Biography

Mike Lee is a globally recognized keynote speaker, internationally sold author, and coach who shares high-performance leadership lessons from inside the hearts and minds of the NBA’s elite. His work helps individual contributors, leaders, and organizations elevate engagement, win the war for talent, and create cultures of belonging in a world of disruption.  For 15 years, he spent time with basketball’s 1%, including NBA MVPs Steph Curry and Joel Embiid. While leading his basketball training business, he was blindsided by personal and professional adversity and dove deep into mindfulness and meditation practices. Today, he’s blended diverse backgrounds of mindset, mindfulness, and high performance to create a counter-cultural approach to the future of leadership.

Mike’s engaging, inspiring, and interactive programs at Fortune 500 companies and professional associations like Morgan Stanley, AmFam, Cisco, SHRM, and IBM have earned rave reviews from bold and driven leaders. He’s delivered this approach through keynotes in packed ballrooms of a thousand, virtually to a global audience, and workshops with 10-person senior leadership teams. Mike has been described as “the easiest and most conscientious speaker I’ve worked with”, “the perfect choice to kick off our event” and having “an impeccable ability to tell a story”.

Building his basketball business from his college apartment while battling anxiety and depression,  Mike understands the challenges leaders face in this volatile, uncertain, and complex world. His unique combination of personal adversity and basketball background gives him the ability to connect in a vulnerable and authentic way with a diverse range of audiences from the stage.

Drawing on the latest research from neuroscience, sports psychology, and personal experience, he’s shared stories and practical exercises worldwide to help people find their own inner power and poise to thrive in business and life. His latest book, The New Rules For The Future of Leadership, has been endorsed by New York Times bestselling authors, thought leaders, and other Fortune 500 executives.

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vWIN THE MOMENT: Counter-Cultural Performance Principles That Crossover From The Court To Business and Life

In this high-impact program, high-performance keynote speaker Mike Lee shares personal stories, strategies and mindsets he’s learned from times on the court with players like Steph Curry, Joel Embiid and Malcolm Brogdon. All, which directly translate to business performance.

The challenge we all face today, is that our work environments are overwhelming disruptive, rapidly changing, and increasingly fragmented — creating the biggest barrier to success. The constant battleground of our mind for the present moment. Which is the only place we can take action to impact our future. Just like elite performers block out the opposing crowd in packed arena, high-performance keynote speaker Mike Lee, teaches you how to lock in on the task at hand in the middle of chaos.

The audience will walk away with actionable strategies — from NBA’s Elite — that can be implemented immediately, to unlock the human potential inside of you and deliver world-class performance. Ending this program with a massive call to action, “Win The Moment” leaves the audience with an inspiring message that impacts them long after he leaves the stage.

Best Audience: Leadership Conferences, Sales Conferences, Executive Teams, Associations

Program: Can be delivered live or virtually as keynote, workshop or modular program

UNSHAKEABLE: Developing The Resilient Leader Within

Never before have leaders faced more things at once. The Great Resignation, economic uncertainty and a digital-first work environment have created the toughest leadership crisis of our time. During these pivotal moments, a generation of leaders and their businesses will be defined by how they decide to show up.

Through Mike’s experience building an international basketball brand from his college apartment, and growing it while battling anxiety and depression, he understands the challenges leaders are facing in these very moments. Drawing on the latest research from sports psychology, neuroscience and mindfulness, leadership keynote speaker Mike Lee shares exercises he’s personally embraced to move through adversity.

When combined with his inspiring storytelling approach, they create an experience that has helped people across the world develop the purpose-driven, future-focused and heart-centered leadership skills crucial in these unprecedented times.

Best Audience: Leadership, Human Resources, Sales Kick Off

Program: Can be delivered live or virtually as keynote, workshop or modular program

NEW RULES FOR THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP: How The Bold and Driven Can Elevate Engagement, Win The War For Talent, and Create A Culture of Belonging

The future of leadership is more human than ever. In 2020 challenges lingering in the background like mental health, purpose and belonging immediately rose to the surface. In 2021 the Great Resignation followed leaving companies with challenges that can’t be solved long-term simply with a pay increase. Today, the aftermath of the pandemic, virtual work environments, the looming recession, and the Great Resignation are front and center for leaders. Simply put, Covid changed how we work, our relationship to work and expectations of leaders across all industries. And senior leaders, emerging leaders and leaders without a title need to be equipped with internal skills to navigate this new world of work.

Future of leadership keynote speaker Mike Lee has blended a diverse background of entrepreneurship, personal adversity and experiences with some of the world’s top performing athletes to create a counter-cultural approach to leadership. He’s shared this methodology with Fortune 500 companies and leading industry associations like IBM, AmFam, Cisco, Morgan Stanley and SHRM.

This program is designed to equip leaders with the purpose-driven, future-focused, mindfully aware and heart-centered leadership skills to meet the moment and prepare for what’s next. These research backed competencies are proven to elevate engagement, attract top talent, improve well-being and create a culture of belonging. Ultimately helping organizations sustain peak performance, drive growth and create their future in the new economy.

Best Audience: Leadership Conferences, Executive Teams, Associations

Program: Can be delivered live or virtually as keynote, workshop or modular program

MINDFULNESS IN A DISTRACTED WORLD: How To Beat Burnout, Elevate Performance and Cultivate Well-Being In A Volatile, Complex and Uncertain World

A global pandemic, overwhelming uncertainty, and a virtual world have accelerated our country’s epidemic of mental health, stress and burnout. According to Gallup’s State of The Workplace, report employees have never been more stressed, which the American Institute of Stress says is costing US businesses $300 billion dollars per year. Harvard Business Review research also shows that we are only present about 50% of the day. That means in our forty hour workweek we’re actually only productive twenty hours. Simply put, this stress pulls us out of the present moment.

In this program mindfulness keynote speaker, Mike Lee demonstrates that the present moment is where high-performance, engagement, and well-being all exist. We spend time in the past stuck in guilt, anger or regret. Or we’re in the future in anxiety, planning, or worry. But the best thing you can do for your future-self, the future of your organization, and the future of the people you lead is to be fully in the present moment.

The bottom line is technology advances, information, and distractions are not going to slow down. Our external environment is not going to change. The change has to come from the place within. Mindfulness keynote speaker Mike Lee explains how by building a foundation in mindfulness we unlock the emotional IQ, develop the self-awareness and cultivate the resilience needed to thrive in this demanding, rapidly changing, and uncertain world.

Testimonials

Mike's story is inspiring and his message is rooted in practicality. His strategies will help your people unlock the potential within.
– Larry Murphy, Chief Strategy Officer, Disney
If you’re looking to inspire and elevate your people, look no further. Mike helped our leaders really focus on purpose-driven, heartfelt leadership that will have a huge impact on our culture of belonging and well-being.
– Rich Steffen, President, American Family Insurance
Mike was literally the perfect choice to kick off our event and set the tone for the rest of the day with Jesse Itzler and Mike Tyson. The basketball stories had takeaways for a general audience even if you don't follow the game and left everyone wanting more. I couldn't believe how fast the hour went by! We would have him back in a heartbeat!
– Chris Flakus, CEO, CSI Companies
If you want someone who understands the power of presence, performance, and people then Mike Lee is your go-to person. Every encounter we have exchanged left me a wiser and bolder leader and human being. Mike knows the theory, the practice, and how to deliver them. What else do you need if you are looking to build presence, resiliency, leadership, and peak performance.
– Patrick Kozakiewicz, Global Mindfulness Leader, IBM
Listening to and learning from Mike has not only been a positive experience but also a powerful one. In a world of change, he has a knack for simple tools that help you focus on a path forward. It's been great to connect with him over the past year, both one-on-one and in larger groups – he's able to keep everyone engaged and it will be great to see him in-person one day soon.
– Richard Curtis, CEO, FutureBrand Australia
I've had the opportunity to experience Mike both virtually and live, in-person. Regardless of how you decide to work with him, you're going to walk away with strategies to better navigate through adversity, build focus and enhance overall professional performance. His content, stories, and mindsets could not be more relevant at this time!
– Brad Pavelec, Manager, Cisco
Thank you for kicking off the 87th Arkansas Municipal League Convention with an amazing keynote presentation. Your keynote was so relevant to this past year’s challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic. The feedback that we have received has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you, again.
– Whitnee V. Bullerwell, Deputy Director, Arkansas Municipal League
We hosted Mike Lee for an impactful performance coaching event for our members. Even months later our members speak very highly of his session because they've used his strategies to keep them on track to achieving their goals. The unique combination of relatable stories plus actionable strategies really made this program stick.
– Michael Unger, Education Director, FPA Miami
As a veteran producer and educator in the meetings and events space, I can say without hesitation that Mike is the easiest, most empathetic, and most conscientious speaker I’ve ever worked with. From our first pre-event call to our post-event debrief, it was clear Mike was invested in our meeting goals, customizing his message to help us best fulfill them, and then following up to ensure he had. On stage, he’s as authentic and accessible as he is off, personifying the heart-centered, mindful leadership approach he talks about so passionately. A talk, by the way, that at this particular time, is very relevant, and exactly what executives need to hear to lead contemporary (and future) workforces.
– Anthony Bollotta, Event Chair | Catersource + The Special Event, Executive Producer | Bollotta Entertainment

Booksby Mike Lee

The New Rules For The Future of Leadership

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