J. Rufus Fears is an excellent choice for:

• Keynote Speaking

• Annual Conventions

• Graduation Keynote

• University Lyceum Series

• Board Retreats

• Professional Associations

• Business Groups

• Government Groups

Dr. Fears’ message is grounded in scholarship, and then expanded and refined as only a great mind and heart endowed with a trusted sense of place and time can accomplish. You will not forget the time you spend with him.

J. Rufus Fears is an expert and an internationally recognized scholar on the history of freedom, both ancient and modern, offering a unique perspective from which to inspire, guide and lead today’s leaders to a broader, deeper, and more complete understanding of how great leaders of the past shaped history. Fears connects figures from antiquity, through Lincoln, Churchill, and others, to our own place and time.

There is no one more qualified to help us apply vital lessons from history’s great leaders. His presentations are invaluable for any community or government leader. His message also extends to business leaders, regardless of the size of their company or the scope of their mission. Fears speaks to all levels and applications of leadership. His perspective is ever-fresh, immediately applicable, while at the same time always inspiring, engaging, and entertaining.

Dr. Fears offers a speaking experience you won’t soon forget! Dr. Fears speaks throughout the country to broad audiences on the lessons of history for our own day. In one of his presentations, Leadership in Crisis: Lessons of The Roman Empire for America today, he brilliantly and thoroughly addresses a topic of critical importance: What is a superpower to do in a time of crisis? He draws on the lessons of history to address our fears, concerns, and hopes as the world’s only superpower. We do not have the luxury of thinking tomorrow will be soon enough to address the issues of what a superpower is to do in crisis.

Fears guides his audience on a journey of possibilities, looking through the lens of history to glean its lessons, and offering a powerful set of principles upon which we can act. Following are examples of some of the critically important and immediately relevant questions Dr. Fears explores during his presentations:

  • How can modern leaders lead using history’s greatest examples to guide them?
  • Who has gone before us and what can they teach us?
  • Are we destined to be a warning or an example for other cultures?
  • Where are we to turn for examples?
  • Where  do we go from here?
  • How do we get there?
  • Can we preserve our greatness,  our strength, our vitality, our freedoms, our grace and our compassion?
  • Can we not only survive, but thrive during the next American (and global) era? 

His message is timely, compelling, and immediately accessible. You will leave feeling inspired, challenged, and girded with the knowledge and perspective you need to be the leader you were called to be. In your family, business, community, country, and beyond. He will leave you with concrete ideas and suggestions for how to apply the lessons of history, not  only to this day, next week, next month, or next year, but  also for the next generation.

I wanted to sincerely thank you for your terrific courses from The Teaching Company. They were not only incredibly entertaining, but also a treasure map of knowledge. … You are the Michael Jordan of history. —A.E

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