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Michael Veltri

Michael Veltri

Built, scaled, and sold his own companies and is now a sought-after adviser to leading executives

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Fee Range: 10000-19999

 

  • Proven CEO
  • Experienced Entrepreneur
  • Bestselling Author
  • Martial Arts Expert
  • US Marine Corps Veteran

Michael Veltri is a battle-hardened entrepreneur, bestselling author, and business transformation keynote speaker on a mission to teach successful professionals better decision-making skills to achieve peak performance with balance — not burnout.

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Michael Veltri is a battle-hardened entrepreneur, bestselling author, and business transformation keynote expert. Recognizing that our successes, both organizationally and personally, are the culmination of our daily decisions, Veltri elevates organizations and improves lives through better decision-making practices.

From ancient Japanese warriors to brain science; from business titans to academic research, Michael tapped wide-ranging resources to develop a groundbreaking model for better decision-making. Surprisingly simple and eminently effective, Veltri’s approach has impacted some of the most prolific organizations, brands, and leaders worldwide.

Michael is also a cancer survivor, decorated Marine Corps veteran, and master-instructor in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. He brings his martial arts discipline and precision to every keynote speech inspiring,
motivating, and educating audiences worldwide.

More about Michael…

Selecting the perfect keynote speaker for your upcoming conference or association event is an important decision. Battle-hardened entrepreneur, leadership expert, and nationwide bestselling author Michael Veltri will bring your event to life with his extensive experience and unique perspective on associations and conferences.

Associations gather to learn and share new ideas while educating members with practical knowledge to help them reach greater levels of success and peak performance. Michael Veltri is the perfect opening or closing keynote speaker for your upcoming event. Michael customizes all of his keynote speeches to ensure it meets your unique conference goals, desires, and outcomes. Drawing on his background as a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, cancer survivor, and successful business owner, he will motivate and inspire your members. More importantly he will educate your audience, providing practical tools and relevant decision-making techniques to achieve unprecedented levels of success. Michael’s presentations are moving, electric, and memorable bringing real-world takeaways to positively impact your group long after he has left the stage. Michael has spoken to numerous associations of all sizes and in all industries. He’s delivered powerful keynotes to the most well-respected organizations including: American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Project Management Institute (PMI), American Society of Employers, National Association of Residential Property Managers, Southern California Credit Union Alliance, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), and National Association of Women in Construction to name a few.

Consistently ranked as a top keynote speaker on leadership, business transformation, entrepreneurship, and innovation through better decision-making skills, Michael will custom-craft a high-impact and highly motivational keynote experience for your upcoming association event or conference.

SLAYING THE SALES DRAGON: HOW TO CRUSH THE TOP LINE WITH UNPRECEDENTED DECISION-MAKING PROWESS

(Perfect for Sales Teams Across All Industries)

Successful sales professionals, and their managers, are never satisfied. Yesterday’s major achievements are today’s performance standards, and surpassing quota is the expectation, not the exception. As old methods become commoditized and ineffective, new creative sales techniques are needed more than ever. Drawing inspiration from his knock-down-drag-out fight with cancer, nationwide bestselling author and multiple Diamond Club award winning sales professional, Michael Veltri has created a new and powerful model of decision-making success that leads to unprecedented sales results. In his energizing and inspiring presentation, Michael teaches sales professionals how to surpass expectations — both their own and their organization’s — while crushing quota and slaying the sales dragon.
You’ll learn:

• 5 simple and effective decision-making tools to boost sales;
• What’s truly behind objections — and how to conquer them;
• How to create a culture of achievement and sales excellence;
• How the “3 x 15 Decision-Making Rule” can double sales;
• How to break free from historical decision-making bias in your sales process;

DECISION-MAKING MASTERY: HOW TO DELIVER STUNNING BOTTOM-LINE RESULTS

(Perfect for C-Suite Executives & Senior Leaders)

Why do some executives fail while others thrive? Because the best C-suite executives have a decision making system to help them — and their teams — avoid and conquer common decision-making traps. From life or death decisions on the battlefield to the boardroom, Michael Veltri draws on his background as a battle-hardened business executive and decorated U.S. Marine veteran to teach CEOs and senior executives better decision-making skills that deliver stunning results. As a professional-level Japanese martial arts instructor, Veltri blends the fluid and flexible qualities of the martial arts with bleeding-edge business savvy to bring a completely fresh perspective on decision-making skills.

His inspiring presentation delivers practical tools that can be used immediately to increase productivity and deliver bottm-line results. You’ll learn to:

You’ll learn to:
• Master the 5 most powerful decision-making solutions that you’ve never heard of;
• Build a culture that celebrates fresh thinking and embraces new decision-making ideas;
• Implement better decision-making skills on a daily basis across all business activities and roles;
• Avoid the 5 biggest decision-making traps that kill successful organizations;
• Apply best decision-making practices from successful companies worldwide

THE 5 DECISION-MAKING SECRETS: SURPRISING, UNORTHODOX APPROACHES TO POWERFUL LEADERSHIP OUTCOMES

(Perfect for Leaders & Managers of All Levels)

With the “speed of business” evolving at an exponential rate, the ability to make the right decision at the right time is paramount to the success of any organization. Windows of opportunity open, yet close even quicker in today’s 24/7 hyper-connected, hyper-distracted world. Truly responsible leadership is difficult, and management needs fresh and creative ideas to make the best decisions possible — especially when the pace is fast, the stakes are high, and the outcome unclear. Michael Veltri weighs in with new and unique perspectives on this critical leadership challenge. A highly successful serial entrepreneur, decorated U.S. Marine veteran, and battle-hardened business executive, Veltri shows leaders how to employ his simple and effective decision-making system. This presentation will help leaders and managers of all levels:

• Develop unprecedented decision-making prowess to attack business problems of all sizes;
• Uncover 5 fresh decision-making tools to evolve your leadership to the next level;
• Authentically express your leadership to fuel-inject business results;
• Avoid the 5 biggest leadership traps;
• Silence internal and external distractions to strengthen your “leadership muscle”

THE MUSHIN WAY: ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE WITH BALANCE, NOT BURNOUT

(Perfect for HR Executives & Hiring Managers)

With intense competitive pressure to attract and retain top talent, how can HR executives and business leaders hire the best and the brightest while ensuring their high potentials continue to excel without burning out? Drawing from his success as an HR consultant and executive recruiter for some of the world’s top companies and brands, Michael Veltri answers these important questions and many more in his fresh, relevant, and timely talk. Based on his nationwide bestselling book, The Mushin Way to Peak Performance, Veltri takes the audience on an illuminating journey, showing how the Zen concept of mushin (moo-sheen) — meaning “no-mind” — helps achieve more with less, fuel growth, and
maintain laser focus. Walk away energized, educated, and equipped with bold new tools and techniques to achieve unprecedented results with balance, not burnout. In this important keynote, Veltri helps HR executives, business leaders, and hiring managers learn to:

  • Build, motivate, and lead high-performing teams;
  • Learn 5 secret techniques used by Zen masters to increase performance, which can easily be adapted to your own organization;
  • Understand the most common reasons “high potentials” burn out;
  • Expand your ability to deal with ambiguity, change, and competing priorities;
  • Uncover best practices from a martial arts master’s mentality: determination, flexibility, and resilience
Leadership Keynote Topic & Benefits

It’s been said that “to whom more is given, more is expected.” Successful leaders and managers know this better than anyone. And with the “speed of business” evolving at an exponential rate, the ability to make the right decision at the right time is paramount to the success of any organization. Truly responsible leadership is difficult, and management needs fresh and creative ideas to make the best decisions possible — especially when the pace is fast, the stakes are high, and the outcome unclear. Michael Veltri weighs in with new and unique perspectives on this critical leadership challenge. A highly successful serial entrepreneur, decorated U.S. Marine veteran, and battle-hardened business executive, Veltri shows leaders how to employ his simple and effective decision-making system. This leadership keynote speech will help leaders and managers of all levels to:

  • Uncover 5 fresh decision-making tools to evolve your leadership to the next level;
  • Know when to execute, delegate and/or escalate tasks;
  • Silence internal and external distractions to strengthen your “leadership muscle”;
  • Authentically express your leadership to fuel-inject business results;

Ultimately, leaders and managers learn how to effectively lead their teams and advance their careers by applying Michael’s unique decision-making methodology to lead with balance, clarity, and efficiency.

Michael Veltri’s business leadership keynote speeches are an opportunity for success-oriented executives, entrepreneurs, managers, and business professionals to transform their leadership skills to the highest level. Audience members viscerally experience Veltri’s decision-making methodology, an integrated system Michael pioneered through extensive leadership consulting work with Fortune 500 companies, battle-hardened experience as a decorated U.S. Marine veteran, and through his in-depth experience as a three-time successful entrepreneur. Audiences learn leadership tools and techniques — all of which Michael has meticulously crafted and refined over many years — to:

  • Make smarter, faster decisions when the pressure is on, the stakes are high, and time is of the essence;
  • Ignite innate leadership talents and profoundly increase their influence, impact, and effectiveness;
  • Transform every crisis and setback from obstacle to opportunity;
  • Lead with balance, innovation, and success —without burning out
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