Fifth edition, revised and expanded for 2026. Five essentials. Ninety days. Sustained health, strength and energy. The essentials are nutrition, movement, sleep, recovery and connection; the ninety days are instructions for putting them in place, one change at a time, with a measurement at each end. Every substantive claim is cited. Available now in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.
“Endurance teaches you that nobody wins on a single big day. You win on the boring days by showing up again and again.”
Episode 183 of the Chief Endurance Officer podcast with Greg McDonough: the five essentials of The Energy Guidebook, why connection belongs on the list, and how to protect your energy when work never shuts off. October 2026.
Commencement address to the Honors College Class of 2013 in Tucson: the largest graduating class in the college’s history at the time, with an audience of more than 1,200.
Commencement address to the Class of 2023 at Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai, California, where he graduated in 1991 and now serves on the Board of Directors.
Remarks at a Greater Los Angeles Area Council event, filmed by the Council: leadership, stewardship, and performance from the stage.
Facilitation for your retreat or peer group meeting. Gerry plans and runs the room so everyone in it can take part: confidential calls with each participant beforehand, an agenda built around the decisions that matter, questions before advice, a written summary and commitments followed up at 30 days. Retreats run from a half day to two days, for executive teams, boards, forums and family councils. Peer group meetings of up to four hours for forums, chapters and peer groups. Drawn from twenty-two years in six peer groups across Vistage, EO, YPO and TIGER 21.
30 to 60 minutes, Q&A included
The flagship keynote, Five Essentials. Ninety Days. The five inputs that matter most and the order to add them in. The room scores three numbers, learns one small change for each essential and leaves with a ninety-day plan. Can be paired with the workshop on the same day.
60 to 120 minutes
The hands-on deep dive. Each person scores themselves against the five essentials, builds a personal scorecard and leaves with a dated ninety-day plan. It can go deep on one area: sleep and recovery for leaders, or strength after fifty.
Half-day executive workshop, up to 30
Pre-work goes out two weeks ahead. Each participant scores themselves against the five essentials, redesigns a real week and leaves with a dated ninety-day plan, a plan for bad weeks and an accountability partner. Built for offsites, leadership cohorts and boards.
Full-day masterclass, up to 40
8:30 to 4:15. Four modules across the five essentials, a personal ninety-day plan for every participant, an organizational version for the host and a signed book on every seat. Includes a virtual check-in with the group at day 30.
Three live virtual sessions
Change happens over ninety days, not on the day of the event. Sessions at days 14, 45 and 90 to re-score, fix what has stalled and keep accountability partners on track. An add-on to any workshop.
Facilitation, virtual keynotes and a peer-network rate
Gerry facilitates retreats, from a half day to two days, and peer group meetings. The keynote can also be given live for remote audiences. A reduced rate for a keynote or workshop at YPO, EO, Vistage and similar forums. Sessions for TIGER 21 carry no fee. Every booking includes a planning call, customization, the slides and worksheets, a one-page summary for attendees, and recording rights for internal use at keynotes and workshops. Facilitated meetings are never recorded. Energy Guidebook attendees also get free access to gerrymorton.com/ninety, with a calculator, the tracker and check-in emails through day 90.
From the room
“Great session with Gerry on health + energy with practical and actionable strategies that I was able to instantaneously implement and see results on.”
Tadd Miller · Co-founder and CEO, Milhaus
“Having been a non-profit leader for 43 years, including at an Ivy League university and federal service academy, I’ve been to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of strategic planning retreats. None was facilitated as effectively as the one Gerry led for us at Villanova Prep. I was particularly struck by Gerry’s ability to keep the conversation moving forward when less effective facilitators would have let vocal Board members sidetrack the planning process.”
Jim Link · President, Villanova Preparatory School
“Gerry is a great host, presenter and chair. I really enjoy how he ran the meeting and the wellness presentation was nicely done. I got a lot out of it.”
TIGER 21 Member · October 2026
“Great topic with very knowledgeable leader about the important topic of health with actionable takeaways.”
TIGER 21 Member · October 2026