SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Tony Miltenberger helps leaders who want less chaos and more peace.
His signature keynote, Leading Yourself First, shows leaders how the pressure and hurt they carry quietly shape their decisions, their culture, and their relationships, and gives them practical tools to lead with clarity instead of reacting.
Because wisdom is not the absence of wounds, but intimacy with them.
Tony works with nonprofit teams, executives, and growing organizations to define the values that drive real results, build resilient cultures, and develop leaders who can carry more without burning out.
His approach is shaped by his values, 14 years of Army service, years of coaching leaders, and his book Wisdom in the Wound.
Every audience leaves with honest insight and tools they can use the next morning.
Leadership Speaking Topics for Businesses, Nonprofits, and Teams
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Most leadership problems start inside the leader. This workshop helps leaders recognize how pressure and past hurts shape their decisions, define values they can actually measure, and build habits that bring clarity and peace to their teams. Attendees learn to:
Spot the inner patterns that drive reactive decisions
Define their values and measure whether they’re working
Lead with integrity when the pressure is high
Build a team culture people want to stay in
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Teams don’t leave companies, they leave leaders who don’t listen. This workshop helps leaders build the emotional intelligence and curiosity that make people feel safe, heard, and willing to bring their best. Teams learn to:
Read the room and respond instead of react
Use empathy and curiosity to solve problems faster
Create a culture where honest feedback flows both ways
Connect a healthy culture to retention and results
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The cost of leadership often shows up at home before it shows up at work. Drawing on more than 20 years of marriage to his high school sweetheart, Tony helps leaders and couples build the daily disciplines that keep a marriage strong under the weight of leadership. Couples learn to:
Practice simple disciplines that keep them connected
Face conflict and failure honestly instead of avoiding it
Choose commitment again when feelings fade
Protect their marriage when work demands more
Tony Miltenberger
CEO & Founder of Follow2Lead Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Author, and Podcast Host
BIO
Tony Miltenberger is an IPEC-certified executive coach, speaker, and author who helps leaders trade chaos for clarity and peace. For more than 15 years, he has coached executives, facilitated leadership teams, and helped nonprofits and growing businesses build cultures people want to be part of.
Tony served 14 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, including a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he led Strong Bonds retreats helping soldiers and their families carry the emotional weight of deployment. That experience still shapes how he sees leadership: what happens inside a leader always shows up in the people around them.
He is the author of Wisdom in the Wound and host of the Follow2Lead Podcast, now nearing 500 episodes of honest conversations about leadership and culture. Tony lives in the Dayton area with his wife, Karen, and their three kids.
Ways to Bring
Tony to Your team:
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A 45 to 60 minute talk for conferences and company gatherings
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Leading Yourself First, a hands-on session with your leaders.
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Leading Yourself First paired with Conscious Leadership over several sessions, for change that lasts.
Everything You Need to Book Tony
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Download Tony’s speaking sheet for his workshop descriptions, bio, and testimonials. It has everything you need to share with your team and make the case for bringing him in.
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Invite Tony to Speak
Tony is now booking 2027 workshops and keynotes for businesses, nonprofits, conferences, and leadership teams, along with guest appearances on podcasts about leadership and culture.
For more than a decade, he has helped leaders stop leading from unresolved pain and start leading with clarity and purpose. His faith isn’t a label he leads with. It’s the ground underneath everything he does, which is why his message lands as real-world grit and practical tools, not a sermon.
If you want your leaders moving from awareness to action, stronger in how they lead, how they relate, and how they show up, Tony would be honored to serve your team.
