Ryan Estis helps progressive companies embrace change, attack opportunity and achieve breakthrough performance. Delivering more than 75 live events annually, Ryan provides high-impact keynote presentations and professional development in partnership with the world’s best brands.
by Ryan Estis - When I decided to start my business more than 10 years ago, I wasn’t entirely sure where it would take…
by Ryan Estis - How much time do you spend every week presenting new ideas? Working on getting buy-in from your boss for a…
by Ryan Estis - I have accepted and surrendered to the understanding that the world isn’t going back to the way it was before.…
by Ryan Estis - “When you were presenting at the Summit in January, I was concerned. I thought I detected the early onset of…
by Ryan Estis - If you’ve been having trouble concentrating recently, you’re not alone. A recent survey conducted by FlexJobs and Mental Health America…
by Ryan Estis - My new leather journal arrived this week. That means that I am on the last few empty pages of the…
by Ryan Estis - Welcome the resistance. In a selling situation, it’s often a sign of engagement and potential interest. If a prospective buyer…
by Ryan Estis - Around the country, including my home state of Minnesota, we are transitioning out of isolation at home. And as the…
by Ryan Estis - Being a great sales leader has never been about driving quotas. It’s about leveraging valued guidance and insight to become…
by Ryan Estis - More than 33.5 million (1 in 5 American workers) have filed for unemployment over the past seven weeks as states…
by Ryan Estis - “Why did you reach out?” It was an important question to ask a CEO. I had a sense, of course.…
by Ryan Estis - I was sitting down for my first sales conference at my first job out of college and I took my…
by Ryan Estis - “It seems like there are opportunities you might be missing. Why don’t we schedule some time in the office? We…
by Ryan Estis - I recently visited the website of a prominent sports apparel business to order some expensive Adidas for my 16-year-old. I’m…
by Ryan Estis - I turned the corner coming out of my neighborhood coffee shop and bumped into Eric. It was the second time…
by Ryan Estis - “I was stuck in meetings.” It’s the default answer for how senior leaders spend the majority of their time, and…
by Ryan Estis - I closed out a long weekend on the East Coast over dinner with two dear friends, over a decade removed…
by Ryan Estis - 217. That was the number of new emails a sales executive I was working with had received during a day…
by Ryan Estis - “In 2008, all of the financial measures for our business were negative. We knew we had to significantly cut expenses…
by Ryan Estis - How do I contribute value online? It’s a question I consider all the time. For so many years, I connected…
by Ryan Estis - If you wanted to be a successful pro photographer 20 years ago, you needed to invest heavily in great gear,…
by Ryan Estis - You’re escorted to the boardroom room with a big prospective customer. You stand to make the pitch. It’s go time…
by Ryan Estis - Five minutes after I checked in there was a knock on the door. I didn’t order room service. I opened…
by Ryan Estis - How many times will you stop reading this blog post to check e-mail, text messages or social media? The heaviest…
by Ryan Estis - A close friend recently asked me to lend a little counsel to a solopreneur who just started his journey. He’s…
by Ryan Estis - “You are so stupid!” He slammed the T-square across my drawing table in a fit of rage. If his intention…
by Ryan Estis - “He was a D1 football player. A walk-on who earned a full ride.” I was bragging and so very proud…
by Ryan Estis - It started with Larry Mullen Jr. banging out the opening stomp of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” as the rest of the…
by Ryan Estis - Where do you do your best thinking? My research shows that it usually isn’t at work. In fact, when discussing…
by Ryan Estis - I was sitting in the front row, anticipating the start of the sales kick-off meeting. In 45 minutes, the stage…
by Ryan Estis - Change is a process. Not an event. I try and focus on the process and make a little bit of…
by Ryan Estis - “Everything is a choice. Look closely inside of you. If you see a behavior that you do not like, be…
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