Caleb Campbell

In today’s high-pressure world, burnout, disconnection, and survival mode are all too common. Caleb Campbell knows this struggle firsthand. As a West Point graduate, Army officer, and NFL athlete, the joy he once found in football was buried beneath the weight of expectations and burnout. After leaving the game, Caleb’s unexpected journey—from NFL athlete to becoming a janitor in Canada (it’s a wild story)—led to profound personal transformation renewing every facet of his life.

In this keynote, Caleb leads his audience through an inspirational story and more importantly, a transformational framework that allows people to rediscover the joy, passion and sense of aliveness that they once knew but has been buried under the weight of duties, deadlines and life’s disappointments – transforming not just how they work, but the overall quality of their lives.

But that’s not all, Caleb equips audiences to become playmakers. Playmakers don’t just reignite their own spark and perform at their best and do it more sustainably, but they inspire those around them to do the same.

What would be possible within your organization if it were full of playmakers? Caleb is here to help you find out.

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop a new understanding of the role of resilience and how to expand beyond it.
• A new playbook that allows you to turn life’s inevitable pressure into a pathway to something greater.
• Identify the eligible moments of their own lives that will become the catalyst to rediscovering the passion, joy and sense of aliveness that’s been buried under the weight of life.
• How to remain a playmaker–at work and at home.

This session will empower leaders to rediscover the transformative power of play—not as a frivolous act, but as a spark that ignites peak performance, strengthens relationships, and restores the mental well-being eroded by life’s pressures.

In today’s demanding workplace, thriving cultures aren’t built by leaders demanding more—they’re built by creating the conditions where everyone naturally has more to give.

Caleb Campbell’s keynote takes leaders on a transformative journey, showing how courageous leadership fosters trust-filled environments where teams flourish. Drawing from his experiences at West Point, the NFL, and his personal life, Caleb demonstrates how unlocking the courage within leads to the external leaps that transform how we work and the overall quality of our lives.

Learning Outcomes:

• A new playbook that turns our inevitable pressures into a pathway for something greater.
• The mindset shifts that help organizations and teams deepen trust and accelerate results.
• Practical strategies to let go of outdated leadership approaches and step into a more authentic, intentional, and transformative way of leading.
• Take a transformative step together, unlocking the confidence needed to move through the uncertainty of today with greater ease.

Through inspiring stories and actionable insights, Caleb equips leaders to take the leap into courageous leadership, unlocking potential and creating flourishing cultures.

Crisis is inevitable—both in business and in life. But not every crisis is loud or dramatic. For many leaders, the crisis is quieter, showing up as exhaustion, self-doubt, and the crushing weight of relentless expectations. It’s the kind of tiredness that more sleep can’t fix.

Caleb Campbell knows this feeling all too well. As the first West Point football player drafted into the NFL, he appeared to have it all together. But beneath the surface, the pressure to perform was building, leaving him burned out and disconnected.

This led him down a path of facing the inner discomfort of his life that he had avoided in his pursuit of success and as a result–unlocking the courage needed to renew his life.

Drawing on his personal story and practical strategies, Caleb offers a roadmap to navigating challenges with resilience and heart-centered leadership–demonstrating how facing fears, leaning into vulnerability, and staying authentic can make us stronger, even in our weakest moments.

In From Crisis to Courage, Caleb empowers people to shift from merely enduring their lives to fully living them–transforming not just the quality of their work, but the quality of their lives.

The audience will leave with:

• The playbook on how to use fear and overwhelm as a catalyst to expand our leadership, elevate our performance and enhance our well-being.
• Insights on how to cultivate trust that accelerates team alignment, collaboration, and results.
• Take a transformative step together that turns crisis into courage.

Caleb’s story inspires leaders to unlock inner strength and transform challenges into opportunities for breakthrough leadership.

Change is inevitable. How we navigate it is a choice.

On the day Caleb Campbell was set to sign his first NFL contract, everything changed. A policy reversal sent him back to active duty in the Army, derailing the dream he had worked his entire life to achieve. That disruption nearly broke him—but learning to embrace change, rather than resist it, became the key to everything he didn’t know he needed.

In Purposeful Presence, Caleb shares how navigating uncertainty with intention leads to profound growth, expanded capacity, and greater success. This keynote challenges leaders to see change not as a setback, but as a bridge to something greater.

When leaders work with change, they don’t just adapt—they grow. They create space for success that doesn’t come at the cost of their well-being. Through powerful storytelling and actionable tools, Caleb equips leaders to navigate transition with clarity, guiding their teams with courage and purpose.

This isn’t another “do better, be better” message. It’s a transformative experience—designed to help you thrive in the space between what was and what will be.

The audience will leave with:

• A Framework to Navigate Uncertainty:  This framework will serve as your guide, turning what may seem like obstacles into opportunities for growth and transformation.
• Mastering Awareness: Gain actionable insights, techniques and practices that will help you become more attuned to your inner world and understand why it’s so important.
• The Keys That Accelerate Transformation: Discover, and practice, the three essential elements that can accelerate your journey from what was to what will be—and do it in a way where you don’t lose yourself in the process.