Biography
Ron Lee plays the role of Dr Takashi Kinoshita, a Japanese industrial giant, who is the central character in a motivational comedy presentation designed and written specifically for your organisation.
Delivering an, inspirational, experiential and interactive speech, he engages members of the audience to demonstrate the ways in which martial arts techniques can assist individuals and companies in attaining personal and corporate goals.
The philosophies come from the ancient writings of Chinese military general Sun Tzu ("The Art of War") and from Miyamoto Musashi, an undefeated 17th century samurai who wrote about success, lifestyle, self-motivation and achievement in "A Book of Five Rings".
After making an announcement that shocks those present, Kinoshita conducts question time in which the answers are both outrageous and credible. At an appropriate moment Kinoshita reverts to Ron Lee who gives a humorous and comprehensive debrief of the exercises and how they relate to the company message.
The purpose of The Corporate Ninja is to motivate, entertain, and inspire, and at client-invited functions, to inform the audience, or to introduce and recognise selected personnel and to promote your organisation.
This character can pinpoint your corporate power message to focus on such specifics as sales, leadership, change, teams, and empowerment - focusing on the solution rather than the problem and raising levels of self-expectation.
The "value-added" is martial arts-based inspiration that can be used immediately in business and personal life.
The Speaker
Ron Lee is known globally as "The Corporate Ninja".
Ron is a motivational humorist, keynote speaker, executive trainer and an instrument of inspiration. He studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was involved in the performing arts as an actor, director and theatre critic.
Over the past 22 years he has also studied six forms of martial arts. As well as regularly lecturing at the University of New South Wales, Ron trains senior executives internationally in leadership and personal power. He uses acting, humour and deeper martial arts philosophies. Ron has been consulted by the CEOs of some of the top 100 corporations in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Asia, Scandinavia and Europe as well as politicians and sportspeople such as marathon swimmer Susie Maroney.
Keynote Presentations
Other than Ron Lee’s very famous “Corporate Nija” hoax talk, he regularly presents other keynote presentations including:
"Zen & The Art of Personal Power", or "How to Get What You Want With Less Effort"
Ron Lee delivers powerful messages:
¨ Through the power of the mind, manifest levels of internal and external power that you previously didn't believe would be possible
¨ Be able to dramatically reduce your stress levels whenever and wherever you choose
¨ Balance the seven areas of your life
¨ As pandemonium is occurring about you, be totally relaxed and make decisions with clarity & certainty.
¨ Increase the effectiveness of your immune system
¨ Don’t only "go with the flow", "guide the flow"
¨ Be inspired to raise self-expectations of personal performance
The "Breakthrough" Process
"Breakthrough" dissolves the illusions of right versus wrong, good versus bad, pleasure versus pain, happy versus sad, me versus you by rising to a higher perspective that embraces both. It eliminates the stress associated with extreme emotions, and any beliefs about "victim" which keep us locked in cycles of resentment and reaction disappear. We are then free to pursue our true passion and fulfil our higher purpose.
¨ Opens your mind to a hidden order underlying the apparent chaos in life.
¨ Increases mental clarity and capacity.
¨ Transforms bored or resentful business and personal relationships.
¨ Improves the immune system, relieves tension and generates greater health, energy & vitality.
¨ Enhances creative vision, inspiration and purpose, awakening inner motivation.
¨ Heightens the ability to communicate from the heart.
¨ Takes you to a state of gratitude; it is impossible to be unhappy and grateful at the same time.
¨ Dissolves the self-limiting personas that sabotage progress.
¨ Increases action & decreases reaction, generating qualities of true leadership.
¨ Clarifies mission & direction; you will know what you want & how to achieve it.
Testimonials
"Lexmark International has just enjoyed its most successful conference ever, and it was largely due to your amazing techniques in hoaxing, sales training and team building. Many of our attendees summed up the Conference with just one word — AWESOME."
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL
"...The consensus amongst our people is that it was one of the best conferences we’ve ever staged, and that our Guest Speaker was the best ever!”
MITSUI COMPUTER
“… While you certainly came to us with high credentials — it is always a risk choosing the keynote activity for a conference. You certainly did not disappoint us and added immensely to the success of our event."
ATTACHMATE AUSTRALASIA
"Dr Kinoshita was a great success! You had everyone fooled. The whole martial arts routine was great, especially with the arrow.”
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL
"Awards nights have a predictable nature, with both award nominees and attendees struggling to survive an evening. Thankfully, the inaugural TQM Encouragement Award had you to uplift and inspire at the most critical moment. It is a consequence of your presentation which I believe ensured the evening ended on a high note."
NEC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
"You promised me that your presentation would be well received, and yes your C.V. read well, but at the end of the day you really don’t know what to expect — you have to see for yourself. Well there is no doubt you left a lasting impression, people were frantically taking notes throughout Dr Kinoshita’s presentation. Why wouldn’t they when a man with such good credentials speaks with such authority? It was brilliantly done. The 2,500 people who attended will talk about it at dinner parties for years to come."
NEWAYS INTERNATIONAL
"After speaking to a number of the delegates there is no doubting the impact of your presentation."
DICK SMITH ELECTRONICS
"What a fantastic performance you put on at the Franchising convention. You may not have known it, but the audience was nearly asleep before you came on stage. I attend a fair bit of comedy as well as seminars, and yours really took the cake, even by international standards."
FRANCHISE DEVELOPMENTS
"In the midst of an impressive list of speakers, Dr Kinoshita stood out. Everyone who was there thoroughly enjoyed themselves and had nothing but praise for your performance. It certainly was a highlight of our conference week."
NSW CHAMBER OF FRUIT & VEGETABLE INDUSTRIES INC
"I am delighted to say that the feedback from the staff has been tremendous and obviously they have gained great strength from "within". The conference has been unanimously voted as the "best yet" by everyone and your contribution was significant."
CHALLENGE BANK
“Based on the events of the night and the reaction of the conference attendees, I would have no hesitation in recommending ‘The Corporate Ninja’ to any of my associates. Like myself, they would be pleasantly surprised.”
AAMI
"...An absolutely sensational presentation … I could not have chosen a better way to start the final day. There is no doubt that you are the consummate professional."
NORWICH UNION
"Your attention to details ensured that everyone was able to have a good laugh and I heard nothing but good feedback on your routine each day."
SUBARU AUSTRALIA
"I was absolutely delighted with your session and with the reaction of our clients… we all have the memory of a terrific evening."
MUNICH REINSURANCE COMPANY
"Thanks for your outstanding presentation at our recent managers’ conference. I think I had more fun than most watching ‘the sting’ unfold and then the looks on the faces. The ‘value added’ part of your presentation was the very real philosophies you espoused which will be valuable to all who participated..."
BANK OF QUEENSLAND
"...I’m so surprised with the amount of praise that we have received that my feet are still touching the ground! Our associates are still amazed that for very astute financial planners they were not able to see through your ruse!! The amazement on their faces was priceless”
SECURITOR FINANCIAL GROUP
"It was great to see 300 Accountants and fund Managers listening to you extol the virtues of martial arts in Japanese Management and then to see their faces when your secret was revealed. One delegate, who once worked with you, did not know it was Ron Lee who had her total attention for one hour. Unbelievable but true! Humour aside, you did deliver a valuable message. Five months later our Members are still talking about you.
I doubt if we will ever come across a better opening session.
COUNT FINANCIAL GROUP
"Thank you for your participation in what was described as ‘the best conference I’ve ever been to…Your message and the manner in which you delivered it gave you a huge point of differentiation which ensured we drove our company message home."
MORTGAGE CHOICE INTERNATIONAL
"…My partners and I enjoyed the outstanding contribution which ‘Professor Takashi Kinoshita’ made to our recent staff conference. The professor’s speech was one of the highlights of the conference — it will be a hard act for us to follow in putting together our next gathering."
COOPERS & LYBRAND CONSULTANTS
"Ron, it was an absolute pleasure working with you and I enjoyed being part of the ‘sting’. From reports I have received, your session is the best our managers have experienced."
BANK OF QUEENSLAND
"Your input into the day’s events supplied the foundation for a thoroughly successful conference and provided the delegates with a totally professional and entertaining start… I would have no hesitation in using your services for any of our future meetings."
GIO
"The martial arts routine was a real hit! And the comedy brilliant. All the feedback we received afterwards was impressive and your presentation certainly made the afternoon an even bigger success."
LUMLEY GENERAL INSURANCE
"Ron’s presentation was very well received and I have had continuous complimentary comments about his performance."
AMP INVESTMENTS NEW ZEALAND
"The response from our delegates has been overwhelming and most complimentary in regards to the content and quality of your presentation… thank you for making yourself available and assisting our Conference to finish on a high note."
AMP AUSTRALIA - MOTOR TRADE
“You topped off our meeting just brilliantly and I will be looking for ways we can work together in the future."
NISSAN MOTOR CO.
"Your presentation on Saturday was a grand way to kick the event off and came so far from left field that everyone was satisfactorily taken in. The impact of your ‘Hoax’ pulled down any perceived barriers and set the scene for the whole session."
UNITED TRANSPORT SERVICES
"The humour from your presentation was still flowing well into the next day and we suspect it will remain with most of us for some time to come."
VOLVO AUSTRALIA
“Ron’s act took the audience through an emotional roller coaster – one that ended in raucous laughter.”
THE AGE
"The Breakthrough was a turning point for me, and it was your persistence to the work that took me through. The honesty and insight of that experience have profoundly changed my work. Thank you."
MAINFRAME COMPUTER
"Ron's skill with the Breakthrough process is remarkable. Quite apart from his clarity of insight, it was his certainty, presence and spaciousness that allowed me to shift my perspective from long-standing resentment (towards a relative) to whole-hearted acceptance and gratitude for exactly the same situation. The weird thing was, when I opened, so did they, without a single word being spoken."
THE QUESTION OF DESIGN
