Romain Muhammad
Who is Romain Muhammad?
Romain Muhammad is a keynote speaker, leadership coach, author and founder of Room to Lead, a leadership and culture consultancy that starts with human behaviour.
What are Romain Muhammad’s main achievements?
Romain Muhammad has delivered more than 500 sessions for over 100 organisations worldwide, working with clients including NASA, Yale University, the BBC, the NHS, Deloitte, SAP and Rabobank. He is the author of What Are You So Afraid Of?, a Research Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Postgraduate Researcher at Birkbeck University. Romain was also included in the Top 50 Most Influential Muslims in Europe and won the Voice Award of the Year in 2026.
Through Room to Lead, Romain works with organisations on a problem he sees repeatedly: most leadership development prescribes new behaviours without ever asking what produces the old ones. Drawing on psychology, sociology and history, his approach helps leaders and teams examine behaviour at its source rather than manage it at the surface.
What kind of topics does Romain Muhammad cover at events?
- What Are You So Afraid Of? – Romain’s flagship keynote challenges the idea that self-doubt is simply a personal problem, exploring how culture, systems and expectations can hold capable people back, and what it takes to step forward with clarity and confidence.
- Why Are We Like This? – Romain helps audiences understand the patterns that drive their own behaviour and that of those around them, examining how social norms and conditioning quietly train the way people communicate, lead and respond to change.
- Where Are You Really From? – Romain explores identity and belonging through the lens of history and ancestry, opening conversations about how our sense of who we are influences the way we lead and relate to others.
- Leadership and Management – Romain works with leaders and managers on the interpersonal skills and self-awareness needed to lead inclusively, have difficult conversations and bring out the best in the people around them.
- Culture, DEI and Psychological Safety – Romain examines how organisational culture either enables or limits people and gives leaders practical tools for building environments where everyone can contribute fully.
- Communication and Influence – Romain helps individuals develop the confidence, presence and language to communicate with authority and influence, without relying on power or position.
- Wellbeing and Mental Health – Romain explores how pressure, identity and belonging intersect with mental health at work, and what organisations can do to create conditions where people can thrive.
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Why should you hire Romain Muhammad for your next event?
Romain Muhammad addresses the questions that most leadership development programmes avoid: why individuals doubt themselves, why cultures stall, and why capable people stay silent. His sessions are grounded in research and lived experience and give audiences a clearer picture of themselves and what is holding them back.
How to hire Romain Muhammad for your next event?
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Topics and Themes
- Communication
- Mental Health
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Psychological safety
- Leadership
- Wellbeing
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