SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Sterling Hawkins is a global keynote speaker, No. 1 bestselling author, and founder of the No Matter What movement. His work has reached more than a million leaders and countless organizations across six continents — helping them make the No Matter What commitment that turns uncertainty into breakthroughs, disruption into innovation, and challenge into growth.

LONG BIOGRAPHY

Sterling Hawkins is a global keynote speaker, No. 1 bestselling author, and founder of the No Matter What movement — one of the fastest-growing leadership philosophies in the world.

Sterling's path to this work wasn't theoretical. He built a company that became part of a multi-billion dollar organization. When that company collapsed — leaving Sterling with six figures of personal debt and an identity that no longer worked — he discovered what he now brings to stages worldwide: the obstacle was never external. It was the version of himself built for a different moment, running the show in a new one.

That confrontation became the No Matter What philosophy. And the methodology that followed has since reached more than a million leaders and countless organizations across six continents.

Sterling has worked with Fortune 500 leadership teams, the United Nations, and organizations across healthcare, technology, retail, financial services, manufacturing, and more — consistently delivering the moment audiences point back to as the before and after of how they lead. His book Hunting Discomfort became a No. 1 bestseller. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc.

No Matter What isn't a philosophy Sterling teaches from a distance. It's the transformation he experienced himself — and the reason the work lands the way it does.

When he's not on stage, Sterling leads immersive No Matter What Leadership Adventures in Peru, Morocco, Chile, and the Colorado Rockies — experiences designed to make the old identity unsustainable and the new one unavoidable.