What if you could unleash the buried potential that lies deep within yourself and every individual in your organization?

That is the challenge Catalyst of Brilliance Simon T. Bailey addresses every day. Simon has a visionary ability to identify brilliant potential in people and organizations and ignite that brilliance into action for amazing results. An internationally known speaker, author and consultant, he inspires individuals to take charge of change and transform their lives from the inside out.

Think of the results your organization could achieve if you fully engaged the hearts, minds, and talents of every individual!

A thought leader and fresh voice in the business world, Bailey connects the dots between individual and organizational brilliance. He challenges and teaches businesses and organizations to clear obstacles to brilliance in their cultures, processes, and people, thereby achieving higher levels of engagement, retention and productivity – and a brilliant bottom line. Simon doesn’t just talk about why leaders, managers and front-line employees need to release their brilliance, he guides them to shift their thinking and attitudes, and offers proven tools, tips, and techniques to ensure change is evident long after the presentation is over.

Simon’s sessions are not some canned, off-the-shelf programs.

Simon’s transformational presentations are based on his lifetime of professional and personal experience. Simon has been called a true change catalyst who models personal transformation by sharing with others how he cracked the code and turned his own life around after struggling for years with disillusion, defeat, and despair. He has inspired thousands of people worldwide to find their passion, take action, and make their lives – and their organizations – more productive.

Don’t expect to sit back in your chairs.

Simon challenges every participant in every presentation to dig deep, develop an action plan, and take personal responsibility for his or her impact. Participants consistently come away from Simon’s sessions energized, inspired, and ready to engage in the task of releasing their personal and professional brilliance.

Simon T. Bailey - Catalyst for Brilliance

Simon T. Bailey has a visionary ability to identify brilliant potential in people and organizations and ignite that brilliance into action for amazing results.

As a speaker, Simon captivates and inspires audiences with contagious energy, compassion, and humor. He teaches by his own example and provides pragmatic ideas and techniques that bring people's aspirations into reach. Engaged audiences consistently give him the highest ratings and say they left wanting more. Better yet, he leaves audiences ready to take action that can lead to profound changes in their personal and professional lives.

Simon T. Bailey's books are a guiding light for those who seek to realize their inherent potential. His newest book, Release Your Brilliance, is receiving rave reviews and having a profound impact on people’s lives. He has authored three other books: Simon Believes…Brilliant Service is the Bottom Line, Simon Believes…Success is an Inside Job and Simon Says Dream: Live a Passionate Life.

Bailey’s expertise in leadership, sales, and customer service was honed over two decades with Hyatt Hotels, the Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Walt Disney Company. Bailey holds a master's degree from Faith Christian University, which also recently awarded him an honorary doctorate for his global impact.

Simon T. Bailey was named Central Florida's "Man of the Year" in 2000, and was recently named Speaker of the Year by the San Diego, CA chapter of Meeting Professionals International. He serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Greater Orlando Leadership Foundation and the Foundation Board for Health Central Hospital, a $130 million Central Florida hospital with 1,500 employees. He lives with his wife and children in Central Florida.

A presentation by Simon T. Bailey is a transformational experience.
Each of Simon’s programs is tailored to your organization’s specific needs and objectives. Simon consults with key players in your organization and does his “homework” prior to the event to ensure his message to your group is on target.

Formats range from a 30-minute, high-energy keynote to a half-day interactive workshop that includes exercises and personal action planning. All formats include real-world examples, case studies and no-holds-barred dialogue intended to challenge and change the way people think and act.

Sessions with Simon are always highly interactive and engaging, both intellectually and emotionally. The mix of activities depends on the session size, format and length of the program, but can include discussion, personal reflection, paired practice and group activities.

To maximize your investment in your event, consider having Simon do an opening or closing keynote and adding another topic as a breakout session. To maximize your investment in your people, Simon offers support resources. Individuals can build on the program’s concepts with companion resources such as Simon’s books, website, and other products. We can also work with you to create a customized follow-up strategy.

Check out Simon’s following program offerings below and contact us for more details!

Release Your Brilliance: 4 Steps to Transforming Your Workplace and Creating Lasting Value

Unlock the vaults of individual brilliance in your people – potential, insight, genius, innovation, and ideas that can make your organization more efficient and profitable. This program inspires and teaches business and professional people to unleash their brilliance at work. Engage the Release Brilliance methodology to:

Unleash positive energy, engagement, and team synergy that create true value for your organization and customers.
Ignite individual inspiration and a sense of individual responsibility.

Gain a sustainable source of value and growth by equipping people with the tools they need to take charge of their own development.

Full program description
Release Your Brilliance: 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius
Every individual possesses brilliance – potential, insight, genius, innovation, and ideas – just waiting to be released. Release Your Brilliance, based on Simon T. Bailey's new book and his life's work, is for anyone who wants to live life by design rather than by accident. This is an inspiring, action-oriented program that leads to real change and results. It is designed for professional associations, faith-based groups, networking organizations and others – any organization whose members would benefit from a transformational system that enables people to release their potential by reshaping their lives from the inside out. Full program description

Brilliant Service Is the Bottom Line
No one can make employees treat customers the right way. The desire to create exceptional service comes from within. Build loyal, long-term customer relationships, differentiate your company in a commodity market, and achieve unparalleled bottom-line results by teaching your people how to achieve brilliant service from the inside out This program, based on Simon T. Bailey's decades of experience and proven methods, unleashes a fresh way of thinking about customer service. Start a process that will transform your organization's culture into one that consistently delivers service brilliance. Full program description

Releasing Leadership Brilliance
Winning organizations fully engage their employees' minds, hearts, and discretionary effort in building value. Equip your leaders and managers for their central role in igniting and sustaining employee engagement. This program enables leaders and managers to release their own brilliance so that they are able to help unleash the best in their people. Prepare your leaders to think about their roles in a new way and focus them on the key behaviors and essential organizational ingredients needed to motivate and inspire people to drive results. Full program description

Success is an Inside Job
Organizations and people who survive and thrive in today's fast-moving, dynamic, business 2.0 environment are those that adopt the "cheetah mindset" – agile, fast-moving, and adaptable. This program is designed for individual contributors and business owners – anyone dealing with massive change in their organization. It encourages people to embrace change as a brilliant opportunity to grow, instead of resisting it or fearing it as a threat. Enable people to take charge of their own transformation, redefine success on their own terms, and unleash their inner cheetah! Full program description

Success is an Inside Job: From the Dorm Room to the Board Room
This program equips college students and new graduates to create significant success by managing their ambitions, mastering core talents, and developing a plan for a deeply engaged, joy-filled life. Building on ten powerful Beliefisms™ from Simon T. Bailey's new handbook, Success is an Inside Job, the program prepare participants to make a life and not just a living. It is designed for professional associations, faith-based groups, fraternities and sororities, networking organizations and other groups whose membership includes college and university students, recent graduates, and people just starting their careers. Full program description

Get a Life: How to Transition from Mere Existence to Meaningful Living
This program inspires and guides business and professional people to redesign their lives from the inside out. Building on proven concepts from Simon T. Bailey's new handbook, Success Is an Inside Job, the program leads participants to re-examine their beliefs about success, refocus on significance, and release their unique brilliance to make a significant difference in the lives of others. This versatile program, which can be used in the workplace or by professional associations and networking groups, challenges every participant to dig deep, develop an action plan, and become personally accountable.

What People Are Saying About Simon T. Bailey

"I admit it. I wasn’t convinced you could do it AGAIN, but you did. Of course I had an inkling, or we wouldn’t have begged you to come back. But the skeptical meeting planner in me had me worrying that it wouldn’t be – couldn’t be the same. I was right. It wasn’t the same…it was BETTER! I’m now 100% convinced. I’ve been “Simon-ized!” Quality education is still the number one component of our mission to meet and exceed our member needs. Our members look to us to provide the best of the best and that’s why I want to work with you again. You epitomize the best."
-- California Society of Association Executives

"Your morning keynote made such an impression on the attendees that your afternoon session had one of the largest crowds ever for a breakout in the 25-year history of this conference. Other evidence of your impact was that not a session went by the rest of the day without a quote or reference from one of your presentations. Your entertained us, you inspired us and, most importantly, you taught us how to release your brilliance."
-- Kentucky Department of Tourism

"You created a “WOW” for our audience that has raised the bar for all future speakers. Not only was your program phenomenal, but as an individual you were professional, courteous, prompt, friendly and highly flexible with the changing demands of our conference."
-- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

"Our cast members were inspired by your stories, humor, and authenticity. I was concerned if you would be able to maintain your energy level from 5:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Well, you surprised everyone by your stamina and creativity off-the-cuff. Wow! We appreciate your dedication in partnering with our human resources department in designing a customized presentation for all education levels in our organization. You created a magical moment for our cast."
-- Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel

"Your keynote address demanded the attention of the conference participants. It was extremely important, very timely, so well received and had the kind of impact we needed. Many of the participants stated your presentation was enlightening and profound."
-- American Bar Association

"Everything we read or heard about you, prior to seeing you in action, was true. Your leading-edge, paradigm-shifting program certainly opened up our nonprofit leaders’ minds and showed them how to think about their leadership in a new and different way. Your presentation was insightful and filled with real life examples that demonstrated your various points, thus making it easy to bring home the “fever” to colleagues. Be warned…you just might well have started a “brilliance epidemic” of large proportions in Boca Raton!"
-- Boca Raton Resort & Club

"Thank you Simon! We heard GREAT feedback on your presentation, and though it was a tricky time slot (after a long day and two hours into an open bar), you did a fantastic job. We will definitely share the good news about Simon Bailey with other meeting planners."
-- JPMorgan Chase Bank

"Our participants thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and already they are asking for more. Many have indicated that they have learned a lot and that they are looking forward to sharing the information with colleagues who were unable to attend. In moving forward we will continue our alliances with you in an effort to build the Customer Service landscape in Jamaica to international standards."
-- Jamaica Customer Service Association

"If you have met Mr. Bailey, you know that he is many things, not the least of which is a powerful and compelling speaker. His message about Customer Service, delivered to our highly experienced management team was remarkable – strong, targeted and memorable. He held the audience spellbound all the way."
-- Hudson Group

"Simon T. Bailey is a phenomenally gifted speaker. The depth of his passion is ever evident in his delivery, his mannerisms, and his ability to communicate a message that transcends race, age, creed, and gender. I have never in my 30+ years of employment experienced such a spirit of camaraderie and unity among co-workers as I did the evening of our Leadership Conference. People were genuinely touched by Mr. Bailey’s words. Anyone having the opportunity to hear him speak should take every advantage, because Simon truly has something to say!"
-- Lane Hospitality

"Well, it's unanimous...you were a huge hit with the Southern HealthCare Team and our Sovereign HealthCare facility leaders. Many of your key points are still resonating within our company. It was truly amazing to see how much valuable information you could fit into such a short time span."
-- Southern Healthcare Management, LLC

"I want to express my sincere appreciation to you for your inspiring presentation in New Orleans. I often receive the best feedback “in the streets” and everyone was “abuzz” after your presentation. Post keynote speech, folks were giving you rave reviews which only confirms the importance of your words. My thanks to you for touching the hearts and minds of the BCBSA folks in attendance."
-- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your presentation this week to our top sales performers was upbeat and, of course, inspirational. I have had many positive comments from our attendees. Realize that last year some of these folks had Cal Ripken as their lunch speaker, so this was a tough crowd to impress."
-- Sun Trust Bank

"On behalf of the TOT Advisory Board, we believe this meeting will be remembered as one of the finest held by the Top of the Table. Simon, we greatly appreciate your willingness to participate as a speaker and would like to thank you for your time and effort spent in making the program a success."
-- The Million Dollar Roundtable

Past Clients

Texas Government Connection Conference
Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
City of Big Bear Lake
Irving Convention & Visitor Bureau
Cayman Department of Tourism
Kentucky Department of Tourism

Associations

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
California Society of Association Executives (CALSAE)
Florida Society of Association Executives (FSAE)
Florida Association of Chamber Professionals (FACP)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA)
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA)
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Human Resource Management Association of Barbados (HRMAB)
American Public Transportation Association
Meeting Planning Industry
Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
International Association for Exhibition Management (IAEM)
Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)
National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP)
Washington, D.C. Convention and Tourism Corporation
Experient, Inc.
CLT Meetings International, Inc.
Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission
Orange County Convention Center
ConferenceDirect
Helms Briscoe