Randy Nathan

Randy Nathan

MA, MSW

NJ, US

Audiences leave inspired to elevate the 90% and ready to tap into the untapped potential within their teams.

Untapped potential is the heartbeat of Randy Nathan’s message, method, and mission.


Known to many as “Coach Randy,” he helps leaders elevate the 90% of everyday performers who drive culture, productivity, and long-term results. His work challenges the misconception that success comes only from top talent or big moments. Instead, Randy shows organizations how to tap into the overlooked strengths, quiet contributors, and untapped potential already within their teams.


For over 20 years, Randy has blended executive coaching, leadership development, and behavioral science to help companies enhance communication, foster resilient teams, and transform good performers into great ones. His flagship keynote, "The 90% Advantage," provides practical tools that leaders can use immediately to improve engagement, develop talent, and create a culture where people consistently show up at their best.


Randy brings a rare combination of coaching psychology, corporate insight, animated by humor, authenticity, and storytelling that resonates with every audience. Whether he is supporting new managers, energizing HR professionals, or working with executive teams, Randy delivers strategies that work in the real world, not just from the stage.


Randy is the author of The 90% Advantage: Elevating Good People Into Great Performers, Side Hustles for Social Workers: How to Thrive, Not Just Survive, Feathers Are Everywhere, and Bullying in Sports. His diverse background as a certified executive coach, National Trainer for both the Positive Coaching Alliance and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and Lecturer at Rutgers University School of Social Work gives him a unique credibility across corporate, education, nonprofit, and human service sectors.


Away from the stage, Randy umps high school softball games, coaches executives, and consults with leaders who want to grow. He believes leadership starts with presence and genuine connection. His authentic, signature style reminds audiences that real impact comes from how you show up and the confidence you carry into every room.

Untapped potential is the heartbeat of Randy Nathan’s message, method, and mission.


Known to many as “Coach Randy,” he helps leaders elevate the 90% of everyday performers who drive culture, productivity, and long-term results. His work challenges the misconception that success comes only from top talent or big moments. Instead, Randy shows organizations how to tap into the overlooked strengths, quiet contributors, and untapped potential already within their teams.


For over 20 years, Randy has blended executive coaching, leadership development, and behavioral science to help companies enhance communication, foster resilient teams, and transform good performers into great ones. His flagship keynote, "The 90% Advantage," provides practical tools that leaders can use immediately to improve engagement, develop talent, and create a culture where people consistently show up at their best.


Randy brings a rare combination of coaching psychology, corporate insight, animated by humor, authenticity, and storytelling that resonates with every audience. Whether he is supporting new managers, energizing HR professionals, or working with executive teams, Randy delivers strategies that work in the real world, not just from the stage.


Randy is the author of The 90% Advantage: Elevating Good People Into Great Performers, Side Hustles for Social Workers: How to Thrive, Not Just Survive, Feathers Are Everywhere, and Bullying in Sports. His diverse background as a certified executive coach, National Trainer for both the Positive Coaching Alliance and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and Lecturer at Rutgers University School of Social Work gives him a unique credibility across corporate, education, nonprofit, and human service sectors.


Away from the stage, Randy umps high school softball games, coaches executives, and consults with leaders who want to grow. He believes leadership starts with presence and genuine connection. His authentic, signature style reminds audiences that real impact comes from how you show up and the confidence you carry into every room.

The 90% Advantage: Elevating Good People Into Great Performers

Anyone can lead top performers. Great leaders elevate the 90% who show up every day and make everything possible.


This keynote shines a spotlight on the 90% of your workforce who show up every day, do the work, and keep your organization running. They are not the loudest, the flashiest, or the ones with the corner office. They are your greatest untapped advantage.


In The 90% Advantage, Coach Randy delivers a high-impact,...

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Untapped Potential: How to Elevate the Teams You Already Have

Untapped potential isn’t just a missed opportunity. It is a lost advantage that quietly drains culture, performance, and results.


In this eye-opening keynote, Coach Randy exposes the hidden cost of untapped potential: the quiet contributors, overlooked performers, and steady employees whose value goes unrecognized and undeveloped. They are not the squeaky wheels or the rising stars, but they are the backbone of your organization.

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The Leadership Listening Gap: How Great Leaders Hear What Others Miss

Anyone can hear words. Great leaders make people feel safe, seen, heard, and valued.


Based on Randy’s decades of teaching advanced listening skills and coaching executives, this program provides leaders with a repeatable communication framework that enhances trust, performance, and accountability. Participants learn how to listen beyond the words, understand what their people truly need, and lead with presence and clarity.


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Field Goals Matter: Leadership, Resilience, and the Power of Consistent Wins

No one notices the kicker until the game is on the line. That’s your 90% — the steady, resilient performers you can count on every day.


Every team has its stars, but games are often decided by the players no one talks about. The kicker steps in when the pressure peaks and the entire outcome rests on one moment. The same thing happens in organizations. Quiet contributors, steady performers, and reliable team members often go unrecognized even though...

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