Bradley James Davies is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and professional listener who helps leaders and teams master the one thing that changes everything:
Next-Level Listening™.
With humor and soul, he teaches about the transformational power of listening and how it can level up every area of life, from improved sales and team performance at work to deeper intimacy and peace at home.
An ICF-certified coach trained at Georgetown University, Bradley works with clients across sectors and at every level of leadership, from rising stars to C-suite veterans.
Davies’ debut book, School Leadership from A to Z, draws on two decades in education. His second book, Next-Level Listening, is due out in 2026.
With degrees from Stanford and Duke, Bradley peaked way too early: his claim to fame remains driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
Bradley James Davies is a strategic listener, speaker, and writer who helps high-achieving leaders, teams, partners, parents, and students master the one thing that changes everything:
An award-winning, best-selling author with decades of corporate and nonprofit leadership experience (from driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile to consulting to international development to education…), Bradley
serves clients who span all sectors, from technology and entertainment to government and education, and all
levels of leadership, from rising stars to c-suite veterans.
As an ICF-certified (PCC) leadership coach trained at Georgetown University, Bradley blends a lighthearted style, good humor, and hard-earned humility with a keen ability to get to the heart of the matter and the confidence to compassionately challenge when needed. Bradley’s strategic listening approach helps high achievers expand their self-awareness, leverage their strengths, improve their listening skills, prioritize their wellness, and optimize their lives both at work and at home, one transformational conversation at a time.
Above is my bio.
Below is my story.
I’d love to listen to yours.
My chest was tight. My arms were numb.
My heart was racing.
My mind went to the worst possibilities.
At the ER, they strapped sensors to my bare chest.
I believed I was about to die.
On my back, staring in fear at the ceiling, a nurse gently asked,
“Sir, is there anyone you’d like us to call?”
“No, ma’am,” I said.
And as the words left my mouth, I closed my eyes,
and a single tear rolled down my cheek.
She paused, and asked again.
I still said no.
In my darkest hour, unable emotionally to reach out to loved ones, I decided to die alone.
It was that deathbed bankruptcy that helped me realize how deeply disconnected I’d become,
from others, and from myself.
I had had my successes, but my body woke me up to the real score: that I was at zero.
I didn’t die that day. But I did start a new life.
As all was falling apart, I began my training in transformational listening.
It was meant to improve my leadership and to pivot me toward a new professional purpose.
Early on in my coaching training program,
I realized that what I needed for work,
I needed everywhere.
Learning to listen well changed my leadership.
It changed my relationships.
It changed my life.
That’s when I knew: Listening was the path forward,
not just for me, but for everyone.
And it was time to make Next Level-Listening™ my mission.
Experienced leaders who have had much success,
but feel something is out of alignment in their team,
at home, or within themselves.
Rising stars eager to succeed,
but still in search of a competitive advantage that
will differentiate them from the rest.
Partners who have been through a lot,
but now struggle to connect as they once did.
Parents who desperately want to care for their kids,
but feel them drifting away.
Any and all high-stakes student of life eager
to evolve and grow.
If you’re ready to learn and experience it, let’s begin together…
Work with me 1:1 or invite me to speak,
and experience Next-Level Listening™ firsthand.