Tom Cronin

Tom Cronin's Biography

Tom Cronin is a renowned speaker and corporate trainer recognised nationally and internationally as a leadership expert. Often known as 'The King of Calm’, Tom is recognised for his inspiring, empowering and humorous presentations on leadership, stress management, mindfulness and empowerment.

Tom is the author of 6 books, from the globally published book The Portal (through Allen and Unwin and Murdoch Press), The Path to Peace, his book on navigating through the complexity of change with grace and ease, to his children’s book, Missy Moo Meditates. He has also produced the hit film The Portal and founded The Stillness Project, a movement to inspire one billion people to meditate daily.

Tom started out as a Wolf of Wall Street style broker in 1987 and after many years of stress, turned to meditation and mindfulness to help him change things for the better. In 2012 after a 26 year career as a broker he departed the world of finance and committed his time to making a difference. Since 2012 he has taught thousands of people all over the world to meditate, led transformational retreats, hosted corporate trainings for Fortune 100 companies like Amazon, Coca Cola, as well as UBS, Nova FM and Fairfax Media. He has also spoken on stages at some of the biggest events like Afest, Wanderlust and the Adnews Summit.

Tom Cronin’s strong skill as an experienced facilitator teaches conference participants very practical tips and strategies to apply to their work and home life, empowering insights and knowledge, and a meditation training experience during his sessions that leave the audience feeling inspired and equipped to acquire the necessary skills to be healthy, happy and successful in the future.

Tom has worked with hundreds of companies, conferences and media outlets as a speaker and facilitator from UBS, Nova FM, Qantas, Finch Media, Fairfax Media, Amazon, Sydney Airports, GPT, Bank of China, Wanderlust, Afest, Mindheart Connect and the list goes on...

He has been featured on TV and in the media sharing his insights and strategies for a successful life from Thrive Global, Sydney Morning Herald, Yahoo News, The Morning Show Channel 9, CBS, NineMSN, Conde Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Vogue, Business Insider magazine just to name a few.

Speaking Topics Include

Inspired leadership

How to be a person of influence and inspire teams with enthusiasm instead of authority. In this talk we explore what it is to be an inspiring leader, not just in your micro environment but to develop a global brand and following. We explore the notion of event horizon and how far your sphere of influence can spread.

Unlimited creativity

How to tap into the infinite creative possibility, why stress will create a barrier to this and the one thing the world's leading companies are doing today to overcome this.

Happiness without the WHY. Is happiness becoming more and more elusive when our world is becoming more and more affluent?

In this talk we explore the reason why stress will be a barrier to anyone's happiness and what you can do about this. Happiness can be experienced without needing a why attached to it.

Overcoming anxiety and panic in an ever increasingly stressed world

How do we remain calm and balanced when the pace of life is speeding up? We explore the role of Sympathetic Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System on our modern society and why we have exponential rates of anxiety and panic in our world today and how to reverse this trend.

Confronting depression and suicide

Why awareness isn't enough. In this confronting talk we discuss how the ever increasing levels of awareness hasn't prevented the rates of depression and suicide and inspiring action needs to be part of the process. What action? Shifting minds and bodies out of sympathetic nervous system and into parasympathetic nervous system and what this does to our bodies and biochemicals.

The success blueprint - How to overcome deep programming in the mind that is creating barriers to your success

In this talk the audience will receive practical tips on how to break free of a conditioned mindset and leap into a new paradigm of success. Using his own story as an example, Tom will show how a simple mind shift can reshape your reality.

Transformational leadership

From Wolf of Wall Street to Global Zentrepreneur: Tom's story of change from drug and alcohol addiction as a broker to leading a global movement of meditators and thought leaders under The Stillness Project.

Resilience and challenge

Why hurdles weed out the weak from the strong, the followers from the leaders and the uncommitted from the committed. Why adversity is your greatest friend and how to move through it with poise and grace.

Corporate Meditation and Mindfulness Course

• Understand the negative impact of stress on mind, body and biochemicals in the corporate workplace.
• Staff will learn how they can empower themselves over stress and increase brain potential in Tom’s classes and programs.
• How to improve sleep, focus and productivity
• Experience a group guided meditation class to show in real-time the impact

meditation can have on the mind and body

Optimising A Happy, Healthy and Focussed Workplace

• Classes and programs on how to reduce stress on a mental, physical and emotional level
• Meditation Programs for a good night’s sleep
• Why mindset is everything and how to sharpen your mind in the corporate workplace
• A quick guide to meditation classes and which meditation is best for you

Inspired Based Leadership

• What is inspired leadership and how has leadership changed in the corporate workplace
• How to stay ahead of the rapidly changing world in the corporate sector and stand out in a crowd
• Tips, techniques and classes to be in flow and in the zone all day everyday
• How to see into the future and lead the way forward into the next frontier of the corporate world