Darren Harris speaking on stage

How to Own Your Defining Moment

What separates the best from the rest isn’t a better plan for next time. It’s the ability to make the most of this time.

What the audience will be able to do by the end of the session

Think clearly under pressure, accessing what they already know instead of losing it.
Feel confident before and during the moments that test them.
Do the specific skill each moment requires — calming their nerves before a pitch, holding focus through a crisis call, backing themselves in a crunch meeting.

Speaker bookers: conference and event planners looking for an opening or closing keynote with a practical takeaway, not just applause.
Audience members: leaders and managers working in high-pressure, high-stakes environments; teams and individuals who need to perform live, not just prepare for it; Employee Resource Groups, particularly disability networks.

Speaking: This keynote talk delivers a high-impact message to a large audience, lasting between 30 and 60 minutes. The content is built to land broadly: a story and a framework that inspire and shift perspective. What stays with the listeners is a shared reference point they can return to.
Training: This workshop covers the specific mental skills in greater depth, lasting between 2 and 3 hours. The exercises and examples are tailored to the specific skills gap in the room so that participants can demonstrably do the thing at the end that they couldn’t do at the start.
Coaching: We work through specific, individual challenges over an extended period lasting between 3 and 6 months. The sessions are relational and iterative: you diagnose, apply, review, adjust, repeat. The value is in the accumulation of sessions and the accountability in between.