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KEYNOTE TOPICS
Go MAD, Be BAD™: Make a Decision. Be Bound and Determined
Focus:
This is the high-energy, high-impact keynote that ignites personal transformation. Patrick
challenges audiences to stop waiting, stop drifting, and stop dabbling — and instead make bold
decisions and develop relentless determination. This is the spark that breaks mediocrity’s hold
and launches reinvention.
Key Takeaways:
• Why indecision kills potential — and how to break free from it
• How determination beats talent every time
• A simple, powerful personal code: Decide. Drive. Grit. Grow.
• How to write and live by your own MAD-BAD Manifesto
Best For:
General audiences
Leadership conferences
Entrepreneurial + small business groups
Faith-based events
Personal growth and reinvention audiences
E²X Leadership™: Engage. Elevate. Excel — The Framework for Relentless Leadership
Focus:
This is Patrick’s actionable leadership framework keynote — showing leaders and teams how to
Engage with purpose, Elevate their standards, and Excel with consistency. It bridges personal
mastery to team execution and gives audiences a clear roadmap to drive real results.
Key Takeaways:
• The E²X system: Engage, Elevate, Excel — what it is and how it works
• How to break through disengagement, stagnation, and “good enough” culture
• Leadership moves that create energy, accountability, and momentum
• How to embed the right daily habits for personal + team excellence
Best For:
Executive teams
Corporate leaders
Mid-level managers + directors
Sales and performance teams
Organizations wanting practical leadership tools
Resonant Culturship™: How Leadership and Culture Become One
Focus:
This is the big-picture transformation keynote for leaders and organizations ready to align
leadership and culture at every level. Patrick unpacks how character shapes culture, and how
leaders can move from accidental culture to intentional resonance through Collaboration,
Community, Commitment, and Innovation.
Key Takeaways:
• Why leadership and culture are two sides of the same coin
• The 4 Pillars of Resonant Culturship™ and how to activate them
• How to audit your team’s cultural tone + trajectory
• Strategies to design, embed, and scale cultural change
Best For:
C-suite leaders
Organizational leadership retreats
Change management initiatives
HR and culture leaders
Executive leadership development programs
Interested in having one of these keynotes at your event?
MEET PATRICK DICKERSON
Founder, Xcel Speaking and Consulting
Leadership Strategist
Relentless Culture Architect
Patrick Dickerson is on a mission to eradicate mediocrity in leaders, in teams, and cultures.
After reinventing his own life and career at 50, Patrick made a bold decision: to dedicate himself to helping others engage with purpose, elevate their standards, and excel with relentless conviction.
As the founder of Xcel Speaking and Consulting and the creator of leadership frameworks like
Go MAD, Be BAD™, E²X Leadership™, and Resonant Culturship™, Patrick brings a unique blend of:
• High-performance coaching
• Faith-rooted values
• Organizational insight
• And unapologetic grit.
Patrick’s audiences don’t just leave inspired — they leave activated.
They leave with a decision in their pocket, a manifesto in their heart, and a blueprint in their hands.
If you want a speaker who challenges the status quo, ignites action, and equips people to lead relentlessly, Patrick Dickerson is your guy.
ABOUT PATRICK AT A GLANCE:
- Leadership & organizational strategist
- Reinvention & personal transformation expert
- Founder of Xcel Speaking and Consulting
- Creator of Go MAD, Be BAD™, E²X Leadership™, and Resonant Culturship™
- Speaker, coach, consultant, catalyst
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Raising the Bar in Leadership and Organizational Xcellence.
UNLEASH RELENTLESS LEADERSHIP™ AT YOUR NEXT EVENT
Patrick Dickerson doesn’t just deliver keynotes.
He delivers wake-up calls. He sparks movements. He ignites transformation.
With a message forged from his reinvention at 50, he equips audiences, leaders, and organizations to refuse mediocrity and replace it with courageous decisions, relentless grit, and a culture of excellence.
His keynotes aren’t feel-good fluff. They’re battle-tested frameworks that call people to:
- Make courageous decisions
- Develop unshakable determination.
- Build cultures of relentless excellence.
Whether you need to energize an audience, equip a leadership team, or transform your organizational culture, Patrick brings the tools, conviction, and energy to make it happen.
WHAT MAKES PATRICK DIFFERENT?
• High-energy delivery grounded in real-world grit
• Faith-rooted values with universal, actionable application
• Memorable frameworks like Go MAD, Be BAD™ and E²X Leadership™
• A personal story that resonates across industries and audiences
• A relentless pursuit of excellence that raises the standard for everyone in the room
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