Bryce Kenney

Leadership Keynote Speaker on Change, Peak Performance, Team Building, Resilience & Sports

Expert on

  • Leadership
  • Change
  • Motivational 
  • Peak Performance
  • Sports
  • Team Building

Fee Range

$20,000–$30,000

Travels from

NC, US

Biography

Bryce Kenny is a former C-suite executive recruiter turned professional Monster Jam driver, Guinness World Record setter, author, and high-energy keynote speaker who helps organizations win what’s next.

Before competing in stadiums around the world, Bryce built his career in executive search as part of one of the top private equity portfolio search practices in the country, placing C-suite leaders with high-growth, private equity-backed companies and some of the most dynamic firms in the market. That background gives him a rare ability to connect the adrenaline of motorsports with the real-world leadership challenges facing today’s organizations: change, pressure, decision-making, resilience, performance, and momentum.

As a professional Monster Jam driver, Bryce competes behind the wheel of a 12,000-pound, 1,500-horsepower machine where split-second decisions, calculated risk, safety, and full commitment are part of the job. He brings those lessons to the stage through unforgettable stories, humor, and practical takeaways that help leaders and teams stop relying on what used to work and shift into the next gear.

Bryce is the author of Geared for Life, which was selected as required reading for all incoming freshmen at the University of Northwestern Ohio as part of its student success curriculum. He is also the co-founder of a pediatric cancer nonprofit that crowdfunds specific needs for families walking through pediatric cancer, with 100% of donations going directly toward solving that family’s stated need, from a couch to a car.

A former Division I collegiate student-athlete and youth soccer coach, Bryce brings a message rooted in competition, purpose, service, and action. Whether speaking to executives, franchise owners, sales teams, associations, or frontline leaders, Bryce delivers an experience that is entertaining, emotional, and actionable. His message gives audiences the language, energy, and courage to move beyond comfort, commit to what matters, and find the gear required to win what’s next.

Speaker Videos

WIN WHAT'S NEXT: Helping Leaders and Teams Shift Into the Next Gear

Organizations are moving through constant change, pressure, and uncertainty. What helped a team win in the last season may not be enough for the next one. The danger is that teams often keep solving today’s problems with yesterday’s assumptions. As Bryce says, “It’s not always what we do know that hurts us. It’s often what we don’t know that costs us the most.”

In this high-energy keynote, Bryce helps audiences identify where they are stuck, challenge the assumptions that may be holding them back, and build the momentum required to win what’s next.

Using his signature G.E.A.R. Framework, Bryce challenges leaders and teams to focus on four critical drivers: Growth, Engagement, Acceleration, and Risk. Through stories from Monster Jam, executive recruiting, leadership, family, and personal growth, Bryce gives audiences memorable language and practical tools they can apply immediately.

Audience members will learn how to:

  • Stop relying on what used to work and shift into the next gear
  • Challenge outdated assumptions before they become costly blind spots
  • Create momentum in seasons of growth, pressure, and change
  • Move from half-commitment to clear ownership
  • Shorten the gap between talking about action and taking action
  • Understand what is truly at stake when teams do not move forward
  • Build confidence, urgency, and alignment around what comes next

GEARED TO WIN: Building Momentum, Ownership, and High-Performance Teams

Winning teams do not drift into performance. They decide, commit, adapt, and accelerate. But before a team can accelerate, it must be willing to question the habits, beliefs, and assumptions that may be quietly slowing it down.

In this keynote, Bryce Kenny uses the intensity of Monster Jam and the realities of business leadership to show audiences how to create the kind of momentum that moves teams forward. He helps leaders and employees understand that comfort zones are pit stops, not where the race is won, and that past success can become a trap when teams stop asking what needs to change.

The message is designed for organizations that want to reenergize their people, strengthen ownership, and help every person see how their role contributes to the larger mission.

Audience members will learn how to:

  • Take ownership of the next decision in front of them
  • Recognize the hidden brake pedals slowing down performance
  • Challenge the assumptions that keep teams comfortable but stuck
  • Build confidence through action, not just intention
  • Stay committed when pressure, change, or setbacks hit
  • Create a shared language for momentum and execution
  • Reconnect daily work to a bigger purpose and impact

SHIFT HAPPENS: How to Navigate Change Without Losing Momentum

Change is not the exception anymore. It is the environment. The question is not whether teams will face disruption, uncertainty, or pressure. The question is whether they know how to shift when the old gear stops working.

In this keynote, Bryce Kenny helps audiences reframe change as an opportunity to grow, engage, accelerate, and take smart risks. He challenges teams to look honestly at the assumptions they are carrying into the future and ask whether those assumptions are creating traction or keeping them stuck.

With stories from motorsports and leadership, Bryce shows how the most effective teams do not wait for perfect conditions. They find traction, make decisions, and keep moving.

Audience members will learn how to:

  • Adapt faster when conditions change
  • Identify outdated thinking before it limits future growth
  • Replace fear and hesitation with clarity and action
  • Challenge ‘we’ve always done it this way’ assumptions
  • Build resilience without losing speed
  • Stay aligned when pressure increases
  • Turn uncertainty into a catalyst for progress

FULL THROTTLE LEADERSHIP: Leading Under Pressure, Change, and High Stakes

Leadership gets tested when the pressure is high, the path is uncertain, and the stakes are real. Bryce Kenny knows that environment well. From the arena floor to the executive search world, he has seen how great leaders make decisions, create momentum, and help people perform when it matters most.

But high-pressure leadership is not just about knowing more. It is about being humble enough to ask, “What am I missing?” Some of the most expensive mistakes come from blind spots, assumptions, and patterns that leaders never stop to challenge.

This keynote helps leaders move beyond inspiration and into application. Bryce gives audiences a practical way to think about growth, engagement, acceleration, and risk so they can lead with more clarity, confidence, and urgency.

Audience members will learn how to:

  • Lead with clarity in high-pressure moments
  • Identify blind spots that may be costing the team momentum
  • Make decisions that move teams forward
  • Challenge assumptions without creating unnecessary friction
  • Create buy-in by connecting people to what matters
  • Build momentum without burning people out
  • Use risk and stakes to create healthy urgency
  • Help teams shift from passive participation to active ownership