Brigadier General, Retired
Corporate Leadership Speaker

Mike oster

Make Excellence
Your Average

We all strive for success,
but few make excellence their standard.

We all strive for success, but few make excellence their standard. Corporate leadership speaker Mike Oster shows individuals and organizations how to elevate their mindset, actions, and results.

 

Drawing on his 36 years of military service, entrepreneurial success, and leadership experience, Mike delivers practical tools and inspiring stories that help audiences:

 

Live with Purpose

Align actions with deeply rooted values and purpose.

Shift to Excellence

Create habits that turn excellence into the default setting.

Thrive as a Team

When individuals excel, organizations rise.

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In action

Mike makes every effort to specifically define the expectations to ensure the desired outcome is not just met but exceeded.

The Book:

It starts With attitude

Make excellence your new standard

Discover the strategies to build a positive mindset, live with intention, and make excellence your average every day.

Practical Tools for turning purpose into action.

Inspiring Stories to motivate you to show up at your best.

Tangible Results that elevate individuals, teams, and organizations.

#1 International Bestseller

Mike Oster has joined

Absolute Motivation

Absolute Motivation is a motivational media company that began nearly 10 years ago on a broken computer in a college dorm to become one of the biggest motivational media companies in the world with over 1.5 million subscribers. Their mission is to enhance the human experience by creating thought-provoking yet actionable content that will exercise, stimulate and expand your mind & consciousness.

"Mike Oster absolutely delivered on his keynote, “How to Live in a Place Where Excellence Becomes Your Average”. It was not only engaging but packed with valuable insights. He didn’t just speak to us—he spoke with us, making the experience feel personal and interactive. His message was clear, impactful, and delivered with the right mix of energy and authenticity.
If you’re looking for a speaker who can inspire, challenge, and engage an audience, Mike Oster is a fantastic choice. Highly recommend!"

-Ralph Peterson
Quality Assurance Director

Meet Mike Oster

Mike Oster smiling with arms crossed, wearing a maroon blazer and light blue shirt, posed confidently against a dark blue background.

An “Edu-Tainer” Who Inspires Excellence

Mike Oster combines the power of education and entertainment to inspire audiences to thrive. As a Brigadier General (Ret.), entrepreneur, corporate leadership speaker and consultant, Mike has spent over 25 years helping individuals and teams discover their purpose, align their actions, and elevate their results.

With a balance of humor, heartfelt stories, and actionable strategies, Mike shows audiences how to live with purpose and make excellence their average.

Testimonials

“Mike Oster’s keynote on The Power of Positive was perfect for our SHRM State Conference and brought a high level of energy, and engagement to our conference! Our attendees loved his keynote, and many attended his follow-up breakout session Building Your Road Map to Success. Both sessions brought so much positivity to our conference; we are so glad we booked him!”

Laurie Gates, PHR

SoDak SHRM State Council Director

“Thank you for an incredible training yesterday. You CRUSHED IT!!!! And I knew you would. You are a powerful speaker, and you have a natural talent to draw people in. You’re funny!! You tell stories to create an impact, and you know how to engage a crowd. You also did an excellent job bringing each point home. You are a master at your craft and I’m so blessed we got to have YOU facilitate our development training.”

Renae Hicks

Learning & Performance Manager
Black Hills Federal Credit Union

“Mike has an eloquent and entertaining way of presenting to his audiences that commands respect, generates laughter, and initiates self-reflection. I both appreciate and seek his wonderful perspective. I have learned from him in the course of the last decade and know his words of wisdom and insight are powerful and relatable to anyone and everyone who strives to be better.”

Ericka Heiser

President Day of Excellence, Inc.,
and Owner of The First Step, LLC

“The attendees were engaged and the energy was so positive! Attendees have since told me they could have listened to him speak all afternoon and he started in the morning! I would highly recommend Mike Oster as a speaker for any type audience. Mike was easy to work with, was prepared and he went over and above what was expected!”

Julie Johnson-Dresbach

Transition Services Manager
SD Department of Human Services

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