The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross Bernstein is an award-winning, peak-performance, hall-of-fame business speaker who’s keynoted conferences for Fortune 500 companies on all seven continents. He has been featured on CNN, ESPN, Fox News, and “CBS This Morning,” as well as in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today.

Ross’ program is all about the DNA of what makes champions in sports so unique and how that relates to business. It’s based on a series of books he wrote, for which he was able to interview more than 1,000 professional athletes and coaches that all had one thing in common — they were all members of championship teams. In his research, he concluded that the same metrics and characteristics that were common among champions in sports were also common among peak performers in business. There are reasons certain teams win consistently whereas others don’t… and Ross explains why. It’s based largely on the “Good to Great” concept of how the best companies are able to separate themselves from the rest of the pack through servant leadership. They culture  excellence by developing deeper relationships and providing extraordinary customer service. Ross weaves sports stories about the DNA of champions with stories of companies that he has worked with around the world—and shares best practice ideas on ways to overcome disruption, while ultimately building stronger relationships. At the core of his message is the simple fact that we like to do business with people who we trust, who we like, and who just “get it”—CHAMPIONS.

Saturday, October 10
5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Stephen Sroka returns to the STN EXPO keynote stage to address an ever-changing world. One that is suffering medically, economically and emotionally from COVID-19, the coronavirus. But his talk to attendees is one of hope. Some of you may have read that he had clinically died on stage several years ago, while speaking at a school training about school safety. He was saved by two school resource officers and a principal. Soon afterwards, Dr. Steve was diagnosed with a fatal disease, cardiac amyloidosis. Today, he is on experimental drugs and doing well.

You may also know that Steve works with infectious diseases and keynoted the 2009 International Swine Flu (H1N1) Conference in Washington, D.C. He is also scheduled to keynote the International Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summit in Washington, D.C., this summer. He has been intensely involved in the the coronavirus crisis, served a frequent medical expert commentator for the news media and has written national op-ed commentaries.
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting “panicdemic” have made Dr. Steve think about how everyone has to make life threatening decisions every day, just like those who work with the responsibility of transporting students to and from school.

His presentation will bring you up-to-date with the coronavirus, including the science and practical strategies to manage the COVID-19 threat in your professional and personal life. He will offer lessons learned about life and death and how to develop your own personal warrior aura to be fearless in the face of adversity with the courage to lead whether it be with the coronavirus, death or making sure the school buses run tomorrow morning.