Clay Worthington

Keynote speaker on culture, entrepreneurship, leadership, performance, and the quiet self-sabotage that stalls high performers.

Learnings from sixteen years coaching elite athletes and the hard yards of owning, operating, and growing businesses.

Speaking Topics:
1. Quiet Sabotage: The Lies We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back
2. Ramblings of a Failed Olympic Coach
3. Accountability vs Follow Through: Above-the-Line Behaviors That Shape Success
4. Bringing Others Along: Executing Strong Cultures Defined by First Principles
5. The American Dream Is Alive and Well: Shaping Your Big Hairy Audacious Goal

ABOUT: For sixteen years, Clay Worthington coached and developed athletes to national, international, and Olympic-level competition, building the daily systems that turn talent into performance under pressure. An entrepreneur and business owner, he now brings those hard-won lessons out of sport and into the boardroom — helping leaders and teams recognize the invisible patterns that quietly sabotage their own success, and replace them with honesty, ownership, and durable performance.Clay holds a Bachelor's in Exercise Science and Nutrition (cum laude) and a Master's in Kinesiology. He speaks to leadership teams, associations, and conferences, and is available for keynotes, workshops, and podcast appearances.

Book Clay to Speak

On staying the course:I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never —”“You lie,” he cried,
And ran on.- Stephen Crane, “I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon,” 1895