Keynote Speaker
Josh McLean looks exactly like what he is, a serious executive, and then says the thing everyone in the room needed to hear but couldn't say themselves.
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Each keynote is customized for your audience and built on lived experience, not borrowed wisdom.
Josh's signature keynote. From a terrified 6-year-old forced to sing, to a 46-year-old finally stepping through the door. The hidden belief, the L.I.G.H.T. framework, and the call to lead from identity, not achievement.
Best for: Leadership · Faith · Corporate Offsites · ERG Events
The breakthrough isn't on the other side of one more optimization. It's on the other side of the commitment you've been avoiding. The Jericho principle for high-performers who are ready to stop preparing and start.
Best for: Corporate · Entrepreneurship · Sales Conferences
Your hardest seasons weren't working against you. They were building the light. The reframe that transforms how your audience holds everything that's already happened to them and who they become because of it.
Best for: Healthcare · Resilience Programs · Executive Retreats
The Lighthouse Framework
The five-part framework at the heart of The Lighthouse Effect keynote.
"A lighthouse isn't defined by the storm. It's refined by it, until the light is undeniable."
- JOSH McLEAN
The Problems Josh Solves
"Our best people are performing but quietly leaving. Or staying and checking out."
Josh lived the cost of brute force mode. The TBI is the extreme version of what unchecked performance culture does to a human. Your audience recognizes themselves before he finishes the first story.
"We're promoting technically excellent people who struggle to lead from identity, not just competence."
The hidden belief doesn't just affect individuals. It shapes every decision a leader makes. Josh names the wound and gives leaders a framework to lead from wholeness instead.
"We need programming that bridges faith, resilience, and identity without alienating anyone."
Josh occupies a rare intersection: finance credibility, lived adversity, faith as foundation not content. He bridges worlds most speakers can't credibly stand in simultaneously.
What You Get
Customized keynote tailored to your audience and event theme
Pre-event discovery call to understand your people's specific pressure points
Copy of Catalyst for every attendee (packages available)
Post-event LinkedIn content your team can share internally
Optional L.I.G.H.T. workshop to extend the keynote into sustained action
A room that leaves differently than it arrived
Testimonials
"She reached out afterward. Said the talk had followed her home. That she'd made one small decision differently that evening. Present at the table instead of behind a screen. Said it sounds small. Said it didn't feel small."
"He pulled me aside after and said most speakers make him feel inspired for an hour. Said this made him feel understood for the first time in years. There's a difference. He knew it. I felt it."
"He hadn't cried in years. Didn't know he still could. Said something Josh said unlocked a door he'd been keeping shut for a long time."
"Josh's transparency with his own personal journey is incredibly impactful. His experiences are relatable, and moved me to reflect deeper than I have in the last 2 years. Feeling refocused and reignited!"
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Tell Josh about your event and he'll get back to you within 48 hours.