Rewiring Rural Electric Cooperative Brains for Performance AND Wellbeing
Experienced Speaker | Trainer | Coach
Entertaining / Inspiring / Engaging / Clear / Practical
The energy industry is going through unprecedented change.
This creates stress for every person working at an Electric Cooperative.
As a specialized speaker for Rural Electric Cooperatives and Associations, Glen delivers engaging keynotes and workshops that help you build mental resilience, enhance leadership capabilities, and drive organizational success.
TESTIMONIALS
See what people are saying about Glen Stevens, the Mental Fitness Guy
Lake Region Electric Coop, Pelican Rapids, MN
“LREC welcomed public speaker and coach, Glen Stevens for an entertaining and insightful presentation on mental fitness strategies for the holiday season. Glen's interactive session provided tools, methods and exercises that can help face the challenges of the upcoming season – at work and in our daily lives – with a positive mindset. Thank you, Glen! Well done!
Darrick Moe, CEO Minnesota Rural Electric Association
“We worked with Glen for a half day of all team training on mental fitness and whole person safety. These are skills everyone can use and continually improve. I appreciated him taking time to tailor his session specifically to address areas it was helpful to highlight based on our current organizational goals.”
As a former pastor, Glen Stevens has 25 years of public speaking and leadership experience you can trust.
Glen Stevens is a Certified PQ Coach (CPQC) who brings together neuroscience and leadership in inspiring, practical and engaging ways that leaders can begin using immediately to produce desired results:
Resilience AND Wellness
Change Adaptability
Burnout Prevention
Improved Team Cohesion and Collaboration
Increased Employee Engagement and Retention
Focused Performance Under Pressure
Recent Talks:
Mental Fitness Guy’s Signature Talks
Rewiring Your Brain for Resilience and Wellbeing:
4 Resilience Strategies that Help You Perform Under Pressure
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In today’s demanding utility industry, REC professionals face unprecedented pressures that can threaten both their productivity and their mental health. Grounded in the science of Positive Intelligence®, neuroscience, and psychology, this keynote offers a highly practical, non-threatening approach to mental health. Think of it as a personal training session for your brain. Glen equips your team with brain-based tools to navigate industry pressures, adapt to change, and confidently manage stress without burning out. Participants will leave empowered to build mental fitness that transforms how they perform at work and how they show up at home.
Attendees will learn:
Understand the Science of Stress: Learn the neuroscience behind why we get overwhelmed and how to stop negative mental loops in their tracks.
Discover an Operating System for Resilience: Receive core mental fitness tools to quickly bounce back from setbacks and improve daily adaptability.
Prevent Burnout: Discover simple, daily habits that cultivate long-term wellbeing and sustained energy in a high-pressure environment.
Strengthen Team Cohesion: Learn how shared mental resilience builds mutual trust, better communication, and stronger teamwork across your cooperative.
Your Mind Is Your #1 Safety Tool
Train your brain to maintain focus in high-stakes environments.
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When working with high voltage and heavy machinery, physical safety protocols are essential, but they are only half the equation. The root causes of many workplace accidents are hidden mental hazards—distraction, rushing, frustration, and fatigue. In this keynote, Glen bridges the gap between mental fitness and physical safety. By teaching REC crews how to train their brains to maintain focus in high-stakes environments, this presentation helps individuals override the mental hazards that lead to critical errors, ensuring that stronger, safer crews return home unharmed every single day.
Participants will discover:
Uncover the True Root Causes: Discover how deeper, underlying mental hazards actively fuel the key contributors to workplace incidents: distraction, rushing, frustration, and fatigue.
Override Incident Contributors: Equip your crews with science-backed, brain-based tools to stop these dangerous states in their tracks and maintain sharp focus in high-stakes environments.
Cultivate a Safety Mindset: Shift from treating safety merely as an external checklist to building it as an internal habit rooted in mental fitness.
Deliver Consistent Safety Outcomes: Empower your teams to make safer, more deliberate decisions out in the field by taking full ownership of their mental state.
Empowering Resilience in Teams:
Strengthening Teams in Rural Electric Cooperatives.
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In the evolving landscape of rural electric cooperatives, building resilient teams is essential for sustained success. This insightful session focuses on empowering your workforce by fostering a culture of psychological safety and trust.
Attendees will:
learn to enhance communication and collaboration
be equipped with strategies to tackle industry-specific challenges effectively
Ideal for: all-staff training, department meetings, and annual conferences, this talk provides the tools to energize your team and secure a thriving future.
Mental Fitness Guy’s Signature Workshops
Master Your Mental Saboteurs:
Transform Self-Doubt into Peak Performance
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In this dynamic, interactive workshop, leaders will:
Identify and intercept their top mental saboteurs
Activate proven neuroscience techniques for peak performance
Transform setbacks into opportunities using the "Three Gifts Technique"
Perfect for: Executive Teams, Leadership Development Programs, Professional Associations, All-Staff Development
Duration: 2-4 hours
Based on Positive Intelligence® work by Stanford lecturer and NY Times bestselling author Shirzad Chamine
Pre-workshop includes complimentary Saboteur Assessment for all participants
Customized Workshop
Solutions tailored to your cooperative’s unique challenges.
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Transform your team’s specific challenges into opportunities for growth with a customized Mental Fitness workshop. Drawing from the proven Positive Intelligence® framework and my extensive experience with rural electric cooperatives, Glen Stevens will create a targeted program that addresses your organization's unique needs.
Identify and tackle your cooperative's specific challenges
Apply practical tools to your real-world scenarios
Build sustainable solutions for your team's distinct environment
Workshop Design Process:
1. Pre-workshop consultation to understand your challenges
2. Customized content focusing on your priorities
3. Integration of cooperative-specific examples and applications
4. Follow-up resources for sustained implementation
Perfect for: Leadership Teams, , Department-Specific Training, Strategic Planning Sessions, or All-Staff Development
Duration: 2-4 hours
What Sets Glen Stevens Apart?
Interactive and engaging presentation style
Specialized focus to address cooperative challenges
Science-based and evidence-based Mental Fitness techniques
Real-world applications for immediate implementation
What You Can Expect When You Book Glen
Exploratory Call
We will discuss your event theme, goals, and the experience you want to deliver for your audience to ensure alignment on the purpose of your speaking engagement.
Proposal
You will receive a proposal from me to review based on our discussion, and if we decide to move forward, I'll lock the event into my calendar.
Pre-Event Call
We will connect on a brief call several weeks before your event to discuss final logistics and details - including any final requests or unique needs you may have.
Delivery
The Mental Fitness Guy will deliver an exceptional experience for your audience that inspires them toward action and meets your event or training goals.
About Glen Stevens, The Mental Fitness Guy
As a former pastor, Glen Stevens, known as The Mental Fitness Guy, has 25 years of public speaking and leadership experience you can trust. He is a Certified Mental Fitness Coach who brings together neuroscience and leadership in inspiring, practical and engaging ways that Rural Electric Cooperative leaders can begin using immediately.
Glen is inspirational and engaging. He also provides cutting-edge mental fitness techniques. He offers a science-backed perspective based in research to offer simple solutions to the demands of change.
Glen and Jill were married in 1988 and live in Avon, ND. They have four adult children and enjoy cooking, travel, and spending time together with their kids. Glen is an avid sports fan and loves learning, good coffee, good food, and discussions about faith.
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Past Speaking Engagements
2025
January - Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC), Saboteur Workshop
April - Minnesota Rural Electric Association, CEO Conference, Keynote for REC CEOs
August - Sioux Valley Energy, 90-min Keynote
October - Crow Wing Power (Resiliency Builder Workshop Series)
November 4th - Keynote (Speaking Event)
November 19th - Stearns Electric Association, Charity Event Keynote
November 20th - East River Electric Cooperative, Keynote
December 5th - MREA Safety & Loss Conference Keynote, Brainerd Lakes, MN
2026
March - NRECA, Breakout Sessions for PowerXchange and TechAdvantage, Nashville
Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (AMEC), MECIP Keynote
April - AMEC Executive Assistants Conference, Keynote
Great River Energy, Safety Division Keynote
May - North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Safety Directors and Operations, Keynote
June - Wright-Hennepin Electric Cooperative, Safety Training
July - Mental Fitness Workshop, Utilities District of Western Indiana (UDWI-REMC)
North Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Safety and Loss Conference, Keynote
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
August 2026 - New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Safety Summit, Albuquerque
September 2026 - AMEA, Accountants Conference, South Carolina Safety and Loss Conference
November 2026 - AMEA, Communications and Member Services Conference
Book Glen Stevens
The Mental Fitness Guy is ready to bring his inspirational, practical, and engaging keynotes and workshops to your next event.