Before moving to Australia in 2005, Robert spent 20 years at the forefront of U.S. cultural transformation, as a pioneer in the field of executive coaching, founding The Hamsa Institute for Enlightened Leadership in 1990, and as a skilled and inspirational keynote speaker, leadership adviser, and self-awareness teacher.

From his 40 years of personal development and meditative self-inquiry, Robert has harvested profound insights and practical wisdom, which pervade all his work. He has traveled, lived, and worked throughout the world, from the ashrams of India to the forests of Finland, from the Sierra Nevada mountains of California to the Sinai desert of Israel, and from the boardrooms of corporate America to the cities of Australia.

Robert is the creator and managing director of RealTime Speaking, a profound and daring style of authentic public speaking and communicating based on integrity, transparency, and self-awareness, whose essential philosophy is: YOU Are the Message!. As a respected public speaking guru and communication strategist, he works with business innovators, thought leaders, and cultural trendsetters to help them develop and deliver messages of beauty and power.

Robert’s motto is Have Mouth, Will Travel, and he has honed his distinctive
public speaking style in hundreds of keynote speeches, conference presentations, lectures, classes, workshops, and retreats. In addition to delivering more than 300 of his signature truthTalk seminars, Robert’s résumé of speaking engagements includes State of the World Forum, International Coach Federation, Swinburne University of Technology, American Management Association, Innovation Network, Visionary Business Leaders, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Praxis Conference, Spirit at Work, JFK University School of Management, San Francisco State University, Third International Conference on Enlightenment, Inner Directions Gathering.

As an executive adviser and personal mentor, Robert has logged thousands of coaching conversations with individuals from all walks of life — from corporate executives to rock musicians, from best-selling authors to ministers of parliament. Robert is well-known for his distinctive brand of work based on his three strands of wisdom: — a clear mind, an open heart, and present-centered attention.

Robert has written six books and published more than 200 articles in magazines, journals, and newsletters throughout the world. He was commissioned to write original essays for three leading-edge anthologies, including Leadership in a New Era, and he was interviewed for The Awakening West, a collection of conversations with contemporary Western wisdom teachers. Robert also has been a featured columnist for a number of magazines and ezines, including The New Leaders, PlanetLightworker, and Insight Magazine.

The uncompromising originality of Robert's writing has attracted the attention and endorsements of an international array of luminaries in the fields of business, education, health, personal growth, spirituality, and sports, including Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, Bernie Siegel, M.D., Larry Dossey, M.D., Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D., Fast Company founding editor Alan Webber, Olympic gold medalist Drew Ginn, 4-time NBA champion John Salley, business futurist John E. Renesch, yoga teachers and writers Richard Miller, Ph.D. and Stephan Bodian, author and activist Dr. Helen Caldicott, cultural icon Ram Dass.

For details about Robert's executive coaching and consulting services, and to read about his many other personal and professional development programs, please visit RobertRabbin.com.