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Anthony Leendertz

CMP
Hall of Fame | Multi Award Speaker/Entertainer
How to Influence An Emotional Threshold
Country or state 
Canada
Available to 
Global
City 
Toronto
Fee 
Languages 
English,
Dutch
Volunteer
No
Timezone 
America/Toronto

Personal Details

Current position (7)

Hall of Fame | Multi Award Speaker/Entertainer

How to Influence An Emotional Threshold

The Tony Lee GEN-X Show

Multi award winning performance for over 38 yrs

Hologram Production and Creation

Dimensional Holo Imaging Inc.

Hospitality Operations

Operations, Controls and Risk Management

Producer Arts and Entertainment

Creative Power Entertainment

Vacation Club Sales Training

Control Influence Seminars

Athletic Performance Seminar

Anthony Leenderts Seminars

Achievements (16)
2015 Canadian Hall of Fame

In 2015, Tony's unparalleled contributions to the entertainment field earned him a coveted place in the Canadian Hall of Fame, alongside legends such as The Tragically Hip, Jim Carrey, Nickelback, Our Lady Peace, and Sue Johanson, solidifying his status as a Canadian icon.

2008 Professional Athlete MMA

Professional Undefeated Record in Mixed Martial Arts Combative Sports

1992 Body Building Champion (Provincial & Nationals)

1 st Place Champion Mr Saskatchewan and National Body Building Contender Kelowna BC 1992.

2018 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2017 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2013 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2007 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2006 Founders Award (National COCA Awards)

Presented for contributions to Post Secondary Education and Entertainment.

2005 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2004 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2003 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2002 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2001 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

2000 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

1999 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

1997 Best Variety Artist Award (National COCA Awards)

Voted and Awarded Best Performance in Canada by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities for demonstrating the power of suggestion. Canadas largest touring platform for University and College Programming.

Degrees (1)
Relaxation Massage Practitioner
Mount Royal College
1986 to 1987

Bio

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Speaker/Entertainer/MC

Every year, Canada celebrates its most distinguished talent by inducting ONE individual or group into its prestigious Hall of Fame, from categories like music, comedy, and education. This honor is reserved for those who have not only achieved international fame but have also made significant contributions to Canadian culture, arts and eduction. Among these luminaries is Anthony Leendertz, widely known as Tony Lee, who was awarded this accolade in 2015. Tony stands out as one of Canada's greatest entertainers and lecture presenters, a title he shares with icons like Nickelback and Jim Carrey and others.

Tony's career spans nearly four decades, during which he has amassed more awards and nominations than any other artist in Canadian history across all genres. His stage presence, whether as an entertainer or a lecture speaker, is legendary, with over 15,000 hours on stage and 10,000 live performances to his name. Now, Tony is taking a novel approach to speaking engagements, offering sessions tailored to sales training, mental health, and team building. These are not just talks; they are the culmination of 38 years of refining his craft, resulting in a unique format that teaches attendees how to harness and influence emotional thresholds, applicable across all facets of life. Tony's method provides practical examples drawn from his extensive experience, making complex concepts accessible and transformative.

Tony's transition from the post secondary arena to corporate and personal development is grounded in his proven success model honed over decades. He brings a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective to his endeavors, enriching every interaction with his wealth of knowledge and insight.

At the heart of Tony's approach lies a profound understanding of human behavior—a simple yet profound insight into the mechanics of why people do what they do. Through his engaging presentations, Tony offers a novel perspective, unraveling the complexities of human psychology and illuminating the path to success.

In his engaging presentations, attendees gain a unique perspective on the hypnotic process, discovering how it mirrors the patterns observed in highly successful individuals. The innovative math formula examples serve as a powerful tool applicable to a myriad of topics, from sales strategies to mental health advocacy.

Psychological Operations

"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions". When you realize "why this works" its changes everything.

Presentations

Presentations (7)
Influencing Emotional Sales: Calculating a Purchase Threshold

Objective: How to influence an individual’s purchase threshold.

Benefit: This seminar will demonstrate through relatable examples how to effectively manage an emotional purchase by influencing an emotional threshold. We'll explore a simple calculation example that enhances this understanding, helping to boost the effectiveness of closing.

1. Understanding the Mechanics of an Emotional Sale
2. Building Trust:
3. Personalization:
4. Creating an Emotional Connection:
5. Communication Skills
6. Over Selling Defined
7. Confidence and Understanding of Current Training Initiatives.

Vacation Club / Time Share Sales Solutions

People often purchase vacation ownerships they swore they wouldn’t before their presentation. Understanding “why” they do allows us to replicate this process.

Experience: Four decades of stage expertise meet innovative, actionable strategies for influencing emotional sales and team building.

This Program stands out not just in its claims but in its proven results, developed over 38 years, creating a method for refining highly effective sales techniques. We are eager to explain this process via a Zoom call and the unique methodology behind our approach, particularly how it equips your sales team to effectively navigate and influence emotional thresholds specific to vacation ownership properties.

This offers a fresh approach that complements your existing program without altering any current policies. Teaching a straightforward method to sales teams including liners, closers, front-to-back, and OPCs on how to effectively engage and push emotional thresholds.

Optimizing Athletic Performance Through Emotional Intelligence

Athletic training programs, which are grounded in years of proven techniques and successful outcomes, athletes often face barriers that are not just physical, but also psychological. A critical area that may be overlooked is the athlete's understanding of why certain mental strategies effect athletic performance.

Key Topics Covered
1. Emotional Dynamics in Sports: Exploring the psychological triggers that influence an athlete’s performance and decision-making under pressure.
2. Communication and Rapport: Strategies to improve communication, an understanding that accelerates performance.
3. Navigating Mental Blocks: Addressing common psychological challenges such as performance anxiety, loss of focus, and the fear of failure.
4. Psychological Development: Focusing on overall well-being, including managing stress, motivation levels, and the impacts of mental health issues like depression.

Emotional Thresholds: Key to Successful Team Building

Objective: Understanding the emotional threshold to influence a positive team building experience.

Benefits: This seminar is designed to help you recognize your own emotional threshold, which can be either positive or negative and varies from person to person. Our main goal is to teach you the mechanics of how to influence and control this emotional threshold by using relatable examples to demonstrate why these methods work. By the end of the seminar, you'll have a clear understanding of how to foster a positive team-building environment at work by distinguishing between productive and destructive dialogue.

• Enhanced Team Dynamics
• Improved Mental Wellness
• Consumer Relations
• Applicability Beyond the Office

Cognitive Countermeasures: Tactics to Deflect Psychological Influence

Objective: Understanding psychological operations and the effect they have on our emotions

Benefits: This seminar will demonstrate through relatable examples how to effectively manage emotions in yourself and others by understanding the reasons PSYOPs trigger our feelings. We'll explore a straightforward method that enhances this understanding, helping to control its influence. Without the need for memorization, to naturally incorporate these skills into your daily life.

Sunshine After Rain: Understanding and Defeating Depression

This seminar will demonstrate through relatable examples how to effectively manage emotions in yourself and others by understanding the reasons behind our feelings. We'll explore a straightforward method that enhances this understanding, helping to boost the effectiveness of past and current therapy or self-help efforts. This will allow you to achieve your goals faster, without the need for memorization, and will enable you to naturally incorporate these skills into your daily life.

Converting complexity of emotions into a simple easily to learn calculation to influence the emotional threshold in ourselves and others.

The Never-Ending Honeymoon Phase: A Calculation to a Happy Marriage

Objective: Emotional challenges in relationships.

Benefits: This seminar will explore how couples can overcome their personal limitations, especially when they feel like they're at a breaking point. We'll show you how to manage these challenging emotions by turning them into simple calculations. You'll learn how to create positive outcomes by understanding why these emotional calculations are effective. This seminar will empower you to influence not only your own emotional threshold but also that of your partner, helping to recreate the feeling of a never-ending honeymoon phase.

Workshops (1)
How To Influence and Emotional Threshold
90 minutes
(View workshop agenda)

DEMONSTRATING HOW A CONSIOUS DECISSON CAN BE HIJACK BY AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. DEFININGING THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE CONCIOUS AND UN CONCIOUS

Past talks (2)
The Power of Suggestion and "Why it Works"
Take Charge 2019 with Les Brown
Toronto Ontario
August 22, 2019
Influencing Sales Through Emotional Triggers
Vacation Club Sales Training Villa Del Palmar
Puerto Vallarta
December 7, 2018
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Books & Articles (12)

(Archive Entertainment Articles) The Gazette
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Algonquin Times
(Archive Entertainment Articles) The Coast
(Archive Entertainment Articles) 1069 The X
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Chortle UK
(Archive Entertainment Articles) The Baron Independent Press
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Algonquin Times
(Archive Entertainment Articles) The Spoke
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Bay Today
(Archive Entertainment Articles) McMaster SU
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Introbang
(Archive Entertainment Articles) Stuff New Zealand

Expertise (67)

Health & Well-being
Leadership
Education
Business
Hospitality
Sales Mental health Addiction Self-Help Motivation team buiding Corporate Event Producer excective producer Athlete Development MC Entertainer Audio-Visual an entrepreneur Business motivation addiction prevention Communication Art of Communication Hypnosis hypnotist NLP For Corporate Retreats Retreat speaker Athlete mental health Athlete speaker auto sales B2B Sales improve sales Creating positive cultures Building positive habits being positive Hospitality Customer Service and Hospitality Excellence selling in hospitality Hospitality Management Hospitality Industry Advisory Sales Process Build Sales closing sales boost sales confidence in sales For Sales Professionals expert salesman How to be a sales god car sales Enhanced sales build confidence Building Confidence Confidence Business Confidence coaching for confidence Confidence and Mindset Art and Entertainment Entertainment entertainment management Entertainment Industry Speaker Awarded Public Speaker best motivational speaker best keynote speaker business speaker celebrity speaker retreat

Clients

Creative power Entertainment
Trailer Park Boys
Kenny vs Spenny
George Brown College
Georgian College - Barrie
Georgian College - Orillia
Georgian College - Owen Sound
Laurentian University
McMaster University
Mohawk College
Mount Allison University
Mount Royal University
Niagara College
Nipissing University
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Northern College
Red River College
Ryerson University - RSU
Saint Mary's University
Sault College
Seneca College
Sheridan College
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
St. Clair College - Chatham
St. Clair College - Windsor
St. Francis Xavier University
St. Lawrence College - Kingston
Royal Military College
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge College
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
University of New Brunswick - Saint John
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Ottawa
University of Prince Edward Island
University of Waterloo
University of Windsor
Vanier College
Bishops University
Concordia University
Western University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Conestoga College
UCA Surrey
Uni Campus Suffolk
De Montfort University
Coventry Uni
Swansea Uni

Awards & certifications (15)

2018 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2018
2015 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2015
2013 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2013
2007 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2007
2006 Founders Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2006
2005 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2005
2004 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2004
2003 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2003
2002 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2002
2001 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2021
2000 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
2000
1999 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
1999
1997 Best Variety Artist National Award
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
1997
1992 Mr Saskatchewan Body Building Champion
Saskatchewan Body Building Championships
1992
Certified Massage Practitioner
Mount Royal College
1986

Reviews

Testimonials (18)
  • Tony Lee is an absolute must-see for students at our College. His show has consistently sold out twice each year for more than a decade. Students line up hours in advance to partake in the incredible entertainment Tony provides.
    Julie Cooper
  • "For over a decade Tony Lee has been selling out shows on our campus. It is an event that you definitely do not want to miss booking. You hear the students on campus for weeks talking about this show" Campus Life Coordinator Algonquin Students' Association
    Jennifer Allen
  • Tony Lee has been performing at Cambrian College for over 20 years, twice a year. This is the only show we host where we have to turn away as many people as we can let in. It's a promoter's dream to put on an event that requires limited set up and is guaranteed to fill the room every time.
    Michelle Beauchamp
  • "Tony Lee is an unforgettable and entertaining crowd pleaser that students delight in seeing every year. His show will leave lasting memories with your students and become a 'must see experience'." Director of Licensed Operations Dalhousie Student Union Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Greg Wright
  • Tony has always been visiting our campus multiple times each school year. His unique performance has been like no other and has always left our students entertained and anticipating his return. You would be crazy not to add him to your programming. Rick Doucet Campus Life Coordinator for The SA @ Durham College/UOIT, Ontario
    Rick Doucet
  • " The Tony Lee show is always one of the most talked about events at George Brown College. After watching one of his shows you will see why he is the best" Neil Cumberbatch Senior Coordinator, Student Life Student Association of George Brown College
    Neil Cumberbatch
  • "Tony Lee is one of those rare acts that the minute he goes on stage the students are asking when is he coming back. He has been a part of the entertainment lineup here for more years than I can count. He has a special way of engaging the students into the show that leaves them laughing for months after his performance. He is a true professional and very easy to deal with. One show not to miss out on!" Terri Edmonstone Student Life Advisor Georgian College
    Terri Edmonstone
  • "Tony Lee has developed a tradition over the last two decades at McMaster University. We program over 75 events annually where Tony Lee's show continues to stay in the top 3 with students. His approach to keeping his show current (as said... two decades) is immeasurable since Tony Lee understands and IS STUDENT LIFE" Al Legault - McMaster University
    Al Legault
  • We book tony at Niagara College every year. And every year we know that we are going to get a show that students are going to love. His show is not only one of the funniest and entertain shows I have seen but his professionalism makes him great to work with. Glenn Murray Event Logistics Manager Niagara College Student Administrative Council
    Glenn Murray
  • Red River College Acts that work on campus "Tony Lee commands the attention of our audience at Red River College! I've actually looked through the crowd piled around the stage and witnessed faces stunned with amazement!! You can't ask for more than that from anyone you book, everyone will be talking about it in the halls the next day." Shaun Scrymgeour Program Director Red River College Students’ Association
    Shaun Scrymgeour
  • For the past 15 years We Bill Tony Lee's Show as "the must see show of the year", and it is standing room only everytime we do the show, sooo to answer your question "should I book tony lee it is yes! Now "SLEEEEEEP" Chuck Erman Sheridan College Programmer
    Chuck Erman
  • Tony has been playing our campus for close to 2 decades now and has no problem packing the house! Students leave very entertained and with lots of positive feedback. He is definitely an act you want on your campus! Two thumbs way up! Erica Programmer for St Clair College, Windsor ON
    Erica
  • University of Ottawa Acts that work on campus The Tony Lee show is amazing. The students come back every year and bring their friends. Even after coming on uOttawa campus for 15 years, he gets more and more popular. It's always in my programming schedule. Try him out, you have him present every year as well! Melanie Rainville Agente, Événements et programmation générale - Service de vie communautaire Officer, Events and general programming - Community Life Service
    Melanie Rainville
  • Tony Lee has done a bunch of shows at UPEI and our students love it every year! Its such a high energy show filled with lots of laughs and an overall great time. Book Tony Lee and you won't regret it for a second! Matt Rice Vice-President Activities UPEI Student Union
    Matt Rice
  • Don't even think twice...ABSOLUTELY...BEST SHOW EVER!!!! Who do you know that couldn't use a laugh...Worth EVERY cent...and more!!! Olga Gazdovic Executive Director Vanier College Students' Association
    Olga Gazdovic
  • I've booked this show consistently for over 12 years ad on 2 campuses. It is the most consistent program I have ever booked from every perspective Phil Champagne Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo
    Phil Champagne
  • "The Tony Lee show experience is incredible. Tony has been performing at Laurentian University for many years now and continues to provide a unique show every year which cannot be matched by its competition. This is a show you don't want to miss out on as the act will blow your mind!" Sean Meyers SPAD Student Council President
    Sean Meyers
  • Tony takes his decades of experience in understanding the mind, and provides a clear and easy to understand approach to understanding how and why we react to certain things. I found it immediately effective for my negotiation work.
    Patrick MacSweeney
    Verified
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