About Our Trainers
Tom Hopkins
Tom Hopkins carries the standard as a master sales trainer and is recognized as the world’s leading authority on selling techniques and salesmanship. Over 4,000,000 people on five continents have attended Tom’s high-energy live seminars. Tom personally conducts 70+ seminars each year traveling throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and the Philippines.
Tom Hopkins is the author of fourteen books, including “How to Master the Art of Selling™,” which has sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide. This mega-selling book is considered a must-have reference guide for top selling producers in every field of sales. He has also authored three selling-skills books in the popular “…for Dummies®” line of books.
Tom’s talent of teaching in a creative and entertaining style has brought him a tremendous following, as well as constant demand for appearances at regional and national conventions each year.
After failing miserably in sales as a young man, he set out to master the nuances, words to say and ways to treat people so they wanted to do business with him. He succeeded to the point of becoming a millionaire by the age of 27 just from his sales income. In 1976, he founded Tom Hopkins International, Inc., and dedicated his life and his company to teaching and inspiring others through his seminars, books, audio and video training programs. Today, over 35,000 corporations and millions of professional salespeople through the world utilize his professional sales training materials.
Today, as a master sales trainer and author, Tom Hopkins can teach you how to increase your sales volume, thus your income, with his proven-effective, yet simple strategies and tactics.
Matt De La Cruz
Matt De La Cruz is the Founder & CEO of The Winning Minds Group. Matt has over 20 years of experience in sales, management, leadership and personal development and has trained over 500,000 people throughout the world. He has studied and trained under some of the world's top trainers – people like Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn and Anthony Robbins.
With little to no formal education Matt has built his own successful companies and has developed successful people. He has worked with a dynamic array of companies, small and large, many of those being Fortune 500. His teachings come from real life experience rather than theory. In his high intensity training sessions, you will not only learn the proven tactics and strategies that are working successfully for hundreds of thousands of people, you will have Matt's vast experience to draw on as well. Matt is a highly successful salesperson and business owner and can show you how you, too, can BE – DO – HAVE anything you want in life.
Matt is a member of the National Speakers Association and has quickly risen to the top of the personal development industry. Along with his proven track record, Matt has a powerful presence and an impressive impact on others, making him one of the world's most qualified authorities on personal development. Turn your mind into a "Winning Mind" with Matt De La Cruz!
Rod Hairston
Rod is one of the fastest growing authorities in organizational performance, human potential and leadership. He is a dynamic and entertaining speaker with an outstanding ability to inspire and stimulate people to action.
As a trainer of communications for the Navy SEALs, and other groups including the CIA and DEA, Rod was intrigued with how the people in these Special Operations thought, acted and dealt with stressful and dangerous situations. His mission has been to bring the mindset of these elite units to the people fortunate enough to hear his message.
Rod also worked with world-famous performance coach Anthony Robbins, presenting several major programs, including the highly successful "Discovery Camp" for teenagers.
Rod is currently CEO and Chairman of Envision U, a dynamic coaching and training company that's internationally known for its "45-Day Challenge" series, and he is the author of a book based on the program. Rod is an avid believer that: "The life you have, you've created." Rod can help you change your life by changing the habits you've created for thinking, feeling (emotion) and acting (behavior).
Ron Marks
Ron Marks has been called "America's Favorite Sales Manager." He's not simply a sales trainer, but a sales leader who's worked his way to the top. At age 21, Ron had the good fortune to work for the country's top sales speaker. In 1985 Ron formed his own educational sales organization: Results Seminars. Ron's company became the driving force behind established headliner names like Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Anthony Robbins and Tom Hopkins.
As a part of his personal development strategy, Ron took a sabbatical from the training industry in 1996 to become general sales manager for a nationwide company. Ron exceeded every goal and exceeded the previous annual revenue by $36 million in a two-year time frame. More importantly, Ron came away with an even keener insight into the real world of sales and management.
By 2002 he focused his attention on sales managers and business owners-teaching them how to hire, train and motivate their sales teams. Ron's Winning Minds' seminar "Building a Committed Sales Team" is the result of his extensive experience. Ron has trained just about every type of salesperson whether from Fortune 500 or individually owned companies and each time helped increase their bottom line. Let Ron share his insider information to improve the performance of your sales team!
