Michael Licenblat

Michael Licenblat is one of Australia’s leading resilience experts who builds pressure proof teams that bounce back in tough and competitive markets.

Born into a family of entrepreneurial parents, Michael grew up working inside the numerous family businesses and quickly learned that success often came to those who could ride the bumps, get up, and keep going.  

Michael went on to study psychology and became one of the pioneers in building a successful natural therapies business through overcoming rejections, scepticism and knockbacks.  He also completed one of Australia’s toughest kayaking events, covering 404km over 5 days, finishing in the top 15% of the country.  

Michael has worked with hundreds of companies such as ColesMyer, NASA, ALDI, and Toyota to build 'pressure proof' teams that out-perform their competition.

Michael is a resilience researcher, mentor, lifelong martial artist and author of the book Pressure Proof.  Michael is an international speaker, a Certified Virtual Presenter and one of only 200 people in Australia to be recognised as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). 

Michael’s relatable presentation style infuses personal stories, scientific research and real-life applications to create a keynote experience that motivates people to adapt faster to change, overcome adversity and become better under pressure.

Feedback from Michael’s Presentations  

"The energy was fantastic, and the supporting materials great so that all is not forgotten once the conference finished! Your presentation provided attendees with relevant and useful information, and practical ways to manage the pressures experienced in the workplace and at home. I look forward to working with you in the future."

Anna Hart
National Human Resource Manager
MAURICE BLACKBURN

"Michael presented at the end of our two day conference, at a time when energy levels are quite low.  Michael was incredibly engaging, the energy and enthusiasm from the participants was palpable.  His common sense approach resonated with the team, reminding them to get back to basics and giving them simple but effective tools to take into the field"
Steph Kay, Communications Manager 
St. George Banking Group
 

"We usually only have speakers from within the real estate industry speak at our events, however the choice to bring in Michael Licenblat, an external speaker, has proven to be an excellent choice.  Michael quickly engaged our group and showed that he understood our industry.  Michael's resilience presentation was both entertaining and hands on, giving our property management teams some practical communication tips, and self management tools, that will add great value to their relationships with their clients.  I look forward to working with Michael again."
Nick Dowling,
CEO, The Jellis Craig Group


"Thank you for a great presentation that you delivered to the retail sales team of Scotts Australia.Your high energy and interactive style engaged the team right from the beginning and kept them interested and involved all the way through.  Everyone in the conference took away new ideas and skills to enhance their resilience and working stamina that will, no doubt, help them reach their sales targets.  Michael, I thought your program was 'spot on' for our team and look forward to working with you again in the future."
Stuart Smith, National Sales Manager
Scotts Australia
 

"I was exceptionally happy that we got Michael to speak to the REIV members.He was very entertaining and gave some sound messages to our group."
Sarah Gray
Professional Services Manager
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria Ltd
 

“As a result of the Michael's Training we have identified and acknowledged that increasing the weekly activities in particular, property inspections and open houses, we have created an increase in our sales activity and subsequently higher commissions.  This has been very evident with our lower income producers who we have worked extensively with the Matrix training model and it has been successful.”

Drew Cahill, Director

Dungey, Carter Ketterer Real Estate