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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

“Michael is excellent at providing a powerful and engaging presentation. He received glowing feedback from our donors, staff and board for an informative and thought-provoking speech, and was an absolute delight to work with. Michael’s positive, can-do attitude will leave you inspired and downright happy.”

CLAIRE NOELL NICKELL

Wild Earth Guardians / Event Manager

Recent and Past Speaking partners

The healing power of rituals and routines

“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.

“We were very appreciative of your keynote address, your positivity, your energy, and your incredible ability to keep everyone engaged and tailor your talk to Polson HS specifically. You set such an amazing tone for the day and I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback about your presentation(s) from students and staff.  Everyone was very impressed with how you were able to engage everyone, the research and preparation you had done ahead of time, and your wonderful positive energy and message.”

Betsy wade

school counselor / polson high school, MT

“I guarantee he will not disappoint! He is by far the best public speaker I have ever witnessed, and I know your audience will be inspired and will learn a great deal.”

steve hoffman

merlin tours / founder

 “Michael Leach spoke at my bookstore, Out West Books as he was promoting his book, Grizzlies on My Mind.  My store was packed with a completely captivated audience.  Michael is such a terrific speaker and positive person, he had us in the palm of his hands.  My only concern after his presentation was “How are we going to top this.” I also have to give him accolades for skillfully handling my lack of projector and screen with complete grace.  In fact, no one noticed or cared that there were not photos.  He is just that engaging. Thanks, Michael, for making my experience with you the best yet!”

Marya Johnston

Outwest books / Grand Junction, CO

“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

Be audacious blog

Storytelling is the heart of the Be Audacious blog. Each post is medley of thoughts, observations, training tips and stories.

With so much noise out there telling us how to be, how to train, how to think, how to live, it’s my hope that this blog can help readers redefine what success looks like (a deeply personal thing and matter of perspective), while combating the demons of self-doubt and fear that so often accompany athletic pursuits, creative endeavors, bold adventures and passion projects. 

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

fill out this form and I’ll be in touch.

WNbL, michael

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