Robert MacPhee

Robert MacPhee is a speaker, author, coach and consultant.  He specializes in helping individuals and organizations discover, clarify and live in alignment with their highest values.  Robert's unique strategy of dividing values into two separate categories simplifies the values clarification process and makes values much easier to implement and apply.

Robert is the creator of the Excellent Decisions leadership approach and the author of "Living a Values Based Life" and the "Manifesting for Non-Gurus" book and partner journal. Robert has been speaking professionally for more than 25 years for corporate, educational, athletic and non-profit clients.  He is the former Director of Training for the Canfield Training Group, having worked directly with Jack Canfield, (co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and author of The Success Principles).  He is a Founding Member and former Executive Director of the Transformational Leadership Council, and a co-founder of the Southern California Association of Transformational Leaders. He is also a former Board Member for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Conscious Capitalism.

Robert is a knowledgeable, entertaining, speaker who artfully engages his audience through his wisdom, humor and sincerity while providing them valuable tools and information.  He is an expert in experiential learning, peak performance and leadership with the focus of his work on helping leaders create the results AND the experience of life they most desire. When he speaks, Robert's emphasis is always on identifying desired results, teaching audiences ways to attract those results more quickly and easily, and with an approach that ensures results are sustainable. He uses the Excellent Decisions Change Paradox Model as a foundation for his work, applying fundamental principles to the situations faced by both individuals and organizations to help them reach their corporate, professional and personal goals. 

Examples of topics Robert speaks about are:

• Excellent Decisions - Why it's so important and valuable to make decisions based on vision and values rather than stress and pressure.
• Values Clarity for a Meaningful and Purpose Driven Life
• The Dynamics of Change - Why there is resistance to change even when we know the desired results are good for us.
• Comfort Zones - What they are, why we get stuck in them and how to get out of them.
• Team Building Strategies for a Cohesive and Productive Environment

Robert has spoken to a wide variety of audiences at industry trade shows, government conferences, association meetings and individual company events and trainings across the country.  The following shortlist is a sampling of the organizations Robert has spoken to over the past decade:

• Denny's, Jack in the Box
• Qualcomm
• UCSD, UC Irvine, Stanford, and Dartmouth
• Coldwell Banker, Keller Willams
• International Health & Racquet Sports Association (IHRSA)
• Gen-Probe/Hologic, Genoptix and Tandem Diabetes
• World Financial Group

"Robert MacPhee is a talented speaker and facilitator, capable of delivering a wide range of content which can be either supremely practical and action oriented or more deep and spiritual in nature.  His presentation style is highly engaging and always humorous and entertaining.  His workshops, seminars and speeches are all powerful and instantly applicable.  I have seen over and over again how people instantly resonate with his approach."   - Jack Canfield

Robert is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego with a degree in Economics, and in his work experience he has excelled in both in management at large companies and as an entrepeneur, including a business he and a partner started and quickly grew to over 400 employees and millions of dollars in revenue.