Gair Maxwell
Keynote Speaker | Calgary, Alberta
Tec Canada "speaker of the Year"
Innovation | Business Growth & Branding Expert
Gair Maxwell Expertise Business & Corporate, Business Growth, Digital & Social Media Marketing, Innovation & Creativity, Business Management, Alliances & Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Organizational Leadership.
About Gair Maxwell
Maxwell is a former broadcaster who racked up over 10,000 interviews and more than 30,000 broadcasts in an award-winning radio and television career. Gair Maxwell is recognized as a global authority for helping organizations create iconic brands that attract legions of customers and top talent.
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GAIR MAXWELL BIOGRAPHY
Gair Maxwell is an internationally recognized, best-selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Brand Strategist. His original, market-tested ideas have inspired some companies to grow 15–30 TIMES while creating an irresistible “Category of One.”
Recognized as a 4-time Vistage Top Performer and “Speaker of the Year” by TEC Canada, he is also a fully accredited Tennessee Squire, lifelong fan of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and 6-Time Runner-up on the prestigious M.G.A. Golf Tour.
Gair’s riveting keynote presentations and hands-on workshops are packed with real-life stories supported by decades of in-the-trenches business experience. Event planners rave about his innate gift for simplifying complex ideas into easily digestible bites that any audience member can implement right away.
Described as an “idealist who is under no illusions,” Gair has worked with some of the world’s most dynamic organizations, including Apple Specialist Marketing Group, Caterpillar, NAPA, Leo Burnett (Taiwan), Virginia Tech and others, while sharing conference stages with business icons such as Sir Richard Branson and Gene Simmons.
Delivering upwards of 90+ presentations annually, his professional accomplishments include: Awarded “Speaker of the Year” by TEC Canada in 2012. Named Vistage “Top Performer” 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Upwards of 950+ appearances with TEC Canada, TEC Australia, Vistage UK and Vistage International. Best-selling author of BIG LITTLE LEGENDS – How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible Brands (Amazon.com / Audible). Podcast Host: “The Leadership Standard” w/ TEC Canada (2019 – 2023).
A recovering broadcast journalist, Gair racked up 10,000+ interviews and 30,000+ broadcasts in an award-winning radio and television career in his native Canada. The son of a former pro golfer from Scotland, Gair is an amateur historian with a specialty in campaigns of WW II.
A classic rock aficionado from AC/DC to Led Zeppelin, he also enjoys country-flavored offerings that range from Waylon and Willie to Morgan Wallen. A native of Moncton, NB, he resides in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in Cochrane, Alberta with Dana and their brood of two cocker spaniels (Theodore and Sophie) along with a precocious beagle-mix rescue named Maggie.
Featured in Forbes, BIG LITTLE LEGENDS is his second book.
Gair Maxwell Topic Presentations
Gair Maxwell Calgary, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
Staging the Customer Experience
The Branding Highway: Accelerate and Differentiate Your Marketing
The Reinvention Code
The Knowing-doing G.a.p.: How to Cross the Intention Bridge Between Talk & Action
The "i" in Team
Dreamday 7: Our Most Important Dreams are Often Buried within Us
Big Little Legends: : How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible Brands
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