Michael Kerr

Canadian Hall of Fame Speaker and author Michael Kerr is known as one of North America's leading authorities on how to create a more inspiring, collaborative,  and yes, FUN workplace culture - a workplace culture that will drive outrageous results! 

After working as a senior manager in a soul-sucking, fun-sucking workplace, Michael decided to make it his life mission more than 25 years ago to speak about how work should NOT be sucking the life out of you! 

Michael travels the world researching, writing, and speaking about inspiring cultures, inspiring leaders, and businesses that leverage their humor resources to deliver outrageous results - so his stories and ideas are based on real world insights gleaned from companies all over the world.  Michael has interviewed leaders of companies in Canada, the United States, Cost Rica, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, South Africa and many more. 

Michael is the author of eight books including, "The Jerk-Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a More Happier, More Inspiring  Workplace," "Hire, Inspire, and Fuel Their Fire: How to Recruit, Onboard, and Train New Employees to Live Your Culture Out Loud, "The Humor Advantage - Why Some Businesses Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank" and "Inspiring Workplaces: Creating the Kind of Workplace Where Everyone Wants to Work." 

His Inspiring Workplaces blog has been listed as one of the top-30 workplace blogs in the world. 

Michael is also the creator of the Culture Leadership Online Academy program, designed for leaders at all levels of an organization to embrace their roles as culture leaders. 

His programs are frequently rated as having the highest impact of any program presented at a conference. "Inspiring," "hilarious," and "packed with relevant content" are phrases repeatedly used by his clients to describe his programs. (Have a look at his Rave Reviews package to see the incredible impact his programs have on audiences.) 

Michael always tailors his presentations - mixing and matching the various themes and messages you'll see outlined in his topic descriptions to make sure it is as relevant as it can be for your audience. He can even provide you with a "Message Menu" so you can choose the messages that are most relevant to your audience. 

With every presentation Michael's goal are the same: to blend as much fun and safe humor seamlessly with relevant, insightful messages that audiences will long remember,  

With every presentation, Michael offers a complimentary teaser video to get your attendees excited about your event, a follow-up video message to remind them of the key messages and action items that will help them transform their workplace,  copies of Michael's books as door prizes, and a suite of follow- up resources, including the eBook, 401 Ways to a Create a More Inspiring, Collaborative, and FUN Workplace.