Lawrence Blundred

Larry Blundred spent decades leading teams and growing businesses before sensing a call with more lasting impact: to encourage us to discover and practice the impact of showing up to encourage others every day in every way. A speaker, mentor, business leader, and self-described Chief Encouragement Officer, Larry draws upon personal loss and failure, resilient faith, and a career serving companies like Skyline Chili and JTM Food Group and multiple not-for-profit entities. He is the author of Staying Resilient When Life Throws You More Than a Curveball, Rise Above: Survivor or Thriver?, and the beloved, award-winning Ollie Otter Adventures children’s book series. His mission is to elevate encouragers and heighten awareness that—more than ever—people need encouragement, and people like you and me are the ones to deliver it joyfully, routinely, and intentionally.