Peter Guber

Peter Guber's Speech Descriptions

Peter Guber brings his experience of exemplary success in business to keynote speeches that truly do come from an expert. Guber encourages business leaders to embrace uncertainty and overcome FEAR, “False Evidence Appearing Real.”

As an innovator in one of the world’s most creative industries, Guber shows that truly successful companies are those that encourage creative talent and innovative thinking throughout their organization. He will not only inspire you to drive innovation within your company but will give you the tools with which to do it.

Guber has worked at the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, and his work as a film producer has shown him the power of stories. Too many businesses feel that stories are fantasy and that only data is real; Guber knows that a well told story is the only way to make an emotional connection with an audience to make information memorable, resonant and actionable. A master storyteller himself, Guber will show you how to use the power of story to enhance every facet of your organization.

LEADING AND SUCCEEDING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Flying in the Red Zone - Gaining And Sustaining Competitive Advantage In Volatile Times

The rapid changes reshaping business today requires leaders who stay ahead of the curve, embrace uncertainty, overcome FEAR (which Peter Guber defines as “False Evidence Appearing Real”), and take informed risks by “flying in the red zone” where failure lurks, but a greater opportunity horizon lies.

Guber credits much of his tremendous business success in volatile times to heeding these navigational stakes in not one, but five different industries – from blockbuster, critically acclaimed and award-winning movies like Rain Man, Batman, Gorillas in the Mist and The Kids Are All Right, to owning among the most successful professional minor league baseball teams and stadiums (and now, as owner and co-executive chairman of the NBA franchise, The Golden State Warriors, is in the process of transforming this team under extremely uncertain conditions), to finding, investing in and growing cutting edge new media companies (such as Geek Chic Daily, Mandalay Digital Group and Demand Media), to locating, developing and selling highly profitable real estate ventures, to holding a professorship at UCLA for more than four decades where his highly popular courses consistently sell out.

Be engaged by a creative entrepreneur with the demonstrated success to speak from first person experience on surviving and thriving in uncertain times.

DIVINING AND DESIGNING THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION
Inciting Creativity as an Organizational Imperative for Exponential Growth and Business Success

How do the most successful companies and leaders generate ideas, unleash the creative talent of their people, move innovative thinking throughout their organization overcoming resistance, and have an accelerated time to market that leaves competitors in the dust?

Peter Guber draws from his four decades of successes in the creative industry of Entertainment, innovating on all sides of the food chain, from working with creatives, to corporate, to partners, vendors, and audiences; in addition to leading or investing in cutting edge early stage companies like Demand Media (where he’s on the Board of Directors) and Geek Chic Daily; as well as reinventing sports teams and stadiums in NBA basketball, baseball and hockey to share first person stories based on his demonstrated successes to provide the tools to change your Monday.

Be motivated by a masterful story teller who will ignite and incite the culture of innovation and the tools to execute on it in your organization.

Tell To Win - Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action. Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it. Historically, stories have always been igniters of action, moving people to do things. But only recently has it become clear that purposeful stories – those created with a specific mission in mind – are absolutely essential in persuading others to support a vision, dream or cause.

Peter Guber, whose executive and entrepreneurial accomplishments have made him a success in multiple industries, has long relied on purposeful story telling to motivate, win over, shape, engage and sell. Indeed, what began as knack for telling stories as an entertainment industry executive has, through years of perspiration and inspiration, evolved into a set of principles that anyone can use to achieve their goals.

In his presentation, Tell To Win, Guber shows how to move beyond soulless Power Point slides, fact, and figures to create purposeful stories that can serve as powerful calls to action. After listening his speech, you’ll know how to craft, deliver -- and own – a story that is truly compelling, one capable of turning others into viral advocates for your goal.

TELLING PURPOSEFUL STORIES FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

The ability to tell a purposeful story well is a highly powerful and vastly underutilized professional business tool. It is indeed the secret sauce that can propel your success – whether you are an executive, entrepreneur, sales manager, marketing & communications expert, artist, consultant, inventor, or HR professional.

Unfortunately, by the time most people have entered business, stories, as professional tools, have been dismissed as too soft or suspect and have been replaced by soulless bullets and forgettable data. Yet, only stories and their telling can create the emotional experiences that make the important information embedded within the story memorable, resonant and actionable.

In this entertaining, enlightening and informative presentation, “StoryMan” Peter Guber shares his methodology of how to employ the power of the oral story to: