Mike Lipkin is president of Environics/Lipkin, a global research and motivation company based in Toronto. He is also an international strategic coach, facilitator and catalyst for high performance.
Mike combines his learning from talking to a million people in forty-three countries with the insights from the Environics Social Values research to offer clients the best of all worlds: a powerful blend of ideas and principles that help them achieve remarkable results.
Mike was raised in South Africa and graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a Bachelor of Commerce.
He began his career with Colgate Palmolive as a brand manager. Mike then migrated to the advertising industry where he held senior account management positions at both Grey Advertising and Ogilvy & Mather.
He founded Environics/Lipkin in 2001. He has written nine bestselling books on personal leadership and effectiveness. He is renowned for his ability to blend humor with content that inspires people into action.
Mike’s clients include Deloitte, BMW, GE, P&G, Unilever, DHL, Wells Fargo, Pfizer and The Royal Bank of Canada. He customizes his message to every client.
HOW TO DELIVER THE ULTIMATE VALUE PROPOSITION: HELPING OTHERS FUNCTION AT THEIR BEST
We are all part of each others’ ecosystem. Success is reciprocal. The most desirable people are those that build a reputation for helping other people win. They are the Potentiators. They activate ultimate success by helping others function at their best.
Potentiators are not born, they make themselves. They are ordinary people that are driven to cause breakthrough outcomes for others. They’ve learnt that they are only as good as how good they can make others. They want to make their gifts count. You can find them at every level. They’re the ones enabling the success of everyone else.
They are always the students and always the teachers. They are intentional and purposeful in their relationships. No jerks, shirkers, sloths, takers, fakers, wimps, quitters, cynics, bullies, bigots, hermits or cruisers allowed. They keep the main thing the main thing. And the main thing is always to push the envelope on behalf of their community.
“You were awesome. I loved the way you always exceed our high expectations. You inspired the sales force and you left them focused and fascinated.”
“Our two day conference was a huge success and we could not have done it without you! Your ability to engage the audience and gain their participation was amazing. They really enjoyed your presentation and felt motivated to go back to their team and apply the learnings. Your presentation scored highest of any we have ever had, coming in at 4.71 out of 5 on our follow up survey. Direct verbatims from our survey included; “excellent, fantastic, engaging and enjoyable, amazing speaker, motivational, involved the audience.”
“Thanks for a great contribution to the success of our program in Toronto last week. I know we can always count on you to deliver motivational perspectives, to add value, and to energize the team. It is a pleasure working with you, and looking downstream, I look forward to future opportunities to work together to master the new realities.”
“Mike Lipkin was fabulous and very well received by approximately 175 people! Phenomenal turnout!”
