Michael Levin
Michael Levin is President and CEO of Custom Solutions. He has launched and built numerous companies into multi-million dollar entities in a wide variety of industries. He is a former 50 Senior Executive for Pepsi-Cola running gold standard divisions in San Francisco, Oakland and Reno.
He is a three-time #1 International Best-Selling author. His books include his #1 inspirational best-seller “Let Them See You Sweat” along with “The Art of Collaborative Selling” . He is also co-author of Jack Canfield’s, “The Road to Success”.
He has delivered his keynotes and workshops on Leadership, Change, Sales, and Communication Skills around the world for companies and conferences of all sizes. He has been on TV and radio shows around the country sharing his knowledge. He has appeared on Home Shopping Network and featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and had his products featured in Oprah Magazine.
Most Requested Programs
Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace
Michael’s talk on “Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace®” is about his powerful philosophy that creates ownership and empowerment throughout an organization. Your people will not only embrace change they will actually lead and drive that change.
You will learn real tools to create that environment as well as how to overcome the roadblocks and challenges. You will learn Michael’s philosophy of how to create sustainable change instead of “Flavor of the Month”.
You will learn key communication tools including Michael’s 4-step process for resolving conflict, questions and concerns in a collaborative manner.
Attendees will come to understand the paradigm shift required, from leaders to front line staff, to create this environment. This philosophy has made Michael’s companies, his client’s companies, and the divisions he ran for Pepsi Cola incredibly profitable by creating a highly motivated, inspired, entrepreneurial team.
Key Takeaways:
- Your audience will learn how to create ownership and empowerment throughout their organization. This will be even more valuable during these times, as they are trying to hold their team accountable and responsible while working from home.
- We will discuss the challenges companies face with moving from a more traditional autocratic environment to one of entrepreneurism. We will discuss the behavioral shifts necessary from both senior leaders and the front line and how to achieve those shifts.
- We’ll discuss critical communication skills in creating this environment including my 4-step methodology for resolving conflict that leads to collaborative and mutually beneficial solutions.
Organic DEI:
Empowering People to Shine and Removing Unconscious Bias: This incredibly powerful keynote is not to be missed! Let Michael Levin take you on a journey and show you how to inspire DEI in a method that levels the playing field for all. He focuses on creating opportunities for those in your organization that exhibit drive, desire and deliver results, instead of trying to meet quotas.
He will share with you, based on his “Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace®” Leadership philosophy and 4-step Team Building Methodology, how to:
- Remove unconscious biases and create opportunities for all regardless of race, creed, color, gender or preferences.
- Improve on the mistakes that most companies make that get in the way of a true DEI environment and cause them to miss on untapped talent.
- How to turn a DEI Initiative from being a cost into one that drives profits and revenue, inspires and motivates employees, and significantly improves customer experience.
- His methods are proven as he has achieved amazing results for his own businesses, as a Fortune 50 Senior Executive, and for his clients.
If those attending your conference value DEI and want to leverage their efforts to catapult their organizations to new heights, Michael is an absolute must at your next event!
Driving Powerful, Positive, Sustainable Change in Your Organization
In Michael's talk he will show you how to not only get your people to embrace change but actually lead and drive that change.
In this talk, he will share why change is so difficult for companies to create and why change that does occur so frequently becomes “Flavor of the Month”.
You will learn Michael's number #1 key that companies fail to do that is absolutely essential for your team to be open to change and how to implement that key.
You will also learn the three stages that must occur to create not only change that is embraced but change that is sustained.
Key Takeaways
- Your attendees will not only gain an understanding of how to get their team to embrace change but to actually lead and drive that change. They’ll also learn the changes senior leadership must make to create this environment.
- They will gain an understanding of why change frequently isn’t sustained and becomes an uphill battle. They will learn what I believe are the three steps that are critical to creating positive sustainable change and how to implement those steps.
- They will learn, from the stories I share from both Michael's and his client’s personal experiences, how companies typically try to implement change, and why they so often fail miserably at it.
- You will learn the critical importance of understanding that it’s not what change is made it’s how that change is made.
The Secret to Building High Impact Multi-Generational Teams
Why do we struggle with team building? Why do our companies got locked up in functional silos that don’t serve us, our company or our customers? How do we get our people to work together collaboratively for the good of all?
In Michael’s inspirational talk on Team Building, he will literally give you the blueprint to building high impact teams that you can take back and immediately implement. He will share with you how to get your people to both willingly and gladly work together to drive critical innovation, initiatives and solve problems and challenges.
He will talk about the roadblocks we frequently create for ourselves and our people that get in the way of team building and how to overcome them. He will show you how to not only drive amazing business results but create a much happier workforce that can lead to both greater retention and recruitment.
In Michael’s talk you will learn:
- His very simple tool to effectively create high impact teams.
- The roadblocks that create functional silos and a lack of team unity and how to overcome them.
- How to get your people excited about participating in cross-functional teams to drive critical initiatives, innovations and solve problems and challenges
Let Them See You Sweat: Lessons I've Learned on My Personal Journey with Stress:
Based on my three-time #1 best-selling book of the same name, I will share openly about my personal journey with stress and how I dealt with both the typical and unusual physical impacts I experienced including my body actually stopping sweating.
I will share with you why I believe stress often goes undiagnosed and dismissed as the possible cause of significant physical damage and how you can be your own best advocate.
I will also share some of my 15 Key Learnings and what you can do to help effectively manage not only the stress in your live but your team’s and those you love.
I will also tell inspiring stories of those who came to realize how stress impacted their lives and the miracles that occurred from recognizing and dealing with that impact.
Key Takeaways
- You will learn why I believe stress often goes undiagnosed and how you can be your own best advocate to take care of yourself emotionally and physically.
- I will share with you about what I believe are the delayed effects of stress and how you can be proactive to mitigate the physical effects stress can cause.
- I will share many of my key learnings that have helped me and others reduce stress while still successfully balancing the work and family demands we have in our lives.
Testimonials
Michael’s presentation to a large group of educational leaders from schools in the East Asia Regional Council of Schools was superb. His presentation was highly informed, light hearted (and funny), warm and inviting. Feedback from the participants was universally positive—for the content and insights offered. His presentation was a success because his wise counsel came from experience, much of it hard earned, and because it came from the heart as well as the head. - Edward E. Greene, Ph.D., Executive Director East Asia Regional Council of Schools
Michael was truly a pleasure to work with. Every time we had a conversation he put a smile on my face. He took the time to learn about our world by visiting our labs and talking with experts so he could tailor his talk to connect with our audience. Michael was extremely well received and got excellent survey scores from our members. I’d highly recommend Michael as a speaker for your next conference. - Laura Sudkamp, President, American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
Michael is a truly pleasure to work with. Here’s two short comments from the app to supplement (and to also keep this note brief): “Michael is a solid speaker. [He] talks high level concepts but [also] provides stories as an example and high action item lists.” And, “[Michael offered a] top-notch presentation with invaluable insight.”
I appreciate that Michael comes down from the stage and talks with the audience, and also creates an interactive presentation that isn’t PowerPoint driven. It’s about him connecting with his audience.
I’m looking forward to Michael speaking at future events for us. As noted above, I was responsible for running our four days of conference education. As you can imagine, it’s a lot to run. Michael certainly did his part to make my life easier! I’d highly recommend Michael as a speaker for your next event. - Kathleen Stoehr, Director of Community & Content Strategy UBM-Catersource LLC
In Let Them See You Sweat Michael provides a unique view into the incredible impact that stress can have on our lives. His story and the lessons he’s learned provide valuable insights that will provide both help and solace to you or someone you love. - Jack Canfield, Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles.™
Michael's "Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace" philosophy has its fingerprints all over our organization making an incredibly positive impact on our culture, our people and our processes. - Mike Jensen, Director of Training at Olympus America