Presenter: John Bates 2020 has been a rollercoaster. So, what shall we create in 2021 knowing that the best way to predict the future is to create it?

John Bates believes that your words create your world, so join us for this special WITI Welcome to 2021 session. In all of the destruction that 2020 wrought there were also silver linings, realizations and insights we were given.

- What did 2020 teach you?
- Notwithstanding all that you want to leave behind in 2020, what would you like to take with you into 2021?
- What are some of your leadership lessons and how can you speak them into the world powerfully?

John will share some of his insights, principles for powerful communication and lessons learned from 2020 with an eye toward making 2021 a fabulous year for the history books.

John Bates is a Leadership Communication Expert and #1 bestselling author and his highly effective coaching, training and keynotes are based in the neurobiology and evolutionary biology of human leadership and communication.John works with forward thinking leaders and teams to help them change the world. John supports many organizations like NASA (including the astronauts), Johnson & Johnson, Accenture, Boston Scientific, Coca-Cola, Motorola, IBM, AirLiquid and many others. John is regularly recommended by his clients as one of the best and most effective leadership communication trainers and executive coaches working today.

John is also one of the most prolific TED-talk format trainers in the world. He has coached and or spoken for over 35 specific TEDx events, he coaches and trains for the TED Fellows program, and he has trained many high-level leaders for their summits, engagements and events.