Drawing Greatness out of Today's Youth with Geoffrey McLachlin

Can we learn as adults through play? Yes, we can. Geoff McLachlan stops by Awakened Nation® to share his extraordinary journey as a  successful kindergarten teacher, who took the concept of learning  through fun and founded Professionals At Play. Geoff has done over 800 speaking engagements in front of thousands of students and adults.  Geoff also shares his love for the outdoors.  This is a fun episode. Geoff McLachlin Bio: Geoff McLachlan provides coaching, training, speaking and meeting facilitation services through INFLUENCE. Founder and CEO of Professionals at Play, Geoff has been a professional speaker for over 13 years and has made over 800 paid speeches for a variety of companies and organizations. Coaching and training is part of Geoff’s family heritage. His grandfather and father were both Washington State Track and Field Hall of Fame Coaches, and combined they had over 100 years of coaching experience! Following in their footsteps Geoff has worked with educators, youth, and private sector personnel, collectively and individually, with objectives to help teams increase their effectiveness and to help individuals make decisions and take action. Here's a few standout accomplishments. Geoff has provided coaching to a real estate client with a $200,000,000 budget, as well to as a USA Junior Olympic Weight Lifting champ. He has worked with hundreds of schools across the country to significantly reduce truancy and decrease suspensions. And he has a 70% client retention rate. Geoff joined the Influence team to continue his journey of helping people win in work and life. Host: Brad Szollose First things, first. How do you say Szollose? It’s pronounced zol-us. Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, serial entrepreneur and award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation®—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary.