About Us

FIVE STAR Motivational Speakers helps organizations of all sizes and backgrounds unite their teams to BELIEVE in the message, CONNECT with their customers, INSPIRE the teams, CELEBRATE their success and GROW their business.

FIVE STAR Motivational Speakers is one of the most preferential authorities in speaker representation, with the exceptional ability complement organizations events and programs. Our goal is to help our clients produce commanding meeting experiences and messages using our connection to over 18,000 leadership, business, keynote, motivational speakers & trainers, celebrity speaker, athletes, emcees, entertainers, and more. Located in Overland Park, KS; FIVE STAR is owned by partners, Steve Gardner, a psychology degree holder and a father deeply rooted in the speaking business and Paul Schmidt, a 14 year old veteran of the Technology industry.  Since its founding in 1988, the company is ascending to the top ranks of the speaking industry and has stamped it’s seal with a reputation for personable and quality service, proactive marketing, and the “perfect fit” placements.

For over 20 years and more than 17,000 events- our mission has been the same, to make your needs more important than ours. Without any obligation to book a small group of speakers, sky’s the limit on our creativity in finding the perfect motivational business leadership speaker or entertainer to match your group, location, and budget.  We are one of the only motivational or business speaker bureaus still offering live leadership, and keynote, motivational speaker and entertainer showcases instead of only relying on video.  We do this because our customers tell us they love seeing speakers live and knowing they will be a great match.

As a company, we spend over 600 hours each year previewing the top business, leadership, sports or keynote, motivational speakers.  We spend over 400 hours per year training our sales team to ensure we are experts in our field.  We represent more than 18,000 motivational, celebrity, business, sports, leadership speakers

We speak to your SUCCESS!