Joao Cordeiro

Joao Cordeiro

• Leadership, emotional intelligence, and communication expert
• Talent igniter on a mission to raise human potential awareness
• Successful business owner who sold three extraordinarily successful companies to pursue a different path
• Overcame physical disability to pursue a football career only to have change forced upon him

Like most people, Joao Cordeiro has lived a life filled with ups and downs. Diagnosed with a severe neurological disorder at the tender age of ten, he was informed he could never take part in sports. He proved the doctors wrong and excelled at football. He became a goalkeeper.

By the time he turned nineteen, Joao Cordeiro played for a European club and was a short step away from signing a contract with Milan. Due to injuries and emotional issues, he had to let go of his dream before even reaching his peak.

Joao Cordeiro then went on to become an entrepreneur, only to have his first business venture fail when he was 23 years old. This resulted in him falling into a deep depression. While he had a lot of unpaid debts, he had also experienced a 30kg increase in weight.

Success

Instead of giving up, however, Joao Cordeiro decided to embrace adversity. He went on to create a second company focused on business networking and behavioural training. After six years of blood, sweat, and tears, his new venture turned out a success. The rest, as they say, is history.

The main lesson learned, according to Joao Cordeiro, is that most people are not mentally and emotionally prepared to build the professional and personal life they genuinely want. Most people live repressed lives, with their talents crushed by various internal and external factors. These include their fears, insecurities, false beliefs, dependencies on others, and toxic relationships.

Making Another Change

In 2017, Joao Cordeiro found himself owning three companies. Although successful in Portugal and Brazil, he felt it was time to follow a different path. He went on to exclusively dedicate himself to coaching, mentoring, and delivering talks that relate to talent, leadership, communication, potential, development, and personal mastery.

Joao Cordeiro, who consistently strives to learn new things, searched for great mentors and found them. He became the first Portuguese person at Sharma Leadership International and the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team. He also attended a course in Building High-Performing Teams at Harvard University in the United States.

To date, his journey has seen Joao Cordeiro invest thousands of hours in learning, thinking, and doing. He has participated in over three hundred events and helped more than 14,000 people from twenty different nationalities in their business and personal lives.

Joao Cordeiro – Speaker

As a conference speaker, Joao Cordeiro engages his audiences by delivering content, ideas, and tools that make people aware of their true potential and, in doing so, achieve unusual results. He lives in Portugal and presents in Portuguese and English.

Speaking Topics

• Leadership
• Communication
• Talent development and retention
• Emotional Intelligence and well-being
• Motivation and Resilience
• Goals and High Performance
• Building Strong relationships in challenging environments