Jon Wortmann

Jon Wortmann is an executive and mental coach, minister and speaker, and the author of Your Brain on Golf. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he works with educational, non-profit, start-up, and Fortune 100 organizations like Time Warner, ING, and Habitat for Humanity. His talks and workshops teach the strategic communication, mental focus, and stress management skills essential to healthy teams and lives.His work has been featured in O magazine, Elle, Links magazine, Fox, Fast Company, The Globe and Mail, and Deliberate Life magazine, and he is a featured blogger for Huffington Post's GPS for the Soul. He also blogs for Psychology Today with Dr. Julian Ford.He is mental coach for the Golf team at the University of Connecticut, where over five semesters players achieved four individual wins and three team championships. He will begin his work with the Dartmouth College women's team this spring. He coaches professionals on the NEC PGA and eGolf tours and his amateur students have qualified for USGA events like the US Amateur and US Mid-Amateur Championships.His previous books include Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over (Sourcebooks), Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage, and Influence and The Three Commitments of Leadership (McGraw-Hill).