speaking
My mission in life is to inspire and uplift others.
As an orator, I’ve made it my personal mission to connect with my audiences, while creating and delivering engaging, inspiring and impactful presentations that captivate and motivate the teams, people and organizations I have the honor of working with. As a coach, I recognize the importance of meeting my audience where they’re at, sharing personal stories of trials and triumph, fully understanding that the struggle is where the growth takes place.
I recognize how critical it is to find the “right” speaker. The success of each event and team gathering is most often defined by the audience’s reaction to its presenters. If your speaker knocks it out of the park, the entire event is a homerun; but if she or he misses the mark, the event becomes all-too-easily forgettable. When we team up, you aren’t getting a cake in a box performance; you’re getting a custom presentation crafted specifically for your team.
My ultimate goal at any presentation is to inspire confidence in each audience member, to help her believe she’s capable and has the capacity and courage to do hard things in pursuit of her (or his) dreams.
If you’re looking for a dynamic speaker who will go ALL IN with the mission of inspiring your audience to overcome adversity, persevere in the face of challenging circumstances, pursue bold and brave endeavors, while unleashing the power of purposeful passion in order to be their strongest and surest self each day, I’d be humbled and honored to team up with you.
If you’d like to discuss my speaking at your next event, please let me know!
Recent Topics
I fully customize and personalize my talks and presentations to fit the needs, goals and objectives of my audiences or event organizers. Here’s a few of the presentation topics that are right in my wheelhouse.
- Perseverance and mental fortitude
- Developing routines and rituals that enhance performance and personal growth
- Toughness for teams
- Authentic leadership
- Mindfulness and the “Mamba Mentality”
- Fostering a growth mindset
- Goal setting
- Building purposeful passion
Recent and Past Speaking partners
“Reinvigorated with life after listening to Mike Leach in class today. ‘Dare to be audacious.’”
Megan wade
student / longwood University
“Michael embodies the rare combination of passion, eloquence, and unbridled enthusiasm that helps give activists like us the optimism and energy to continue our work.”
Matthew elsner
CHAIR / SIERRA CLUB – DENVER METRO NETWORKENDFRAGMENT
“This man is the most inspirational person I’ve ever had the good fortune to meet. Read what he has to say. Be Audacious.”
Jack Borthwick
student / Arlington, Virginia
let’s work together
My presentations aren’t ever a cookie-cutter, but personalized and custom tuned for the audience I’m working with. My topics range from perseverance to team building, rituals and routines to the importance of being adaptable, positive psychology to legacy work, fortitude to goal setting.
“The highlight of the eve was Mike’s passionate presentation to a college group. I have not witnessed such an inspiring, powerful talk for some time. I loved his passion and advocacy.”
stephen speckart
Missoula, Montana
“I’ve been hosting the RM Land Series for the past 13 years. It’s hard to think of a more inspiring presentation then what Michael shared last Saturday! Thanks so much — and for all you do. With the challenges facing wilderness today, we all need the passionate energy of people like Michael Leach. His exuberant love of nature inspires people to discover what it is that they can do to save our threatened wild places.”
Jeff lee
Rocky mountain land series / Tattered Cover, Denver, CO
“Michael Leach provided one of the most fascinating and inspirational programs we have had the pleasure to observe.”
kathleen dickson
San pedro, california
Contact Me
Let’s connect.
I love hearing from you! Your stories fuel my fire and fan the flames. If you have questions or want to take a deeper dive into anything I’ve covered on my site, I’d love to connect.
Feel free to email me at: michael@beaudacious.com or
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WNbL, michael