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About Pat Williams - NBA Executive and Motivational Speaker:

Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. Also one of America’s top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, he has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies and the Million Dollar Round Table.

After serving for seven years in the United States Army, Pat spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He then spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization before moving to the National Basketball Association. Since 1968, he has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA play-offs and five of them have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by a national publication.

In his NBA career, he has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992 and 1993 and most recently in 2004. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Twelve of his former players have become NBA Head Coaches and seventeen have become assistant coaches.

What Pat Williams Talks About:

As one of the most successful executives in NBA history, Pat Williams knows what it takes to be successful in all aspects of business. Pat has thousands of entertaining and influential stories he has gathered from his leadership experiences in sports and life that will leave your audience amused, inspired and determined to be industry leaders and successful people.

Pat speaks on many topics, including: Leadership/Management, Teamwork, Sales and Self-improvement. Pat customizes his talks for each group and will spend as much time as possible meeting and greeting the members of his audience.

Some of Pat's Topics Include:

The Seven Keys to Leadership in the 21 st Century
Pat gives managers practical and proven techniques for immediately increasing your productivity in a leadership capacity. In this thought-provoking speech, Pat details the seven keys to leadership and teaches how you can be a more effective leader. Learn how to create a personal strategy, communicate effectively with your employees and make profitable decisions. Pat's humorous anecdotes and unique leadership philosophy make this one of his most highly-regarded speeches.

The Magic of Teamwork
As his 1983 World Championship confirms, Pat is a master at building successful teams. Based on what he has learned from his experience in building sports teams for over 40 years, Pat offers proven principles for building a winning team in your business or organization. After implementing the techniques presented in this speech, you can expect an organization that produces better results while working more cohesively.

How to Be Like Mike
Being the Michael Jordan of your industry is synonymous with being the best, and Pat's position in sports has offered him never-before-heard stories and insights into Michael's world. In this fascinating speech based on the qualities of Michael Jordan, Pat offers the practical steps that can transform any person into a champion. As one of Pat's most requested talks, this speech has enhanced the focus, passion and work ethic of thousands of people.