IDEAS THAT MOVE PEOPLE.
KEYNOTES THAT MOVE BUSINESS.
Provocative thinking. Powerful storytelling. Practical frameworks. Mike Handcock challenges audiences to think differently about leadership, performance and what it takes to move from survival to significance.
THINK
Provocative Thinking
Challenges comfortable assumptions and gets audiences thinking differently about leadership, performance and what comes next.
STRATEGY
Practical Business Frameworks
Gives audiences ideas and frameworks and blueprints they can actually take back into the business and use.
STORY
Powerful Storytelling
Turns complex business ideas into memorable stories, observations and moments people continue talking about afterwards.
VIBRANCY
Humour and Energy
Brings warmth, humour and genuine stage energy without turning serious business ideas into motivational theatre.
CONNECTION
Audience Interaction
Reads the room, involves the audience and creates an experience that feels alive rather than simply delivered.
Global Business Perspective
WORLD
Draws on decades of working with leaders, entrepreneurs and organisations across different countries and cultures.
SEE MIKE IN ACTION
The 5 Minute Showcase
See Mike on stage.
A fast introduction to the energy, storytelling, humour and provocative thinking Mike brings to audiences around the world. This 5-Minute showcase gives aspects of Mike's content, humour, interaction and showmanship.
FOR CORPORATE LEADERS
Why Mike. Why now.
Mike explains the challenges he addresses inside organisations, who his keynotes are designed for, and why moving people from survival to significance matters now more than ever through energy, environment and enterprise.
THE GHOST IN THE OFFICE
THE FLAGSHIP KEYNOTE
Deconstructing Workplace Apathy In The Age Of A.I.
Something is haunting the modern workplace.
People are present. Work is getting done. Targets may even be met. But underneath the activity, something has disappeared — energy, ownership, ambition and the desire to contribute beyond what is required.
Mike Handcock calls it The Ghost in the Office: the invisible cost of workplace apathy.
ARE YOUR PEOPLE ON PAR?
PURPOSE. AUTONOMY. RECOGNITION.
Workplace apathy isn't solved by another engagement initiative. Mike Handcock's PAR framework identifies three fundamental conditions that influence whether people merely turn up — or genuinely contribute.
When Purpose, Autonomy and Recognition are present, people have a reason to care, the freedom to contribute and the knowledge that their contribution matters.
MIKE HANDCOCK — INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SPEAKER
FURTHER KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
KEYNOTE 01
IN SEARCH OF SIGNIFICANCE
THE PREMISE
Getting to the root cause of why people are unsatisfied and unproductive at work, and giving a methodology for leaders to rebuild culture, engagement and higher productivity. A Step By Step Process that shows leaders how to engage, lift and empower people, delivered with high engagement, humour and where requested entertainment (music).
IDEAL FOR
Executive leadership teams, global launches and special events, and organisations undergoing significant cultural shifts.
THE AUDIENCE LEAVES WITH
- A strategic framework for understanding and implementing significance.
- Tools for dismantling survival bias.
- Blueprint for impact-driven leadership.
KEYNOTE 02
SIGNIFICANT SALES MASTERY
THE PREMISE
Moving from order taker/‘yes-man’ to an empowered sales visionary that uses sophisticated psychological techniques relevant to the mid-21st century, aligned with data-based prospecting. Get above the pack and outside the competition by learning framing, alpha strategies, transference, the art of story and sales armour to never have to sell on price again.
IDEAL FOR
High-stakes sales professionals, business development directors, sales teams and founders looking to master the high-value close.
THE AUDIENCE LEAVES WITH
- Deep buyer psychology mastery.
- Framework for high-stakes framing.
- Journey blueprints for high-value sales.
KEYNOTE 03
PLAY A BIGGER GAME
THE PREMISE
The best leaders have a long term game plan, regardless of the VUCA world in which we find ourselves. Discover how to position teams and strategy to thrive regardless of the market.
Participants leave with a practical, usable template for dealing with volatility, whilst leading people and getting the results expected. Will deliver stronger more confident leaders and more engaged teams.
IDEAL FOR
Global leaders, industry disruptors, and organisations aiming to move beyond the status quo to high-performance cultures.
THE AUDIENCE LEAVES WITH
- Dismantled comfortable bias insights.
- Tactics for bolder leadership execution.
- Culture transformation roadmaps.
THE MIKE HANDCOCK EVENT EXPERIENCE
MORE THAN A KEYNOTE.
The experience begins before Mike walks on stage and doesn’t have to end when he walks off it.
BEFORE THE KEYNOTE
MAKE THE KEYNOTE MATTER BEFORE IT BEGINS.
Every great keynote starts with understanding the room. Mike works with the event team to understand the organisation, the audience, the challenges they are facing and what the event needs to achieve.
Where appropriate, Mike can also create tailored pre-event content to introduce the conversation, build curiosity and create anticipation before delegates arrive.
EVENT AND STAKEHOLDER BRIEFING
AUDIENCE & ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
PRE-EVENT CONTENT & ANTICIPATION
ON THE DAY
MAKE THE ROOM COME ALIVE.
Preparation becomes performance. After arriving early for tech checks, Mike likes to absorb the room, listen to others and network with guests, getting to know people and what they seek on the day. Mike combines provocative business thinking, powerful storytelling, practical frameworks, humour, energy and audience interaction to create an experience designed specifically for the people in the room.
The objective isn’t simply to inspire people for an hour. It is to challenge how they think, give them ideas they can use and create impactful reseults they can implement immediately.
A TAILORED KEYNOTE EXPERIENCE
STORYTELLING, INTERACTION & ENERGY
PRACTICAL IDEAS PEOPLE CAN USE
AFTER THE KEYNOTE
MAKE THE IDEA LIVE BEYOND THE APPLAUSE.
The most valuable ideas shouldn’t disappear when the lights go down. Where appropriate, Mike works with the event team to reinforce the central ideas and extend the conversation beyond the keynote.
This includes making deep dive material accessible via a learning management system, creating video content specific to the audience and in some cases allowing each audience member to access a relevant book or masterclass.
REINFORCE THE CENTRAL IDEAS
EXTEND THE CONVERSATION
TURN INSPIRATION INTO CONTINUED ACTION
Because the value of a keynote shouldn’t be measured by what happens in the room alone but by WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF IT.
"Mike was a pleasure to work with. He was highly innovative, collaborative and took the time upfront to really understand our audience, objectives and key messages.
He was flexible in his approach, generous with his ideas, and played an active role in helping us craft and refine our message.
His understanding of our audience, coupled with the extensive resource centre he provided, ensured the impact extended well beyond the event itself. In short: he delivered and added real value every step of the way."
DONNY BRUCE - OLD MUTUAL
THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE STAGE
A GLOBAL CAREER.
MEASURED IN MORE THAN MILES.
50+
20+
COUNTRIES
YEARS
90+
3,500+
EVENTS
TIMES AROUND THE
WORLD
[Mike Handcock receiving the Speaker of the Year Award]
GLOBAL SPEAKING FELLOW
ONE OF ONLY 50 WORLDWIDE
7
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOKS
CSP
CERTIFIED SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL
TOP 5% OF PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS GLOBALLY
13
BUSINESS AWARDS
