Walter Bond is a speaker who motivates people not by reading books or listening to tapes, but by his real life story of trials and triumphs. Growing up in the city of Chicago as the youngest child of a high school principal and grade school teacher, Walter always dreamed of playing in the NBA. Walter's eight-year professional career landed him as a player with the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons. He also spent time as a broadcast analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Over the years, Walter's message of teamwork, personal development, motivation and attitude has helped groups to reach their potential. Walter's inspirational, thought provoking and humorous message will enlighten and encourage people from all walks of life.

Walter received his BA in Communications from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Walter's professional career has afforded him the opportunity to live and travel in various countries such as Greece, Italy, Germany, Egypt and Venezuela to name a few.

• All Buts Stink! - Does your organization have a culture of accountability? When something goes wrong, does everyone start pointing fingers and making excuses? How much more productive would your organization be if everyone took responsibility for their mistakes and shortcomings and continuous improvement was a team effort? Walter Bond delivers a solid message of personal accountability, overcoming adversity, power of confidence and excellence to the highest degree. Your organization will be rocked with enthusiasm, inspired to work as a team and motivated to achieve to the highest level regardless of the stock market, mortgage crisis or credit crunch. This extraordinarily popular program helps audience members to point the finger at themselves in a fun and safe way. When your audience leaves, they will know they have been Bonded by Mr. Accountability.
  
  
• Your Buts Still Stink!!! (Part 2) - Part II has evolved because of the strong demand from attendees for an encore performance to Walter's award winning keynote. We hear often that professionals want more of Mr. Accountability. Walter uses different stories and analogies, introducing new strategies and techniques to reinforce the core message of accountability from Part I. It's an excellent follow up for a subsequent meeting and will leave attendees motivated, inspired, and ready to take action.
  
  
• Leaders Get Out of The Way! - Think about it for a moment - have you ever met a person that enjoys being bossed around? The most common form of leadership is micro-management-which is destructive, expensive and an organizational buzz kill. Most leaders micro-manage because they have never been sufficiently trained on "how to lead." In this program, Walter teaches the fundamentals of leadership, the destructive dangers of micro-management, how to improve employee retention and engagement by empowering employees to own what they do and most importantly how it all impacts your bottom line. Leaders will learn the psychology of inspiring, motivating and maintain productive employees for years to come and creating a culture of accountability by America's Accountability Leader...Mr. Accountability.
  
  
• Sell It Like You Mean It! - Whether you are looking to get your sales team's year off to a great start, a mid-year jolt, or your team needs to finish your year off with momentum, this program is full of principles that will empower your sales professionals to be re-energized with passion, desire and commitment regardless of their success levels. Whether, you have a team of high producers that have flat-lined or your whole team needs to crank it up, you need your sales force to outthink and outperform the competition and win big in the sales game. You will learn how to overcome objections, incorporate storytelling, establish yourself as an expert, your reps will stop selling and influence your customers to buy. Mr. Accountability believes that some sales people are born but most of them are made. This program will inspire your sales team to produce at another level.