Timothy Templeton

Tim Templeton is a business author, speaker, coach, and consultant known for writing about sales, referrals, and productivity in a practical, encouraging way. Sources consistently describe him as someone who has presented to sales professionals across the United States and internationally, with a style built on clear storytelling and real-world business application.

He is best known for The Referral of a Lifetime, a book that teaches referral-based business growth through a fable-like format rather than a dry manual. Published in an earlier edition in 2005 and later reissued, the book helped establish his reputation for reducing complex sales systems into ideas readers can quickly understand and use.

Templeton has also been identified as CEO of Consulting Gold and, in earlier publisher material, as a senior partner in Always Positive. Across those roles and his writing, the throughline is consistent: helping people build stronger relationships, improve productivity, and grow their business in a more personal, sustainable way.