• Sam Silverstein, CSP, CPAE

• Sam Silverstein, CSP, CPAE

St Louis, Missouri, United States
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  • 6 Ways Leaders Build Trust

    6 Ways Leaders Build Trust

    Over the past 30 years, I have worked with hundreds of organizations to help them improve their corporate culture…

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  • 7 Steps to Creating Wealth and Living with Sound Financial Principles

    7 Steps to Creating Wealth and Living with Sound Financial Principles

    How do you define wealth? Is wealth a million dollars? Is it 50 million dollars? Or is it even a billion dollars? Is…

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  • Mastering The Art Of Saying No

    Mastering The Art Of Saying No

    The hardest thing to say to someone is “No.” When someone asks us for a favor or help regarding something, it becomes…

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  • What Are Your REAL Values?

    What Are Your REAL Values?

    One of the most important aspects of an organization is its values. In job interviews, candidates may be asked about…

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  • Procrastinating? Trouble starting? Learn to SNAP!

    Procrastinating? Trouble starting? Learn to SNAP!

    People who procrastinate often say, “If only I could bring myself to start, I would get it done.” Whether these people…

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  • Six Key Questions for Accountable Leaders to Unlock Employee Potential

    Six Key Questions for Accountable Leaders to Unlock Employee Potential

    In the dynamic landscape of modern leadership, the concepts of accountability and being accountable take center stage…

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Experience

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Trustee

    NSA Foundation

    - 10 years 1 month

    I served as a trustee on the NSA Foundation Board of Trustees.

  • Volunteer

    Together We Can Change The World

    - Present 10 years 9 months

    Economic Empowerment

    We worked in SE Asia to build technology centers in schools, provide funding for college tuition, supplies for single mothers and children and build wells.

Publications

  • I Am Accountable: Ten Choices that Create Deeper Meaning in Your Life, Your Organization, and Your World

    Sound Wisdom

    What if you could transform your relationship with yourself, your family and friends, your colleagues and clients, and your larger community through the power of commitment? What if ten simple choices enabled you to enhance your leadership skills, improve your organizational culture, and make a local, national, or even global impact?

    In I Am Accountable, renowned speaker and consultant Sam Silverstein explains how accountability is the secret to filling your life with more meaning, more…

    What if you could transform your relationship with yourself, your family and friends, your colleagues and clients, and your larger community through the power of commitment? What if ten simple choices enabled you to enhance your leadership skills, improve your organizational culture, and make a local, national, or even global impact?

    In I Am Accountable, renowned speaker and consultant Sam Silverstein explains how accountability is the secret to filling your life with more meaning, more success, and more joy—and it all starts with your mindset. In order to create a truly meaningful life, we must first accept that the problem is never other people. “The real problem,” Sam Silverstein maintains, “is what we believe about other people.”

    Silverstein’s new book shows why everything we have been taught about accountability is wrong. Contrary to popular belief, accountability is not a way of doing. Accountability is a way of thinking. It is how we think about ourselves and others. And it is the highest form of leadership.

    The secret to creating accountable relationships, and elevating the personal benchmark that Silverstein calls The Accountability Index™, lies in making ten critical choices that support an accountable mindset. I Am Accountable offers a comprehensive plan to help you establish and leverage that mindset, deepen commitments, create lasting meaning in your life and relationships, transform the culture within your organization, and foster lasting positive change in the world.

  • No Matter What!

    Sound Wisdom

    What if the secret to being your best, attracting people and leading people was merely knowing what, why and how to commit to people? All you have ever wanted was to have more meaningful relationships, attract others to your cause and be able to make a difference in the lives of the people around you. You can have all this and more when you harness the power of the commitment.

    No Matter What starts with a simple Yes that forms a commitment you make to yourself and to the people around…

    What if the secret to being your best, attracting people and leading people was merely knowing what, why and how to commit to people? All you have ever wanted was to have more meaningful relationships, attract others to your cause and be able to make a difference in the lives of the people around you. You can have all this and more when you harness the power of the commitment.

    No Matter What starts with a simple Yes that forms a commitment you make to yourself and to the people around you. You will discover that, No Matter What, you will be able to:
    Make your word your bond
    Know and live your values
    Help people be their very best
    Create a good reputation in a troubled world
    Develop and sustain sound financial principles
    No Matter What is simple, powerful and life changing. When you start right now you will be committing to a better future for yourself and the people around you, No Matter What!

    For over 25 years, Sam Silverstein has helped people and organizations be the very best they can be. Sam will share the truth of what accountability is, why it is the most powerful change agent in existence and how you can harness the power of commitment in 10 specific and defining areas.

    Sam has worked with companies, government agencies and individuals around the world helping them create their best possible self through the power of accountability. Thousands of people have put Sam's philosophies and tools to work as they have grown and prospered.

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  • The Lost Commandments

    Sound Wisdom

    Fusing wonder, mystery and self-discovery into a moving tale of revelation, The Lost Commandments sets the stage for unraveling the mystery of how to best live our lives and build relationships in our modern challenging times.

    Sam Silverstein's fast-pasted adventure is set first at a major university where a history professor is challenged with a question by an unseen, unknown student in the back of the lecture hall; "What would happen if we had lost half of the great teachings of our…

    Fusing wonder, mystery and self-discovery into a moving tale of revelation, The Lost Commandments sets the stage for unraveling the mystery of how to best live our lives and build relationships in our modern challenging times.

    Sam Silverstein's fast-pasted adventure is set first at a major university where a history professor is challenged with a question by an unseen, unknown student in the back of the lecture hall; "What would happen if we had lost half of the great teachings of our time such as the Torah or Bible?"

    When an unexplainable series of events leads the professor to speak at a world education conference in Jerusalem he befriends an old man, a falafel stand merchant, who knows more about the professor and life than would seem possible.

    Join in the journey of belief and trust as the old man leads the professor through the teaching of 10 critical lost commandments and empowers the professor to share them with the world. Just when the professor has it all figured out everything changes in the end.

    It is time to find this lost wisdom, to study it and to embrace it. Discover the lost commandments for yourself and apply them to your life. What will your life be like when you find what has been lost and you put it into action?

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  • Making Accountable Decisions

    Sound Wisdom

    We struggle making decisions and most times we just wish someone would make them for us. What if that could all change and you could master the decisions you face in your life?

    The average person makes hundreds of decisions each day. They range from the ordinary and mundane to life altering events. Many decisions we are faced with have little affect on our lives. They deal with the simple problems and require simple choices. However, there are those decisions which impact our lives and…

    We struggle making decisions and most times we just wish someone would make them for us. What if that could all change and you could master the decisions you face in your life?

    The average person makes hundreds of decisions each day. They range from the ordinary and mundane to life altering events. Many decisions we are faced with have little affect on our lives. They deal with the simple problems and require simple choices. However, there are those decisions which impact our lives and the lives of those around us in very significant and consequential ways.

    In Making Accountable Decisions, Sam Silverstein presents ways to approach our life's decisions and how we interact and affect others. He does this be focusing on the most substantial decisions in our lives, how they impact us, and what decisions we can make to add value and meaning.

    Sam is the founder of The AccountabilityTM Movement and works with companies, government agencies and people around the world helping them build accountable cultures and live accountable lives. Building an accountable world is his life's mission.

    Some people choose to let life happen. Some people make it happen. What is your decision?

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  • The Success Model - Five Steps To Revolutionize Your Life

    Sound Wisdom

    What would your life be like if you achieved all your goals?

    How do you overcome fear and inhibition in order to accomplish things that only before were unimaginable? What if you had a five-step system that you could plug any desire into and get immediate results?

    The Success Model outlines a five-step system you can use in any of the major seven areas of life. Learn to overcome fear, gain balance in your life, improve your communication skills and much more. The Success Model…

    What would your life be like if you achieved all your goals?

    How do you overcome fear and inhibition in order to accomplish things that only before were unimaginable? What if you had a five-step system that you could plug any desire into and get immediate results?

    The Success Model outlines a five-step system you can use in any of the major seven areas of life. Learn to overcome fear, gain balance in your life, improve your communication skills and much more. The Success Model will leave you thirsty for personal growth, ready to achieve and positioned to teach those you lead.

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  • Non-Negotiable The Story of Happy State Bank & The Power of Accountability

    Sound Wisdom

    Do you ever find yourself questioning what you believe around issues that impact your life and business? Do you ever feel lost in your decisions? Are you ever frustrated in your lack of ability to take your life or business exactly where you know you want to go?

    Non-Negotiable is all about understanding what you believe, what you can control, what your mission is and ultimately taking your convictions to the level of Non-Negotiable.

    Based on the real life story of J. Pat…

    Do you ever find yourself questioning what you believe around issues that impact your life and business? Do you ever feel lost in your decisions? Are you ever frustrated in your lack of ability to take your life or business exactly where you know you want to go?

    Non-Negotiable is all about understanding what you believe, what you can control, what your mission is and ultimately taking your convictions to the level of Non-Negotiable.

    Based on the real life story of J. Pat Hickman, a man with a purpose, and the bank he leads, Happy State Bank, you will see firsthand what success looks like.

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  • No More Excuses

    Wiley & Sons

    Accountability is not a consequence.
    Accountability is your competitive advantage.

    Many professionals avoid accepting personal accountability for failures while readily accepting credit for successes. But those who achieve truly great things in life know that true accountability makes all the difference between success and failure—on both a personal and organizational level.

    Based on interviews with over fifty successful masters of the art of…

    Accountability is not a consequence.
    Accountability is your competitive advantage.

    Many professionals avoid accepting personal accountability for failures while readily accepting credit for successes. But those who achieve truly great things in life know that true accountability makes all the difference between success and failure—on both a personal and organizational level.

    Based on interviews with over fifty successful masters of the art of accountability—including
    academics, Fortune 500 CEOs, and Hall of Fame athletes—No More Excuses identifies the five accountabilities that all truly successful people and organizations share. These principles and traits are the common currency of successful individuals and businesses across virtually every industry and culture. When organizations embrace accountability at all levels, performances improve and competitive advantages emerge.

    When you willingly accept and embrace the five accountabilities, you encourage accountability in others and empower your teams to achieve at the highest level. The result is an organization focused on its fundamental values and committed, at the individual level, to achieving critical strategic goals.

    Whether you’re a business owner, a top executive, or a team leader, accountability starts with you and trickles down to everyone else. If you want to build an organization that achieves its goals and beats the competition, it’s time for No More Excuses.

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Projects

  • No More Excuses - Sam Silverstein

    - Present

    Thank you all for attending the No More Excuses(The Five Accountabilities For Personal and Organizational Growth) Workshop in Al-Khozama Hotel, Riyadh.

    We hope you all had a great time, while taking away some great ideas from the educational sessions. We had a record attendance of 30 people!
    We enjoyed seeing all of you, and are already looking forward to next Workshop…

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  • Spreker, moderator

    - Present

    Het spreken op bijeenkomsten, meetings en congressen over het thema Duurzame Inzetbaarheid. Het modereren van bijeenkomsten over het thema Duurzame Inzetbaarheid.

    Other creators
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Honors & Awards

  • CPAE Award

    National Speakers Association

    Sam was been inducted into the Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE) Speakers Hall of Fame in July 2021. In February 1977, the National Speakers Association (NSA) established the Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE)® Speaker Hall of Fame to honor professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence.

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