Derek Strokon

Derek Strokon

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kelowna, British Columbia

Philanthropreneur & Leadership Expert | Resilience | Purpose Driven Growth

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Derek Strokon

How to Escape Hero Culture: The Power of Just Being Yourself | Derek Strokon | TEDxSurrey

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Derek Strokon

Derek Strokon - Speaker, Author, Consultant

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The Best of Humanity with Derek Strokon

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  • Leadership
  • Personal Growth
  • Resilience & Change
  • Leadership Development
  • Employee Management
  • Peak Performance
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Organizational Leadership
Hr-4u
#standup4change With Derek Strokon: Empowering Change: Unveiling the Human Journey: Hr-4u
Circle Back to You Podcast
Circle Back to You With Derek Strokon
Cfjc Midday
Derek Strokon Is Visiting Tedx Talks to Help Inspire Life Changes
The Success Bible: Your Step-by-step Guide to Conquering Life’s Obstacles
THE SUCCESS BIBLE: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Conquering Life’s Obstacles by Derek Strokon is a game-changing book that shatters the...
The Success Bible: Your step-by-step guide to conquering life’s obstacles
Human Being Human: How to Emerge From the Illusory Grasp of
How is it that we have so incorrectly defined how we become a hero in our own lives? In his book, Human Being Human, Human Resilience...
Human Being Human: How to emerge from the illusory grasp of
Stop Stalling Start Selling: You Don't Need to Read This Book But You Should
Stop Stalling Start Selling confirms that learning from others allows your pathway to be easier into a successful world of selling. All you...
Stop Stalling Start Selling: You don't need to read this book but you should

DEREK STROKON BIOGAPHY

Derek Strokon is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, 3x international bestselling author, and philanthropreneur who is transforming how organizations and leaders view success. With over two decades of leadership experience across industries such as Retail, Automotive, Financial Services, and more, Derek Strokon brings a wealth of knowledge to his audiences—empowering them to integrate philanthropy into their business models for deeper connections and sustainable growth.

Derek Strokon’s signature keynote, How Many Hearts Did You Hug?, is designed for organizations seeking to build purpose into their success metrics. In this thought-provoking presentation, Derek Strokon highlights how integrating giving into business practices leads to greater fulfillment, stronger client relationships, and measurable social impact. Attendees can actively engage in two initiatives—Baseballfacecares. org, where they help deliver affirmation baseballs to children in need, or Transformation Kitchen, where they share personal stories and recipes to build community-driven cookbooks that support those facing food insecurity. Both initiatives provide a unique, hands-on experience that ties business success to meaningful global and community impact.

Derek Strokon’s Success Bible Workshop takes a practical, step-by-step approach to personal and professional growth. Attendees walk away with a clear formula for success, learning how to define and pursue their goals with discipline, resilience, and a continuous growth mindset.

As the Chief Inspiration Officer of Sacred Line Consulting and President of Everyday Human, Derek Strokon’s approach to leadership is deeply rooted in his philosophy of ‘Strength Through Vulnerability,’ helping individuals and teams harness their authentic selves to drive success. Derek Strokon is also the CEO of Polar Cold Caps Canada and founder of the Kindness Cures Foundation, where he furthers his mission of leaving a lasting, positive legacy.

Derek Strokon’s books, including Stop Stalling Start Selling, Human Being Human, and The Success Bible, provide further insights into his core philosophies of resilience, sales excellence, and creating impact beyond profits. His engaging, hands-on keynotes leave audiences with the knowledge and motivation they need to take meaningful steps in their professional journeys

Derek Strokon Topic Presentations

Derek Strokon Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

The Success Bible Workshop

How Many Hearts Did You Hug?

Derek Strokon Speaking Testimonials

You are awesome!! Thank you for delivering a stellar keynote and illustrating how our members can truly operate with impact! I got a lot of great feedback from the attendees about your segment and already a bunch of requests for your slide deck.

Cindy Marques

President Advocis Toronto Chapter

Derek’s Success Bible workshop was nothing short of exceptional! The advisors were highly engaged and left inspired, with practical tools they could immediately apply to both their personal and professional lives. We received tons of great feedback, and it’s clear Derek’s message truly resonated with our team. His energy, authenticity, and ability to simplify complex concepts made the entire experience impactful. We’re already looking forward to having him back

Will Rogers

National Advisor Experience Manager
Serenia Life

On behalf of the TEAM at MCABC, I wanted to send a heartfelt thank you for closing our conference on a high note. Your message on tipping time and the power of nothing, and taking action to be part of solution in today’s world was truly invaluable. You tied together the themes and learnings from the conference beautifully.

Cathleen B,

MCABC

By putting philanthropy at the forefront of our strategy, we’ve seen a surge in positive client feedback, referrals and revenue. This approach helps us connect with clients who want more than just an advisor. We are miles ahead of where we thought we would ever be, and not just from a revenue perspective, but from meaning and community impact as well.

Benjamin W

Resilient Roots Financial Solutions

Through his various roles as a wealth consultant and business development consultant, Derek has helped me set systems in place to make my business run as efficient as possible. He has helped our office reach levels never thought possible in the past. He’s like a shrink for my business mind that helps me focus on what is important to keep our business and staff running smoothly!!

Robert O. CFP, CPCA ,

Ogloff Financial Solutions Inc.

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