Jonathan Chay - Professional Keynote Speaker and Industry Expert
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    Jonathan Chay

    Sales Excellence and Cognitive Performance Strategist

    Consistent Million Dollar Round Table member, among the top 5% of financial professionals globally during his advisory career.

    4.9
    Singapore
    English

    Speaking Topics

    Sales Excellence Academy – Financial Services Workshop Program Series

    Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience

    Synopsis

    Markets evolve, clients become more discerning, and financial professionals face increasing pressure to perform with integrity and consistency. Technical knowledge alone is no longer enough. Sustainable success now demands discipline, structure, and a principled approach to selling. Drawing from decades of real-world financial services experience, this session distills timeless fundamentals that separate struggling practitioners from trusted professionals. Participants will learn how to manage disruption, build client-centric sales systems, master the decision process, and develop habits that compound results over time. This is not about shortcuts or hype. It is about building a career foundation strong enough to withstand change, competition, and market cycles while delivering meaningful value to clients.

    Target Audience

    New and developing financial services consultants building foundational professional skills. Practicing advisors seeking structure, discipline, and ethical sales mastery for long-term growth.

    Key Benefits

    Professional discipline drives success: Participants recognize that long-term success comes from disciplined habits, structured systems, and mindset alignment rather than motivation alone, enabling consistent performance and adaptability across changing market conditions. Calm, confident, professionally grounded: Participants feel more composed and assured in client interactions, supported by clear frameworks that reduce uncertainty, emotional pressure, and overwhelm during prospecting, selling, and relationship management. Execute structured sales systems: Participants implement disciplined prospecting, need-based selling, and follow-through processes that improve efficiency, client commitment, and long-term relationship value across their financial services practice.

    Outline

    Building A Career – Master The Fundamentals That Create Stability Participants establish a strong professional foundation by mastering discipline, activity management, prospecting structure, and need-based selling fundamentals. This stage focuses on habits, mindset, and systems that create early momentum, reduce inconsistency, and build credibility. It equips professionals with clarity, confidence, and repeatable behaviors essential for long-term career sustainability. The Science And The Art – Balance Structure With Human Influence Participants refine their ability to combine structured sales processes with emotional intelligence, communication, and relationship-building skills. They learn to manage the full sales cycle, handle affordability, crystalize decisions, and guide commitment. This stage transforms technical competence into persuasive professionalism that builds trust and drives consistent client buy-in. Making The Difference – Lead, Multiply Impact, And Build Legacy Participants elevate from individual performance to long-term impact by strengthening leadership mindset, mentoring capability, and value-driven influence. They learn how to develop others, enhance relationships, and create referral-driven growth. This stage focuses on purpose, character, and contribution, enabling professionals to build enduring success beyond personal production.

    High Impact Training (HIT) Masterclass Coaching Program Series

    Leadership and Human Capital Development

    Synopsis

    Change no longer arrives in cycles. It is constant, complex, and unforgiving to organisations that lack readiness. Many teams struggle not because of strategy, but because mindset, habits, and cross-functional alignment fail under pressure. High Impact Training is designed to build a timeless appetite for change by conditioning individuals and organisations to respond with clarity, confidence, and discipline. Through practical masterclasses covering innovation, emotional readiness, coaching, leadership, sales excellence, and influence, participants learn to transform knowledge into habits that endure. This program prepares leaders and teams to remain adaptable, synergised, and effective while sustaining performance through uncertainty and demanding circumstances.

    Target Audience

    Senior leaders and managers leading teams through constant organisational change. Sales, leadership, and cross-functional professionals seeking sustained performance and adaptability.

    Key Benefits

    Readiness drives performance: Participants understand that sustained success depends on mindset readiness and behavioural discipline, not reactive strategies, enabling clearer thinking, faster adaptation, and stronger performance under pressure. Confident under constant change: They feel grounded, prepared, and assured when navigating uncertainty, change initiatives, and organisational challenges without emotional fatigue or resistance. Apply habits consistently: Participants implement practical frameworks, leadership behaviours, and coaching practices that convert learning into daily action, reinforcing continuous improvement and cross-functional effectiveness.

    Outline

    Condition Readiness – Build A Constantly Ready Mindset For Change Participants develop the mental conditioning required to remain prepared for uncertainty and disruption. By strengthening emotional readiness, adaptability, and cognitive clarity, individuals build resilience and confidence. This readiness enables faster response, better decision making, and sustained performance when facing continuous organisational and market change. Integrate Capabilities – Align Leadership, Coaching, Innovation, And Influence The program integrates leadership, coaching, innovation, sales excellence, and influence into a cohesive capability set. Participants learn how these disciplines reinforce one another, creating cross-functional synergy. This alignment strengthens organisational culture, improves execution, and builds individuals who lead with purpose at every level. Transfer Learning – Convert Knowledge Into Habits That Endure Participants apply structured facilitation methods that ensure learning transfers directly into workplace behaviour. Through practical frameworks, group discussions, and in-workshop projects, knowledge becomes habit. This approach creates self-fuelling improvement, ensuring skills remain relevant, applied, and effective long after the program concludes.

    Why Chase The Rainbow

    Inspiration and Motivation

    Synopsis

    Success in advisory careers rarely fails due to lack of effort. It breaks down when purpose fades, planning drifts, and the mind becomes cluttered. Chasing results without understanding why often leads to burnout, misalignment, and inconsistency. Drawing on decades of experience across advisory, leadership, and cognitive training, this keynote reframes success as a journey requiring clarity, patience, and mental control. Using the metaphor of the rainbow, participants explore how shifting conditions demand adaptability, emotional discipline, and mindful execution. Advisors leave with renewed meaning behind their goals, practical planning methods, and mindset techniques to navigate obstacles while sustaining confidence, focus, and long term performance.

    Target Audience

    Financial advisors seeking clarity, focus, and renewed purpose to elevate consistency and performance. Agency leaders and sales professionals navigating pressure, uncertainty, and long term career sustainability.

    Key Benefits

    Clarity Drives Sustainable Success: Participants realize success depends less on intensity and more on purpose, planning, and mental alignment, enabling clearer decisions, better execution, and long term consistency without emotional exhaustion. Calm Confidence Under Pressure: Advisors feel grounded, focused, and reassured, replacing anxiety with composure and confidence when navigating uncertainty, obstacles, and performance expectations across their advisory journey. Execute With Purpose Daily: Participants apply structured planning, mindset conditioning, and time control techniques immediately, improving focus, execution quality, and follow through across sales, leadership, and personal commitments.

    Outline

    Purpose Before Targets – Reconnect Meaning To Your Advisory Journey Participants uncover the deeper meaning behind their goals and ambitions. By reframing success as a journey rather than a finish line, advisors strengthen commitment, reduce burnout, and regain emotional motivation. Purpose becomes the anchor that sustains consistency, resilience, and confidence through shifting market conditions. Plan With Precision – Align Strategy, Time, And Mental Clarity Advisors learn structured planning techniques used by top financial sales professionals. The session clarifies how effective time control, strategic prioritization, and execution discipline reduce overwhelm. When planning aligns with mindset, daily actions become focused, intentional, and measurable across personal and professional commitments. Condition The Mind – Calm Focus For Sustainable Performance Participants discover methods to calm, refocus, and condition the mental mind under pressure. By improving cognitive effectiveness and emotional control, advisors make better decisions, recover faster from setbacks, and sustain confidence throughout long advisory journeys without losing clarity or momentum.

    About

    Jonathan Chay is a principal business consultant, trainer, and speaker with over 30 years of experience across banking, insurance, and professional training. He has held senior leadership roles with global financial institutions including AXA, Zurich, Aviva, and Citibank, driving significant sales growth, organisational transformation, and talent development. A former Million Dollar Round Table qualifier, Jonathan blends commercial strategy with neuroscience, mindset development, and emotional intelligence to help leaders thrive in the digital age. Since 2014, he has focused on business consulting and training, designing bespoke programs in sales excellence, leadership, cognitive skills, and digital marketing. As a speaker and coach, Jonathan is known for translating complex challenges into practical, human-centred strategies that elevate performance, resilience, and long-term capability across organisations.

    Unique Selling Point

    Three-Decade Industry Mastery – Jonathan brings over 30 years of combined experience across banking, insurance, and corporate training. His sessions integrate real-world leadership, sales, and transformation insights tested across complex, high-stakes business environments.

    Business Meets Human Performance – Beyond strategy, Jonathan incorporates neuroscience, mindset development, and emotional intelligence. His training strengthens attention, focus, decision-making, and resilience, helping leaders perform sustainably in fast-changing digital landscapes.

    Transformation Through Education – Jonathan designs bespoke programs that do not just upskill teams but shift thinking. His approach blends strategy, behaviour change, and learning design to drive measurable organisational and personal growth outcomes.

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