The Leadership Mixology Workshop is an interactive, 2- to 3-hour corporate experience where your executive team or leadership group learns how to craft signature cocktails (alcoholic + non-alcoholic), while being guided through a powerful exploration of leadership psychology, emotional intelligence, decision-making under pressure, and personal growth.
Led by The Buddha Bartender — former MMA fighter, PhD counselor, and world-class speaker — this isn’t just another corporate workshop. It’s a visceral, hands-on journey where every pour, every shake, and every conversation is a metaphor for how we show up as leaders.
Think: bar tools in hand, stories being told, lessons landing.
This is leadership development reimagined.
What is it?
Most corporate training is dry, predictable, and forgettable. People walk away with buzzwords and binders — but nothing actually lands.
This experience cuts through the noise. It breaks down barriers, gets people engaged, and uses a setting that’s already natural for connection — the bar — to deliver deep personal and professional insight.
Your leaders don’t need more data.
They need clarity, connection, and a space to grow.
Why Do
Corporations
Need This?
Let’s be honest:
Why Do
Corporations
Need This?
Let’s be honest:
Most corporate training is dry, predictable, and forgettable. People walk away with buzzwords and binders — but nothing actually lands.
This experience cuts through the noise. It breaks down barriers, gets people engaged, and uses a setting that’s already natural for connection — the bar — to deliver deep personal and professional insight.
Your leaders don’t need more data.
They need clarity, connection, and a space to grow.
What Makes It Different?
Hands-on cocktail making meets high-level leadership coaching.
Led by a world-class storyteller who has coached and mentored Olympic athletes and C-suite execs.
Infused with practical psychology, philosophy, and real-world lessons.
The environment is laid-back, creative, and open — which makes the insights stick.
No awkward trust falls.
No recycled PowerPoint decks.
Just real, human connection — with a drink in hand.
What Makes It Different?
What Do Attendees Walk Away With?
A practical understanding of emotional intelligence in high-stress environments
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New tools for decision-making, conflict navigation, and team dynamics.
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Stronger connections with their peers, built through shared experience.
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A fresh perspective on personal leadership style and blind spots.
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An unforgettable experience that actually makes them want more.
Plus...
Everyone walks away knowing how to make a killer cocktail (or three).
One Flat Fee.
One Powerful Experience.
What's Included?
Full workshop led by The Buddha Bartender
All alcohol + non-alcoholic mixers, tools, and bar materials provided
Customized cocktail recipes designed around your company or event theme
Pre-event planning call to tailor content to your team’s needs
Access to private post-event Leadership Debrief Guide (PDF)
Travel & lodging
(within the U.S.)
Optional Add On:
Team keepsake gift (e.g., branded cocktail kits) at additional cost
Duration:
2.5 to 3 hours
Ideal Group Size:
10 to 40 people
Available:
On-site at your office, at an event venue, or at one of our partnered locations
The investment: $12,000
Want to Go Bigger?
- A live, immersive keynote performance (The Buddha Bartender behind the bar, telling
- transformative stories from real life and spiritual tradition)
- Audience Q&A
- Custom drink menu designed for the evening
- Includes up to 150 attendees
- Perfect for annual events, off-sites, leadership summits, or client appreciation nights
Upgrade Option:
The Spiritual Speakeasy Experience
This extended version includes everything above plus:
The investment: $18,000
This extended version includes everything above plus:
Hi, I'm Brian
ABOUT the
BARTENDER
From MMA fighter and bodyguard to a PhD in Pastoral Counseling, Brian Grasso - The Buddha Bartender - was built on dualities. He’s a tattooed fighter with a heart for philosophy, a counselor who knows the value of a strong pour. Over the last three decades, he’s worked with Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 executives, and global brands like Nike and the Millennium Institute of Sport, speaking on leadership, mindset, and human connection at retreats and conferences worldwide. Today, he blends grit and grace behind the bar, creating spaces where people slow down, lean in, and wake up - one story and one sip at a time
ABOUT the
BARTENDER
From MMA fighter and bodyguard to a PhD in Pastoral Counseling, Brian Grasso — The Buddha Bartender — was built on dualities. He’s a tattooed fighter with a heart for philosophy, a counselor who knows the value of a strong pour. Over the last three decades, he’s worked with Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 executives, and global brands like Nike and the Millennium Institute of Sport, speaking on leadership, mindset, and human connection at retreats and conferences worldwide. Today, he blends grit and grace behind the bar, creating spaces where people slow down, lean in, and wake up — one story and one sip at a time
