Dr. Gary Bradt is a change and leadership speaker and author who helps organizations turn change and tough times into opportunity. His twenty-two years of experience in the leadership field makes him uniquely qualified to deliver on this message. Dr. Bradt is a clinical psychologist, business owner, leadership consultant, husband and father who has learned to cope with one of the toughest challenges of all, a child’s chronic, life-threatening illness.
Dr. Bradt has spoken all over the globe for clients like General Electric, American Express, eBay, FedEx, Proctor & Gamble, Fidelity Investments and Bristol-Myers Squibb, to name just a few. For years, he was endorsed by Spencer Johnson as the leading speaker worldwide on “Who Moved My Cheese?” Now, Johnson has asked Bradt to once again be the leading speaker on Johnson’s current bestseller, “Peaks & Valleys.”
Dr. Bradt is an author as well. Ken Blanchard, author of Leading at a Higher Level, describes Bradt’s book on leading change as “Beautifully written and full of wisdom, “The Ring in the Rubble” is a gem.” Dr. Bradt draws on all of this experience to offer sharp and penetrating insights into how to lead through tough times and find the opportunity within every change.
Dr. Bradt believes it is important to not only inspire each person attending his talks, but also to give them practical strategies and tactics they can immediately implement for the betterment of themselves and the organizations they serve. Therefore, he never gives the same speech twice. He takes care and pride in directly tying his message to each group’s specific change leadership challenges. He arms every member of his audience with new ideas on how they can take the responsibility of leading change and winning now.
Dr. Bradt earned his BA in psychology from Duquesne, University in Pittsburgh, PA and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University and Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He currently serves as President of Bradt Leadership, Inc. a leadership-consulting firm he co-founded with his wife Dr. Peggy Bradt in 1993.