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James Robilotta

Authentic Leadership Speaker | Author of Leading Imperfectly

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From Questions to Loyalty
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Credibility vs. Relatability
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From Questions to Loyalty
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Credibility vs. Relatability

A leadership author, motivational speaker, emcee, and trained improv comedian, James Robilotta is on a mission to bring humanity and community back into the workplace. After years of research (including quite a few case studies from his own work life), Robilotta has learned everything he can about fighting apathy and building strong company cultures. He uses this insight to help leaders manage and retain talent and give feedback that sticks, and to help organizations create community buy-in using curiosity. His attendees leave feeling recharged, introspective, and ready to get out of their own way.

After years of building, training, and leading teams, Robilotta followed an entrepreneurial dream and built two successful businesses. The first is an organization that incorporates freestyle rap into improv comedy, and the second is his speaking and coaching business. Robilotta has been speaking internationally to audiences since 2009 and has found that quality humour is the secret to hosting powerful conversations that make a genuine impact.

Robilotta’s cornerstone concept is that we as humans can’t learn from people who are perfect, we can only learn from people who are imperfect. And organizations like American Express, GE, Accenture, the Canadian Olympic Team, RBC, and the Minnesota Twins, have gravitated toward this message and found the insights to be invaluable in shifting the way their people show up for each other.

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Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

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  • The initial calls with James showed his energy, authenticity, and effortless communication style. He took time to understand the objectives of the session and also focused on details like the composition of my leaders so that he could best articulate his message. James helped with the pre-work, facilitated the session, and joined us for an evening event where we could relax and enjoy time together. He was a champion throughout.

  • James was a breath of fresh air for our company who is suffering burnout from all the uncertainty of the world. His energy was incredible and really got the crowd engaged and a few people’s faces even started to hurt from laughing so much! It was nice to have a company event that didn’t feel corporate at all, James is as authentic as they come.

  • James is more than just a keynote speaker, he is human and brings a powerful energy to the room. Working with James reminded me that the most important thing you can bring to this world is authenticity and human connection. The communication before the event was well organized and effortless, his easy-going approach allowed me to feel confident that he was going to blow it out of the water, and he did!

    James was able to convey his message in a way that was relatable for a room of Canadian Paralympians and Olympians. Many people shared that they were extremely entertained, and they loved the energy and learning James brought to the room. When James was not on stage, he did a fantastic job connecting with our attendees and going over and above our expectations. I would bet on James any day!

  • That was better than expected. Don’t get me wrong, I knew it was going to be good, but that was incredible and exactly what we needed.

  • James’ authenticity, kindness, and relatability (and humour!) is evident the moment he walks into the event. He has an incredible way of connecting with attendees through his storytelling and comedy while delivering a powerful, thought-provoking message of vulnerability, imperfection, self-awareness, and authentic leadership. James’ presentation was an absolutely perfect way to kick off our program!

  • We are so extremely pleased with our engagement with James! Not only was he a phenomenal speaker, but he was an incredible person to work with. His keynote was thoroughly enjoyed by our delegation. With lots of energy, laughs, deep thoughts, and meaningful takeaways, he truly helped us kick off our event with a bang. We appreciated James for taking time to learn about our event to create a relevant message, and for spending time chatting with members of our delegation before and after his keynote. James sticks out as one of our best keynotes in recent years and I would recommend him for any event that looks to have a relatable, humorous, and impactful keynote speaker.

  • James was awesome. We had the best time with him and our group really enjoyed him. He was great to work with, and was definitely the balance we were looking for to kick off our event – funny, informative, but heartfelt.

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