For Mike Rolls, adversity is a part of life, it’s not a question of if you will face challenges, only a question of when. The real question is, how will you respond when significant challenges comes along?
Mike is a leading authority in resilience. His extensive lived experience with adversity began at age 18 when he survived a deadly bout of Meningococcal Septicemia, which resulted in severe injuries and multiple amputations. Given a 5% chance of survival, he defied the odds. This life-changing event marked the start of an unexpected journey towards helping individuals and businesses manage their own challenges and hurdles with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
His message “Why Me? To What’s Next?” is a simple yet effective philosophy that underpins his work. This no-nonsense approach is designed to help individuals tap into and unlock greater levels of resilience in their personal and professional lives.
Mike gives organisations the strategies and confidence they need to face the challenges of business with a new sense of optimism and understanding.
Ideal for:
- Corporate events
- leadership conferences
- employee wellness programs
- professional development workshops
Topics:
- Ditch the Dead Weight – Uncovering why less really is more
- Shift: from “why me?” to “what’s next?”
- Unlocking Resilience: transforming challenges into opportunities
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Testimonials
Your calm, humorous and understated approach engages those that you meet and belies the enormously strong and resilient person that you clearly are.
Your story brought many of us back to the reality that we are and we can be whatever we want to be. Faced with very significant challenges, you chose to fight to overcome them and you are pressing on to pursue your hopes and your dreams.
The random nature of the virus that struck you down made many of us think about the importance of living every day to the full and to thus avoid any future need for regret.
The family thread in your story was something that many of the team also commented on. Those with strong family ties questioned whether they appreciated their family enough; and a number of us who were more family distant were challenged to re-assess, re-connect and rebuild on some family relationships that we have let drift.
Another key message that we all took, was that of ”letting go of the baggage”. The manner in which you linked into that theme was the most confronting (positively) and emotional way I have ever seen it done. Many of us parents had “watery” eyes at that stage of your presentation.
As you can tell, our team took much from what you had to say. On behalf of the team I will summarise by saying we think you are living proof of the incredible power of the human spirit and the way that you approach life is a lesson for us all.
“Mike was able to capture and hold the full attention of everyone in the room. He was able to clearly demonstrate what can be achieved with a positive mindset even when the toughest of challenges are faced.”