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AITW - Martin Lesperance

Most people don't quit their job. They quietly stop showing up to it. Martin Lespérance has spent forty years on stage helping companies fix exactly that. In this conversation he walks through the four-secret system from his book Inspire, then closes with the moment he was on stage in Beijing when he got the call that his father had passed away, and how the four secrets carried him through it in real time. 🟪 Timestamps [Auto-generated by /pod-prod from the transcript after recording.] 🟪 Key Topics Discussed - Why engagement programs keep failing inside large organizations - The four secrets from the book Inspire, one at a time - The forty-year arc from high school science teacher to Speaker Slam winner - What Bayer, Essilor, and the Government of Québec taught Martin about people - The Beijing keynote and the phone call from his mom — the four secrets in the most personal application possible 🟪 About Martin Martin Lespérance is a bilingual (English and French) keynote speaker based in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He delivers 80–100 keynotes a year across more than twenty countries. He started his career as a high school science teacher, then became a national trainer at Bayer and Director of Training and Development at Essilor before going full-time as a speaker. He won Inspirational Speaker of the Year at Speaker Slam and is the author of Inspire (available in English and French). 🟪 Connect with Martin Lespérance - Website: https://www.martinlesperance.co - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-lesperance-0355263/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinlesperance.ca - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martin.lesperance.inspire - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1txIfUNkQ3rsId-byh473g - Book Inspire (English): https://square.link/u/zJqivxLT - Book Inspire (French): https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLC6RB6SYFE2J/checkout/TWNQAHZNVD4CF3XNNGANWOVY 🟪 Connect with Gabe Marusca - Website: https://www.gabemarusca.com - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gabemarusca - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemarusca/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabemarusca/ - X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabemarusca - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabemarusca - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabemarusca

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Most people don't quit their job. They quietly stop showing up to it. Martin Lespérance has spent forty years on stage helping companies fix exactly that. In this conversation he walks through the four-secret system from his book Inspire, then closes with the moment he was on stage in Beijing when he got the call that his father had passed away, and how the four secrets carried him through it in real time.

🟪 Timestamps

[Auto-generated by /pod-prod from the transcript after recording.]

🟪 Key Topics Discussed

  • Why engagement programs keep failing inside large organizations
  • The four secrets from the book Inspire, one at a time
  • The forty-year arc from high school science teacher to Speaker Slam winner
  • What Bayer, Essilor, and the Government of Québec taught Martin about people
  • The Beijing keynote and the phone call from his mom — the four secrets in the most personal application possible

🟪 About Martin

Martin Lespérance is a bilingual (English and French) keynote speaker based in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He delivers 80–100 keynotes a year across more than twenty countries. He started his career as a high school science teacher, then became a national trainer at Bayer and Director of Training and Development at Essilor before going full-time as a speaker. He won Inspirational Speaker of the Year at Speaker Slam and is the author of Inspire (available in English and French).

🟪 Connect with Martin Lespérance

  • Website: https://www.martinlesperance.co
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-lesperance-0355263/
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinlesperance.ca
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martin.lesperance.inspire
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1txIfUNkQ3rsId-byh473g
  • Book Inspire (English): https://square.link/u/zJqivxLT
  • Book Inspire (French): https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLC6RB6SYFE2J/checkout/TWNQAHZNVD4CF3XNNGANWOVY

🟪 Connect with Gabe Marusca

  • Website: https://www.gabemarusca.com
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gabemarusca
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemarusca/
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabemarusca/
  • X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabemarusca
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabemarusca
  • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabemarusca

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