844-337-7325 [email protected]
MIKE OSTER
Brigadier General USA, Retired
KEYNOTE VIDEOS
KEYNOTE FEE:

$10,001 - $15,000

Keynote fee falls within this range. For exact fee, please contact us.
TRAVELS FROM:

South Dakota

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"Mike is very genuine and his commonsense approach to thinking positively reminded me how much control I have over how I approach my job, my coworkers, my family and my friends each day. Mike not only delivers his message with passion, he also connects to the audience through his use of stories and humor. I talked to several other attendees who said Mike was the best speaker at the conference!!!!"

HR and Risk Coordinator

"Mike Oster’s keynote on The Power of Positive was perfect for our SHRM State Conference and brought a high level of energy, and engagement to our conference! Our attendees loved his keynote, and many attended his follow-up breakout session Building Your Road Map to Success. Both sessions brought so much positivity to our conference; we are so glad we booked him!"

Director

"Mike was highly recommended. After having a couple of conversations with Mike defining what we were looking for and explaining our broad audience, I was confident he would be able to close the conference on a positive note and encourage attendees to see the positive instead of the negative in all we do, and continue that post conference. Mike’s session, It Starts with Attitude, did exactly that and then some!!! The attendees were engaged and the energy was so positive! Attendees have since told me they could have listened to him speak all afternoon and he started in the morning!!! I would highly recommend Mike Oster as a speaker for any type audience. Mike was easy to work with, was prepared and he went over and above what was expected!!"

Transition Services Manager

"Thank you for an incredible training yesterday. You CRUSHED IT!!!! And I knew you would. You are a powerful speaker, and you have a natural talent to draw people in. You’re funny!! You tell stories to create an impact, and you know how to engage a crowd. You also did an excellent job bringing each point home. You are a master at your craft and I’m so blessed we got to have YOU facilitate our development training."

Learning & Performance Manager
ABOUT MIKE OSTER
Mike has been presenting to and training groups and organizations for over 20 years. His background includes working for a Fortune 500 company, serving as an elected official, owning and operating a number of successful private businesses, serving on a variety of volunteer boards, and wearing the uniform of the United States Army through over 35 years of service in the South Dakota Army National Guard. Mike is a veteran serving in both Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He continues to serve in the Army National Guard and currently holds the rank of Brigadier General.
 
Through service in these positions, continued professional education in performance excellence, 34 years of marriage to his wife Jo and raising four kids, Mike has acquired a tremendous background in leadership, teamwork and motivating people. He understands what it takes to build and maintain a positive attitude and how to motivate those around you to be better than they believe is possible. Mike also holds an undergraduate degree in Business Economics, and a Master’s degree in Industrial Management both from South Dakota State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of the United States Army War College through a fellowship at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
 
Mike is passionate about spreading a message of self improvement and helping people realize their maximum potential. His overall mission is to assist individuals and organizations to perform at such a level that Excellence becomes their Average understanding that when we become better at who we are, we become better in all we do.
MIKE OSTER PROGRAMS & TOPICS

Make Excellence Your Average: It Starts With Attitude

Imagine a team where achieving goals feels effortless, where excellence is the norm, not the exception. In this powerful keynote, we’ll explore how to cultivate a mindset that turns excellence into the default setting in everything we do.

This presentation is designed to help you cultivate a mindset where excellence is the baseline, and achieving your goals is second nature. We understand that our attitude is one of the most powerful tools we have, and it’s entirely within our control. The key to living where excellence is our average is embedded in consistently choosing a positive attitude—especially when life presents us with challenges.

Acknowledging that our attitude is a personal choice and that we should choose to be positive all day, every day. The question becomes, how do we effectively prepare ourselves to consistently make that positive choice when life throws us those challenges. This presentation focuses on actionable steps and strategies that make choosing a positive attitude not just possible, but natural.

It’s time to stop reacting from a place of frustration and start creating solutions with confidence and clarity. By actively adopting the tools provided in this presentation, you’ll be empowered to shift your mindset from reactive to proactive, embracing positivity and focusing on solutions, start seeing issues as opportunities and embrace what life brings us. This transformation helps you bring your best self to every situation, creating a ripple effect of positivity within your team and beyond.

This session will show you how to shift your mindset, elevate your performance, and show up as your best self, every single day. By embracing personal growth as the cornerstone of excellence, you’ll unlock the ability to consistently perform at your highest potential—no matter the circumstances.

If you’re ready to stop letting setbacks hold you back and start achieving the level of success you’ve always wanted, this keynote will give you the tools and inspiration to make excellence your new standard.

First You Give: Effective Communication and Relationship Building for High-Performance Teams

The purpose of this transformative seminar is to empower participants with the essential communication and relationship-building skills needed to foster stronger, more collaborative, and high-performing teams. This program goes beyond basic communication principles to provide actionable tools and strategies that enable participants to connect more effectively with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, resulting in improved team dynamics, enhanced leadership capabilities, and more successful outcomes.

In today’s fast-paced and diverse workplace, the ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and persuasively is crucial for success. This seminar equips participants with the skills to adapt their communication styles to a variety of audiences, simplify complex ideas, and personalize interactions in a way that resonates with individuals on a deeper level. By focusing on both the art of effective communication and the science of relationship-building, participants will be able to foster trust, enhance collaboration, and create a more inclusive and productive environment.

By participating in this seminar, individuals will walk away with practical, easy-to-implement tools that elevate their ability to communicate with clarity, build lasting relationships, and lead teams with confidence. Whether you are looking to improve team collaboration, enhance your leadership effectiveness, or simply build better interpersonal connections, this seminar provides the skills and strategies to achieve success.

This is not just a seminar; it’s an investment in building better teams, stronger leadership, and more meaningful relationships that will have a lasting impact on your personal and professional growth.

Elevate Your Leadership: Leading On Purpose With Passion

Leadership is not defined by a title, but by your influence, impact, and example. In this dynamic and transformative session, we’ll explore how to unlock your leadership potential, regardless of your role, and develop the qualities that make you a more effective, impactful and respected leader.

This session dives deep into the fundamental elements that define exceptional leadership, not just at the top, but at every level within an organization. You’ll learn how to lead with purpose, empathy, and confidence—true leadership begins with the ability to serve, collaborate, and inspire, whether you’re in a formal leadership position or supporting your team from behind the scenes. 

As we explore the most essential components of leadership, we’ll cover how to cultivate trust, communicate effectively, and create a culture of accountability and mutual respect. You’ll learn practical strategies to build stronger relationships, inspire greater loyalty, and influence those around you with integrity. Whether you’re managing a team or contributing as a valuable team member, this session will provide actionable tools to help you elevate your performance, enhance your ability to motivate others, and achieve results that truly matter.

By the end of this powerful talk, you’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of what makes great leadership and the confidence to take immediate action. You’ll be ready to step up, influence your team, and make a lasting impact—transforming the way you lead and collaborate with others every day.

Embracing Change: Change is Awesome

When we actively seek change, we position ourselves and our organizations to continually evolve, stay competitive, and unlock fresh opportunities.

In this dynamic and transformative keynote, we explore the concept of not just accepting change but fully embracing it as a powerful catalyst for growth—both personally and organizationally. Change, by nature, brings risk, but with risk comes the exhilarating possibility of innovation, reinvention, and progress. This session will inspire your team to view change not as a challenge to endure, but as an exciting opportunity to unlock new potential, refine existing processes, and elevate practices that drive success.

By shifting our mindset from merely “tolerating” change to actively “seeking” it, we open doors to fresh ideas, creative solutions, and a renewed sense of purpose. Change becomes a strategic tool, not just for survival, but for thriving in a fast-paced, ever-evolving world. This keynote will empower your organization to view change as an essential driver of improvement and excellence, fostering a culture where innovation is embraced, prudent risk is celebrated, and every shift is seen as a steppingstone toward achieving greater success.

Unstoppable Mindset: Harnessing Resilience and Perseverance for Success

In this high-energy, transformative keynote, you’ll discover how to build the resilience and unshakable mindset needed to not just survive challenges—but to thrive through them. Life’s obstacles are inevitable, but how you bounce back from them is entirely within your control. This session dives deep into discovering and embracing your purpose in everything you do, while teaching you to combine positive realism, flexible determination, and powerful self-awareness to fuel your journey forward.

You’ll leave with practical tools to awaken your “inner Tigger”—even when surrounded by negativity—and turn challenges into stepping stones toward success. Learn how to stay laser-focused on your goals, adapt to setbacks with unwavering perseverance, and unlock the mental toughness that will carry you through any storm. Get ready to transform adversity into triumph and emerge more resilient than ever!

Request Availability for Mike Oster

MIKE OSTER BOOKS
MIKE OSTER
Brigadier General USA, Retired
TRAVELS FROM:

South Dakota
KEYNOTE FEE:

$10,001 - $15,000

Keynote fee falls within this range. For exact fee, please contact us.
KEYNOTE VIDEOS
"Mike is very genuine and his commonsense approach to thinking positively reminded me how much control I have over how I approach my job, my coworkers, my family and my friends each day. Mike not only delivers his message with passion, he also connects to the audience through his use of stories and humor. I talked to several other attendees who said Mike was the best speaker at the conference!!!!"
HR and Risk Coordinator

Watertown Municipal Utilities

"Mike Oster’s keynote on The Power of Positive was perfect for our SHRM State Conference and brought a high level of energy, and engagement to our conference! Our attendees loved his keynote, and many attended his follow-up breakout session Building Your Road Map to Success. Both sessions brought so much positivity to our conference; we are so glad we booked him!"
Director

SoDak SHRM State Council

"Mike was highly recommended. After having a couple of conversations with Mike defining what we were looking for and explaining our broad audience, I was confident he would be able to close the conference on a positive note and encourage attendees to see the positive instead of the negative in all we do, and continue that post conference. Mike’s session, It Starts with Attitude, did exactly that and then some!!! The attendees were engaged and the energy was so positive! Attendees have since told me they could have listened to him speak all afternoon and he started in the morning!!! I would highly recommend Mike Oster as a speaker for any type audience. Mike was easy to work with, was prepared and he went over and above what was expected!!"
Transition Services Manager

SD Department of Human Services

"Thank you for an incredible training yesterday. You CRUSHED IT!!!! And I knew you would. You are a powerful speaker, and you have a natural talent to draw people in. You’re funny!! You tell stories to create an impact, and you know how to engage a crowd. You also did an excellent job bringing each point home. You are a master at your craft and I’m so blessed we got to have YOU facilitate our development training."
Learning & Performance Manager

Black Hills Federal Credit Union

ABOUT MIKE OSTER
Mike has been presenting to and training groups and organizations for over 20 years. His background includes working for a Fortune 500 company, serving as an elected official, owning and operating a number of successful private businesses, serving on a variety of volunteer boards, and wearing the uniform of the United States Army through over 35 years of service in the South Dakota Army National Guard. Mike is a veteran serving in both Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He continues to serve in the Army National Guard and currently holds the rank of Brigadier General.
 
Through service in these positions, continued professional education in performance excellence, 34 years of marriage to his wife Jo and raising four kids, Mike has acquired a tremendous background in leadership, teamwork and motivating people. He understands what it takes to build and maintain a positive attitude and how to motivate those around you to be better than they believe is possible. Mike also holds an undergraduate degree in Business Economics, and a Master’s degree in Industrial Management both from South Dakota State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of the United States Army War College through a fellowship at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
 
Mike is passionate about spreading a message of self improvement and helping people realize their maximum potential. His overall mission is to assist individuals and organizations to perform at such a level that Excellence becomes their Average understanding that when we become better at who we are, we become better in all we do.
MIKE OSTER PROGRAMS & TOPICS
Make Excellence Your Average: It Starts With Attitude
Imagine a team where achieving goals feels effortless, where excellence is the norm, not the exception. In this powerful keynote, we’ll explore how to cultivate a mindset that turns excellence into the default setting in everything we do. This presentation is designed to help you cultivate a mindset where excellence is the baseline, and achieving your goals is second nature. We understand that our attitude is one of the most powerful tools we have, and it’s entirely within our control. The key to living where excellence is our average is embedded in consistently choosing a positive attitude—especially when life presents us with challenges. Acknowledging that our attitude is a personal choice and that we should choose to be positive all day, every day. The question becomes, how do we effectively prepare ourselves to consistently make that positive choice when life throws us those challenges. This presentation focuses on actionable steps and strategies that make choosing a positive attitude not just possible, but natural.
First You Give: Effective Communication and Relationship Building for High-Performance Teams
The purpose of this transformative seminar is to empower participants with the essential communication and relationship-building skills needed to foster stronger, more collaborative, and high-performing teams. This program goes beyond basic communication principles to provide actionable tools and strategies that enable participants to connect more effectively with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, resulting in improved team dynamics, enhanced leadership capabilities, and more successful outcomes. In today’s fast-paced and diverse workplace, the ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and persuasively is crucial for success. This seminar equips participants with the skills to adapt their communication styles to a variety of audiences, simplify complex ideas, and personalize interactions in a way that resonates with individuals on a deeper level. By focusing on both the art of effective communication and the science of relationship-building, participants will be able to foster trust, enhance collaboration, and create a more inclusive and productive environment.
Elevate Your Leadership: Leading On Purpose With Passion
This session dives deep into the fundamental elements that define exceptional leadership, not just at the top, but at every level within an organization. You’ll learn how to lead with purpose, empathy, and confidence—true leadership begins with the ability to serve, collaborate, and inspire, whether you’re in a formal leadership position or supporting your team from behind the scenes. As we explore the most essential components of leadership, we’ll cover how to cultivate trust, communicate effectively, and create a culture of accountability and mutual respect. You’ll learn practical strategies to build stronger relationships, inspire greater loyalty, and influence those around you with integrity. Whether you’re managing a team or contributing as a valuable team member, this session will provide actionable tools to help you elevate your performance, enhance your ability to motivate others, and achieve results that truly matter. By the end of this powerful talk, you’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of what makes great leadership and the confidence to take immediate action. You’ll be ready to step up, influence your team, and make a lasting impact—transforming the way you lead and collaborate with others every day.
Unstoppable Mindset: Harnessing Resilience and Perseverance for Success
In this high-energy, transformative keynote, you’ll discover how to build the resilience and unshakable mindset needed to not just survive challenges—but to thrive through them. Life’s obstacles are inevitable, but how you bounce back from them is entirely within your control. This session dives deep into discovering and embracing your purpose in everything you do, while teaching you to combine positive realism, flexible determination, and powerful self-awareness to fuel your journey forward. You’ll leave with practical tools to awaken your “inner Tigger”—even when surrounded by negativity—and turn challenges into stepping stones toward success. Learn how to stay laser-focused on your goals, adapt to setbacks with unwavering perseverance, and unlock the mental toughness that will carry you through any storm. Get ready to transform adversity into triumph and emerge more resilient than ever!
Embracing Change: Change is Awesome

When we actively seek change, we position ourselves and our organizations to continually evolve, stay competitive, and unlock fresh opportunities. In this dynamic and transformative keynote, we explore the concept of not just accepting change but fully embracing it as a powerful catalyst for growth—both personally and organizationally. Change, by nature, brings risk, but with risk comes the exhilarating possibility of innovation, reinvention, and progress. This session will inspire your team to view change not as a challenge to endure, but as an exciting opportunity to unlock new potential, refine existing processes, and elevate practices that drive success. By shifting our mindset from merely “tolerating” change to actively “seeking” it, we open doors to fresh ideas, creative solutions, and a renewed sense of purpose. Change becomes a strategic tool, not just for survival, but for thriving in a fast-paced, ever-evolving world. This keynote will empower your organization to view change as an essential driver of improvement and excellence, fostering a culture where innovation is embraced, prudent risk is celebrated, and every shift is seen as a steppingstone toward achieving greater success.

Request Availability for Mike Oster

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