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Dr. James Arthur Williams

Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee & Owner of UnmaskYTP, LLC

Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee & Owner of UnmaskYTP, LLC

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Knoxville, TN, USA
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Dr. James Arthur Williams Biography

Dr. James Arthur Williams is the owner of Unmaskytp consulting, where he serves as a sought-after leadership, professional development, conflict resolution, mental agility/perseverance, and change management speaker. Dr. Williams has spoken professionally for 12+ years to small (5) and large audiences (12,000 +) domestically and internationally (Bulgaria, France, Spain, China, Korea, etc.), with 24 years of work experience in the hospitality industry, dental, manufacturing, banking, sales, professional arena football, pharmaceuticals, military (USAF), k-12 education, and R-1 and for-profit universities.

Dr. Williams serves as an associate professor and former Director of University Honors at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Williams has designed and implemented a leadership curriculum for the Haslam Scholars and change management workshops for Marriott. Dr. Williams conducted in-person and virtual servant leadership development training sessions for hospitality managers and supervisors and CHE (certified hospitality educator) teaching pedagogy instructional training for 100+ hospitality professors.

Dr. Williams is a professional actor and wrote a book about mental agility called "From Thug to Scholar: An Odyssey to Unmask My True Potential" based on his life. He won INDIE Best Book for 2020 self-help with "Check Your Life: Be Limitless," related to his featured speaker talk for TEDx UTK in 2019, "Check Life." Dr. Williams was recognized as a Top 15 Emerging Scholar of 2019 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Dr. Williams was also the Best international mentor for the Chinese Hospitality Education Initiative for the 2019 national championship in Shanghai, China.

Dr. James Arthur Williams Speaking Topics

  • Check Your Life, Be Limitless Series

    • Teach student-athletes mental agility to persevere and tap into their hidden potential
    • Embracing and learning to fall in love with conflict
    • Moving beyond the limits of social constructs (i.e., race, religion, gender, etc.) and finding the universal energy that unites us
    • Building authentic leaders with three simple principles (3 B's)

  • Empowering corporate leaders to lean into their discomfort and to use conflict as their superpower to inclusive leadership.

Dr. James Arthur Williams Videos

  • Abundance Mindset and the Power of Thinking Big w James Arthur Williams
    🚀 In episode #173 we welcomed James Arthur Williams, Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee and Owner and CEO of Unmaskytp. Listen...
  • Overcoming Challenges and fighting for your life
    When faced with a lack of hope and despair, we must decide to overcome obstacles or become the obstacle. God is in control and opens all door, no man...
  • Check Your Life | James Williams | TEDxUTK
    As a college professor and international leadership mentor, James Williams gives talks everyday, but when given the chance to speak at a TEDx event,...

Dr. James Arthur Williams Books

  • Check Your Life: Be Limitless: The Power Behind the Words
    Check Your Life: Be Limitless: The Power Behind the Words
  • UnmaskYTP Workbook: Lessons Learned
    UnmaskYTP Workbook: Lessons Learned
  • From Flab to Abs
    From Flab to Abs
  • From Thug to Scholar: An Odyssey to Unmask My True Potential
    From Thug to Scholar: An Odyssey to Unmask My True Potential

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Dr. James Arthur Williams is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Check Your Life, Be Limitless Series and Empowering corporate leaders to lean into their discomfort and to use conflict as their superpower to inclusive leadership.. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. James Arthur Williams for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Dr. James Arthur Williams generally travels from Knoxville, TN, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shawn Achor, Dr. Kristen Lee, Janet Mock, John "GUCCI" Foley and LeVar Burton. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. James Arthur Williams for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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