Workplace Performance & Leadership Development Coach

Chicago, IL, USA

Paul Glover Biography

Known as The No B.S. Workplace Performance Coach, Paul Glover brings a bold, no-nonsense approach to leadership, culture transformation, and employee engagement. With over 30 years of experience guiding executives, leadership teams, and organizations through dynamic change, Glover’s message resonates with companies seeking real results—not just inspiration.

Glover is an internationally recognized speaker, executive coach, author, and master storyteller whose work focuses on leadership, resilience, failure, recovery, and success. Known for his candid, no-nonsense approach and engaging sense of humor, he challenges audiences to rethink conventional approaches to leadership, embrace adversity, and turn life’s setbacks into opportunities for growth.

His path to becoming a sought-after leadership expert has been anything but conventional. After earning his law degree from DePaul University, Glover spent 25 years as a federal trial attorney, representing clients in labor and employment cases before federal juries. That experience sharpened his ability to transform complex information into compelling stories that resonate with audiences and inspire action.

For the past 20 years, Glover has worked with executives and organizational leaders, including those at companies generating up to $1 billion in annual revenue. His coaching emphasizes purposeful leadership, lasting organizational impact, and the importance of building a positive legacy for the leaders who follow.

Glover’s electrifying keynotes and coaching sessions are designed to create cultures of accountability, boost emotional intelligence, and inspire leaders to rise above mediocrity. He is not just a speaker, he’s a catalyst for change.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/04/2026.

Paul Glover Speaking Topics

  • Surviving Success & Failing Forward

    The most successful leaders don’t avoid setbacks and failure, they embrace them as powerful catalysts for growth. This keynote redefines failure, shifting it from a feared outcome to a strategic opportunity. We’ll explore the 5-Step Failing Forward Cycle, a practical framework designed to help leaders and their teams not just recover from setbacks and failures, but to emerge stronger and more capable.

  • Every Leader Needs a Flock of Fools in Their Life

    Even the most accomplished leaders are susceptible to blind spots and emotional triggers that can lead to detrimental decisions and destructive behaviors. This presentation reveals the critical, often uncomfortable, role of a “Fool” in a leader’s life. We’ll explore why having a Flock of Fools, trusted individuals who can candidly challenge a leader’s assumptions and expose a leader’s vulnerabilities is essential.

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Paul Glover is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Surviving Success & Failing Forward, Every Leader Needs a Flock of Fools in Their Life and The "Prison MBA:" Unconventional Leadership Skills for Unprecedented Times. The estimated speaking fee range to book Paul Glover for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Paul Glover generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Julie Kratz, Irina Soriano, Dr. Marla Gottschalk, Vivian Hairston Blade and José Piñero. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Paul Glover for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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