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R. Michael Anderson

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R. Michael Anderson is a leadership coach and speaker with a unique combination of business experience and a Masters Degree in Psychology.

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Michael was a fantastic speaker and set the summit of to a great start with everyone captivated by his talk. Michael is a fantastic leader and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a brand representative who can prepare, deliver and captivate an audience. I am very much looking forward to working with Michael again in the future.

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Why you should book R. Michael Anderson for your next event

  • Unique combination of business and psychology expertise: R. Michael Anderson’s background in both business and psychology makes him a rare find in the world of leadership coaching and speaking. He is able to connect with other leaders as a peer and provide evidence-based leadership skills that drive behavior and performance.
  • Proven track record of success: Michael’s experience in founding, scaling, and exiting three software companies, as well as his recognition as Social Entrepreneur of the year, demonstrates his ability to drive business success. He shares his successes and failures, making him a relatable and inspiring speaker.
  • Engaging and authentic presentation style: Michael’s gift for storytelling and willingness to share his vulnerabilities make his presentations powerful and memorable. Attendees leave feeling inspired and equipped with practical tools to become better leaders.
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R. Michael Anderson is a leadership coach, speaker, and author with a unique combination of business experience and a Masters Degree in Psychology. He has successfully founded, scaled, and exited three software companies and worked with companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, and Uber. Michael is a gifted storyteller and his presentations are often described as vulnerable, authentic, and powerful.

Why you should book R. Michael Anderson for your next event

  • Unique combination of business and psychology expertise: R. Michael Anderson’s background in both business and psychology makes him a rare find in the world of leadership coaching and speaking. He is able to connect with other leaders as a peer and provide evidence-based leadership skills that drive behavior and performance.
  • Proven track record of success: Michael’s experience in founding, scaling, and exiting three software companies, as well as his recognition as Social Entrepreneur of the year, demonstrates his ability to drive business success. He shares his successes and failures, making him a relatable and inspiring speaker.
  • Engaging and authentic presentation style: Michael’s gift for storytelling and willingness to share his vulnerabilities make his presentations powerful and memorable. Attendees leave feeling inspired and equipped with practical tools to become better leaders.

R. Michael Anderson, MBA, MA has a striking combination that creates truly impactful transformation in leaders – he has the real-life business success of founding, scaling and exiting three software companies, plus the educational background of a Masters Degree in Psychology. 

This combination gives him the unique ability to connect to other leaders as a peer, then teaches evidence-based leadership skills that genuinely drive behaviour and performance. 

It’s the reason that Stanford University brings him into work with their start-up ecosystem, PwC has him work with their high growth CEO’s, and companies like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Uber bring him to level up their managers and executives.

Michael shares how his Californian companies landed on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies, created a culture so strong that they won the #1 Best Place to work, and Michael himself was honoured as the Social Entrepreneur of the year. In 2005 he held the office of President of the Board of Directors for a chapter of Conscious Capitalism, an international organization dedicated to elevating humanity through business.

A gifted storyteller who shares his failures as much as his successes, the terms “vulnerable”, “authentic”, and “powerful” are often used to describe his presentations. 

With his background in psychology and neuroscience, he transforms managers into true leaders with high-performing teams in high-growth companies. He’s written two best-selling business leadership books, contributes to Entrepreneur.com, and is a former radio-show host.

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Human Leadership In An AI World

How Leaders And Their Teams Can Thrive In The New, AI-Driven Economy.

We all know that Artificial Intelligence is coming.  In fact, it’s already landed in many organizations. But what many leaders don’t know is how they and their teams can thrive in this new age.

Join noted tech entrepreneur and psychologist R. Michael Anderson as he briefs leaders on the sweeping changes they must be prepared for. He’ll also share the vital shifts leaders must make to exploit this workplace revolution – starting today.

Attendees of this session will discover:

  • The unprecedented challenges AI is bringing to teams right now – and how to always stay one step ahead… even when faced with near continuous change.
  • Why team culture matters now more than ever – plus how to create a dynamic culture that keeps your team at the forefront of the AI revolution.  (Most organizations are putting culture at the bottom of their priority list.  Michael will disclose why this could cost those companies millions).
  • How today’s favoured leadership approaches could harm your company in this new age…and the simple mindset shifts you must implement right now to stay ahead of the curve.

Arm your leaders with essential knowledge which will empower them to come out on top during this huge new paradigm shift.

Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Leadership Mindset 2.0

The Five Mindset Secrets No One Tells You Until It’s Too Late.

What do the world’s highest-performing leaders have in common?  They understand what really drives excellent team performance while fully unlocking their employees’ and management teams’ hidden potential.

In his exciting new keynote, R. Michael Anderson will let you in on their surprising secrets – so you can raise your leadership team to the next level of growth and performance. 

What You’ll Learn:

  • Scaling with Confidence: Find out how to expand your team and business effortlessly while maintaining top performance
  • Strategic Savvy: Learn to think several steps ahead, make bold, strategic moves, and stay ahead of your competitors
  • Empower and Energize Your Team: Get the best from your team with tactics that inspire, empower, and maximize their potential
  • Resilience and Agility Hacks: Develop a resilient and agile mindset to turn challenges into opportunities and adapt quickly to change
  • Building an Epic Culture: Cultivate an amazing culture where innovation and engagement are the norm, not the exception

This keynote is perfect for you if…

You have a group of CEOs, senior leaders, founders, or any level of leader / manager who is looking to lead with more impact and influence.

At the end of this session, they will feel empowered with a brand-new perspective with a fresh set of tools and insights they can put to work immediately in their organization.

Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Leading Through Change & Adversity

Any group of managers or executives who are looking for a way to lead through troubled times.

To survive and thrive in this “next normal”, Leaders need to have a game plan for the company, the team, and themselves. 

After all, most leaders have had to adapt to more change over the last year plus than in the rest of their careers combined – and we all know there’s much more coming at us.

In this Leading through Change & Adversity session, you will learn:

  • What managers in your organization need to be doing right now to take charge of the change.
  • What every single member of your team needs to support them in these stressful, uncertain, and even opportune times.
  • How to position your whole company for agility and success as the chaos continues.

This session will ensure you equip the people in your organization who need to embrace and lead this change with the right tools, right mindset, and confidence.

Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Resilience, Motivation & Leadership

Building Resilience and Engagement in a World of Constant Change.

Here’s the amazing strategies you will learn in this session:

  • Every manager needs to know the nine key factors to keep themselves and their team focused, healthy, and performing, even through the most challenging times.
  • How to create a culture of change so that your team agility becomes a long-term competitive advantage.
  • The one seldom-used tool to keep positive even when things look tough.
  • How to communicate (and how NOT to communicate) during crises and difficult times.
  • How to give yourself the strength to be the leader your team needs right now.

After all, everyone is experiencing a lot of change right now. The winners of this unique time in history will be the ones that embrace and adapt to this change.

Give yourself and your team the tools they need to lead and succeed in this Next Normal.

Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Insider Secrets Of Scaling Up

The 5-step system that leaders of every high-growth company needs to know. 

Do you have a vision and desire to succeed that includes significant business growth? Do you have a system that will absolutely get you there?

This session teaches the five key steps to turn you into a confident leader who can drive your business to rapid, sustainable growth.

Michael will start by sharing his business journey from founding, scaling, and selling three Enterprise Software companies in California. He’ll share it all; from his fantastic failures and wild success with all the harsh truths in between; delivered with humor and energy to keep you engaged.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Build, motivate, and lead a high-performance team and organization.
  • Make strong and impactful decisions, even in the face of risk and uncertainty.
  • Develop into an inspiring leader whom people naturally follow and invest in.
  • Build a thriving company that continues to expand and flourish in market.
  • Deal with the immense pressure and stress that comes with rapid growth.
Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Emotional Intelligence For High Performing Teams

Everyone has heard of emotional intelligence. Now learn how to utilise it to make your team resilient, healthy and high-performing.

You can learn what it takes to connect and lead your team for growth, health, and high-performance, all while adding to their lives.

Attendees will learn;

  • What empathy is, why your staff are craving it, and how to give that to them.
  • How to have a deep self-awareness of your drivers and how it affects your relationships.
  • How to earn respect and create life-long loyalty from your team and others around you.
  • The direct evidence-based link between emotional intelligence, leadership, and performance.

Give yourself and your team the #1 skill that every leader needs, all while enjoying life and your career even more.

Keynote by R. Michael Anderson

Leading & Managing Remote & Hybrid Teams

Tools and skills for a high-performance distributed workforce, from a leader who’s company won the #1 Best Place to Work with a hybrid team.

Michael has been working remotely for over 20 years, and one of the companies he founded, Radiant Technologies, won the #1 Best Place to Work back in 2013 with a mostly virtual team.

When the pandemic hit and he realized that a lot of companies were struggling with remote work, he wrote the now-bestselling book Leading in the Next Normal: A Guide to Building an Engaged, Resilient and Agile Virtual Workforce.

In this program attendees will learn how to:

  • Create a healthy remote workplace and know how to spot and prevent burnout.
  • Run productive, engaging, and even FUN remote meetings.
  • Keep motivation, focus, and spirits up…even through times of huge change.
  • Easily and gracefully hold people accountable while you empower and coach them.
  • Create a positive, supportive, performance focused culture that people buy into, even when they are virtual.

Give your managers the toolkit they need to be successful in this new way of working with Michael’s proven system.

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Michael took a loose brief, covering lots of different topics of interest and wrapped it all up into a 75 minute session covering leadership, productivity hacks, resilience and more, which resonated incredibly well with my team. We often have speaker sessions and Michael's was the highest rated of the year so far!

Ciarae

Director Salesforce

I don't usually take event speakers too seriously so I was really impressed when Michael had me hooked within the first 60 seconds. Actions speak louder than words so I'll simply share that he helped me achieve a life goal of writing a book. This happened very quickly, after spending a few hours with Michael. 5 stars. I recommend.

Richard

Estates Co-Founder

Michael was a fantastic speaker and set the summit of to a great start with everyone captivated by his talk. Michael is a fantastic leader and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a brand representative who can prepare, deliver and captivate an audience. I am very much looking forward to working with Michael again in the future.

Stephen Sutton

Helping the CXO Community Connect and Engage
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5 out of 5 stars

Michael was a fantastic speaker and set the summit of to a great start with everyone captivated by his talk. Michael is a fantastic leader and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a brand representative who can prepare, deliver and captivate an audience. I am very much looking forward to working with Michael again in the future.

Stephen Sutton Helping the CXO Community Connect and Engage See all references

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