Keynote Speaking
An internationally acclaimed professional keynote speaker, Michael Bungay Stanier is an expert at getting teams and organizations to do less Good Work and more Great Work.
Michael brings together his practical experience as a consultant, innovator and The 2006 Canadian Coach of the Year to help Great Work flourish at an individual, team and enterprise level.
His keynote speeches and training workshops infuse audiences with enthusiasm and excitement for what’s possible, helps them get unstuck and gets them going on the work that matters.
Michael most recent book is Do More Great Work: stop the busywork and start the work that matters. He is also the author of Get Unstuck & Get Going on the stuff that matters, a coaching tool that has been enthusiastically endorsed by leading business thinkers such as Peter Block, Anita Roddick, and Seth Godin, and embraced by users around the world.
Michael was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and holds an M.Phil, a law degree, and a BA with highest honors.
As a professional keynote speaker, Michael has shared his gift for provocative ideas, practical tools, and ways of creating positive behavior change with audiences on four continents.
Michael’s Keynote Topics
Less Good Work. More Great Work!
Organizations say they want more Great Work – work which is rooted in strategic difference, innovation and long-term growth. However, they’re set up to deliver Good Work – the solid, reliable, efficient work that delivers next quarter’s numbers.
In this keynote speech or training workshop, Michael establishes what Great Work means for everyone in the room, looks at the key barriers to achieving Great Work, and opens up new possibilities. In addition, Michael asks the question – and helps envision the impact – of what would be possible if each participant doubled the amount of Great Work they did. Book Michael for this topic as your professional keynote speaker now.
The Five Great Work Truths
In this keynote speech or training workshop, Michael explore the five principles at the heart of doing more Great Work and offers up practical insights, tools and techniques to make sure every participant can identify, begin and sustain their own Great Work. Book Michael for this topic as your professional keynote speaker now.
The Possibility Virus
Spreading the art of possibility throughout an organization is not only about having great ideas. It’s also about individuals and teams assuming responsibility for an organizations’ success.
Whether a keynote speech or training workshop, Michael explores the powerful forces of possibility – and shows participants how they can generate focused action at all levels of their organization. Book Michael for this topic as your professional keynote speaker now.
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
Michael explores the Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun – from the internet movie seen by over a million people in 180 countries around the world – and shows audience participants how they can incorporate these principles into they way they work and live.
This isn’t about being zany. The Eight Principles are about working in a creative and focused way to do the stuff that matters most. Book Michael for this topic as your professional keynote speaker now.
