A Message from Marques: https://youtu.be/tpZG3rGT5GM 

About Marques Ogden

Marques Ogden is a former NFL player who is now an inspirational keynote speaker. He’s also the founder and CEO of Ogden Ventures LLC, three-time best-selling author (Sleepless Nights; The Success Cycle), business coach and consultant and the podcast host of Authenticity With Marques Ogden; although his journey didn’t come easy or without unrelenting adversity.

After retiring from football, Marques pursued a career in construction and contracting. At 27, he founded a construction company with fast growth but eventually went bankrupt, losing almost two million dollars on one project in 90 days. He pulled himself together during his darkest hours and got a part-time job as a custodian.

Marques rose to the top again with hard work and determination, using his struggles as inspiration to blaze his own trail forward. Now, he shares his powerful story to help others learn how to fail forward and achieve success in their lives. Marques’ story and insights as a thought leader have been featured in top publications such as USA Today, Forbes, Cheddar News and Authority Magazine. As a speaker, he’s landed jobs with over 40 Fortune 500 companies and over 15 Fortune 100 companies like Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Intel, JPMorgan Chase and Home Depot. As a podcast host, he’s interviewed iconic guests such as Michael Strahan, Joe Namath and Willie Parker Jr.

Marques hopes to continue reaching new levels in his professional career and positively impacting as many people’s lives as possible through doing what he loves; speaking on stage and sharing his experiences and knowledge with others.

Program Information:

THE EGO MISTAKE: FROM 8 FIGURES TO $8.25 PER HOUR

The audience will leave with:

  • How To Be More Focused To Achieve Personal And Professional Goals
  • How To Create And Sustain An Unbreakable Mindset To Win In Business And In Life 

In our most popular signature keynote, Marques shares his heart-wrenching story of hitting rock bottom, losing millions and going bankrupt because of his enormous, pompous ego. With a positive, resilient mindset and perseverance, he was able to rise from the ashes and begin rebuilding the life and career of his dreams.

Without struggle, there is no progress. That has been the ultimate life lesson for many of us, including Marques, who learned the hard way after losing everything and starting over at an $8.25/hr. wage as a custodian. He now uses his story to help his audience not make the same ego mistake. This signature keynote is all about embracing failures and using them as fuel to soar even further. He provides action steps and strategies to help you succeed through the power of accountability, grit and determination!

 

SELF-ABSORPTION CAUSES SELF-DESTRUCTION

The audience will leave with:

  • 4 keys to being a great leader
  • How to use empathy/compassion as a leader to connect with your team that you are serving 

Any leader who is focused more on themselves than they are on their employees and the organization’s overall well-being is not a true leader. Marques speaks from experience; when he ran his construction company At 32, he became tyrannical and treated his employees like objects instead of people. This made him live his life with wrath, jealousy, anger, deceit and self-absorption, which caused his ultimate self-destruction.

Now, he has gone full circle, and his mission is to serve others above all. In this signature keynote, Marques shares the power of servant leadership and how leaders from all industries and walks of life can use this leadership style to empower their employees and build a legacy that doesn’t lead to self-destruction but rather self-fulfillment.

 

THE SUCCESS CYCLE CREATES HEALTHY DEI

The audience will leave with:

  • 3 keys to create the success cycle in your personal and professional 
  • The 5 keys to create inclusion in any organization  

In today’s world, diversity, equity and inclusion shouldn’t be negotiable; it should be the standard for all companies and teams. Navigating DEI can feel like a tricky space, but it doesn’t have to be. In this signature keynote, Marques shares valuable insights from his book The Success Cycle on a unique method to create a healthy, flourishing and diverse work environment.

For many, there is a barrier to entry into the workplace. And for others, they have boundaries to prevent entry. The J.O.B. method is about Jumping Over Barriers™ and tackling the limitations set in place that hinder true DEI in the workplace. Marques shares his personal experiences with DEI in the NFL and his career and gives actionable steps on how companies can value DEI in an authentic and meaningful way.

For more information on Marques, click here.

 

RESERVE YOUR SEAT!

DATE:  August 24, 2023

LOCATION:  Airport Holiday Inn
6111 Fleur Drive | Des Moines IA 50321
515-287-2400
(There is a block of rooms is under Midwest Speakers Bureau)

TIME:  8:00 am Registration
8:30-12:30 Speakers Showcase
12:30-1:30 Lunch with speakers

Cost:  $50

Register: https://www.speakernow.com/showcases/registration-form/