Rob Jolles

Rob Jolles

MD, US

A sought-after speaker and best-selling author, Rob Jolles teaches, entertains, and inspires audiences worldwide.

A sought-after speaker and five-time Bestselling author, Rob Jolles has spent over thirty years traveling close to 3 million miles in the air teaching, entertaining, and inspiring audiences worldwide.  His keynotes and workshops on influence and persuasion have taken him around the world, including companies in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Far East.


His books, including How to Change Minds, Customer Centered Selling, Why People Don’t Believe You, How to Run Seminars & Workshops, and The Way of the Road Warrior, have been featured in USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, Harvard Business Review, Publisher’s Weekly, have spent over 100 weeks on the national Business Bestseller list and have been translated into over a dozen languages.


His programs have allowed him to amass a client list that reads like a Who’s Who of Fortune 500 companies, including Toyota, GE, Microsoft, Disney, NASA, Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb, The Wharton Business School, Northrop Grumman, a dozen universities, and over 50 financial institutions.


Rob is also the host of over 350 Pocket Sized Pep Talks, a podcast he launched over three years ago, and now currently in the top 2% of downloads nationally.  He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

A sought-after speaker and five-time Bestselling author, Rob Jolles has spent over thirty years traveling close to 3 million miles in the air teaching, entertaining, and inspiring audiences worldwide.  His keynotes and workshops on influence and persuasion have taken him around the world, including companies in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Far East.


His books, including How to Change Minds, Customer Centered Selling, Why People Don’t Believe You, How to Run Seminars & Workshops, and The Way of the Road Warrior, have been featured in USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, Harvard Business Review, Publisher’s Weekly, have spent over 100 weeks on the national Business Bestseller list and have been translated into over a dozen languages.


His programs have allowed him to amass a client list that reads like a Who’s Who of Fortune 500 companies, including Toyota, GE, Microsoft, Disney, NASA, Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb, The Wharton Business School, Northrop Grumman, a dozen universities, and over 50 financial institutions.


Rob is also the host of over 350 Pocket Sized Pep Talks, a podcast he launched over three years ago, and now currently in the top 2% of downloads nationally.  He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

How to Change Minds:The Art of Influence without Manipulation

Surely you know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite your most well-intentioned efforts, they resist. Why? Because people fundamentally fear change, and Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing on his highly successful sales background, and decades of research, he lays out a simple, repeatable, predictable, and ethical process that will enable you to lead others to discover for themselves what and why they need to change. Whether you hope to make a sale, or...
Educational / Informative

No More Order Taking! The Art of Creating Urgency

Today's salespeople are being methodically trained to adopt an "order taking" mentality in business and the repercussions are staggering.  In this motivational and spirited conversation, Rob Jolles not only demonstrates proof that this problem exists, he provides a repeatable, predictable approach to correct it.

Audience members are introduced to a "Decision Cycle" that each buyer goes through when making a significant commitment.  Audience members are forced to focus away...

Educational / Informative

SALE-MINARS The Unique Art of Selling to Groups

Seminar selling is becoming more and more popular within the selling community.  The good news is that when these seminars are conducted properly, everyone knows it.  The potential sales results can be staggering.  The bad news is that when these seminars are not conducted properly, everyone knows it.  The potential sales results, time and future opportunities are wasted.

There is no attention to the unique aspects of working with adults.  Public speaking...

Educational / Informative