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Keynote &
Event Speaking

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As a corporate keynote speaker and leadership coach, I help leaders and teams activate practical success principles—what I call success superpowers—to reach more goals in business and in life. My talks combine storytelling, actionable insights, and simple frameworks audiences can apply immediately. 

Engagements are often booked 3–12 months in advance — let’s start the conversation early!

Helping Leaders & Teams Reach Their Goals in Business and in Life

Mike Rarer – Corporate Keynote Speaker & Goal Attainment Coach

Keynote Presentations That Deliver Practical Results

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Whether your event attendees are pursuing individual goals, aspiring to excel at work, hoping to build better relationships, or simply pursuing their childhood dreams, there are fundamental success principles they can leverage to improve their odds.

General Audiences

Title: Activate Your Success Superpowers to Reach More Goals in Business and in Life

Methods: Stage Presentation, Whiteboard Session, Virtual Session
 
Duration: 45 Minutes​​

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Title: Activate Your Sales Superpowers to Win More Business

Whether you want to help your seasoned sales colleagues hone their craft, or educate colleagues who are new to selling, Mike’s talk is a must-hear for anyone involved in navigating the complex enterprise selling process.

Sales Audiences

​Methods: Stage Presentation, Virtual Session
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Duration: 45 Minutes​​

What Audiences Learn

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Attendees will leave better equipped to:
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  • Simplify the Complex – break down complex ideas into manageable concepts

  • Boost Confidence – gain tools for taking decisive action

  • Strengthen Teamwork – collaborate more effectively and influence others

  • Drive Greater Engagement – leverage new ideas to improve relationships

  • Become More Efficient - learn how to prioritize the right pursuits and avoid the wrong ones

  • Reach More Goals – apply practical techniques to improve performance

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General Audiences

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Attendees will leave better equipped to:
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  • Sell Value  align your sales and marketing messaging and actions to winning strategies.

  • Get Buy-in  understand buyer fulfillment and the role it plays in getting to yes.

  • Close Business – discover the role courage plays in getting from yes to closed.

  • Win Over the Right People – learn about the four key personas that exist on every selection team.

  • Protect Resources  learn how the very best sales teams use their time more wisely than their competitors. 

  • Lead Complex Sale Teams discover the power in the “Drummer’s Persona” and the role it plays in leading winning teams.

Sales Audiences

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Ideal Audience & Events

My keynote presentations resonate with professionals who want to improve performance, reach more goals, and strengthen relationships

  • Emerging Leaders

  • Experienced Executives​

  • Sales Teams

  • Professionals Focused on Personal Growth

  • Association Meetings

  • Corporate Conferences

  • Cross-Functional Team Meetings

  • Kickoff Meetings

  • Leadership Retreats​

  • Off-Site Meetings

  • Professional Development Events

  • Regional Sales Team Meetings

  • Sales Kickoffs

  • Sales Training Events

My keynote presentations are ideal for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, association events, and professional development programs where audiences are looking for ideas they can apply immediately.

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Why Planners Book Me

Event planners invite me to speak because they appreciate:

  • Engaging storytelling that keeps audiences attentive

  • Practical takeaways attendees can apply immediately

  • Real-world leadership experience from startups to the Fortune 500

  • A collaborative, reliable speaker who makes the planning process simple

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Event planners also value that my insights come from real leadership experience building top-performing teams in companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. You can learn more about that journey on my About page.

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A Speaker with Real-World Leadership Experience

  • Former technology executive and startup CEO

  • Leadership experience from startups to the Fortune 50

  • Author of Whiteboard Wisdom

  • Creator of the Success Superpowers framework

Before becoming a speaker and coach, I spent decades leading teams in the technology industry at organizations ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. Those experiences now shape the success principles I share with audiences and organizations.

Mike's talk was like sitting through 30 life coaching sessions in an hour.

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Some leaders who hear my corporate keynote continue the conversation through leadership coaching.

If you are interested in services other than my corporate keynote speaking, here is a link to my services summary page:

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