My Mission
For more than 30 years, I’ve led teams through transformations, some exhilarating, others daunting. Along the way, I’ve learned that true leadership means inspiring others to achieve what they don’t yet believe they can. I’ve seen what happens when leaders are promoted without the skills they need: stalled teams, missed opportunities, and untapped potential. And I’ve witnessed the extraordinary results that follow when leaders master the fundamentals: trust deepens, cultures shift, and teams achieve more than anyone thought possible.
My approach to speaking is rooted in this lived experience. I don’t talk about leadership as theory; I teach the skills, mindsets, and frameworks I’ve relied on to inspire, equip, and elevate teams across some of the world’s most recognized companies. My mission is simple: to help leaders see the bigger picture, strengthen their capabilities, and create the conditions where people and performance thrive.
This Leadership Capability Map illustrates the seven essential capabilities leaders must master to build trust, inspire teams, and drive lasting results. It’s the foundation of Gabriel’s leadership framework used across keynotes and programs.
About Gabriel
Gabriel Torres is a leadership strategist, author, and keynote speaker with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations transform the way they lead, grow, and perform.
He has held senior leadership roles across some of the world’s most recognized companies, including T-Mobile, Microsoft, Comcast, Procter & Gamble, and 3M, where he guided teams through change, built cultures of resilience, and delivered turn-around results in highly competitive markets and industries.
At T-Mobile, Gabriel was part of the leadership team behind the Un-carrier transformation, one of the most disruptive corporate strategies in recent history. From the inside, he witnessed how building a winning employee culture not only transformed the customer experience but also fueled explosive growth and long-term shareholder value. Across industries spanning technology, telecom, consumer goods, and media, Gabriel has seen firsthand how the right leadership capabilities can align culture, strategy, and performance to drive enduring success.
As the author of Think Bigger, Lead Stronger and Beyond Limits: Reprogram Your Mind for Growth, Gabriel translates his leadership philosophy into actionable frameworks that audiences can immediately apply. His speaking style is bold, engaging, and rooted in both storytelling and strategy, equipping leaders with the clarity and courage to thrive in complexity.
Gabriel’s mission is simple: to help leaders master the skills that build high-performing teams and create lasting transformation.
Gabriel's Talks
Think Bigger, Lead Stronger:
Inspiring Trust, Unleashing Potential, and Building High-Performing Teams
Great leadership isn’t about titles or charisma—it’s about perspective and capability. In this keynote, Gabriel Torres introduces the Beyond Limits Leadership Framework, built around seven essential capabilities that drive growth, trust, and team performance. Drawing on 30+ years of leadership inside Fortune 500 companies, he shares real stories and practical strategies that help leaders expand their perspective, build trust, and create cultures where teams thrive. Attendees walk away with actionable tools to assess their strengths, elevate their leadership, and drive organizational impact.
Building High-Performing Sales Teams Through Culture Transformation
Sales success is built on leadership, not luck. In this keynote, Gabriel Torres shares proven strategies to develop sales leadership capabilities and intentionally shape team culture into a powerful driver of performance. Drawing on 30+ years of leading and scaling sales organizations, he shows how pairing strong leadership skills with a big-picture mindset helps teams break through growth plateaus and excel in competitive markets. Attendees receive a Sales Leadership Capabilities Assessment Tool to evaluate their strengths and create a clear roadmap for growth and sustained sales performance.
Leading Teams Through Change:
Proven Strategies to Drive Performance
Change is inevitable, but performance doesn’t have to falter. In this keynote, Gabriel Torres shares field-tested strategies from 30+ years of leadership to help leaders guide their teams through transformation while sustaining trust, focus, and results. He reveals how effective leaders communicate with clarity, align their teams, and create stability during periods of transition. Attendees leave with a practical blueprint to maintain performance, build trust, and unlock growth through any strategic, market, or organizational shift.
Testimonials
“Gabriel has the rare ability to both inspire and challenge at the same time. Our team left energized and ready to act.”
John DeMarco - Velocity Advisory Group
“He doesn’t just deliver a talk—he creates a shift. Our leadership retreat rated his session as the single most impactful of the year.”
Francisco Santino - Grupo Exito
“Dynamic, practical, and deeply authentic. Gabriel gave us exactly what we needed: courage to lead differently.”
Rodrigo Sandoval - Intel
Books
Beyond Limits:
Think Bigger. Lead Stronger.
Think Bigger, Lead Stronger introduces the seven essential leadership capabilities that every leader must master to succeed in today’s complex environment. Drawing on decades of experience inside Fortune 500 companies, Gabriel shows how leaders can inspire trust, mobilize teams, and achieve bold outcomes. The book combines storytelling with practical tools to help leaders grow beyond old playbooks. It’s both a call to action and a practical guide for building stronger, more resilient organizations.
Beyond Limits:
Reprogram Your Mind for Growth
This book reveals how leaders and professionals can rewire their thinking to unlock resilience, adaptability, and performance. Grounded in neuroscience and leadership research, Gabriel explains how to overcome limiting beliefs, reshape habits, and embrace feedback as fuel for growth. With practical exercises and powerful stories, Beyond Limits helps readers build the mental frameworks to thrive in uncertainty. It’s not about blind optimism—it’s about learning to grow on purpose.
Beyond Limits:
The Secret to Never Giving Up
This book explores the science and practice of perseverance. Gabriel demonstrates that resilience is not an innate trait but a skill that can be developed through habits, mindset, and deliberate practice. Drawing on stories of leaders, innovators, and personal experience, he provides frameworks to sustain motivation and momentum even in the face of setbacks. The Secret to Never Giving Up equips readers with the tools to persist where others quit—and to succeed because of it.
Beyond Balance:
The Death of Work-Life Myth
Beyond Balance challenges the outdated idea of “work-life balance” and reframes it as work-life integration. Gabriel shares a practical framework for aligning priorities, energy, and values in a way that creates harmony without sacrificing performance. Through reflection tools and actionable strategies, the book empowers readers to design lives that are both fulfilling and productive. It’s a candid, refreshing take on a topic every professional struggles with.
