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Larry Broughton

Defying the Odds: Tenacity, Entrepreneurship, Peak Performance, Overcoming Obstacles

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Program Titles

  • Leadership Lessons from a former: US Army Green Beret
  • Winning not whining: A victor’s story of Triumph
  • Elite Team Building
  • A leader in the boutique hotel industry
  • Living with PTSD
  • Ignite Ideas & Inspire Action
  • Veteran Issues
  • Flaws of leaders is surrounding your self with administrative yes-men

Larry Broughton, Former US Army Green Beret, inspires, educates, entertains audiences on lessons of leadership, entrepreneurship, failure, navigating change, tenacity, integrity and the power of elite teams.

Larry Broughton is an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO, serial entrepreneur, and former Special Forces Operator.  As a former US Army Staff Sergeant, serving on Special Forces A-Teams (commonly known as the Green Berets), Larry has parlayed the lessons learned from his time in service to his country and applied them to the business arena attaining extraordinary success.

He is the Founder & CEO, a leader in the boutique hotel industry.

Larry has received several business awards, including

Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year®,

National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur® of the Year,

Coastline Foundation’s Visionary of the Year,

Passkeys Foundation’s National Business Leader of Integrity, 

HSMAI’s Best of the Best Hotel Management Company of the Year

Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot 500 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies.

Larry has authored several articles and books on leadership, team building and entrepreneurial significance,

VICTORY: 7 Revolutionary Strategies for Entrepreneurs to Launch Your Business,

Elevate Your Impact and Transform Your Life,

FLASHPOINTS for Achievers.  

His upbeat, creative approach to business and life has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles across the country and he’s been a guest on news and TV programs, including multiple appearances on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, and Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible.  CBS News has called Larry “the nation’s foremost expert on leadership and entrepreneurship.”

Larry has presented to aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs across the country.  Overcoming fear and failure to Fortune 100 firms, universities, medical facilities, and even the Pentagon’s Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Larry has attended the Executive Program at prestigious Stanford University; studied Russian at the world-renowned Defense Language Institute; and Political Science.

F* WORDS: OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES BETWEEN DREAMING & DOING –

Larry’s authentic, high-octane keynote features inspiring stories and practical tips to overcome adversity, face challenges, and live a more productive, high-impact and significant life.

Based on his studies of business and personal success; and personal interviews with hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, athletes, and thought leaders, Larry shares the driving strategies for overcoming any obstacle.

This humorous, uplifting and inspiring and is perfect for all associations, entrepreneur and corporate functions, college/university events, and medium to large organizations.

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A FORMER GREEN BERET –

Larry shares the insider secrets and the key success strategies for effective leadership from his service on A-Teams in the US Army’s elite Special Forces (The Green Berets), and how he parlayed them to build world-class businesses and become an award-winning entrepreneur.

Larry explains that healthy and effective leadership skills are within everyone’s grasp, not exclusive to those in official command-structure roles in formal organizations. Based on his military and entrepreneurial experience building teams that outmaneuver and outperform larger, better-funded organizations, Larry discusses the ideal profile of effective teams and offers tools, techniques, and resources to create and motivate teams to greatness.

This humorous, uplifting and inspiring program is perfect for all associations, entrepreneur and corporate functions, college/university events, and medium to large organizations, WINNING NOT WHINING: A VICTOR’S STORY OF TRIUMPH –

Larry shares motivational & inspirational stories, lessons, and anecdotes of victory over the guilt and shame of personal trauma, early leadership roles, serving as an elite US Army Green Beret, struggles with addiction, life as an accomplished entrepreneur, living with PTSD, and the rewards of faith and family.

His journey from darkness to light is emotional, funny, and inspiring. Some audience members are stunned, others cry, and many cheer as Larry relates his story of tragedy to triumph.

This humorous, uplifting and inspiring program, HOW TO BUILD ELITE TEAMS – Based on his background serving on elite US Army Special Forces A-Teams and his entrepreneurial experience building teams that outmaneuver and outperform larger, better-funded organizations, Larry discusses the ideal profile of effective teams and offers tools, techniques, and resources to create and motivate teams to greatness.

Larry shares the secrets of

1) How to attract the top producing people in your field,

2) How to understand your team’s wants and needs,

3) How to eliminate water cooler complaining,

4) How to foster loyalty to your organization.

Larry creates custom keynote presentations and talks on

Tenacity, Transformational Leadership, Elite Team Building, Entrepreneurship, Peak Performance, Overcoming Obstacles, Veteran Issues, and Hospitality Industry Related Topics.

VICTORY! 7 Revolutionary Strategies for Entrepreneurs ,

FLASHPOINTS for achievers

Larry Broughton provides unique and moving stories of triumph and tragedy, business success, leadership principles, and his path towards significance and leaves audiences with practical tips, teaching points, and energized to take action.

Larry shares lessons and anecdotes of victory over the guilt and shame of personal trauma during his teen years, early leadership roles, service as an elite US Army Green Beret, struggles with addiction, life as an accomplished entrepreneur, living with PTSD, and the rewards of faith and family.

His journey from darkness to light is emotional, funny, and inspiring. Some audience members are stunned, others cry, and many cheer as Larry relates his story of tragedy to triumph.

Based on Larry’s background serving on elite US Army Special Forces A-Teams, and his entrepreneurial experience building teams that outmaneuver and outperform larger, better funded organizations, Larry discusses the ideal profile of effective teams and offers tools, techniques and resources to create and motivate teams to greatness.

Larry shares the secrets of:
1) How to attract the top producing people in your field
2) How to understand your team’s wants and needs
3) How to eliminate water cooler complaining
5) How to foster loyalty to your organization

The Pentagon,
InterWest Insurance Services,
Identity Conference,
Boston University’s Distinguished Lecture Series,
University of Pittsburgh, InnSpire Conference,

California Hotel & Lodging Association,
JMBM’s Meet the Money Conference,
Wounded Warrior Project Leadership Summit,
SBA,
VBOC-Sacramento,
VBOC-Stockton,
V-WISE,
JFK University,
Anaheim University,
Irvine Valley College,
9/11 Ceremonies,
Passkey Foundation’s Ethical Edge Speaker Series,
BBL (Convene) CEO Summit,
Elite SDVOB National Convention,
Student Veterans of America (CSUF),
National Veteran Small Business Conference,
Craig Duswalt’s RockStar Marketing Boot Camp

 

Books by Larry Broughton

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Army – Business Skills – Leadership – Military – Survivor/s 9/11 – Team Building