
BEN NEWMAN
About Ben Newman
Ben Newman is an internationally renowned speaker, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist known for his authenticity and powerful storytelling on mental performance and leadership. He is an in-demand speaker at many of the world’s premier business, sports, finance, and leadership events. In addition, for more than two decades, Ben has been trusted by elite athletes, executives, and organizations to build peak performance environments and sustain greatness.
He is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Standard: Winning Every Day at Your Highest Level and Uncommon Leadership: 11 Ways the Greatest Leaders Lead, along with six other titles. His popular podcast, The Burn, brings listeners inside the minds of elite performers in sports and business, who share the standards, habits, and adversity behind their success.
Widely considered one of the world’s best peak performance coaches, Ben has shared the stage and worked with Coach Nick Saban, Tony Robbins, Jerry Rice, Caitlin Clark, Tim Tebow, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Ed Mylett, Tim Grover, Sean McVay, Jon Gordon, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, Ray Lewis, Eric Thomas, and many other top thought leaders.
Some of Ben’s more noteworthy accomplishments include:
- Recognized by USA Today as one of the Top 5 Mindset & Performance Coaches in the World.
- Named one of the Top 10 Motivators in Sports by Influencive.com.
- Honored by Real Leaders as one of the Top 50 Speakers in the World year after year.
- Working with athletes, coaches, and elite teams across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, UFC, NHL, MLB, NCAA, and Olympic sports.
- Supported coaches and athletes from multiple Super Bowl championship teams.
- Served five years as the Mental Conditioning Coach for the 18x national champion Alabama Crimson Tide football team, working under legendary Head Coach Nick Saban.
- Spent more than 10 seasons supporting Head Coach Chris Klieman, contributing to three national championship titles with North Dakota State football and a Big 12 Championship with Kansas State football.
- Returned to his alma mater, Michigan State University, where he served as a Performance Coach for the football and basketball programs.
He has also worked with executives at global organizations, including Google, Microsoft, the United States Army, Mars Snackfoods, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Northwestern Mutual, Quicken Loans, AstraZeneca, AFA Singapore, Mass Financial Group, Wells Fargo Advisors, Great-West Life, Boston Medical Center, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and New York Life.
No matter the team, audience, or level, Ben’s work emphasizes mental toughness, discipline, and accountability—unlocking world-class leadership and performance. Through his books, keynotes, coaching programs, podcast, and live events, he has impacted and empowered millions of people, including many of the world’s highest achievers.
Ben lives in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, with the true measure of his success—his wife, Ami, and their children, J. Isaac and Kennedy Rose.
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Speaking Topics
Audience: Sales teams, athletic programs, corporate all-hands, financial services
The best performers in the world don't rely on motivation, they operate by a standard. Ben draws from his work with championship teams and top-producing organizations to show audiences how to build the mental discipline to show up at their highest level regardless of circumstances, mood, or pressure.
- Define a personal standard that drives action independent of how you feel
- Build the discipline to perform consistently, not just when conditions are ideal
- Learn the same mental framework trusted by Super Bowl champions and Fortune 500 leaders
Audience: Executive retreats, leadership summits, athletic coaching staffs, management teams
After 20+ years coaching elite athletes and executives, Ben knows what separates managers from leaders people actually follow. This talk challenges audiences to move beyond authority and build the kind of influence that outlasts their role.
- Identify the 11 behaviors that separate good leaders from transformational ones
- Learn how to create cultures of accountability without sacrificing trust
- Build a leadership standard that sustains high performance across any team or organization
Audience: Company all-hands, association conferences, sales kickoffs, onboarding programs
Most people can tell you what they do and how they do it, but very few can tell you why. Ben helps audiences get honest about what truly drives them and how to use that clarity as a competitive edge when things get hard.
- Identify the deeper motivator behind your goals that holds up under pressure
- Connect daily actions and decisions to a larger sense of meaning and direction
- Use your why as an anchor when adversity, doubt, or plateaus hit
Audience: Large conferences, keynotes, leadership events, culture-focused offsites
Through the story of his mother's life and battle with amyloidosis, Ben delivers one of the most personal and emotionally resonant talks you'll find on any stage. It crosses every industry, role, and background and people don't forget it.
- Discover how the most defining moments of adversity can become your greatest source of strength
- Leave with a renewed sense of gratitude, accountability, and perspective
- Understand how the people who shape us ultimately define the standard we carry
Audience: Financial advisors, sales professionals, entrepreneurs, high-performance individual contributors
A Prizefighter Day is the single highest-leverage day in your week, the one that shifts your trajectory. Ben teaches audiences how to identify it, protect it, and execute it using the same approach he's built with elite athletes and top financial producers.
- Stop spreading effort across everything and concentrate it where it actually moves the needle
- Design a repeatable game plan around your most important work
- Learn how the world's top producers structure their time differently than everyone else
Audience: Leadership conferences, company milestones, teams navigating growth or transition
Most people think about legacy at the end of a career. Ben makes the case that it's being built right now, in every decision you make. This talk challenges audiences to zoom out and start leading with the long game in mind.
- Recognize that the legacy you're building today is already underway whether you're intentional about it or not
- Shift from chasing short-term wins to making decisions your future self will be proud of
- Lead in a way that creates lasting impact on the people around you, not just the results in front of you
Audience: Financial services firms, insurance organizations, direct sales teams, revenue-focused business units
Ben was one of the top 2% financial advisors at a Fortune 500 firm. He knows what top producers do differently, and this talk brings that directly to your team.
- Build the mental resilience to handle rejection, pressure, and uncertainty without losing momentum
- Develop the daily disciplines that top producers use to compound results over time
- Think and operate like the top 1% of performers in your industry, not just for a quarter, but consistently
Audience: C-suite offsites, senior leadership teams, organizations in culture or growth transitions
This talk is for leaders who are thinking beyond their current role and want to build a culture, a standard, a way of operating that holds up long after they've moved on.
- Lead with intentionality so your influence extends beyond your time in the role
- Build teams that hold the standard even when you're not in the room
- Align your day-to-day leadership decisions with the legacy you actually want to leave behind
Audience: National conferences, annual sales meetings, large mixed audiences, event keynotes
This is the talk you book when you need the whole room locked in and walking out with something real. Backed by Ben's work with championship teams, global executives, and millions of followers, it's a high-energy message about personal accountability that doesn't let anyone off the hook.
- Take full ownership of your results, your attitude, and where you're headed
- Replace a reactive, circumstance-driven mindset with that of a competitor
- Walk out with one clear, immediate action step toward your highest level
Testimonials
The Passion for the Process and Trust presentation Ben gave our 6-time National Championship football team was right on the money and was timed perfectly as we begin to head into Spring football and we continue to build on our great tradition. His energy and enthusiasm was felt throughout the entire room. Our work outs now end with ‘Max Effort….Pays Off’.
Chris Klieman, Head Football Coach Kansas State UniversityAs a speaker, Ben Newman is outstanding. He is inspirational and he delivers concrete takeaways for greatness.
Dr. Jason Selk, World Renowned Sports Psychologist & Best-selling Author of “10 Minute Toughness” & “Executive Toughness”Featured In
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