AB Show 2025 Keynoter John Register Prepares Leaders for What Lies Beyond Life’s Hurdles

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John Register has been clearing hurdles — both literal and figurative — his entire adult life. The University of Arkansas track and field All-American qualified for the Olympic Trials in the long jump and high hurdles in 1988, and again four years later in the 400-meter hurdles. In between, he survived combat with the U.S. Army during the Persian Gulf War. But Register’s future was forever changed while training to make the ’92 Olympic team, when an awkward landing after clearing a hurdle ruptured the popliteal artery behind his left knee. With no hope of returning circulation to his lower leg, it was amputated. Today, as author of the bestselling 10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success, Register speaks to audiences about overcoming life-altering obstacles, backed by his own success story that includes a silver medal in the long jump at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. AB executive editor Andy Berg and senior editor Paul Steinbach sat down with Register at AB Media’s Madison, Wis., headquarters in late May to discuss his past experiences as context for his upcoming appearance as keynote speaker at AB Show 2025, Nov. 6, in San Diego.

It’s all about “Amputate to Elevate” — what you have to amputate in order to elevate your success.

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