Resilience Starts Here.

Cory Richards is a resilience keynote speaker, powerful storyteller, and explorer of the highest order.

Using his life experience as a conduit, Cory goes beyond motivational speaking — he shows organizations and individuals how to transform their approach to challenge, change, and leadership.

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Cory Richards’ Resilience Method offers a way out of survival mode — and shows audiences how to shift into agency, endurance, creativity, and trust.

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker on Resilience and Mental Health

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Whether you're looking for a keynote speaker on grit and resilience, leadership, mental health, or cultural transformation, these talks are designed to meet pressure, disconnection, and potential head-on—and guide your audience toward a more honest, creative, and sustainable way forward.

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: The Edge is Where We Begin

The Edge Is Where We Begin

The Art of Resilience

Resilience isn’t about gripping harder. It’s about letting go smarter. In this keynote, Cory shows how adaptation, creative thinking, and radical honesty become the engine of real transformation.

This keynote is ideal for: All-hands meetings, company off-sites, leadership retreats, mental health, or performance-focused events

    • Shift from reactivity to response

    • Embrace discomfort as fuel for growth

    • Learn the 4 principles of sustainable resiliencBuild personal endurance and collective momentum

    • Defining values and principles that underpin transformation

    • How to leverage vulnerability to build stronger teams

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: No Summit Solo

No Summit
Solo

Building Resilient Teams

Even Everest wasn’t a solo success. Cory explores how trust, communication, and self-mastery build teams that thrive, even under pressure.

This keynote is ideal for: Cross-functional teams, executive teams, high-growth orgs, change management events

    • Build high-trust, high-functioning teams

    • Lead under pressure without burnout

    • Shift from control to collaboration

    • Strengthen psychological safety and cohesion

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: The Inside-Out Leader

The Inside-Out Leader

Redefining Leadership
From Within

Great leadership starts with self-awareness. Cory shows how emotional intelligence, transparency, and adaptability shape influence that lasts.

This keynote is ideal for: Executive audiences, emerging leaders, leadership development programs, founder teams

    • Develop emotionally intelligent leadership

    • Lead with courage, not certainty

    • Model behavior that invites buy-in and trust

    • Align leadership with values, not just performance

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: Strong Enough to Feel

Strong Enough
to Feel

Modern Masculinity & Emotional Intelligence

Cory challenges outdated ideas of masculinity and opens the door to grounded, vulnerable, human-centered leadership, beneficial for everyone.

This keynote is ideal for: Men’s ERGs, DEI summits, sports orgs, creative/athletic industries, culture-shaping conversations

    • Reimagine strength through openness

    • Improve culture through emotional literacy

    • Support healthier work dynamics for all

    • Challenge inherited narratives without shame

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: Breaking the Story of Broken

Breaking the Story of Broken

Mental Health,
Performance & Truth

Mental health isn’t a liability; it’s a leadership skill. Cory helps teams move beyond stigma to build cultures of honesty, care, and sustainability.

This keynote is ideal for: Wellness events, HR/people teams, startups, high-pressure industries, mental health awareness programs

    • Normalize conversations around mental health

    • Create cultures rooted in psychological safety

    • Move from silence to resilience

    • Leverage story to support human sustainability

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: Impossible Isn't

Impossible
Isn’t

Unlocking Personal and Professional Transformation

Transformation doesn’t begin with strategy; it begins with story. Cory helps individuals and organizations rewrite limiting narratives and reconnect to purpose.

This keynote is ideal for: Conferences on change, innovation, brand culture, vision-setting retreats, high-stakes transitions

    • Reframe identity and possibility

    • Navigate change with values-based clarity

    • Use discomfort as a signal for growth

    • Reclaim agency and long-term vision

Ready to Bring Cory to Your Stage?

Cory doesn’t just speak to the moment — he speaks to what’s beneath it. As a leading motivational speaker on resilience, mental health, and embracing disruption as fuel, Cory brings lived experience, hard-won perspective, and an unforgettable delivery to every stage.

To book Cory Richards for an immersive, tailored keynote, simply reach out with a few details about your audience and vision. From there, Cory’s team will confirm the fit, lock in the date, and handle the rest.

Cory Richards Keynote Speaker: Bring Cory to Your Stage

Cory Richards is a resilience keynote speaker, National Geographic photographer, and author known for his raw storytelling and unforgettable presence. From summiting Everest without oxygen to navigating bipolar disorder and addiction, Cory’s lived experience fuels every talk he gives. 

He’s been named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, served as Artist in Residence at Oxford, and spoken on global stages including SXSW and the World Economic Forum. Through The Resilience Method, Cory helps individuals and organizations shift from survival to clarity, agency, and sustainable growth.

ABOUT CORY RICHARDS

ABOUT CORY RICHARDS

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Certainty kills creativity

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demands discomfort

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THROUGH CORY'S LENS