Brandon P. Fleming’s captivating story is one that every leader and every human needs to hear. This riveting, high-energy presentation has inspired millions across vast industries ranging from corporate and educational gatherings to international platforms and even federal prisons, as it teaches critical life lessons from Fleming's remarkable transformation from at-risk youth and drug-dealing dropout to nationally acclaimed author & Harvard educator. Fleming uses his story to help us understand what it means to defy all odds. But most importantly, he teaches about the most important part of our journey on the climb to success, which is our responsibility to reach back and pull others up, too. This presentation will leave your audience challenged and charged, as it provides an honest and living example of struggle, success, and service.

This inspirational presentation demonstrates the power and practice of educational equity and its ability to transform students. Brandon P. Fleming went from being a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to becoming a nationally acclaimed author and Harvard educator. He uses this transformational story as a practical guide to equip educators with the equitable practices and tools that he once used to completely reinvent himself, and that he now uses to take underprivileged youth and transform them into global academic champions and Ivy League scholars. This presentation addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion in pedagogy, climate & culture, social & emotional learning, and much more.

Companies perform at the level of the talent they find and cultivate.  Fleming has earned national acclaim for making a career out of turning underdogs into global champions.  As a result, millions around the world have tapped Fleming to understand his formula for cultivating talent.  His answer for how he does it: EQUITY.  DEI is critical for social and corporate advancement.  But even some of the most good-intentioned do not entirely understand why it's necessary, what it looks like, and how it's implemented.  This is best demonstrated through real-life experiences and applications.  In this riveting presentation, Fleming demonstrates the power of equity - not in theory, but in practice.   Fleming shares how equitable leadership changed the entire trajectory of his life.  He draws from his journey from being an underperforming dropout to becoming an award-winning cultivator of talent.   He uses inspirational anecdotes to break down the DEI strategies that transformed his life and how he uses those same strategies to find and foster talent - just as every business leader is challenged to do.  Your employees will walk away from this talk with a better understanding of how each one of them can change the world one client, colleague, or person at a time.