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Dr. Ivan Joseph

Award-Winning Performance Coach | Leadership and Cultural Transformation Expert

Dr. Ivan Joseph Headshot Jan 2024
Speaker Reel: What Are You Learning
On Diversity and Inclusion
TEDxRyersonU - The Skill of Self-Confidence
Ivan Joseph
Develop Self Confidence
What Are You Learning
Go Slow to Go Fast
Power of the Pause
Crystallized Learning and Looking at Problems in Different Ways
Dr.
Ivan Joseph
Dr. Ivan Joseph Headshot Jan 2024
Speaker Reel: What Are You Learning
On Diversity and Inclusion
TEDxRyersonU - The Skill of Self-Confidence
Ivan Joseph
Develop Self Confidence
What Are You Learning
Go Slow to Go Fast
Power of the Pause
Crystallized Learning and Looking at Problems in Different Ways

An award-winning coach, prominent educator, and accomplished leader, Dr. Ivan Joseph has spent his career leading cultural transformation and building cohesive teams. His research has focused on understanding how self-confidence drives performance and now, as an internationally renowned speaker, he shares this knowledge to help leaders cultivate inclusive, high-performing workplace cultures. Dynamic and engaging, Joseph always leaves audiences with a memorable experience that adds value long after the presentation ends.

Throughout his 25-year career in academia, Joseph has served as vice-president and director at four North American universities. While serving as a professor and coach at Graceland University, Joseph developed the soccer program from the ground up, leading both the men’s and women’s teams to #1 national rankings. He also guided the men’s team to win their first national championship in Graceland’s history — in just five years. In recognition, he was named the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ National Coach of the Year.

Joseph then spent a decade as Director of Athletics at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), where he helped lead his department — and the university — to national prominence. Among his many accomplishments at TMU, Joseph spearheaded the landmark $100M renovation of the historic Maple Leaf Gardens; created a culture of belonging, spirit, and pride across the university’s diverse urban campus; and inspired student-athletes to break records in their athletic, academic, and community service accomplishments. Under his leadership, TMU teams won the first provincial and national championships in the university’s history.

In addition to student athletes, Joseph has coached World Champions and Olympians. His TEDx Talk “The Skill of Self-Confidence” has more than 28 million views and Forbes named it one of the “10 Best TED Talks About the Meaning of Life”. Joseph is also the bestselling author of You Got This: Mastering the Skill of Self-Confidence.

Joseph has a BA in Physical Education and Health, a Masters in Higher Education Administration, and a PhD in Sports Psychology.

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

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  • Ivan knocked it out of the park by simply sharing in such an authentic manner. It was so engaging, attendees forgot that it was not in a conference hall. This session was so well-received, I have had endless comments about Ivan’s end of day keynote.

    His talk is genuine, honest, funny, engaging and totally not-canned! He has the ability to share a story and take you on a journey with him. So many attendees said they totally related and connected to his stories and lessons!

    Ivan’s talk empowered us all to go for more, get uncomfortable and chase our passions. There were lessons in his talk, yet by the end the attendees were totally inspired to move forward in their respective lives.

    If you are looking for an outstanding session for a conference or summit, I highly recommend booking Dr.Ivan Joseph! Trust me, your attendees will be thanking you! Thank you again Ivan!

  • Hearing Ivan speak at our summit was the opportunity of a lifetime.

    When our conference was forced online, Ivan and his team was able to fully adapt the content of his talk to continue to be as captivating and motivating as it always was, while now being delivered in an entirely new way.

    On top of that, Ivan facilitated our best Q+A session following his talk. Even though there was a digital barrier between him and the delegates, he was able to break down that wall to connect and engage with every person who had a question. On top of answering each and every question with such profound and deep insight, the way that he engaged all of us made it feel like we were in the same room the whole time.

    We had high expectations working with Ivan given what we knew about his speaking excellence, but we were still blown away in the end. We would have him again in a heartbeat – thank you so much, Ivan!

  • Like a fine tuned athlete firing on all cylinders, Ivan Joseph is a 21st century thinker, strategist and simply the most motivational individual I have ever worked with.

  • As a speaker and workshop leader, Ivan is engaging, inspiring and entertaining! He has a gift for connecting with people. Our team valued Ivan’s commitment to tailoring the session to our interests and felt that he really understood the challenges we face.

    Ivan exceeded my expectations. I am so glad we had an opportunity to work with him.

  • Dr. Joseph was very well received by a tough group.  I was thankful the delegates had an opportunity to hear his message, they were thrilled and made a point to say so!  They commented that Dr. Joseph was credible, charismatic, and relevant.

  • We had a lot of positive feedback regarding Dr Ivan’s talk here at Samsung. The crowd enjoyed it and really appreciated his insight.

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