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Helping leaders, performers, and teams make clear decisions when the stakes are high
Marque helps leaders, performers, and teams make clear decisions when the stakes are high.
Drawing from real-world experience in high-pressure performance environments, his work focuses on preparation, responsibility, and trust — not motivation for its own sake, but clarity that holds when certainty disappears.
This isn't theory. It's work shaped by environments where mistakes have consequences. In high-stakes environments, hesitation, misalignment, and unexamined decisions show up fast. This work exists to help individuals and teams prepare before those moments arrive.
The focus isn't motivation. It's clarity, responsibility, and trust under pressure. Fear isn't eliminated. It's reframed — into information, awareness, and action.
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Speaking Topics

DECISION-MAKING UNDER PRESSURE
A clear framework for thinking under pressure, built from real-world experience in environments where mistakes have consequences. Learn how to make decisions when certainty disappears and the stakes are high.
Key Learning Points:
- •A clear framework for thinking under pressure
- •How to make decisions when certainty disappears
- •Preparing before stress shows up
- •Systems that hold when confidence fades
- •Real-world applications for leaders and teams
✓What Audiences Take Away:
A practical framework for making decisions when certainty disappears, tested in environments where mistakes have real consequences.

TRUST AS A STRUCTURE
Trust isn't a feeling—it's a structure built over time. Learn how to create the kind of trust that holds when certainty disappears. Discover how performers build the kind of deep trust that allows them to bet their lives on their team.
Key Learning Points:
- •Trust as a structure, not a feeling
- •How trust is built over time
- •Creating trust that holds under pressure
- •A shared language around trust and responsibility
- •Practical ways to build trust in your organization
✓What Audiences Take Away:
A clear understanding of trust as a structure built over time, not a feeling that appears on demand.

PREPARATION BEFORE CONFIDENCE
Confidence fades. Systems remain. Practical ways to prepare before stress shows up, so you default to excellence under pressure. Understand how attention to detail, preparation, and precision translate to everyday excellence.
Key Learning Points:
- •Preparation before confidence
- •Systems that remain when confidence fades
- •How to prepare before stress shows up
- •Defaulting to excellence under pressure
- •Practical preparation frameworks
✓What Audiences Take Away:
Preparation systems that hold when confidence fades, allowing you to default to excellence under pressure.

RESPONSIBILITY WHEN OUTCOMES AFFECT OTHERS
Understanding responsibility when outcomes affect others. Learn how leaders and teams can operate with accountability in high-pressure environments where decisions impact real people and real results.
Key Learning Points:
- •Responsibility when outcomes affect others
- •Operating with accountability under pressure
- •Making decisions that consider impact
- •Building systems of responsibility
- •Practical frameworks for accountable leadership
✓What Audiences Take Away:
Frameworks for operating with responsibility when outcomes affect others, building accountability into decision-making.

REFRAMING FEAR INTO USABLE INFORMATION
Fear isn't the enemy. Unexamined decisions are. Learn how to reframe fear into information, awareness, and action. Transform fear from a barrier into a tool for better decision-making.
Key Learning Points:
- •Fear isn't the enemy—unexamined decisions are
- •Reframing fear into usable information
- •Fear as awareness and action
- •A grounded understanding of fear—without bravado
- •Practical tools for working with fear
✓What Audiences Take Away:
Tools for reframing fear into usable information, awareness, and action — without bravado or denial.
Speaking Formats
Keynote Presentations
45-90 minutesInspiring 45-90 minute presentations that energize audiences and provide actionable insights. Perfect for conferences, corporate events, and large gatherings.
Half-Day Workshops
3-4 hoursInteractive workshops that dive deep into specific topics. Includes exercises, group activities, and personalized coaching. Ideal for teams and organizations seeking transformation.
Full-Day Intensives
6-8 hoursComprehensive day-long experiences that combine multiple topics with extensive practice and application. Transformational experiences for committed participants.
Virtual Presentations
60-90 minutesEngaging online sessions that bring Marque's energy and insights to remote audiences. Includes interactive elements and Q&A sessions.
What People Are Saying
"I was fortunate to take a recent multi-day seminar taught by Marque. The attendees were at various levels of experience, from complete novice to experts. Marque's ability to engage, explain, and educate all levels of experience was exceptional. Breaking down the complex science into simple practical applications that everyone enjoyed and understood. Like a chef breaking down each step of a recipe, Marque shares not just the 'how', but the more important 'why'. He is full of fantastic stories that come from his adventurous life. Stories that relate to everyone and find their way into sharing his unique view and understanding of art, life, science, adventure, and living a fulfilling creative life. Marque is a fantastic teacher, mentor, and supporter of those looking to breakthrough the inner barriers that thwart us all in our endeavors. He has lived a life of overcoming personal, external, and professional obstacles and breaking through the fear, doubt, and naysayers to become one of the most respected people in his field. Marque Ohmes comes from a rare and unique place that allows his voice and perspective to cut through the negativity, and his knowledge and wisdom give encouragement that installs in others the understanding that nothing is truly out of reach if you take the time to rig it correctly."
Lon Gowan
CEO, J. Dolan Communications, Inc.
"Through decades of working in this industry, I find Marque's communication skills can breakdown complex situations into manageable, streamlined, understandable segments. He is also very cognizant of environmental situations and is adaptable in his communication style. I feel like I am constantly learning from him in every encounter."
Jeremy Conner
President, JMCE Global, Inc
"Marque is exceptionally well versed in his field. He always spoke clear and concisely with a passion that was contagious. With the help of diagrams, PowerPoints, hands on equipment, live demonstrations, and time for practical application, I learned so much in my time with him. He always gave great examples of multiple situations and kept everything above board and regulations. Highly recommend!"
Casey Ann Zeller
Fleur de Lis Stunts
"Marque Ohmes and I have been colleagues for 20 years, and in that time I have found him to be among the most creative, reliable, and visionary people that I have met. Marque is not only an accomplished individual and a great team member but he is also a fantastic leader who is driven to accomplish any given task with efficiency and great care to the safety and wellbeing of all involved. He has often amazed me with both his attention to every small detail while keeping the big picture firmly in view. He has a way of communicating his thoughts and ideas directly and succinctly but in a way that brings the listener along with him rather than stranding them on the other side of the conversation. In short, I have found Marque to be an invaluable asset to any project and he has earned my complete trust and respect."
David M Morizot
President, HD Xtreme Action, Inc
"Marque Ohmes has a remarkable ability to take complex, high-stakes concepts and make them genuinely accessible. With decades of experience on major productions like the Avengers films, Black Panther, and The Walking Dead, coordinating rigging and stunt sequences, he's mastered the art of translating technical expertise into lessons that truly resonate. He doesn't just explain the 'what'—he helps you understand the 'why,' whether he's breaking down rigging mechanics, safety protocols, or the mindset needed to perform under pressure. When Marque teaches, people walk away with real understanding, not just information."
Charlie Parish
Speaking and Business Development Coach at Coastal Barrier, Inc
"I've known Marque for many years, both professionally and as a dear friend! I truly know I wouldn't be as confident in my career today without his incredible guidance, encouragement, thoughtful teachings of important skills and the sharing of his immense knowledge every time we have the chance to work together or at one of his wonderful workshops! His supportive teaching style and motivational energy speaks to all levels of learning! Even with my severe dyslexia, I've been able to master many new skills through Marque's patient guidance over the years of working together and I'll always be grateful to him!"
CC Ice
President, Apex Entertainment Studios, LLC
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