Printable Biography of Dr. Jim Loehr

Dr. James Loehr is Chairman, CEO and co-founder of LGE Performance Systems, a training company that specializes in helping business executives, elite law enforcement teams, medical professionals, and professional athletes achieve full engagement in high stress environments. LGE's world renowned Full Engagement training system reflects Dr. Loehr's conviction that managing energy, not time, is the key to sustained high performance.

Dr. James Loehr has authored 13 books and his most recent book, co-authored with Tony Schwartz, entitled The Power of Full Engagement has become a #1 bestseller, and was chosen by USA Today as one of the Top Ten best-selling money books of 2003. He is the Engagement columnist for Chief Learning Officer magazine, a professional publication dedicated to innovations in training and learning.

Dr. James Loehr appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where an entire program was devoted to his groundbreaking Full Engagement training system and concepts. He has also appeared on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS Morning News. Dr. Loehr's work has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report, Success, Fast Company and Omni.

Dr. Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class athletes including golfer Mark O'Meara; tennis players Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario; boxer Ray Mancini; hockey players Eric Lindros and Mike Richter; and Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen.

Dr. James Loehr possesses a masters and doctorate in psychology, serves on several prestigious scientific boards and is a full member of the American Psychological Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.

LGE Performance Systems offers training solutions ranging from executive training programs and on-site corporate training to keynote presentations, train-the-trainer and modules. LGE's corporate headquarters and world-class training center are located in Orlando, Florida with an additional site in Chicago. Corporate clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Delta Air Lines, The Estee Lauder Companies, Hyatt Hotels, Merrill Lynch and Pfizer.

Creating Corporate Athletes: Faced with daunting workloads and a rapid-fire pace of life, we are all looking for ways to improve productivity and well-being. Author of The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr says the key to enduring high performance and achieving health, happiness and life balance, is not just time management, but energy management. An expert in the field of performance psychology, Dr. Loehr has spent 25 years helping the world's greatest athletes to perform more effectively under brutal competitive pressures and now uses that training to coach the people he terms “Corporate Athletes.”

Becoming Engaged: Committed to expanding individual and organizational capacity to meet the ever-increasing demands of corporate life, Loehr shows audiences how to become more fully engaged physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually by training in the same systematic, multi-dimensional way elite athletes do. In addition to working with a variety of Fortune 500 companies worldwide, he has provided performance training to FBI swat teams, salespeople, critical care physicians and nurses.

Frequent Commentator: Loehr appears frequently on television, including the Today Show, Nightline, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, Oprah and many other programs. His work has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, Time, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, Shape and Self. Author of 12 books, including Stress for Success, Loehr offers step-by-step approach to managing energy more skillfully, both on and off the job.