James Robilotta

James Robilotta

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

, USA

Organizational Culture & Leadership Nerd | Employee Engagement | Psychological Safety

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  • Leadership
  • Personal Leadership
  • Humour At Workplace
  • Peak Performance
  • Health & Human Performance
  • Happiness & Positivity
  • Stress Management
  • Personal Growth

JAMES ROBILOTTA BIOGRAPHY

James Robilotta, CSP, is a seasoned motivational speaker, author, emcee, and professionally-trained improv comedian sought after for his ability to bring both humor and genuine connection to the stage. After nearly two decades of engaging audiences through his stand-up comedy and speaking work, James has mastered the art of using humor as a tool to create an environment where walls come down and meaningful messages get through.

As a full-time speaker at conferences, retreats, trainings, and more, James leverages a unique blend of relatable storytelling, comedy, and profound insights to leave his audiences both laughing and deeply moved. His secret sauce? The ability to connect with audiences authentically, leading with humor and then diving deeper into principles that build stronger individuals, teams, and company cultures.

With a professional background in counseling, education, and successful entrepreneurship (one business incorporates freestyle rap into improv comedy—a story for another day!), James brings years of research and a few too many real-life case studies to his work on the stage. From top leadership to early career employees, James’ messages to become curious, lead imperfectly, and foster community resonate at all levels.

James has captivated both willing and unwilling audiences at over 700 events for a variety of organizations, including American Express, GE, Minnesota Twins, Canadian Olympians, and MIT. By bringing humanity and community back into the workplace, James is on a mission to ensure people are seen, heard, respected… and giggling a little, too.

James Robilotta Related Media

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Being a Better Listener - James Robilotta segment on Twin Cities Live, KSTP
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Healthy Marriage Tips with James Robilotta - Minnesota Live
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Diner Talks with James

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Chasing Your Goals as an Entrepreneur with Entrepreneurship Researcher Brandon Fong

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Diner Talks with James

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Protecting Your Boundaries and Standing in Your Truth with TV Host Elizabeth Ries

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Diner Talks with James

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Practicing Assertive Optimism with Former Band Geek and Extreme Meetings Emcee, Brian Walter

James Robilotta Related Content

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Leading Imperfectly: The value of being authentic for leaders, professionals, and human beings
Leading Imperfectly: The value of being authentic for leaders, professionals, and human beings
Two to Three short sentences description: There is a problem in today's developing leaders-they think they need to be someone they are not to get what they want. In short, none of us is perfect, and when we pretend to be, people quit listening to us. Instead, we need to focus on trying to connect...

James Robilotta Topic Presentations

James Robilotta , USA, 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.

Leading Imperfectly: the Value of Being Authentic for Leaders, Professionals, and Human Beings

Choosing to Care: How Curiosity Creates Community in the Workplace

Find Your Third Place: A Work/life Balance Conversation That’s Actually Helpful

Improv Your Teamwork and Communication

Commit Don’t Comment: the Secret to Managing and Retaining Talent

James Robilotta Speaking Testimonials

The initial calls with James showed his energy, authenticity, and effortless communication style. He took time to understand the objectives of the session and also focused on details like the composition of my leaders so that he could best articulate his message. James helped with the pre-work, facilitated the session, and joined us for an evening event where we could relax and enjoy time together. He was a champion throughout.

David Fabricant

Senior VP
AMERICAN EXPRESS

James was a breath of fresh air for our company who is suffering burnout from all the uncertainty of the world. His energy was incredible and really got the crowd engaged and few people’s faces even started to hurt from laughing so much! It was nice to have a company event that didn’t feel corporate at all, James is as authentic as they come.

Liz Russell

Workplace Operations Manager
AFTERPAY

That was better than expected. Don’t get me wrong, I knew it was going to be good, but that was incredible and exactly what we needed.

Jared Pollaco

CEO
IMPACT XM

From your initial research into our company, to working with us during your presentation as we communicated our wants and needs, you navigated your workshop to make it a productive and fun success…Your personal stories and delivery combined with your discussion of our office were instrumental in capturing staff’s attention and developing rapport and inspiration. Concepts has taken a wonderful step with you during your workshop with us. Your ideas on authentic leadership, appreciation and communication have sparked a new way of thinking for our company.”

Anthony G. Caputo

CEO
CONCEPTS OF INDEPENDENCE, INC

I loved James’ talk at the GE Women’s Network and the feedback has been extremely positive. I really appreciated him tying back into the first speaker – it really helped the day feel more cohesive.

Sarah Gray

Lead Project Manager
GENERAL ELECTRIC

Absolutely bring James on board, he’s relatable and his messages will ring true in any industry. Also make sure to build in time at the end for people to ask questions and spend time with James, because that was invaluable.

Jenny Berkedal

Director of Employee Experience
METAL TOAD

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