Competence is Everywhere.
Courage is Extinct.
23
Years of expertise
197
Countries visited
300k
Leaders trained
460+
Events spoken at
100
Bold goals pursued
30k
Largest audience
COURAGE ISN'T A TRAIT. IT'S A TRAINABLE SKILL.
SKILL
named one of THE ten outstanding young americans. The same award given to
JFK and Elvis.
Garrett Gravesen is a bestselling author and one of the most electrifying leadership keynote speakers. As Co-founder of ADDO Worldwide, he helped create Chick-fil-A Leader Academy, training 30,000 leaders a year for over a decade.
He is the only leadership keynote speaker to have visited all 197 countries and he turned those experiences into the 5 Zones of Courage, the framework behind his two most requested keynotes.
A Harvard Business School alumnus, Garrett has been trusted by Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A, the NFL, Michelin, and the New York Yankees, been featured on CNN, FOX, and NBC, and was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans—the same award given to JFK and Elvis.
Meet Garrett
BUILD A CULTURE OF COURAGE
Your audience won’t just leave inspired. They’ll leave equipped to…
LIVE WITH COURAGE
Do the Dash™
Personal purpose fuels professional performance.
When people reconnect with what matters most, they show up with greater energy, resilience, and commitment at work.
LEAD WITH COURAGE
Results & Relationships
Build extraordinary teams without sacrificing people.
Leaders learn how to pursue exceptional performance while strengthening trust, accountability, and culture.
ACT WITH COURAGE
Choose 10 Seconds
Turn hesitation into courageous action.
When uncertainty rises, your people stop waiting for perfect certainty and start making bold decisions.
It all started with a tombstone, two dates, and a Dash.
After his father was diagnosed with cancer, Garrett asked a question that changed his life: What will you do with your Dash? That line on your tombstone that defines your life. What would it look like if Courage wrote every line of it?
That question drove him across all 197 countries, through every culture, every economy, and every challenge the world could offer, including the next frontier of uncertainty: The Age of AI.
Now he helps organizations answer that same question—with courage.
DO THE DASH
LEADERSHIP & LEGACY
Courage isn't a trait-it's a trainable skill.
Garrett teaches leaders and teams how to practice courage in everyday moments through his framework, the 5 Zones of Courage. The result: bold leadership, fearless growth, and cultures that thrive long after the Keynote ends.
courage insights
“A culture shifting idea with global impact”
–Harvard Business School, Exec Ed
“A roadmap to a Culture of Courage”
—Michelin
“A Grand Slam for our audience”
–new york yankees
