Simon Bailey

Biography

Catalyst for Brilliance Simon T. Bailey has a visionary ability to identify brilliant potential in people and organizations and ignite that brilliance into action for amazing results.

An internationally known speaker, author and consultant, he inspires individuals to take charge of change and transform their lives from the inside out. A thought leader and fresh voice in the businesses world, Bailey connects the dots between individual and organizational brilliance. He challenges and teaches businesses and organizations to clear obstacles to brilliance in their cultures, processes, and people, thereby achieving higher levels of engagement, retention, and productivity – and a brilliant bottom line.

This mission led him to found The Brilliance Institute, Inc., dedicated to building the world’s most valuable resource – people. Fortune 500 companies, national associations, government agencies and educational institutions both in the U.S. and abroad look to him to help transform their cultures and processes and release the potential in their people. Client list.

As a speaker, Simon captivates and inspires audiences with contagious energy, compassion, and humor. He teaches by his own example and provides pragmatic ideas and techniques that bring people's aspirations into reach. Engaged audiences consistently give him the highest ratings and say they left wanting more. Better yet, he leaves audiences ready to take action that can lead to profound changes in their personal and professional lives.

His books are a guiding light for those who seek to realize their inherent potential. His newest book, Release Your Brilliance, is receiving rave reviews and having a profound impact on people’s lives. He has authored three other books: Simon Believes…Brilliant Service is the Bottom Line, Simon Believes…Success is an Inside Job and Simon Says Dream: Live a Passionate Life.

Bailey’s expertise in leadership, sales, and customer service was honed over two decades with Hyatt Hotels, the Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Walt Disney Company. Bailey holds a master's degree from Faith Christian University, which also recently awarded him an honorary doctorate for his global impact.

Bailey was named Central Florida's "Man of the Year" in 2000, and was recently named Speaker of the Year by the San Diego, CA chapter of Meeting Professionals International. He serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Greater Orlando Leadership Foundation and the Foundation Board for Health Central Hospital, a $130 million Central Florida hospital with 1,500 employees. He lives with his wife and children in Central Florida.

Publications

Release Your Brilliance
The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World

Everything you need to be brilliant is already inside you.
# Reawaken your genius
# Re-ignite your internal light
# Release your potential

Release Your Brilliance is for anyone who wants to live life by design rather than by accident. If you:

…have hit the wall – personally, professionally, physically, or emotionally;
…feel unfulfilled in your career, working only for the paycheck and benefits;
…want to stretch and grow as a person;
…long for authentic relationships;
…miss the fun and excitement of life;
…sense that you have the potential to do something great with your life, but don’t have a clue what that might be
…then get ready to reshape your future!

The latest book by acclaimed Catalyst of Brilliance Simon T. Bailey provides the keys to unlock the diamond vault of potential within you. Join thousands of individuals and organizations worldwide who’ve learned from Simon how to create lasting change and release their brilliance!

Simon shares the four key steps to cut and polish the gem that is you:

Clarity: Seek Profound Insight
Color: Discover Unwavering Belief
Cut: Take Bold Action
Carat: Choose to Be Big
Designed to help you set free your inner brilliance, this book is packed with interactive tools such as Personal Appraisal exercises, Diamond Polishing action steps, and true stories of Living Diamonds.

Every book has a history, a story behind the story. Get the “411” on Release Your Brilliance…

Titles

Release Your Brilliance: 4 Steps to Transforming Your Workplace and Creating Lasting Value
Unlock the vaults of individual brilliance in your people – potential, insight, genius, innovation, and ideas that can make your organization more efficient and profitable. This program inspires and teaches business and professional people to unleash their brilliance at work. Engage the Release Brilliance methodology to: * Unleash positive energy, engagement, and team synergy that create true value for your organization and customers. * Ignite individual inspiration and a sense of individual responsibility. * Gain a sustainable source of value and growth by equipping people with the tools they need to take charge of their own development.

Release Your Brilliance: 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius
Every individual possesses brilliance – potential, insight, genius, innovation, and ideas – just waiting to be released. Release Your Brilliance, based on Simon T. Bailey's new book and his life's work, is for anyone who wants to live life by design rather than by accident. This is an inspiring, action-oriented program that leads to real change and results. It is designed for professional associations, faith-based groups, networking organizations and others – any organization whose members would benefit from a transformational system that enables people to release their potential by reshaping their lives from the inside out.

Brilliant Service Is the Bottom Line
No one can make employees treat customers the right way. The desire to create exceptional service comes from within. Build loyal, long-term customer relationships, differentiate your company in a commodity market, and achieve unparalleled bottom-line results by teaching your people how to achieve brilliant service from the inside out This program, based on Simon T. Bailey's decades of experience and proven methods, unleashes a fresh way of thinking about customer service. Start a process that will transform your organization's culture into one that consistently delivers service brilliance.

Releasing Leadership Brilliance
Winning organizations fully engage their employees' minds, hearts, and discretionary effort in building value. Equip your leaders and managers for their central role in igniting and sustaining employee engagement. This program enables leaders and managers to release their own brilliance so that they are able to help unleash the best in their people. Prepare your leaders to think about their roles in a new way and focus them on the key behaviors and essential organizational ingredients needed to motivate and inspire people to drive results.

Success is an Inside Job
Organizations and people who survive and thrive in today's fast-moving, dynamic, business 2.0 environment are those that adopt the "cheetah mindset" – agile, fast-moving, and adaptable. This program is designed for individual contributors and business owners – anyone dealing with massive change in their organization. It encourages people to embrace change as a brilliant opportunity to grow, instead of resisting it or fearing it as a threat. Enable people to take charge of their own transformation, redefine success on their own terms, and unleash their inner cheetah!

Success is an Inside Job: From the Dorm Room to the Board Room
This program equips college students and new graduates to create significant success by managing their ambitions, mastering core talents, and developing a plan for a deeply engaged, joy-filled life. Building on ten powerful Beliefisms™ from Simon T. Bailey's new handbook, Success is an Inside Job, the program prepare participants to make a life and not just a living. It is designed for professional associations, faith-based groups, fraternities and sororities, networking organizations and other groups whose membership includes college and university students, recent graduates, and people just starting their careers.

Get a Life: How to Transition from Mere Existence to Meaningful Living
This program inspires and guides business and professional people to redesign their lives from the inside out. Building on proven concepts from Simon T. Bailey's new handbook, Success Is an Inside Job, the program leads participants to re-examine their beliefs about success, refocus on significance, and release their unique brilliance to make a significant difference in the lives of others. This versatile program, which can be used in the workplace or by professional associations and networking groups, challenges every participant to dig deep, develop an action plan, and become personally accountable.