Not a speaker who left the business years ago. Every story I share on stage is one I'm still living. No case studies from 10 years ago or polished transformation arc. Just real business and team-building advice, to a room of people trying to figure out the same things.
Not theory. Real situations from inside a real business, told directly, without a filter.
The trap every high-performing business owner builds without realising it. You become the best person in the room. Then you become the ceiling. Everything runs through you. Nothing works without you.
This talk is about what it actually looks like to step back from a machine you built around yourself. It's harder than it sounds. Drawn directly from eight years of running Nitschke Real Estate.
Keynote · 45–60 minI stepped into a failing business the day after my father's funeral. No handover. No plan. Six weeks of cash and millions in debt. What leadership actually looks like when there's no choice but to lead.
This talk is for people who are leading through something hard: grief, crisis, succession, or just a business that's falling apart. Raw, direct, and more useful than most leadership content out there.
Keynote · 30–60 minCulture isn't what you say it is. It's what you tolerate on a bad day, what you celebrate when no one's watching, and what your team says about the place when you're not in the room.
This talk covers how I rebuilt the culture at NRE: what broke first, what we got wrong, and what actually changed it. Practical, honest, and directly applicable to any team that's trying to get better.
Keynote · 30–45 minThe goal of every good leader is to make themselves unnecessary. Most of us build teams that only work when we're in the room.
This talk is about how to reverse that: what to hire for, how to delegate properly, and how to let go of the things you're holding onto because you're afraid of what happens when you do.
Keynote or Workshop · 45 min – half dayMost business owners track the wrong metrics. Revenue is a lagging indicator. This talk is about the numbers that tell you what's coming: pipeline, retention, revenue per head. And how to build a team that understands them.
Practical, data-focused, and drawn directly from how I run Nitschke Real Estate.
Keynote · 30–45 minWhat happens to your business if you step away tomorrow? For most business owners, the honest answer is: it struggles or stops. This talk is about how to change that.
Succession isn't just about selling or retirement. It's about building something real enough to outlast you. I'm still in the middle of doing it myself.
Keynote or Workshop · 45–60 minEvery engagement is different. Here's how most of them work.
30–60 minutes. One talk, fully prepared for your audience. Works for real estate conferences, leadership events, and industry associations.
Half-day or full-day format. Works well for annual planning days, culture resets, or team rebuilds. Can combine keynote with facilitated discussion.
Deeper than a keynote. Usually 3–4 hours. Works through a specific topic: operator mode, culture and standards, or team performance, with your group.
The difference between a speaker who is useful and one who isn't is whether they're working through the same things as the room. Most business speakers left the building years ago. They're selling what worked for them, in a different industry, a different market, a different time.
I'm still running Nitschke Real Estate. I'm still working through the problems I speak about. When I share a story on stage, I'm sharing it because it happened last quarter. Not because it happened in 2015 and it tested well in keynote format.
That's the only thing that makes a talk worth sitting through. Real problems, lived recently, told directly.
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