Jay C. Rifenbary · Keynote Speaker & Trainer
There’s simply “No Excuse!”
Equip your team with the tools they need for success now.
- 2017 Vistage Speaker of the Year
- Vistage Top Performer 2020–2025
- Inaugural 2022 Speaker Impact Award
No Excuse!
Educate, Motivate & Inspire… and They’ll Succeed.
Energize your corporate team or conference attendees with the acclaimed “No Excuse!” programs: world-class on-site and virtual professional training and development seminars, workshops and keynote speeches by internationally renowned speaker Jay C. Rifenbary.
Promoting core values, character development, accountability and personal integrity through relevant humor and poignant discussion, these engaging and effective programs challenge participants to step up, shape up and take control of their professional and personal lives.
About Jay
Programs
Keynotes & workshops for every audience

No Excuse! - Overview
Incorporating Core Values, Accountability and Balance into Your Life and Career
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Corporate: Motivation & Leadership
An Action Plan for Productive and Profitable Success
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Medical: Quality of Care & Patient Satisfaction
An Accountable Approach to Unified Care and Patient Satisfaction
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Association: Industry Esprit & Team Building
Building Industry Esprit and Team Unity
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Jay Rifenbary’s Blog
Latest posts

The Triple Crown Of Leadership
With the avalanche of information and technological change, an understanding of what creates effective leadership is continually…
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Entitlement - A Catalyst for Catastrophe
There is a growing trend towards a societal sense of entitlement progressing across this country, and it is only becoming…
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Resiliency - Your Path To Persevere
Have you ever been down in the dumps, questioned your life’s purpose, failed at something and subsequently asked yourself, where…
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What leaders say
Jay, Thank you for speaking to our team at the bank. Having our senior executives and the future leaders of our bank in the same room to hear and contemplate the challenges of your message was truly powerful for each banker. Before someone can lead well, s/he must have his/her life built on a set of core values. Your inspiring session helped our team consider their own life before trying to lead others. Valuable time with our team, I am thankful for your honesty and openness to help us be better people first and giving us courage to lead others in our bank.
This past year has been one of the most difficult years ever and we thought it would be nice if our employees all stopped for a few hours and re-aligned themselves with what’s really important for us as we start next fiscal year. We invited Jay to help us review our core values and help build team unity. Jay did a fabulous job and is a five star’s Motivational Speaker. My team easily related to Jay’s authenticity, and took his lessons to heart. He helped bring us all together as a unified team, ready to tackle and overcome our next future challenges (work or personal) together.”
Simply the best. In a time we’re all facing unprecedented challenges, Jay helped us return focus to what matters most. Our entire team was fully engaged start to finish and the feedback afterwards was off the charts. Jay’s session was authentic and personal. I highly recommend Jay to any company that values accountability.
Jay has an incredible message to share with any team. My team was changed, in such a positive way, after Jay's presentation and working session with them. They felt he was the BEST speaker that we ever had. His integrity and presence were so striking that it inspired us all to become more empathetic and forgiving, with ourselves and well as with our co-workers. Jay explained how to do this while holding ourselves and our co-workers completely accountable. I would recommend Jay to anyone looking to be inspired, and any one looking for a team building event with-in their group. Thank you so much Jay for all you shared with us, we are forever grateful!
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In-person and virtual keynotes, half-day and full-day workshops.