Mike Lee – Leadership Lessons From NBA’s Elite

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About Mike Lee

Mike Lee is the founder of MindShift Labs and possesses a tremendous background spending time on the court with elite NBA stars such as MVP StephCurry and All-Star Joel Embiid. 

He’s blended this experience—helping players use mindset and focus to shift their performance in an ultra-competitive environment—with mindfulness, to level up business performance and personal Leadership.

His engaging, inspiring, and interactive programs at F500 companies and professional associations like Morgan Stanley, AmFam, Cisco, SHRM and IBM have earned rave reviews from bold, driven, and future-focused leaders. 

Never a canned speech, he uses a 5-step process to customize each program to deliver relevant insights and actionable strategies unique to your event theme or meeting goals.

Through his experience building an international basketball brand from his college apartment, and growing it while battling anxiety and depression, Mike understands the challenges leaders face in this rapidly changing, uncertain, and demanding world.

Drawing on the latest research from neuroscience, sports psychology, and personal experience, he’s shared stories and practical exercises—across the United States, Europe, and Asia—to help people find their own inner power and poise to thrive in business and life.

“The internal game drives external results”

In a world of disruption, change, and adversity Mike Lee helps individual contributors, leaders and organizations activate the purpose-driven, future-focused, and heart-centered skills that drive engagement, win the war for talent, and create cultures of belonging.

He’s blended a diverse background of mindset, mindfulness, and high-performance to create a counter-cultural approach to the future of leadership.

Mike’s engaging, inspiring, and interactive programs at F500 companies and professional associations like Morgan Stanley, AmFam, Cisco, SHRM and IBM have earned rave reviews from bold and driven leaders. He’s delivered this approach through keynotes in packed ballrooms of a thousand and workshops with 10-person senior leadership teams.

Mike has been described as “the easiest and most conscientious speaker I’ve worked with”, “the perfect choice to kick off our event” and having “an impeccable ability to tell a story”.
For 15 years he worked with some of basketball’s elite earning testimonials from NBA players such as MVP Steph Curry.

Through his experience building an international basketball brand from his college apartment, and growing it while battling anxiety and depression, Mike understands the challenges leaders face in this volatile, uncertain, and complex world. His unique combination of personal adversity and basketball background gives him the ability to connect in a vulnerable and authentic way with a diverse range of audiences from the stage.

Drawing on the latest research from neuroscience, sports psychology, and personal experience, he’s shared stories and practical exercises — across the world — to help people find their own inner power and poise to thrive in business and life.
His latest book, The New Rules For The Future of Leadership, has been endorsed by the likes of Neiman Marcus Chief People and Belonging Officer, New York Times best selling authors, and other Fortune 500 leaders.

Mike Lee Keynote speaker

LOCKED IN

High-Performance Lessons from Basketball’s Elite

In this high-impact program, Mike shares personal stories, proven strategies, and powerful mindsets he’s learned from times on the court with basketball’s elite like Steph Curry, Joel Embiid, and Malcolm Brogdon. All, which directly translate to business performance.

The challenge we all face today is that our work environments are overwhelming disruptive, rapidly changing, and increasingly fragmented—creating the biggest barrier to success. The constant battleground of our mind for the present moment.Which is the only place we can take action to impact our future. Just like elite performers block out the opposing crowd in a packed arena, Mike teaches you how to lock in on the task at hand in the middle of chaos.

The audience will walk away with actionable strategies—from NBA’s Elite—that can be implemented immediately, to unlock the human potential inside of you and deliver world-class performance in any arena. Locked In leaves the audience with an inspiring message that impacts them long after he leaves the stage.

Key Takeaways

  • Discover what separated Kobe Bryant beyond his basketball skills that apply to workplace performance
  • Learn the strategy to leverage adversity as a catalyst for business growth
  • Discover breakthrough insights on what drives elite performers you can leverage in your business
  • Learn how to master distractions in order to place your attention and energy on what you can control

UNSHAKEABLE

Transformational Leadership Lessons From Basketball’s Elite

Never before have leaders faced more things at once. The great resignation, economic uncertainty, and a remote-first work environment have created the toughest leadership crisis of our time.
During these pivotal moments, a generation of leaders and their businesses will be defined by how they decide to show up.

Through Mike’s experience building an international basketball brand from his college apartment, and growing it while battling anxiety and depression, he understands the challenges leaders are facing in these very moments. Drawing on the latest research from sports psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness, Mike shares timely, relevant and actionable strategies he’s personally embraced to lead through adversity.

When combined with his inspiring storytelling approach, they create an experience that has helped people across the world uncover, unlock and unleash the purpose-driven, future-focused and hearted-centered leader within themselves during these unprecedented times.

Key Takeaways

Develop the psychology needed to lead in an era of disruption
Learn how to create an infinite culture of heart-centered leadership to foster belonging, engagement and resilience
Discover how to stay connected to your energy as a leader
Learnthe power of shifting from outcome-driven to legacy-driven leadership

Testimonials

Mike’s story is inspiring and his message is rooted in practicality. His strategies will help your people unlock the potential within.

Disney

If you’re looking to inspire and elevate your people, look no further. Mike helped our leaders really focus on purpose-driven, heartfelt leadership that will have a huge impact on our culture of belonging and well-being.

American Family Insurance