Director of Operations and Coach, Tribe and Purpose | President and Head Coach, The Engage Foundation | Assistant Coach, University of Arizona Men's Rugby | Co-host, 10x Your Team with Cam & Otis

Camden McGregor

Turn chaos into clarity. Purpose into action. Leadership into daily practice.

Camden McGregor is a leadership coach, entrepreneur, rugby coach and podcast host who delivers keynotes and workshops on self-leadership, team performance, communication and purpose-driven leadership. Drawing on rugby coaching, entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, leadership coaching and nearly 500 podcast conversations, he helps people and teams understand the human side of performance and leave with practical tools they can use immediately.

Camden McGregor coaching on the rugby field

Practical leadership for the human side of performance

Most leadership challenges are human challenges. Communication breaks down. Expectations get blurry. People lose clarity. Teams drift from their values. Leaders get stuck reacting instead of leading. People want to make an impact, but they do not always have the systems, language or structure to keep moving forward.

Camden's keynotes and workshops help audiences step back, understand what is really happening beneath the surface, and identify practical next steps for leading themselves, communicating better and building stronger teams.

His style is energetic, conversational and grounded: motivational enough to create momentum, practical enough to give people somewhere to start.

What Camden helps audiences do

  • Lead themselves. Self-leadership, life management, clarity, habits, purpose and systems for people who want to make an impact without burning out or drifting into someone else's version of success.
  • Lead their teams. Communication, culture, trust, standards, accountability and ownership for teams that want to work better together and perform with more clarity.
  • Lead better conversations. Curiosity, listening, storytelling, better questions and the communication skills that help leaders create trust, generate ideas and bring out the next layer in people.

Watch Camden teach

What are you optimizing for?

Camden's sessions are conversational, practical and energetic. In this masterclass he challenges audiences to think beyond productivity and ask a better question: are you becoming more efficient at building the life you actually want?

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Featured keynotes and workshops

Three sessions

The Human Side of Performance

Why most team problems are people problems

Performance problems often look like strategy problems, operations problems or motivation problems. Underneath the surface they are usually people problems: unclear expectations, poor communication, weak ownership, avoided conversations, misaligned values, or a culture that is assumed instead of built. Camden helps teams understand how human dynamics shape performance and gives audiences a practical lens for improving communication, clarifying standards and building stronger team behavior.

Best for

  • Small businesses
  • Leadership teams
  • Sports teams and coaches
  • Nonprofits
  • Operations teams
  • Mission-driven organizations
  • Founder-led companies

Takeaways

  • Recognize the people problems hiding inside performance problems
  • Improve communication before confusion becomes conflict
  • Turn values into visible behaviors
  • Build standards without becoming controlling
  • Balance trust, accountability and ownership
  • Leave with one practical team commitment

Formats

  • 30 to 45 minute keynote
  • 60 to 120 minute workshop
  • Team leadership session
  • Virtual or in person
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Lead Yourself First

Managing chaos with purpose

Many impact-driven people are carrying too much, saying yes to too much, and trying to build meaningful lives without enough structure to support the weight of their ambition. The result is often chaos, burnout, drift or frustration. Camden helps audiences clarify what matters, understand the major categories of life they are trying to manage, and build practical systems for purposeful action. Not one perfect answer. Enough clarity and structure to keep moving forward.

Best for

  • Entrepreneurs
  • Solopreneurs
  • Emerging leaders
  • Young professionals
  • Student leaders
  • Men's groups
  • Mission-driven professionals
  • People in busy or transitional seasons

Takeaways

  • Identify where life feels chaotic or reactive
  • Use life categories to create clarity
  • Connect purpose to daily action
  • Build systems that support meaningful goals
  • Avoid drifting into someone else's definition of success
  • Choose the next right step without the full map

Formats

  • 30 to 45 minute keynote
  • 60 to 120 minute workshop
  • Group coaching session
  • Virtual or in person
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Better Questions, Better Leadership

What nearly 500 conversations taught me about curiosity, communication and impact

Great conversations rarely come from scripts. They come from curiosity, listening, and the willingness to follow the next layer. As co-host of 10x Your Team with Cam & Otis, Camden has been part of nearly 500 conversations with entrepreneurs, veterans, professional athletes, Olympians and leaders across industries. The same lesson keeps showing up: better questions create better ideas, better relationships, better leadership and better self-understanding. Audiences learn to ask better questions, listen more deeply, use stories to transfer wisdom, and create conversations that help people see themselves and their work in new ways.

Best for

  • Leaders and managers
  • Coaches
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Sales teams
  • Podcasters and content creators
  • Student leaders
  • Community builders

Takeaways

  • Ask questions that create ownership instead of dependence
  • Listen for the next layer instead of waiting to respond
  • Use curiosity as a leadership tool
  • Understand why stories carry wisdom
  • Create conversations that generate perspective and action
  • Communicate in a way that helps people think clearly

Formats

  • 30 to 45 minute keynote
  • 60 to 120 minute workshop
  • Fireside chat
  • Virtual or in person
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A coach in the best sense of the word

Camden McGregor

Director of Operations and Coach, Tribe and Purpose

Camden is a leadership coach, rugby coach, entrepreneur and podcast host who helps people and teams find clarity, build ownership and move forward with purpose.

In rugby, Camden serves as President and Head Coach of the Engage Foundation, a nonprofit using rugby to help young people get active, build confidence and learn life lessons through sport. He is also an Assistant Coach with University of Arizona Rugby, where he works in player development, contact, set piece and B-side coaching.

Through Tribe and Purpose, Camden coaches entrepreneurs, managers, solopreneurs and emerging leaders on self-leadership, life management, purpose and practical systems for meaningful work. He co-hosts 10x Your Team with Cam & Otis, a leadership podcast with nearly 500 episodes, and writes about leadership on the Tribe and Purpose blog.

Camden's speaking blends stories, practical tools and ideas from sport, business, coaching, podcasting, nonprofit leadership and human behavior. Conversational, high-energy and grounded. Passionate without being performative, practical without being boring, and focused on helping audiences understand what matters and what to do next.

Camden McGregor
Camden McGregor coaching young rugby players with the Engage Foundation Camden and Otis McGregor at Syracuse University's IVMF, 2025 Camden and Otis McGregor at SOF Week Camden and Otis McGregor, 2026

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Keynotes, workshops, group coaching and fireside chats. Virtual or in person.