Why Mike Robbins? Because of his authentic and engaging approach, his in-demand keynotes have wide-ranging appeal, especially with the uncertainty of today’s business environment. He’s also got a unique story. Mike was born and raised by a single mom in Oakland, CA. He dreamed of a different life, one in which he got to play Major League Baseball. After turning down an offer from the New York Yankees to play at Stanford University, where he pitched in the College World Series, Mike ultimately signed a pro contract with the Kansas City Royals out of Stanford. Unfortunately, injuries cut his baseball career short and derailed his dream.
Playing baseball for 18 of the first 25 years of his life taught him a lot about individual and team performance...and, specifically, the importance of the intangible qualities of mindset, collaboration, and culture. Dealing with the abrupt and devastating end of his playing career, provided him a painful but important opportunity to learn about change, adversity, and resilience.
For more than two decades, Mike has taken the lessons he learned early in his life and coupled it with extensive research and experience working with some of the top teams and companies in the world...offering tangible techniques that help people, leaders, and teams to keep things in perspective, build trust, come together, and perform at the highest level. Mike's clients include Google, Wells Fargo, eBay, Gap, Microsoft, Schwab, Airbnb, the Oakland A's, Harvard University, Coca-Cola, and many others. His five books, three TEDx talks, and thousands of articles, interviews, and podcast episodes have reached millions of people.
“Mike is a gifted storyteller and talented speaker. His talks on authentic leadership and appreciation, and his exercises to ‘lower the waterline’ and build trust have been incredibly effective to both my management team as well as an international audience of 600. I have consistently received rave reviews from colleagues on Mike’s various efforts within Google.”
“Mike is a gifted storyteller and talented speaker. His talks on authentic leadership and appreciation, and his exercises to ‘lower the waterline’ and build trust have been incredibly effective to both my management team as well as an international audience of 600. I have consistently received rave reviews from colleagues on Mike’s various efforts within Google.”