Keynote Speaking
High Energy
Actionable
Memorable
Engaging, high-impact keynote speaker programs help leaders build trust in leadership and strengthen communication in the workplace.
“We have been holding our business conference for four years and have featured nationally-known television personalities, to successful authors, to sports celebrities. This year, we heard time and time again from attendees, Justin is by far the best speaker our audience has heard at our conference. His message and delivery holds the attention of the audience and they leave wanting even more.”
Tiffany Menke | President of the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce
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PROGRAMS THAT STICK
TRUST STARTS HERE
These aren’t speeches. They’re experiences.
As a leadership keynote speaker, Justin Patton delivers high-impact programs that challenge leaders to stop managing from authority and start building trust in leadership and communication.
Through storytelling, audience interaction, and bold insights, Justin Patton, one of the leading inspirational keynote speakers on leadership for corporate events & conferences, helps audiences rethink how they communicate and strengthen trust and leadership presence across every interaction.
Duration
60 minutes
Delivery
In-person or virtual
Focus
Leadership presence, trust, and transformational communication
It Starts With You!
How to build the Leadership credibility people actually trust
Leadership isn’t about you, but it always starts with how you show up.
In this high-energy keynote, leadership presence expert Justin Patton challenges participants to take ownership of their presence and the impact they have on others. Trust, influence, and credibility don’t happen by accident.
This session isn’t just for people with titles. It’s for anyone who leads meetings, builds relationships, drives culture, or communicates under pressure. In other words: everyone.
Through powerful stories, real-time feedback, and audience-driven exercises, participants will walk away with practical tools to show up more powerfully and lead from wherever they are.
Because leadership isn’t about position. It’s about presence.
And that starts with you.
Program Objectives
Building trust in teams
One move away: how teams build trust before they need it
Trust is built in the small, everyday moments of how we show up, speak up, and respond to each other.
High-performing teams do not break because they lack talent. They break when people stop being honest, start protecting themselves, and choose silence over connection.
In this keynote, Justin Patton shows leaders and teams how to build real, behavior-based trust that makes candor normal, conflict cleaner, and accountability easier. Not through slogans, but through repeatable actions that change how people communicate when it matters.
At the heart of Justin’s message is the Treeline Test™, a powerful metaphor that reframes how teams experience trust. Trust is not what you say. It is how you move when someone gets stuck.
With relatable stories, laugh-out-loud moments, and tactical behavior shifts, Justin teaches a set of practical trust moves teams can use immediately to build trust daily, reduce friction, and strengthen performance.
Program Objectives
MANAGERS WHO BUILD TRUST
THE Manager's PLAYBOOK FOR BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS
Being a manager is hard. Some days, it sucks. But the best managers know it’s worth it because they change lives. In today’s workplace, every company is competing on the employee experience, and the managers who prioritize it will outperform their competitors. The problem? Most managers are thrown into their role without any formal training on how to bring out the best in others, leaving them to figure it out on their own. This high-energy keynote challenges managers to rethink how they lead by focusing on four essential moves: building authentic relationships, setting clear expectations, leaning into performance conversations, and recognizing what’s right. Great managers don’t just manage people. They move people. They are catalysts for change, champions of people and performance, and the key to an organization’s success. This program is their roadmap to becoming the kind of leader people want to work for and never want to leave.
Program Objectives
CLARITY UNDER FIRE
HOW EXECUTIVES COMMUNICATE WITH CONVICTION AND LEAD WITH COMPOSURE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
When pressure spikes, clarity drops. In those moments, credibility and trust are built or broken in real time.
Clarity Under Fire equips executives with practical tools to communicate clearly in high-pressure moments like tough meetings, rapid change, public scrutiny, surprise conflict, and high-stakes decisions.
At the center of the session is the Trust Triangle™, Justin’s simple framework for building trust through communication: transparency, tact, and togetherness. Leaders learn how to stay clear, connected, and decisive when the stakes are high.
Through stories and real-world practice, participants leave with repeatable Clarity Scripts™ and regulation tools they can use immediately when tension rises.
Program Objectives
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Rave Reviews
Audiences Love Justin Patton
Jay Poerner
Commissioner of the NCAA D2 Lone Star Conference
"In just minutes, Justin shattered my expectations. Justin’s energy and excitement are highly contagious, and it carried over throughout the event."
Gail Zurek
CEO of the Visalia Chamber of Commerce
"We needed a keynote to start the event that would bring energy, passion, and insight. Justin did all of those things. Justin Patton is amazing."
Julie Morales
CFO of GIANT Food Stores
"I just got done listening to Justin speak, and I will tell you it was one of the most invigorating and insightful things I’ve ever heard."
Stephen Harfield
District Director at GIANT Food Stores
"Justin Patton is an awesome speaker. If you’re looking for someone to inspire and motivate your leaders, Justin is your person."
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