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Zach's journey from the rodeo arena to the boardroom is packed with grit, growth, and the kind of no BS leadership wisdom we all need more of
THE WILD RIDE: LIFE IN THE ARENA
What would change if you stopped watching life from the grandstands and started living it, full out, in the arena?
2X Saddle Bronc Riding Champion turned keynote speaker Zach Arend takes audiences from the chute to the buzzer, sharing hard-earned lessons from eight-second rides that have nothing to do with strategy decks and everything to do with how we show up for the people and moments that matter most. This is a call to get present, get out of your own head, and get back in the saddle of your own story.
This isn't a talk about business. It's an invitation to trade control for connection, comfort for growth, and the grandstands for the arena.
Audiences leave with these shifts:
1. Eyes on the Bronc: Where your eyes go, you go. Lock onto the outcome, not the obstacles in the way.
2. Lift on the Rein: Let go of the need to control everything. Lead with courage, character, and genuine connection instead.
3. Move Your Feet: Growth doesn't happen standing still. It happens when you step toward the hard thing, not away from it.
LET THEM SADDLE THEIR OWN HORSE
Champion saddle bronc rider Zach Arend on letting go so your team can step up and your business can grow
You've hired good people, but somehow you're still the one fixing every problem. As a company grows, a leader's instinct to hold on starts holding everyone back. Zach learned this the hard way when, after a decade helping grow a company from 30 to 300 employees, his founder told him the business had outgrown his leadership. Drawing on that story and lessons from the rodeo arena, this keynote helps leaders and their teams build a culture where people take real responsibility and own the results.
Audiences leave with these shifts:
1. Get Out of Your Own Way: The habits that made you successful can quietly hold your team back.
2. Stop Taking It Back: Hand off responsibility in a way that actually stays handed off.
3. Let Them Struggle: Struggle is how teams grow. Stay steady instead of rescuing, and challenge everyone to own the results.
It's Your Time to Saddle Up!
It's Your Time to Saddle Up!
"We’ve done these types of workshops for five years and most of them have been fluff, this was NOT fluff!"
- Michael, Director, Thayer County Hospital
Saddle Your Own Horse | TEDxYougngstown
Saddle Your Own Horse TEDxYougngstown