Rob Hartnett
Sales & Leadership Expert, Keynote Speaker on Mindset & Performance
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.
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Rob Hartnett 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.
Topics
Rob customises all keynote and conference speaking to your unique needs. They are all bespoke and built after rigorous discovery with you and your key people.
Below are some example topics:
- The power of a possibility mindset
- Scaling sales & winning whales
- Navigating the Future – leading in changing times
- It’s all possible – living an epic life
- 8 steps to unstoppable to success
- Developing the leader within
- Building customer first, healthy cultures
