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Stephan Maighan

Speaker

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Available in French

Inspiration & Transformation Expert

Stephan Maighan’s drive and ‘zero-excuse’ attitude helped him overcome the odds of his youth and master adapting to change.  Today he’s a successful entrepreneur, has led successful sales teams and shares how to take charge of your life and your personal leadership. 

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Keynote Speeches

Impact and Influence: Leadership Excellence

The Art of Leadership: Learn it, master it. 

We all know that leaders aren’t born, they’re made. Leadership skills can be learned to a point where one seems to be born already all equipped with it. This people-centric and innovative keynote intend to get participants to reflect on the importance of entrepreneurial and personal leadership. It offers a framework that includes strategies for growing one’s influence and impact. Your teams will be among those who distinguish themselves with the art of excellence. The best organizations don’t rely on managers, they rely on leaders.

Motivation: Upping Your Game

Entertaining, inspiring and moving – What would our personal and professional lives look like if we were able to up our game and perform to our fullest? 

This Signature Keynote is geared towards motivating and challenging participants to reach their full potential in both their personal and professional lives. Designed for employees, entrepreneurs, and managers, this entertaining, inspiring and moving keynote explores the importance of a positive outlook and accountability at work and at home. This signature keynote presentation is full of tools and strategies needed to mobilize employees and inspire a winning attitude. Participant interaction along with narratives from my personal experience drive this people-oriented session.

 

Change Management: Thriving Through Change

The world is always evolving, learn how to respond and seize the opportunity! 

Almost all organizations go through change at some point – learning how to respond to it and see the opportunities that come with it is therefore a strategic advantage that leaders need to possess. However, it can be difficult to implement those changes, both at the organization and employee level. Those that are unable or unwilling to make transitions and adopt new methods become a serious challenge for the overall growth and success. The question then is how to handle change in your organization so that the purpose is clear for everyone impacted? Whether you’re already going through the change or preparing for it, this keynote walks you through the practical strategies and tools needed to respond quickly to change.

 

Teamwork: Thriving Together

Together we go further. Competitive markets make team collaboration essential. 

Organizations need members with shared objectives, willing to overcome common obstacles and grow together. A corporate culture of collaboration and teamwork is therefore an essential building block for any organization. That’s exactly what this talk is designed for. It shows your staff how to translate individual talent and competencies into a concrete team strategy, to build effective teams who encourage each other when it’s tough and celebrate together when it’s a win. Not only your employees will benefit from the outcome, but your business partners, clients, and suppliers will also gain from a brand-new supportive mindset if invited to attend.

Platform Plus Presentations

Unique formats and ways to connect with audiences.
Facilitator, Moderator & Event Host
In a neutral, non-threatening and mutually respectful environment, Stephan facilitates collaboration and effectiveness during your employee and management meetings. By creating the necessary conditions, Stephan ensures that everyone is able to participate equally and in a respectful manner. Current group atmosphere, key players, points of discussion, topics to avoid, and professional context are all taken into account before Stephan facilitates an employee or business meeting. Extensive preparation is key to playing a successful role in the meetings and to helping participants explore all stakes, challenges, and solutions.

Audience reviews:

  • Your business keynote presentation was without a doubt one of the best (I dare say the best) we have ever heard at the plant, and believe me, we have heard many over the years.In my 34 years of service with IBM, I had never seen a speaker receive a standing ovation at our corporate event, and here our staff and the management team gave you 3 in the same day, at each of your 3 speeches. 

    - Assistant to the Bromont Manufacturing Director, IBM
  • Your speech went beyond my own expectations and those of the management team. The audience remained attentive for the duration of the meeting, which is quite the feat within our corporation. We received a lot of positive feedback and a few of the managers told me that it was the best speech they had heard in five years.

    - HR Director, Bombardier Aerospace
  • Your message was undeniably compelling and certainly motivated the entire team of soldiers and leaders…Your positive energy is contagious and your stage presence, engaging. Participants felt inspired to be better workers, but they also felt compelled to be better people

    - The Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces
  • We very much appreciated the fact that you adapted the content of your keynote to the challenges and reality of our industry—it made your presentation resonate with the audience. Our members gave excellent reviews in their evaluations, in turn making this event a success. As the organizer for this event, I was grateful for your professionalism, which I noted from our initial contact. 

    - Regional Coordinator, Canadian Payroll Association
  • We appreciate the fact that you adapted the content of your talk and provided a tailored event for our conference. You were able to find the right words and appropriate anecdotes to engage our actuaries from across the country. Your energy was great, as was your stage presence. On the whole, this was an inspiring talk!

    - Vice-President –Pricing and Underwriting, intact Insurance
 

Speaker Biography

“It’s not what happens, but what you do about it that matters.”

Stephan Maighan delivers keynote presentations that engage his audience, using humour and interactive exercises as hallmark techniques to get participants on the edge of their seats. His style is touching, captivating and compelling with effective strategies to improve your adaptability quotient to create lasting, unparalleled results.

His personal experiences inform his central themes including:

Growing and Adapting:
Stephan, an only child, became the “man of the house” at 7 years old; after his abusive father left and after his mother became paralyzed due to a stroke. ‘When my mother came out from her coma, and during the entire year that followed, she had no idea who I was.’
Dare to attempt the impossible:
At 21 years old, Stephan, who was broke and couldn’t speak English, drove across Canada to move to Vancouver where he became the top door-to-door sales leader in the country.
Take charge of your life:
“It’s not what has happened to you that matters—it’s what you make of it.” Stephan is the author of Devenez maître de votre vie OR Take Charge of Your Life.   His presentations seek to transform the attitude of individuals in order to get them where they really want to be. 

Stephan had very little coping strategies to deal with certain challenges and setbacks: racism, his father’s abandonment, his mother’s stroke and the sense that he didn’t quite have a home. Today, Stephan would say that his reactions to these events were anything but exemplary. Rather than taking a positive outlook, and instead of choosing courage and determination, the way his mother would have, Stephan isolated himself and chose to rebel against authority.

Drawing on his experience, Stephan effectively illustrates the impact that one’s attitude can have on the final outcome when faced with change and uncertainty. He then makes parallels between his professional and personal experiences to help participants remember the importance of being adaptable in the workplace. He reminds participants that challenges at work and at home should not translate into a negative outlook.

As he built his life, he became a successful business leader and entrepreneur. Stephan Maighan is the co-founder of  a company that imports and wholesales baby, kids and wellness products to over 600 retail stores across North-America including Indigo, Best-Buy and Well.ca. He is also the founder of a training and consulting company for leaders, managers, employees and entrepreneurs.

His human approach to leadership and his zero-excuse attitude have attracted international attention and have earned him invitations to meet with leaders and organizations from: Stanley, Costco, Bombardier, Nikon, Nespresso, Price-Waterhouse-Cooper to IBM. His list of current clients also includes several Government agencies, the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence.

He also had the honor of sharing his ideas at the ESSEC Business School in Paris, the Military Symposium on Cybersecurity, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others.

Since 2011, he has accepted the role of spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and contributes actively to the Foundation’s activities nationwide.

In 2018, her Excellency the Right Honorable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, awarded him the «Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers», an official honour created by the Crown to celebrate and recognize the exceptional volunteer achievements and the wide range of voluntary contributions of some Canadians. This medal honors their passion, dedication and commitment both in Canada and abroad.

As a sought-after keynote speaker, Stephan Maighan is invited to speak around the globe at over 75 events per year. Many have also heard him on 104.9 FM while he was hosting his weekly radio show called “Attitude Matters”.

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