Customized Mentorship Culture Programs
A quick taste of the practical, judgment-first thinking Jamie brings to the stage — a 60-second diagnostic on the “founder bottleneck.” Great to share with the leaders in your organization.
Highest-rated Vistage NY session in 15-year history • 2.3M TEDx views • Keynotes in 30+ countries • Trusted by Novo Nordisk, Sun Life, Canada Life, Vistage, TEC Canada, Sanofi, and Regeneron
Jamie Mason Cohen brings a Saturday Night Live / Live TV Show lens on pressure, creativity, and human connection into the business world. He helps leaders reduce the isolation tax of leadership by building mentorship cultures that increase trust, performance, and accountability through practical, repeatable leadership rituals.
Too many organizations are investing in technology, training, and culture initiatives while their people still feel isolated at work.
Jamie shows why mentorship is not a soft extra, but the operating system behind stronger trust, better judgment, healthier accountability, and retention. Drawing on his five-year study of North American businesses, practical leadership rituals, and YES AND 10-MINUTE ONE-ON-ONE Framework, Jamie gives organizations a repeatable way to reduce the isolation and turnover and build a culture people actually want to stay in.
Audience transformation: Leaders leave with tools they can use immediately to mentor better, connect faster, and lead with more humanity.
“One of the most transformative sessions of my career. Our entire company was energized and connecting in deeper ways.”
Heather Becker, VP, Vistage Worldwide
At Saturday Night Live, the show is not ready because it is perfect. It is ready because it is 11:30. Jamie uses that lens to teach leaders what high-performing teams do under pressure: trust each other, adapt fast, communicate clearly, and deliver when the clock stops caring about excuses.
AI can scale information. It cannot scale trust, judgment, or the human process of learning how to lead. Jamie helps organizations protect the advantage technology cannot replace: the ability to mentor people to think, decide, and perform well together.
Great ideas fail every day because they are not communicated in a way people feel, remember, or act on. Jamie shows leaders how to use story, empathy, and clarity to turn insight into influence.
• Highly customized preparation for each room through audience story videos
• Memorable framework-driven keynotes, not generic inspiration
• Strong Vistage / TEC credibility and executive-room fluency
• Interactive sessions with practical takeaways people use immediately
• Easy to work with before, during, and after the event
Send your event date, audience, and goals. I'll personally reply within one business day — usually with a few ideas for your room.
FOR YOUR EVENT MC
Hand this to whoever introduces Jamie — about 45 seconds.
Have you ever noticed that the higher you climb as a leader, the more alone the job can feel? Do you wish your best people felt so seen they'd never want to leave? Could your team use a practical, repeatable way to build trust that shows up in results?
If you said yes to any of those, you are in exactly the right room.
Our speaker is a Vistage Top Performer — the top 3% of speakers globally — and delivered the highest-rated session in the fifteen-year history of Vistage New York. His TEDx talk has over 2.3 million views, he's spoken in 30+ countries, and he earned his stripes behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live, where he saw what great teams do when the pressure is on and the clock is running.
When he's not on stage, he's interviewing leaders like Seth Godin and Daniel Pink on his podcast, The Leadership Standard. Please join me in welcoming, from Toronto — Jamie Mason Cohen!
Awarded to the top Vistage speakers based on audience feedback, recommendation scores, and session impact.
A 20-minute conversation — not a sales pitch.
Jamie (or a member of his team) will ask about your event, your audience, and what success looks like. You'll leave with a clear sense of whether there's a fit and what the next step looks like.
Investment is tailored to each event based on format, travel, and customization — most engagements fall within the range expected for a top-tier international keynote speaker with Vistage Top Performer credentials.
Come as you are. Bring your questions.
Jamie Mason Cohen is a mentorship culture keynote speaker who helps organizations reduce the isolation tax of leadership. Drawing on his experience behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live and his deep work with Vistage and executive audiences, Jamie delivers highly interactive keynotes that increase trust, performance, and accountability through practical leadership rituals leaders can use immediately.
Best-Fit Audience:
Vistage, TEC, CEO forums, executive retreats, leadership summits, associations, people leaders, and culture-focused conferences.
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