Erika Ayers Badan
Leadership and Confidence Expert, Best-Selling Author, Global Keynote Speaker
Whether it’s a board room of 25 or a stadium of 25,000 Juan Bendana delivers a high impact experience that changes how people show up. The best selling author of Confident By Choice Juan is a highly sought after speaker and trusted advisor to the world’s top performers from Olympic athletes and Grammy winning artists to CEOs and Fortune 100 leaders. He brings a science backed blueprint that helps individuals and organizations build certainty confidence and momentum in times of constant change. Audiences leave inspired energized and ready to take bold action with clarity and confidence.
People aren’t speaking up. They’re holding back, second-guessing, playing it safe–while everything around them demands boldness, clarity, and presence. In this keynote, Juan Bendana gives leaders the tools to break through hesitation and lead with unshakable confidence to achieve peak performance.
Backed by research with over 250,000 leaders, Juan shares practical tools to navigate change that turn technological disruption into transformational momentum. With powerful stories, humor, and real-world strategies, this keynote powers performance, adaptability, and breakthrough leadership in this new era. Ideal for leadership conferences, employee development days and teams navigating change.
Takeaways:
Show up with confidence in the era of technological disruption and uncertainty
Reignite the motivation and mindset for growth and sustained performance
Learn actionable tools to boost engagement and move beyond ideas into action
In a world where self-doubt and change are relentless, Juan Bendana helps teams turn uncertainty into an opportunity for personal and professional growth. Based on his ground breaking book Confident By Choice, this high-energy keynote equips audiences with the tools to build unshakable confidence, overcome imposter syndrome, and cultivate a growth mindset in the moments where it matters most.
Through powerful stories, humor, and actionable takeaways, Juan inspires your people to break through mental barriers, reignite motivation for their work (and life!), and step into bold, aligned action. Perfect for organizations navigating change, craving momentum, and ready to unlock their next level of growth and sustained performance.
Takeaways:
Develop the growth mindset for everyday confidence and courage
Learn how to leverage their own psychology for higher engagement
Take charge of how they authentically show up in the world
In a world where expectations are rising and motivation is dropping, most leaders struggle to stay engaged with their goals. Unlocking the next level of performance requires more than just ambition; it demands action. Confidence isn’t just a feel-good trait–it’s your organization’s ultimate competitive edge.
With a track record of working with brands like Disney, American Express, and Zillow, Juan delivers an energizing keynote that empowers leaders to set clear and actionable goals, turning today’s barriers into tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Backed by his proven framework, audiences walk away ready to raise the bar, take aligned action, and achieve more than they thought possible. Ideal for sales kick-offs, annual meetings, and high-performance teams looking to achieve lasting results.
Takeaways:
Boldly move through a changing world with unwavering confidence and sustainable performance
Identify the barriers to growth and set clear goals to move through them as a team
Develop the mindset to deliver extraordinary results and consistently break records
Juan Bendana is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and the behind-the-scenes confidence coach to Olympians, Grammy Award-winning artists, actors, CEOs, and Fortune 100 leaders. For over a decade, he’s built custom leadership programs for world-class brands like Disney, Fidelity, American Express, Nationwide, Sony Pictures, and Zillow— helping their people lead with confidence and perform at the highest level.
Juan Bendana is the author of Confident By Choice, which has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Inc Magazine and Rolling Stone, and translated into more than four languages. Based on his research of over 250,000 leaders at institutions such as Oxford, Penn State and the University of Toronto, his science-backed framework helps leaders activate the confidence mindset to lead boldly, thrive through change, and reach their most daring goals.
Often described as a walking shot of espresso, Juan combines high energy, humor, and practical tools to help individuals build unwavering confidence so they can show up as their best and unlock new levels of growth both personally and professionally.
Attendees walked away feeling motivated and empowered, but more importantly, they left with a sense of clarity and purpose. His messaging was relatable and actionable, giving people real takeaways they could apply both personally and professionally. His authenticity left a lasting impression that made his words more than just inspiration—they became tools for success.
Conference Planning Senior Consultant, Allstate
Juan Bendana brought exactly what we needed to our keynote session of our global leadership summit — energy, engagement and action! His style brings the audience in and he provides thought provoking storytelling to inspire action. He was wonderful to work with and overdelivered in terms of what we hoped to achieve with our keynote. We were thrilled with the outcome and feedback we received from our participants.
Chief Administrative Officer Merchant Payment Services, U.S. Bank
Juan was a standout keynote speaker at our largest annual event. He was energizing, relatable, and completely in tune with our audience.
Events Director, RE/MAX