Randy Taylor

Randy Taylor is a leading mental health speaker & therapist as well as a behavioral motivational expert in driving results in sales, leadership, personal growth, teamwork, productivity, and managing change. 

He is a master at helping others see their true potential and to tap into what has always been there. Extensive study into the science of human behavior has allowed him to understand and translate what can impact human potential and leadership. When Randy speaks, audiences don’t just learn—they see the path to change, understand the behaviors that drive results, and leave ready to perform at their highest level.

He is also the founder of Taylormade Leadership and the creator of There~Apy, a revolutionary science-based alternative to clinical therapy. For over 35 years, Randy has studied human behavior and neuroplasticity, helping leaders and organizations unlock performance, drive change, and build engaged, resilient teams—especially in today’s hybrid workplaces.

Randy has personally overcome incredible odds growing up in poverty, parent alcoholism and violence that led to him being homeless and alone at 14. In spite of these odds, he achieved success during his 20 year media career that propelled him to the very top in Canadian broadcasting at CFRB 1010 and host the Summit of Life show on Global Television.

Randy Taylor is a master storyteller and communicator, blending neuroscience with humor and real-world experience to inspire individuals and teams to achieve their full potential.

His programs have earned national accreditation from Canada’s largest organizations, and his corporate clients include Accenture, Manulife, IG Wealth, Celestica, McMaster University, Motorola, Xerox, Empire Life, Kraft Foods, and the Government of Canada, among many others.

Through his keynotes and clinical work, Randy Taylor s transforming lives, helping people overcome PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other barriers—often in a fraction of the time traditional therapy requires.

Current Signature Topics:

Beyond Diagnosis

The Science of Mental Health and Human Potential

A Direct Line to The Bottom Line

"There is a direct correlation between mental health and productivity. Addressing it is paramount. Previous belief was that mental health was something you fixed only when it was broken — a condition the individual needed to be to be treated for. But decades of studying human behavior, observing people in real-world environments, and implementing science-backed solutions shone a light on a new path: mental health is not an illness. It reflects how our brains create stress, anxiety and fear caused by past trauma and struggle--Using the science of human behavior, Randy Taylor will show how we can address the root cause by unlocking potential, increase resilience, and transform both individual lives and entire organizations."

Keynote Overview

This keynote transforms how organizations approach mental health by framing it as an understanding of the science of human behavior rather than a disease. Randy provides actionable strategies that empower employees and leaders to thrive, directly improving engagement, productivity, and resilience across the organization. Designed for executives, managers, and HR professionals, the session equips teams with practical tools to reduce stress, prevent burnout, and enhance collaboration. Companies that bring Randy in will see measurable benefits: improved productivity, higher employee satisfaction, stronger retention, and a workforce better equipped to drive results—positively impacting the organization’s culture and bottom line.

Main Points & Solutions

1. Mental Health as Behavior, Not Illness

• Challenge the traditional illness-based view of mental health.
• Explain how stress, anxiety, and emotional patterns are behaviors shaped by experiences and environment.
• Solution: Introduce a framework for identifying behavioral patterns in the workplace and offering real world solutions.

2. Understanding the Science Behind Thoughts & Emotions

• Explore neuroplasticity, mindset, and behavioral triggers.
• Prove the impact of thought on symptomatic challenges like anxiety, stress, fear and low confidence
• Show how small cognitive shifts create measurable changes in performance and resilience.
• Solution: Simple mental “rewiring” exercises employees can apply immediately.

3. Building Resilience Through Awareness & Skill Development

• How to recognize stress and anxiety before they impact performance.
• Practical methods for strengthening emotional agility.
• Solution: Step-by-step strategies to increase individual and team resilience.

4. Optimizing Team Dynamics and Organizational Culture

• Connection between individual mental patterns and overall team performance.
• Encouraging behaviors that improve collaboration, engagement, and motivation. 
• Solution: Tools for leaders to foster psychological safety and high-performance culture.

5. Applying Science to Real-World Challenges

• Translate research into actionable practices for employees at all levels.
  Solution: Customizable workplace approach to enhance focus, well-being, and productivity.

Key Takeaways for the Audience

• Mental health is a skill and a science, not a disorder.
• Leaders can directly influence the mental well-being and performance of their teams.
• Ending the stigma to emotional challenges
• Practical strategies exist to rewire stress responses, increase resilience, and unlock potential
• Organizations benefit when individuals thrive, resulting in higher engagement, retention, and performance.

Format: 60 Minute Keynote

The Growth Multiplier: How Developing the Individual Unlocks Extraordinary Company Results

“Today’s most successful organizations don’t grow because they hire more people— they grow because their people grow”

In this transformative keynote, renowned behavioural expert Randy Taylor reveals the breakthrough principle that the greatest competitive advantage in any company is the unrealized potential sitting inside every individual.

Drawing on decades of research, professional training, coaching, and personal experience, Randy shows audiences how to ignite personal evolution inside every employee —and how that internal shift becomes the multiplier that drives culture, performance, innovation, and growth.

Today’s most successful organizations don’t scale by adding headcount — they scale by expanding human capacity.

In this high-impact keynote, behavioural expert Randy Taylor reveals a simple but radical truth: the greatest untapped asset in any company is the unrealized potential sitting inside its people. When individuals evolve, performance stops being a management problem and becomes a natural by-product of who they are becoming. 

Drawing on decades of front-line executive training, neuroscience-based coaching, and real-world client results, Randy shows leaders and teams how to deliberately upgrade the one variable that changes everything: mindset and behaviour in the moment of choice. Audiences don’t just get inspired — they leave with a clear, usable framework for turning personal growth into measurable business outcomes.

Randy’s message is built for organizations that want to win in a volatile, uncertain marketplace where skill alone is no longer enough. When people learn how to think, focus, and act from a personal drive of a higher level of potential, culture shifts, execution accelerates, and results compound.

What this keynote delivers & what your audience will discover:

• Why most people operate far below their true capacity. The hidden mental habits, narratives, and environmental cues that quietly cap performance, even in high achievers — and how to remove those internal ceilings so potential can finally translate into results.
  
  
• How individual mindset drives organizational performance. A clear line of sight between personal beliefs, daily behaviour, and hard business metrics like revenue, retention, and innovation — so leaders can stop “pushing” performance and start unlocking it.
  
  
• The behavioural formula for confidence, focus, and resilience. A practical model that helps every employee stay centered under pressure, recover faster from setbacks, and show up at their best when it matters most.
  
  
• How to create leaders at every level. A repeatable approach to turning “doers” into owners — people who think like leaders, act like leaders, and influence culture regardless of title or role
  
  
• How personal growth transforms first the individual and then culture and collaboration. Why inner expansion naturally leads to more accountability, trust, and psychological safety — and how to hardwire those shifts into the everyday rhythms of work.

This keynote connects human transformation directly to business performance. When your people grow, your company grows. When your people thrive, your culture stabilizes and
strengthens. When individuals expand what they believe is possible, the entire organization lifts to meet that new standard.

This is the keynote for organizations that want to future-proof their teams, elevate performance without burnout, and unlock the extraordinary potential already sitting inside their workforce.

Format: 60 Minute Keynote

Additional Sample Topics

On Your Mark……Go! Managing Disruptive Change +

In this keynote Randy shares how to understand human behaviour to positively lead change.

Many organizations experience explosive growth through change while others struggle to keep up with the disruption of change. Randy knows that having a fundamental understanding of Leadership and Employee behaviour through any transition is the most important aspect to managing change. He helps organizations understand why there is resistance to change and how to move from the paralysis of thinking about it to taking the important step of doing something about it.

This keynote is a mix of science, strategies, humour and proven examples using easy-to-follow methods that empower organizations to move beyond resisting change to leveraging the opportunities change can bring.

Attendees will learn:

• The science of turning doubt into belief
• Defining the true potential of every individual
• The Power of Inclusion-tapping into the brain trust of everyone
• Implementing the self-directed success solution of productivity
• Creating a corporate mindset of growth --

Elevate Your Habits +

Through a process called “Conscious Intention” behavioural results expert Randy Taylor shares how to develop sustainable and healthy habits that remove unconscious barriers to success.

Positive habits are the direct link to results and success, yet our negative habits often get in the way of results, our potential and often, they are unconscious. In this keynote presentation Randy Taylor will unveil his process called “Conscious Intention” that will empower your audience to understand what unconscious habits may be holding them back from reaching higher goals. He will hare how to detach from self-limiting behaviour with tools to change negative behaviours, habits and learn how to take action with intention.

Attendees will learn:

• To understand the science of how habits are created and how they can be changed
• How the brain and neurochemicals keep us a prisoner of past experiences
• How to develop the skill of Conscious Intention and use it to achieve more every day
• How to move forward to a new vision
• How to overcome fear and stress and low selfesteem and live with courage and passion and purpose --

The Future of Work: Engaging and influencing remotely +

Engaging and influencing remotely with clients and employees is possible by making them feel like they matter. As Canada’s leading behavioural expert, Randy Taylor knows focusing on the science of human behavior is key to having influence and engagement in a remote workplace.

• How we feel
• How we are valued
• How we are included
• How we belong

These are all attributes of human behaviour. The first step to succeed in a virtual world is to first understand how behaviours and change impact us on a scientific level. The second is to create a culture that mirrors your face-to-face leadership skills.

Attendees will learn:

• The science of impacting human behaviour
• Creating the in-person experience remotely
• Engaging your team through the power of inclusion
• Customer service excellence and the emotional connection
• Creating the process and structure of a sustainable model of connectionmirrors your face-to-face leadership skills. --

Selling to High-Net-Worth Clients: Discover the 5 keys to effectively compete and sell to the high-net-worth market +

Selling to the HNW client requires a unique approach to finding, securing, providing service and growing this client sector. Randy Taylor works with top corporations and seasoned sales professionals who use his sales approach that is based on the science of human behaviour and a structured model that benefits everyone. He shares the 5 keys in his model including:

• The behavioural science of mastering the high-networth market
• Best practices to prospect and secure HNW clients
• A+ service model -THE market edge for HNW clients and prospects
• Growth multiplier- COI’s, referrals and connectors
• Mastering Time- The Self-Directed Success Solution

*This keynote can be combined with a 5-module intensive training program --

Sales Mastery: Learning the behaviour of top producers +

In this keynote Randy shares how to understand human behaviour to empower any sales professional to become a top producer.

A question long at the forefront of sales teams is “What are it the top 2% are doing that the 98% are not”? The reality is it is far less than most people know it to be, and in this keynote, Randy will lay out the entire process of how.

The number one behavioural trait in sales that Randy will teach is the science behind confidence, outlining how top performers are able to develop it and maintain it through the ups and downs in any business cycle.

Attendees will learn:

• The science of how top performers create winning behaviours
• How to create a best practices model both structurally and mentally
• How to re-wire the mind to overcome past doubt
• How to get off the roller coaster and consistently stay focused on business development --

Virtual Leadership: Mentoring and the Power of Inclusion +

Randy Taylor’s keynote on Mentoring and the Power of Inclusion helps leaders create a culture of inclusion that builds an environment of loyalty, creativity, a competitive spirit in a virtual or in person environment. It drives your organization forward through with higher employee engagement and resilience. Using his own examples of how mentoring helped him move past a childhood of abuse, Randy inspires Leaders to understand the influence of their role as mentors

Learning Objectives:

• The science of impacting the human behaviour of your team
• The business model of sustainable growth
• Unlocking the creative potential of your people
• Mentoring and the transfer of knowledge
• Creating a winning environment of inclusion --