Top Motivational Keynote Speakers by Expertise

Motivation is the key to employee engagement, satisfaction, productivity, and longevity. Organizations with more motivated workers are 21% more profitable and their employees are 43% more productive. If you want your organization to improve its business outcomes, you need to find ways to motivate your employees. One way to begin motivating employees is to book a top motivational keynote speaker or consultant to inspire your organization.

BigSpeak speakers bureau’s top motivational keynote speakers are experts on how to inspire companies to reach their potential. These motivational speakers are championship athletes, bestselling thought leaders, and successful company founders. They can help inspire your employees to excel through better habits, increased resilience, and improved teamwork.

Motivation Through Habits 

The hardest part of motivation seems to be getting started. One of the best ways to get started is to create a system and follow a daily routine. For better habits, there’s only one motivational expert: James Clear.

James Clear

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker who motivates audiences to change their lives through small habits. He gives valuable lessons from his New York Times bestselling book Atomic Habits, which has sold over 3 million copies and been translated into multiple languages.

Motivation Through Improved Resilience

Setbacks often derail our personal motivation. Learning how to become more resilient and reframe your setbacks as challenges can help you move forward. Learn from the experience of these top motivational keynote speakers on how to become more resilient, bounce back from failure and rejection, and learn to do your best under pressure.

Molly Bloom

Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, author, and the subject of the Oscar-nominated Aaron Sorkin film, Molly’s Game. Using examples from her career, Molly inspires audiences with the tools she used to rise to the top of her industry and overcome personal setbacks.

Jia Jiang

Jia Jiang is a top resilience keynote speaker with the most viewed TED Talk of 2017. Using lessons from his bestselling book Rejection Proof, Jiang inspires people to become resilient by learning how to approach rejection.

James Lawrence

James Lawrence is a motivational speaker and world-record endurance holder for completing the greatest feats of human endurance in 2021: 100 full-distance triathlons in 100 days. Lawrence inspires audiences to keep going towards their goals by teaching them a successful mindset.

J.P. Pawliw-Fry

J.P. Pawliw Fry is a performance and change expert and the bestselling author of Performing Under Pressure. His lessons of how to work well under pressure have inspired athletes, military personnel, and Fortune 500 companies all over to achieve their best when feeling their worst.

Cassandra Worthy

Cassandra Worthy is a top motivational keynote speaker, innovator, and the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm® Cassandra inspires and empowers her audiences so they can shine and overcome any challenge in their life.

Motivation Through Better Teamwork

How do you motivate others to achieve their best? While you can build better systems for yourself and learn to become more resilient, it takes different skills to inspire your teammates? These top motivational keynote speakers are athletes who achieved renown for their work with teams.

Robyn Benincasa

Robyn Benincasa is a top motivational speaker for inspired leadership and teamwork and the bestselling author of How Winning Works. In her entertaining and funny keynotes about her time as an Adventure Racing world champion, she motivates audiences to succeed together by explaining how to win as a team.

Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson is a motivational keynote speaker known as a team player who won NBA championships with the Lakers and an Olympic gold medal win for the US. In his talks, Johnson delivers a passionate message about his life story and how we can all make a difference.

Whether you’re looking to do a conference, keynote, or online meeting, these top motivational keynote speakers have the expertise to deliver an exciting and motivational experience.

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