Keynote Speaker & Executive Coach

KES LAGUERRE

From seven years incarcerated to coaching leaders at Google, Meta, and Amazon, Kes turns the story of adversity into a methodology for transformation.

YOU WANT YOUR AUDIENCE TO LEAVE DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARRIVED.

KES DELIVERS A MESSAGE THAT MOVES PEOPLE TO ACT.

The transformation your audience needs doesn't end when Kes walks off stage. What he builds in the room — the shift in how people see themselves and what they believe is possible — is designed to travel home with them.

Kes doesn't just tell his story. He hands your audience a framework they can use the next day, in the next meeting, in the next hard moment.

“The biggest prison wasn't the bars around me. It was the identity I carried inside. The day I changed that, everything else began to change.”

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE

Emerge Strong

The Five Forces for Overcoming Adversity, Breakdowns, and Challenges

Most people try to overcome adversity by pushing harder. Kes teaches a different approach: that the breakthroughs we're capable of live on the other side of the identity we've outgrown.

Drawing from his journey (college dropout, failed musician, seven years incarcerated) to becoming a global coach and trainer trusted by some of the world's most respected organizations, Kes delivers a keynote that is part story, part methodology, and entirely unforgettable.

Your Audience Leaves With:

A framework for turning life's hardest moments into a platform for growth
Practical tools to shift identity, not just behavior
The confidence to lead through uncertainty and challenge
A new relationship with adversity — as fuel, not obstacle

Most people aren't lazy — they've got leaks. This force shows leaders where their fuel is actually going.
Every breakdown is an identity crisis in disguise. This force reveals who your people are becoming under pressure.
Fear shrinks the future before the work even begins. This force expands what your team believes is actually possible for them.
The story we tell about a setback determines everything that follows. This force teaches people to choose a better one.
Insight without action is just a good meeting. This force is where transformation stops being theoretical.

ABOUT KES

At 21, Kes LaGuerre was sentenced to seven years in prison. By his own account, the hardest part wasn't the time, it was confronting the identity that had gotten him there.

What followed was a two-decade journey of rebuilding from the inside out. Today, Kes is a globally recognized coach, trainer, and speaker who has worked with leaders and teams at some of the world's most demanding organizations.

His work is grounded in a simple but powerful truth: sustainable transformation doesn't begin with new habits or new goals. It begins with a new identity. The framework he developed, tested through his own life and refined across hundreds of 1:1 coaching engagements, gives people the language and tools to actually make that shift.

He is also the author of two books and the creator of two personal development courses. His coaching clients include executives, entrepreneurs, and high-performers who are outwardly succeeding but internally know something needs to change.