Jay Forte, a former financial executive and corporate educator, now business and motivational speaker, certified workplace and life coach, and author, is a nationally ranked Thought Leader and Founder and President of the Greatness Zone. Jay’s passion is in providing practical tools to help people discover and use their talents, strengths and passions to be extraordinary in work and life.

Jay’s specialties include human capital management (attract, hire and retain A-level talent), leadership, Stand Out! customer service, life purpose, faith-based greatness, possibilities creation, creative thinking and greatness self-discovery.

Jay is the author of Fire Up! Your Employees and Smoke Your Competition, and The Greatness Zone – Know Your Self, Find Your Fit, Transform the World. He has published more than 200 articles both nationally and internationally, writes the Manage for Big Bold Results and Life’s Too Big To Play Small blogs and newsletters and for Intentblog.com, Vividlife.me, CornerstoneOnDemand.com and The Student Operated Press. He has appeared as a guest on the Marie Osmond talk show on the Hallmark Family Network.

Jay is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management, the National Speakers Association and the Florida Speakers Association.

When not helping companies attract, hire and retain A-level talent, or helping people learn to discover and live great and happy lives, he writes, gardens and cooks (as any good Italian) with his partner in Ft Lauderdale, FL. His three daughters are now out of the house, done with college and are living and working in their Greatness Zone.