SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Richard Monette leads an internationally recognized organization and coaches Olympic and professional athletes. His keynotes come from his work — not theory, not slogans.
Richard holds a B.Sc., a B.Ed., and an M.A. He has coached performance in sport, business, and education for over 35 years. He is managing director of Active for Life, an internationally recognized initiative advancing children’s physical literacy. He leads the national rollout of “Learn Through Active Play,” a professional development program for childcare centres across Canada. He is part of the leadership team at B2ten, which supports high-performance Canadian athletes. He is also a sport psychology educator and consultant to Olympic and professional athletes. He adapts each keynote to business, education, health, and sport audiences.
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ACTIVE PLAY IS NOT OPTIONAL — Why Children Need It in the AI Age (and Why You Do Too)
Movement built the human brain. By age six, a child’s brain reaches about 90 percent of its adult size, and active play is what wires it — laying down the pathways behind focus, learning, and emotional control. But this isn’t only about children. The same movement that builds a young brain keeps an adult one sharp, calm, and resilient. For as long as we have been human, play and movement kept us well. What changed is not people — it’s the world around them. Screens filled the gaps, AI is filling more, and active play has quietly slipped out of daily life, starting with our children and reaching all of us.
In this keynote, Richard draws on more than a decade leading Active for Life and building the Learn Through Active Play program, now reaching childcare centres across Canada. He shows why active play matters at every age, what its loss is costing us, and how to bring it back — at home, at work, and in how we raise the next generation. Audiences leave understanding active play not as a nice idea, but as a practical tool for sharper thinking, steadier emotions, and a healthier life in a screen-saturated world.
Purpose Mapping – A process to success
Most people and organizations work hard without being clear on why. Purpose Mapping identifies the real reason behind the work, then turns it into a plan. Richard developed the process over decades of coaching Olympic athletes, corporate CEOs, and teams. In this keynote he shows how it works and walks the audience through building their own map. Attendees leave with a tool they can use immediately.
The Confidence Formula
Confidence drives performance, yet it is hard to build and tends to disappear exactly when it matters most. As a sport psychology educator and consultant, Richard explains where real confidence comes from and why it breaks down under pressure. He shares a practical, repeatable method to build it — in life, business, and sport. Audiences leave understanding that confidence can be built on purpose, not waited for. Read this article for simple ways to develop confidence
In his conversational style, Richard’s told real-life anecdotes that helped us understand the critical elements of achieving peak performance in business and life. As well, Richard really hit the mark in how he adapted his “Purpose Mapping” tool to Mandeville’s specific needs. Our advisors were fully engaged in Richard’s presentation and left with a simple and powerful tool to help them “Level-Up” and fulfill their potential.
Richard is a gifted storyteller with a real-life approach to public speaking on the topic of human and organizational performance. We highly recommend Richard.
RICHARD MONETTE CONSULTING AND COACHING
THE GIFT: A Journey to a Better Score in Golf and Life
Tom Morrison once showed the potential to become a great professional golfer. Now, years after abandoning his playing career, he goes on a quest to discover the secrets of one of golf’s most extraordinary performers, the legendary Irving Pirsig. From his perspective as an Olympic sport psychology coach and a single digit handicap, Monette’s novel will entertain and inspire all golfers.