speaker in its history. Tim is the author of four books, including the New York Times best seller, Love Is The Killer App: How to Win Business & Influence Friends. His second book, The Likeability Factor was featured in major media from USA Today to the New York Times. His latest book, Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence is an Inc. Magazine business bestseller.
Signature Topics
A former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer and current Chief Innovation Officer at G2, Tim helps leaders move into what he calls the "Age of AI" with a practical roadmap for integrating AI into daily work without losing the human judgment that makes teams effective.
Author of the bestselling Love Is the Killer App and The Likeability Factor, Tim coined the term "Emotional Talent" — his keynote argues EQ is as decisive to a leader's success as IQ, with concrete, research-backed ways to build influence through generosity rather than authority.
In Their Own Voice
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Trusted By
Selected organizations Tim has moved — through EQ Inspire and beyond.

