Michael Levin

Michael is President and CEO of Custom Solutions Inc. He has launched product and service companies and turned them into multi-million dollar entities. His products, including those he has patented, have been sold in every major retail drug, grocery and mass chain in the country. His patented products have been featured in O Magazine.

Along with the success of his own businesses, he has a prestigious list of clients he’s worked with including Pepsi Cola, Oracle, Clorox, McKesson, Hexcel and New Belgium Brewery along with a significant number of small to mid-size companies.

He is the author of “Sitting on the Same Side of the Table: The Art of Collaborative Selling”. He is an award winning co-author of Jack Canfield’s boo#k (author of Chicken Soup for the Soul) “The Road to Success.”

Michael’s latest book “Let Them See You Sweat: Lessons I’ve Learned on My Personal Journey with Stress” became a #1 International Best-Seller in January of 2017.

He shares what he has learned over his 30 years as an Entrepreneur, an Executive, a Consultant and a Coach. Michael delivers his own material and his own life lessons from the heart. He engages his audience not through Powerpoint but through interaction and connection.

Creating An Entrepreneurial Workplace®

Michael’s talk on “Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace®” is about his powerful philosophy that creates ownership and empowerment throughout an organization.  Your people will not only embrace change they will actually lead and drive that change.

You will learn real tools to create that environment as well as how to overcome the roadblocks and challenges.  You will learn Michael’s philosophy of how to create sustainable change instead of “Flavor of the Month”.

You will learn key communication tools including Michael’s 4-step process for resolving conflict, questions and concerns in a collaborative manner.

Attendees will come to understand the paradigm shift required, from leaders to front line staff, to create this environment.   This philosophy has made Michael’s companies, his client’s companies, and the divisions he ran for Pepsi Cola incredibly profitable by creating a highly motivated, inspired, entrepreneurial team.

Organic DEI™

This incredibly powerful keynote is not to be missed! Let Michael Levin take you on a journey and show you how to inspire DEI in a method that levels the playing field for all. He focuses on creating opportunities for those in your organization that exhibit drive, desire and deliver results, instead of trying to meet quotas.

Embracing And Driving Powerful Positive Change In Your Organization

Embracing Change is about how to not only get your people to embrace change but actually lead and drive that change.

In this talk, I will share why change is so difficult for companies to create and why change that does occur so frequently becomes “Flavor of the Month”.

You will learn my number #1 key that companies fail to do that is absolutely essential for your team to be open to change and how to implement that key.

You will also learn the three stages that I believe must occur to create not only change that is embraced but change that is sustained.

Creating An Entrepreneurial Workplace: Breaking The Archaic Rules Of Autocratic Leadership

Today’s times have caused us to look at leadership differently.  I’ve always believed that traditional top-down autocratic leadership is archaic.

The Secret To Building High Impact Multi-Generational Teams

Why do we struggle with team building? Why do our companies got locked up in functional silos that don’t serve us, our company or our customers? How do we get our people to work together collaboratively for the good of all?

In Michael’s inspirational talk on Team Building, he will literally give you the blueprint to building high impact teams that you can take back and immediately implement. He will share with you how to get your people to both willingly and gladly work together to drive critical innovation, initiatives and solve problems and challenges.

He will talk about the roadblocks we frequently create for ourselves and our people that get in the way of team building and how to overcome them. He will show you how to not only drive amazing business results but create a much happier workforce that can lead to both greater retention and recruitment.

The 7 Lessons I Learned From Being On Wheel Of Fortune

Being on Wheel of Fortune was a surreal and, in many ways, an out of body experience.  It was also incredibly fun and a bucket list item I was thrilled to have the opportunity to do.

What I didn’t expect was how it both taught me and reinforced several life and business lessons.  In my talk I will share the 7 Key Life and Business Lessons that came from this experience as well as a few bonus lessons.

I will talk about how you can apply those lessons in your life and how I’ve applied them in mine as well.

And yes, I will also tell you about the most common question I get; “What were Pat and Vanna like?”  I will share some behind the scenes info from my Wheel of Fortune experience as well.

Let Them See You Sweat: Lessons I’ve Learned On My Personal Journey With Stress

Let Them See You Sweat, Motivational Speaker Michael Levin Talks at Stress Management Conferences.

Based on my three-time #1 best-selling book of the same name, I will share openly about my personal journey with stress and how I dealt with both the typical and unusual physical impacts I experienced including my body actually stopping sweating.

The Exceptional Customer Experience: Tools To Help Your Business Thrive And Drive Glowing Customer Reviews

“When it comes to creating an exceptional customer experience in today’s times, I think there is tremendous opportunity to stand out and shine above the competition”.  Michael Levin

While in some respects there is a greater focus on CX, there are also inherent frustrations (How many prompts do I have to press before I actually talk to a live person?  Why do I have to pay a “Convenience Fee” for using your automated system when it saved you money?”).  I believe some of these frustrations leads to great opportunity for those committed to CX while creating an environment of ownership and empowerment.

Owning Your Life’s Journey

Michael shares from his experience about how taking ownership of your life helps you create the journey and life you want and deserve.  Michael lost both his parents as a teenager, his Mother to cancer and his Father to suicide.  He was on his own without any money or a place to live.

Michael shares his story about his journey and how he created the life he desired despite those challenges.  He built multiple multi-million dollar companies, had a highly successful career running gold standards divisions for Pepsi Cola, wrote or co-authored three books including a #1 best-seller, appeared on Home Shopping Network and got featured twice in Entrepreneur Magazine.  He will talk about the people how he owned his life’s journey, stories of those who helped him, and how he believes in paying it both forwards and backwards.

He will also share his 10 Personal Keys to Success and how to take ownership to create the Life you Want and Deserve. Michael in describing his keynote said “This talk is not about what I’ve overcome.  Many have been through far worse.  It’s about what I’ve learned from this experience in the hope of helping others.  If my talk can help my audience, their teams, or their friends and family, that would be my hope.”

Sitting On The Same Side Of The Table: The Art Of Collaborative Selling

Based on my book, “Sitting on the Same Side of the Table:  The Art of Collaborative Selling”, I will help attendees learn how to not only close more business but more profitable business as well.

In this program, I will teach you how to move away from traditional PowerPoint presentations and create dynamic interactive influential conversations that lead to strong long-term positive business relationships.

Whether you are selling a product or service, I will share stories about, how even in the worst of times, I have significantly grown my own companies by incorporating my philosophy.

Presenting With Power, Persuasion And Presence

In this inspirational talk, I will help you understand how to overcome the #1 fear:  Speaking in Public.

I give roughly 100 talks a year around the world and have trained thousands around the world on this topic from workshops to keynotes.  I will help you understand how to use the 3P’s; Power, Persuasion and Presence to create the greatest impact on your presentations.  This will include both internal and external presentations as well as in front of large or small groups.

We will talk about how to create the impact you want as well as the technical parts of presenting from what do I do with my hands to eliminating filler words.

We will also talk about different mediums and how you can create the impact you want whether you are live or virtual.