Frank Kitchen is a high-impact keynote speaker who helps professionals reset their mindset and turn intention into meaningful, sustainable results at work.
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“Frank was incredibly inspiring! I have always had a lot of self doubt career wise and this helped me see that I am my biggest wall that I need to overcome!”
AMOCO Federal Credit Union Attendee
Frank Kitchen, CSP, is known for helping capable professionals and organizations break through stuck thinking and create results that truly matter. His engaging and practical keynote experiences are designed to spark clarity, confidence, and momentum, long after the applause fades. With a career shaped by reinvention and real-world leadership experience, Frank brings a refreshing perspective on how people perform when change, pressure, or uncertainty disrupt familiar patterns. His sessions don’t just inspire action, they equip audiences with a clear way forward, turning good intentions into measurable outcomes.
Frank Kitchen is a high-impact keynote speaker and Professional Results Expert who helps professionals rethink how they respond when what used to work no longer does. Known for his engaging, relatable, and high-energy delivery, Frank creates learning experiences that connect immediately with audiences and translate directly into action at work. His approach is grounded in real-life experience, not theory alone, making his messages practical, memorable, and highly relevant.
Frank’s career spans more than 30 years in leadership development, performance improvement, and adult learning. Throughout that time, he has worked with associations, corporations, nonprofits, government agencies, and educational organizations across the country. His ability to adapt his message to different industries and roles makes him a trusted partner for events focused on results, accountability, and execution.
Frank’s work is deeply shaped by personal reinvention. After losing his job on Father’s Day in 2015, he faced the same challenge many high-performing professionals encounter: what do you do when effort and experience are no longer enough? That pivotal moment forced Frank to rethink how capable people respond when familiar strategies stop producing results.
This experience became the foundation for his proprietary LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework—Focused, Resourceful, Enthusiastic, Strong, and Honest. The framework provides a practical mindset reset that helps individuals move from intention to action, especially during moments of disruption, pressure, or uncertainty. Rather than offering quick fixes, Frank equips audiences with a way of thinking that supports consistent, sustainable performance.
Frank’s keynotes are designed to be engaging, interactive, and immediately applicable. He blends research-backed insights with real-world examples that feel familiar and relevant, helping audiences see themselves in the message. His distinctive food-based metaphors create a shared language that makes concepts easy to remember and apply long after the event.
Audiences leave Frank’s sessions with:
Clear priorities and renewed focus
Practical tools to shift thinking and behavior
Confidence to take action when progress feels stalled
Participants consistently describe his presentations as energizing, relatable, and easy to implement—turning ideas into results they can see and measure.
Frank holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, an elite credential earned by a small percentage of professional speakers worldwide. This recognition reflects his proven ability to deliver value, impact, and consistency on stage.
He is also the author of Fresh from the Kitchen, 52 Ways to Shine, and The Live FRESH Workbook, extending his message beyond the keynote and into daily practice. These resources reinforce his belief that results are created through intentional thinking, honest reflection, and consistent action.
When organizations book Frank Kitchen for their event, they gain more than a keynote speaker, they gain a trusted guide who helps professionals reset their mindset, regain momentum, and start cooking up results that last.
5 of 5
“Frank was incredibly inspiring! I have always had a lot of self doubt career wise and this helped me see that I am my biggest wall that I need to overcome!”
AMOCO Federal Credit Union Attendee
5 of 5
“Absolutely phenomenal, couldn’t have asked for a better way to start a morning. Very engaging and definitely useful information to pass along to our staff!”
NACUFS Conference Attendee
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“Frank did a great job of making attendees feel comfortable, whether or not they wanted to participate or physically unable to participate. The room was full of laughter and fun and was a great way to end several days of sessions. Thanks much!”
Colorado Municipal Clerks Association Attendee
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“Frank’s speech helped me realize why a specific goal/dream I have isn’t being achieved. I need to LIVE it! He talked about the recipe of F.R.E.S.H. Focus is my first priority. Thanks!”
Utah NIGP Attendee
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“Everything that he spoke about today is relevant and inspiring to bring back to my schools that I supervise.”
Dairy Association Northeast Event Attendee
5 of 5
Fun and educational! Learned a lot about self and how to focus on my life.
Enterprise City Schools Child Nutrition
5 of 5
Frank is a very engaging, charismatic speaker and highly entertaining.
Alabama Child Nutrition Program
5 of 5
Insightful and valuable for your personal and professional life.
SASA
5 of 5
Inspiring, relevant and actionable. Frank has such a great demeanor and way of presenting. Very easy and enjoyable to listen to. And provided us great wisdom and resources. Thanks Frank!
Florida Speakers Association
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Franks session today was extremely impactful and insightful to me. It is not often that a speaker is able to actually reach my personal values and he was able to do just that. I definitely feel more motivated to get after it, make a positive impact, and ultimately achieve my goals.
University at Buffalo School of Management
Keynote by Frank Kitchen:
At every stage of a professional career, one challenge shows up again and again:
Feeling stuck.
Not because people lack talent, experience, or effort, but because familiar thinking, habits, and assumptions quietly limit focus, confidence, and execution.
In this high-energy, highly interactive keynote, Frank Kitchen helps professionals identify the thinking patterns that keep them stuck and replace them with a clear, practical, and repeatable way forward.
Using his proven LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework, Frank teaches participants how to sharpen focus, become more resourceful, take stronger ownership, and engage with their work in a way that produces real results, whether they’re leading a team, contributing as an individual, or growing a business.
This is not a motivational pep talk.
It’s a professional reset, designed to move people from intention to action, without hype or fluff. Participants leave with clarity, confidence, and renewed momentum to start “cooking” up results they can see, measure, and sustain.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE
Relatable insights that resonate across roles, industries, and career stages
Interactive moments that spark reflection, conversation, and renewed momentum
A shared language for addressing challenges, change, and accountability
A practical framework that applies immediately, not someday
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK AWAY WITH
A clear method for recognizing and breaking through stale thinking
Practical strategies to improve focus, initiative, and follow-through
Tools to create meaningful results in their role, team, or organization
Renewed ownership of how they think, act, and contribute, regardless of title
Breakout Experience by Frank Kitchen:
The LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ keynote creates the breakthrough. This workshop is where professionals decide what to do next.
LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ IN ACTION is a highly interactive deep-dive session designed to help participants apply the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework directly to their real-world challenges, at work, on their team, or within their organization. This is not a repeat of the keynote. This is where insight becomes ownership and intention turns into execution.
In this session, Frank slows the pace and guides participants through a practical application of each element of the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework, helping them identify where they feel stuck, clarify what needs to change, and commit to specific actions that move results forward. Participants don’t just reflect, they decide.
Through focused exercises, small-group interaction, and guided reflection, professionals leave with a clear, usable action plan they can immediately apply back on the job. This workshop is interactive without being chaotic, practical without being tactical training, and personal without becoming therapy. It’s designed for professionals who want more than inspiration, they want traction.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL DO
Identify where they are currently stuck (career, role, team, or organization)
Apply each element of the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework to real challenges
Translate mindset shifts into specific behaviors and actions
Create a clear, personalized plan for producing meaningful results
WHAT MAKES THIS SESSION DIFFERENT
Slows the pace to deepen understanding
Reinforces the keynote message through application
Builds clarity, confidence, and follow-through
Makes the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ message stick
FORMAT OPTIONS
60 or 90 minutes
Breakout session, workshop, or leadership track
Ideal as a companion to the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ keynote
Breakout Experience by Frank Kitchen:
A strong culture doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built through intentional behaviors, shared experiences, and trust.
In this highly interactive workshop, Frank Kitchen helps teams experience how play, when used strategically, becomes a powerful tool for engagement, connection, and performance. This session moves beyond theory and into application, giving participants a hands-on way to bring the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ Framework to life inside their culture.
Through guided activities, movement, music, and team challenges, participants see firsthand how play breaks down barriers, strengthens communication, and reignites energy, without sacrificing professionalism or results.
This is not about games for the sake of games.
It’s about using play to reinforce focus, ownership, and collaboration in a way people remember and repeat.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE
High-energy, hands-on activities that model healthy culture behaviors
Moments of insight, laughter, and connection that build trust
A shared experience teams can reference back at work
A practical takeaway guide with action steps for immediate application
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK AWAY WITH
Practical ways to increase engagement without forced fun
Tools to strengthen collaboration and communication
A clearer understanding of how play supports performance
Simple actions to reinforce a F.R.E.S.H.™ culture every day
IDEAL FOR
Team-building sessions
Leadership or culture tracks
Orientation and onboarding events
Customer service and engagement training
Conference breakouts or pre/post-keynote sessions
FORMAT OPTIONS
60 or 90 minutes
Breakout session, workshop, or leadership track
Ideal as a companion to the LIVE F.R.E.S.H.™ keynote
Watch Frank Kitchen in action!
Watch Frank Kitchen in action!
