Robert Labayen / Creative leader + artist
Talks and workshops that inspire leaders to think braver, lead with meaning, communicate and get great things done.
A lifetime of creative practice
Robert is a Renaissance Man. He is a writer, painter, speaker, musician, magician, and mentalist. His various interests are the reasons why his talks are englightening and inspiring.
Robert worked in advertising and then in broadcast media. He wrote viral songs like Star ng Pasko, now the “national anthem” for Filipino Christmases; and Piliin Mo Ang Pilipinas, now our “national anthem” for festivals.
The Creative Guild of the Phillipines and the 4A’s gave Robert a Lifetime Achievement Award. His team at ABS-CBN also earned two Hall of Fame honors from the Catholic Mass Media Awards.
With so many laurels on his head, Robert believes his life of learning has just begun.
Meet Robert +Signature talks + workshops
Choose a keynote, a focused one-hour talk, or a deeper workshop shaped around your team and its real challenges.
Techniques for quick idea generation
Leadership that inspires with vision and purpose
Presentations that connect and persuade
The culture of cohesion and inspiration
Breaking your own records
Communication, persuasion, and infatuation
The joy of discovering knowledge, ideas, and solutions
Magician’s Techniques for the Office Theater
From Robert's journal
Let’s accept it: bias is one of the things that make us human. We often make decisions not based on facts. Instead “we follow our heart” or go by “gut feel.” Being partial has...
Read note +When scared to death before presenting to a boss, this is what I tell teammates: “Nobody’s going to jail.” It’s my way of saying ” There’s no harm in trying.” I don’t think that...
Read note +“Kill the inventor!” There is a (possibly true) story that says Roman emperor Tiberius Caesar ordered the execution of a person who showed him his creation, an early kind of...
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