Douglas Kruger is an international business speaker, author, business consultant and YouTube Personality. He’s also a member of the ‘Speakers Hall of Fame’. He is the author of seven books with a large international publisher, Penguin.
In Addition, Douglas is the only person to have won his nation’s public speaking championships, hosted by Toastmasters, a record five times. Each time, he represented his country at the World Championships.
In honour of excellence in his craft, he has been inducted into the ’Speakers Hall of Fame’ by the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa. He has also earned his CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation, the highest earned award from the National Speakers Association in America.
Douglas Kruger helps organisations dismantle the “Rules of Hamster Thinking” which make them industry redundant. He teaches brands and businesses to position themselves as industry experts so that their name has greater equity and esteem. In addition, he shows them where all the levers are for real-world innovation as well as growth.
By helping companies to build their brand, Douglas helps organisations to be seen as industry leaders. Douglas’ innovative thought-leadership ideas have featured on CNBC Africa, SAFM, Classic FM, Expresso and many more popular TV and radio stations. He is also qualified as a Certified Speaking Professional through the National Speakers Association of America.
Douglas speaks and trains around the world, and his online presentations rack up high numbers, with one speech (‘How to Escape Poverty – Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor?’) gaining over a million views.
Douglas’s first book was ‘Own Your Industry – How to Position Yourself as an Expert,’ and his most recent was ‘Poverty Proof – 50 Ways to Train Your Brain for Wealth.’ He also writes on topics related to leadership, culture and innovation, as in his title ’They’re Your Rules, Break Them!’
Douglas speaks and trains around the world, and his online presentations rack up high numbers, with one speech (‘How to Escape Poverty – Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor?’) gaining over a million views.
Douglas is an ardent crusader against victimhood-mentality, a strong proponent of entrepreneurship, and an advocate for personal accountability. He helps businesses and brands to position themselves as industry leaders and speaks on the topic of ‘becoming the industry expert.’
Douglas has touched – and immeasurably benefitted – the lives of many, many people. Here are some of the sterling recommendations that some of his readers and clients have to say about him:
“Douglas is phenomenal. He has great expertise, is very result oriented, and also knows what it takes for organisations and people to change. He has been very valuable to us.”
“You added so much value … You have exceeded … expectations … you are definitely in a different league.”
Douglas Kruger’s books “Own your industry” and “Poverty Proof” have now proudly been converted into online courses with Future Self Academy.
The course “Own your industry” will teach you how you can do to position yourself as the “go-to-name” in your chosen industry. You will learn how to build an excellent industry reputation and how to use online media channels to reach your market.
The course “Poverty Proof” will enlighten you how to escape the poverty trap by teaching you 50 principles. The course will alter your mindset and help you break old habits that are keeping you in a trapped financial position and to set you free.
Purchase either one of Douglas’s works with Future Self Academy.