- Stages
From Overwhelm To Ownership
Stress is high. Morale is hard. Time is of the essence, and your people can feel it. In a world demanding constant speed, Darryll Stinson blends high-performance psychology from his athletic career with award-winning communication and leadership expertise to help organizations slow down long enough to uncover what’s really stifling their best results. Through his dynamic speaking experiences, he transforms overwhelmed leaders into high-capacity contributors who actually own the mission and communicate like it. The result? Leaders trust deeper, execute faster, and close the costly gaps of misalignment and low trust that drain U.S. companies an average of $12,500 per employee each year. (Harris)
Conference leaders say he’s
“Electric, show-stopping – a perfect display of vulnerability and practical teaching”
Most requested keynotes
*All keynotes break down into workshops, retreats and consulting.
Developing Greatness
Rising to Greatness:
How to exceed your career and life goals
Talent has never been enough. The people who rise in today’s fast paced, tech-driven workplace are the ones who know how to outhink, outwork, and out-connect the complacent. In this keynote, Darryll equips leaders with the mindset, skillset, and relational tools to rise as high-impact contributors to their teams and organizations.
Audiences will learn how to develop top-performer habits, solve higher level problems, and build internal and external networks that fuel collaboration, retention, and results.
Owning Greatness
Hold the Rope:
Establishing a New Level of Ownership in a Growing Movement
Whether your team is scaling fast or rebuilding from the ground up, one thing is clear: true progress doesn’t happen when leaders are dragging people forward. It happens when everyone takes ownership. Hold the Rope! is a dynamic keynote experience that tackles the real challenge of team engagement: how to ignite personal responsibility without burnout, pushback, or constant motivation. Through immersive storytelling, powerful reflection, interactive exercises (yes, including a literal giant rope), and a three-step ownership process, participants leave with a renewed sense of buy-in, energy, and accountability that strengthens culture, deepens commitment, and moves the entire organization forward.
Sustaining Greatness
Sustainable High Performance:
How to bring your best when stress is high and morale is low
High-performing leaders are expected to show up with clarity, energy, and decisiveness but the truth is, many are running on fumes. Chronic stress, constant pressure, and unprocessed emotions silently chip away at focus, morale, and leadership capacity. In this powerful and practical keynote, Darryll introduces the Self-C.A.R.E. framework—a system designed to help leaders expand their emotional capacity and enhance their results. Through dynamic storytelling, movement, and reflective exercises, participants will feel refreshed and energized. Plus, they’ll learn new habits that lighten their emotional load, sharpen their decisions, and boost their energy so they can perform at a sustainably high level.
Communicating Greatness
Back to the Future
Why Human Connection Will Define Communication in the Age of AI
As AI-generated content becomes the norm, we risk losing the one thing technology can’t replicate: authentic human connection. Fast, efficient, and automated doesn’t always mean effective. When people can’t feel you, they stop listening. Darryll challenges audiences, while leveraging the support of AI, to return to the core of powerful communication: storytelling, vulnerability, perspective, and intention. Audiences leave with a renewed confidence in their voice as the bridge to connection, influence, and meaningful results.
5 Reasons event organizers book Darryll Stinson to speak:
Unmatched Energy & Presence:
Darryll commands the room like an athlete on a world-class stage
“Checks Every Box:”
Darryll blends story, science, and strategy in a way that speaks to every audience member.
Interactive Transformation:
From arm wrestles to deep journaling, Darryll turns keynotes into immersive, multisensory experiences that stick long after the event.
He Does His Homework.
Every talk is custom-crafted to align with your organization’s goals, audience dynamics, and cultural nuances.
More Than a Speaker — A Partner:
Darryll stays late, records promo videos, interviews key staff or attendees, and leverages his entire network and resources to make your event unforgettable.
What They Say
Here’s our deeper share…
But if you love to give your audience something different. Something bold. Something challenging..
Something transformational.
Then let’s talk. Greatness isn’t a destination.
It’s an infinite journey we get to travel together.
