Mike Lee

Mike Lee is a Top 50 keynote speaker (Real Leaders), #1 best-selling author of New Rules for the Future of Leadership, and executive coach. His message: The Future Belongs to the Present. In an age of AI, noise and constant distraction, presence is the edge that helps leaders and teams perform under pressure so business thrives. Mike spent 15 years in elite basketball. He coached Joel Embiid and served as assistant director at Steph Curry's first skills academy. He also built and ran Thrive3, a basketball training and live-events company he started out of his college apartment. After a health crisis forced him to rebuild his life moment by moment, he combined the mindset of elite athletes with mindfulness and Eastern philosophy to create a practical framework he calls the Architecture of Presence. His keynotes blend stories, science and real-time moments of reflection, so audiences feel the shift in the room and leave with tools they can use the next day. Every talk is customized after a discovery call with your team. Organizations including Google, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Wells Fargo, Cisco, IBM and lululemon have brought Mike in, along with professional associations, hospital groups and growing companies of all sizes. Audiences walk away with: • Strategies to stay focused and present under pressure • A simple way to pause and respond with intention instead of reacting • Mindsets from basketball's elite for peak performance • Practical tools to beat burnout and build connected, resilient teams Keynotes run 45–75 minutes, in person or virtual. Mike is based in Miami and speaks across the U.S. and internationally.