Testimonials

Don't take Mike's word for it. Hear from the many professionals who have enjoyed and benefitted from Mike's work.
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

“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

“Provided valuable perspectives into proper mindset, positive thinking, and gratitude. Excellent message, and in my opinion, must hear for everyone.”

Jeremy K.

“Mike is a great influential speaker that gives real world experiences that can verify the listener that these applications work in our lives. Very well done.”

Justus M.

“Mike’s Energy is contagious.  I loved listening to his advice. Very grateful to have been in the audience.”

Kristi

“Everything Mike talked about was relatable and extremely helpful. Can be used in every aspect of life…work and personal. Very eye-opening!”

Renee K.

“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

“Mike is very genuine and his commonsense approach to thinking positively reminded me how much control I have over how I approach my job, my coworkers, my family and my friends each day.  Mike not only delivers his message with passion, he also connects to the audience through his use of stories and humor.   I talked to several other attendees who said Mike was the best speaker at the conference!!!!”

Sheila Mennenga, SHRM-SCP/SPHR

HR and Risk Coordinator
Watertown Municipal Utilities

Mike was highly recommended.  After having a couple of conversations with Mike defining what we were looking for and explaining our broad audience, I was confident he would be able to close the conference on a positive note and encourage attendees to see the positive instead of the negative in all we do, and continue that post conference.  Mike’s session, It Starts with Attitude, did exactly that and then some!!!  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

“I greatly appreciated Mike’s authenticity and his ability to break steps down into being manageable and actionable.”

Tami B.

“Amazing presentation about attitude, goal setting, and being aware of who is around you. So many great things I wrote down to take away.”

Brooke S.

“Mike’s presentation will inspire change and improvement in both your professional and personal life. He provides both the mechanism and the motivation to self-improvement.”

Taylor S.

“He increases your energy by influencing your mindset. He makes you want to take an idea to action.”

Matt J.

Mike Oster is the trainer we include in our leadership development programs year after year. Not only is he fantastic to work with, he makes a significant impact on our participants’ leadership development and personal growth. Mike brings a level of energy and engagement to our program that we rarely see from other trainers. He works with us to establish the tone and message of his presentations so they are unique to our organization and are truly inspirational for our audience!”

Jennifer Henrie

Program Director
South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership

“The feedback we received from our conference attendees on Mike as well as his content was unanimously positive.  My SVP of Marketing said she thinks it may have been the best keynote she’s seen at any of our conferences, and we do quite a few.  We really liked the interactive component throughout because it definitely kept people engaged. He was very professional and a pleasure to work with.  I’ll be recommending him to my colleagues for other NFP conferences in the future.”

Britton Minor

Director of Marketing, West Region
NFP, an AON company