Rob Hartnett

Rob Hartnett's Biography

Sales & Leadership Expert, Keynote Speaker on Mindset & Performance - Think Big and Win a Bigger Game with The Power of a Possibility Mindset

An award-winning sales and leadership expert, Rob Hartnett has led teams, won major enterprise contracts and scaled businesses across industries. An energetic and inspiring speaker, he helps audiences shift mindset into performance.

Rob is an award-winning leader with a proven track record of shifting mindsets and driving results on both the global and local stage. Known for his ability to connect strategy with human behaviour, Rob helps organisations turn possibility into measurable performance.

Growing up in a small business environment, Rob developed an early understanding of entrepreneurship, accountability and results. He began his corporate career at KPMG before progressing into senior sales and leadership roles with some of the world’s most recognised organisations, including Apple, HP, Publicis, Miller Heiman Group and several global leadership advisory firms.

Across his career, Rob has won multiple six- and seven-figure enterprise contracts across diverse industries. He has built and led high-performing teams, designed effective distribution channels and played a key role in scaling a number of businesses through periods of growth and transformation. His experience spans sales excellence, leadership development, commercial strategy and organisational performance.

Rob is widely regarded as an inspirational, insightful and energetic speaker. His presentations focus on helping people shift the way they think, feel and behave — unlocking new perspectives, re-imagining what is possible and translating potential into sustained performance. Grounded in real-world experience, his insights resonate with leaders, sales teams and organisations navigating complexity and change.

Beyond his professional career, Rob lives what he teaches. He is currently a Senior Consulting Partner with global consulting firm Korn Ferry and brings the same discipline, resilience and commitment to excellence to his personal pursuits. A world and state sailing champion, cyclist and motorcyclist, Rob balances high performance with family life as a husband and father of three boys.

As a speaker, Rob brings authenticity, credibility and momentum, leaving audiences energised, challenged and equipped to lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.

Contact Helene Greenham directly for Rob’s speaking enquiries – helene@platinumspeakers.com.au

Speaking Topics Include

The Power of Possibility

Be inspired, energised and thinking differently when you become a team of possibility seekers asking "how can we" with a Possibility Mindset. A possibility mindset is the next level up from growth mindset. A growth mindset is the ticket to the dance of a possibility mindset.  Based on the best selling book It's All Possible and the Possibility Mindset System (c) and the CHAMPION Process (TM).

The CHAMPION Life

The CHAMPION Process (TM) is the patented model on how to achieve goals with a Possibility Mindset. From years of studying high performance in athletes, business people and leaders. Highly relatable and a game changer!

Selling with Possibility

Sales people need to have the Mindset, Skillset and Toolset to succeed in today's market. However it all starts with Mindset! The Possibility Mindset in Sales comes from Rob's 20 years as seven and six figure sales professional and sales leader working with global clients across multiple industries. Despite AI people still buy from people and relationships still rule.

Scaling Up with Possibility

Have you hit a ceiling?  Have your people lost their mojo? This keynote talks about the 3 ways to get innovation back, start to scale again and five ways you can free up your time and get scaling again. Perfect for start up's. entrepreneurs and fast scaling businesses.

Building a Culture of Sales

This keynote gets all your people across your organisation enthused to think customer first and be obsessed with customer success. Full of real world case studies that show what's possible for customer aligned teams.