He Signed With the Raiders, Then Became Hollywood’s Go-To Real Estate Broker. Now He Teaches Companies That Excellence Is a Strategy.

A Receiver’s Discipline

Kofi learned what high performance really demands long before he ever stepped onto a stage. As a Cal football player and later a wide receiver signed by the Raiders, he lived inside a world where preparation is measured in thousands of unseen hours, standards are not negotiable, and the difference between good and great is usually a habit nobody else notices.

That foundation carried into everything that came next, including a decade as a SAG-AFTRA actor, and it is the thread that runs through his keynotes today. Excellence, as Kofi teaches it, is not a personality trait or a lucky break. It is the result of intentional decisions and consistent habits, made again and again when no one is watching.

Billions in Sales and a Front-Row Seat to Elite Performers

In real estate, Kofi became the broker people at the very top of sports and entertainment call first. He leads GLOBL Real Estate & Development, a private firm with billions of dollars in sales, and is CEO of GLOBL Consulting, a Focus and Finish Group company. Before that he founded and led the Compass Sports & Entertainment Division, building the nation’s first vetted group of sports and entertainment real estate specialists, after directing the same division at The Agency and producing at the top of Keller Williams.

Television viewers know him from two seasons as a featured agent on HGTV’s Selling LA, eight appearances on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing and appearances on Netflix’s Selling Sunset. The LA Business Journal has named him one of the most influential business leaders in Los Angeles three years running, and Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have both counted him among the top real estate names in the entertainment world.

Working with elite clients for two decades taught him something most leaders only read about. The people who perform at the highest level think differently about focus, about relationships and about the way they show up every day, and those habits can be learned.

An Agitator of Change

Kofi describes himself as an agitator of change, and audiences tend to agree. Top business and sports organizations across the country have brought him in for keynotes and trainings. He has trained more than 2,000 real estate agents nationally, taken the main stage six times at Inman Connect and Inman Luxury Connect and four times at Leaders in Luxury, and delivered player development training and consulting for the NFL.

His style is dynamic but approachable. He pushes people past their comfort zones without losing them, and he never lets a room leave with only inspiration. The goal is always a set of frameworks and tools people can put to work the very next morning.

Audience feedback, Kofi Nartey keynote

Other attendees have said they left with immediate action items for their business, that his career is aspirational while his teaching stays accessible, and, in one memorable case, that the only reason they would not recommend him is that they did not want their competitors learning the same secrets.

Finding Your Inner Beast

Kofi’s latest book, Inner Beast: Unlock Your Super Animal DNA for Performance, Prosperity, and Powerful Partnerships, turns what he has learned about elite performers into an instinct-based framework anyone can use. It shows people how their natural wiring shapes the way they think, work, recover and relate, so they can lead and perform with more clarity and confidence instead of fighting against who they already are.

Audiences can take the free Inner Beast assessment, a 25-question quiz that reveals their own combination of Super Animal strengths, and join Mogul Nation, his free personal development community. He is also the author of Sellebrity: How to Build a Successful Sports and Entertainment Based Business.

Underneath all of it is a belief Kofi repeats often: we each have a responsibility to realize our gifts and share them with the world. As he puts it, when you give from your gifts, you never run out.

What Planners Can Expect

Kofi offers five keynotes, each tailored to the audience in the room. Excellence Is a Strategy covers the mindset, habits and discipline of high performers for annual meetings, leadership summits and sales conferences. Unleash Your Inner Beast helps employees understand how they are wired and perform at their highest level. The Human Advantage shows leaders how to embrace AI while strengthening the trust, emotional intelligence and relationships that technology cannot replace. Focus + Finish turns big goals into measurable results for sales kickoffs and strategic planning sessions, and Be the Brand connects personal leadership, influence and authenticity for leadership programs, sales organizations and professional associations.

He also customizes programs for real estate and luxury audiences, including The Luxury Mindset, The Sellebrity Blueprint and The Luxury Real Estate Playbook.

Kofi is based in Los Angeles and is available for national and international events. Full keynote details and testimonials are on his speaker profile.

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