Real Stories, Real Success:
Making an Impact on Millennials

Gary Gaffney joined the John Maxwell Team in 2014 ready and eager to use the materials and influence of the John Maxwell brand to make a big impact.

In the time since, Gary has built a successful business coaching emerging leaders.  His focus is on millennials in the workplace and helping them match their personal and professional goals in order to be more successful and fulfilled.

This age group can often be the people that outsiders assume have it all together. Gary smirks knowingly as he reflects on his first-hand experience, similar to so many of us who may have wasted our 20’s by not allowing our personal and professional goals to complement and build off of each other.

With that in mind, Gary’s goal is to help create self-awareness in these emerging leaders about who they are and where they want to go.  “I didn’t have that person for me,” he points out, “so I want to be that person for somebody else.”

The influence of the John Maxwell Team is what has really been able to drive him to success in his passion, as he now walks into every speech, training and meeting ready to meet anyone and instantly add value.

His biggest lesson has been to trust the process.  Gary admits he didn’t do all he knew he should in the beginning.  But, when he truly trusted and followed the JMT process, he ended up having his best month yet, landing five new training clients and a large training proposal  along with hosting Live2Lead with a great team.

Through Gary’s own journey and his work to make an impact on millennials in the workplace, he recognizes that the true influence carries on far after his training is complete.  “The real success,” he says, “will be the impact and influence that they have in their lives.”