
Jonathan Halls
MEd, BEd
DC, USJonathan Halls is author of the newly released, Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All, and four other books on learning, talent and media.
The former BBC learning executive has spent more than 25 years helping leaders, talent professionals, journalists and professionals around the globe become more agile, creative and effective in building the future.
Jonathan is a smart, funny and authentic keynote speaker who also leads probing seminars. Challenging the status quo, he makes fun of fads and buzzwords, applauds mistakes because they teach us stuff, and challenges today's leaders to build a better world tomorrow.
His big concerns are about how today's workers are going to be ready for tomorrow's challenges, in a world where the velocity of change is increasing and the skills we need for success change every day. Today he helps learning and talent professionals build creative, effective and agile workforces with evidence-based practices.
Jonathan has spoken in 25 countries, teaches at one of the world's leading universities and has degrees in adult learning. He's worked as a media executive, journalist, talk show host, corporate trainer and business owner. Based in the Washington, DC. area, he's CEO of Trainer Mojo LLC.
Jonathan Halls is author of the newly released, Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All, and four other books on learning, talent and media.
The former BBC learning executive has spent more than 25 years helping leaders, talent professionals, journalists and professionals around the globe become more agile, creative and effective in building the future.
Jonathan is a smart, funny and authentic keynote speaker who also leads probing seminars. Challenging the status quo, he makes fun of fads and buzzwords, applauds mistakes because they teach us stuff, and challenges today's leaders to build a better world tomorrow.
His big concerns are about how today's workers are going to be ready for tomorrow's challenges, in a world where the velocity of change is increasing and the skills we need for success change every day. Today he helps learning and talent professionals build creative, effective and agile workforces with evidence-based practices.
Jonathan has spoken in 25 countries, teaches at one of the world's leading universities and has degrees in adult learning. He's worked as a media executive, journalist, talk show host, corporate trainer and business owner. Based in the Washington, DC. area, he's CEO of Trainer Mojo LLC.
Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All
- This keynote is tailormade for professionals in HR, talent development or training.
Based on Jonathan Halls' latest and acclaimed book, Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All, it pokes fun of the talent and training professions while affirming the critical roles they play in leading organizations.
Your audience will learn about shiny...
Radical Communication: Break the Mold for Success
- How would it be if "poor communication" wasn't listed as a gripe on next year's morale survey?
A lot of people strive to perfect communication. But the reality is it's messy. In fact, it's a messy process and there's no guarantee what you say or write will be properly understood. In fact, science shows that it's more likely your message will be See More
Transformative Leadership: Be the Change
- What's the number one reason staff leave their job? That's right, it's because of their boss.
And one of the reasons people don't want to follow their boss is because the boss misunderstands what leadership is. This keynote explores how inspiring leadership is not a position but a mission.
Leadership is not about holding authority but taking responsibility. It looks...
Creativity for Mere Mortals
- How would it be if your team was an innovation powerhouse?
It's easy to say creative is for icons like Steve Jobs, James Dyson or Richard Branson. Not the rest of us. But innovation skills are critical for every professional navigating today's fast-changing workplace.
In this keynote, Jonathan looks at why every worker in tomorrow's economy must actively deploy creativity and innovation skills. And...
Future Proof: The Most Important Skill
- Did you know that most college degrees are out of date within 2 years of graduation?
The greatest tragedy in contemporary education is we teach people what to do and know but not how to learn.
In our world of constant change and turmoil, tomorrow's successful organizations will be marked by how well their staff consistently learn new skills to stay on top. ...
Talent Manifesto: Tomorrow's Challenge
- How would your organization look if its workforce was agile, innovative and constantly learning? If it was poised and ready to meet the real challenges of the future: robots, artificial intelligence, cultural change, generational differences, the gig economy and ever-increasing pace of change.
People are at the heart of every organization. In fact, they're the beating heart that keeps successful...

