More and more clients are asking us for Speakers who can inspire and motivate their employees and take their teams to the top. Here are our 12 highest rated Motivational Speakers.

Walter Bond | Mr. Accountability and Former NBA Athlete

Walter Bond – a former professional sports figure, is known affectionately as Mr. Accountability because of his ability to inspire, engage and entertain audiences with his stories that will motivate and touch every emotion. Walter has catapulted as one of the world’s most preeminent thought leaders on personal and corporate accountability with a presentation style that is in a class all by itself. Through his keynotes, training systems and product resources, he travels the world transforming organizations into a culture of accountability. Walter teaches how accountability creates engagement, assists in teamwork, and increases productivity which ultimately drives results.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Walter-Bond

Janet Lapp | Expert on Change and Employee Motivation

What would happen if everyone in the organization saw the positives and not the problems in change? This question inspired Dr. Janet Lapp and her team to conduct decades of research enacting these types of changes in the workplace, with amazingly positive results. Janet shares the evidence-based results derived from years of experience in both her books and stage performances. She has a professor’s ability to translate complex theory into usable answers, and a humorist’s knack for getting ideas across in an entertaining way.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Dr.-Janet-Lapp

Vince Poscente | Olympic Skier and Motivational Keynote Speaker

Vince Poscente, one of the most in-demand speakers today, is an expert on resiliency – the ability to overcome challenges and motivate to bounce back even stronger than ever before. His client list includes top organizations with one thing in common: they understand that success is not just about reaching your goals and getting what you want. There also has to be an intent to handle set-backs and overcome obstacles and end up smarter, stronger and more focused than ever before, Vince knows first-hand the power that attitude, determination and innovation play in your future success — especially when life doesn’t go as planned.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Vince-Poscente

Mel Robbins | Best-Selling Author, and Life-Changing Change and Motivational Speaker

Mel Robbins is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, internationally recognized social media & changeinfluencer, and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world. From rooms full of executives and key stakeholders in companies to arenas of franchisee owners, every audience will receive Mel’s message in a highly customized, interactive, and hyper-engaging way. Every event is very different from the next, and each speech is tailored to send your audience into the world with actionable tools, confidence, and the power to fully step into the leaders, collaborators, closers and communicators your company strives to create.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Mel-Robbins

Eric Boles | Speaker on Leadership and Peak Performance

Eric Boles is the president of The Game Changers Inc., a training and development company dedicated to maximizing the human asset. Through assessment, consulting, coaching and corporate training, The Game Changers Inc. has set the standard for helping organizations enhance their culture and develop greater levels of commitment and performance.

Prior to becoming an authority on high performance, Eric learned many principles of team dynamics and leadership from his experience playing in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and the Green Bay Packers. While in the NFL, he had the privilege of being coached and mentored by some of the finest coaches and players in the game.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/eric-boles/

Kyle Maynard | Mountaineer, Award-winning Extreme Athlete & Best-selling Author

Oprah Winfrey called Kyle Maynard “one of the most inspiring young men you will ever hear about.” Arnold Schwarzenegger described him as “the real deal,” “a champion human,” and “one of the most inspiring people” he’s ever met. Even the great Wayne Gretzky has spoken of Kyle’s “greatness.”

Despite being born with a rare condition known as congenital amputation, that has left him with arms that end at the elbows and legs that end near his knees, he learned early on, and with the support of his family, to live life independently and without prosthetics. Kyle thrives on physical challenges and following a few rough, middle school football seasons, he went on to become a champion wrestler, CrossFit Certified Instructor and gym owner, competitive MMA/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter, world record-setting weightlifter, and skilled mountaineer.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/kyle-maynard/

Dan Thurmon | Author, and Speaker on Motivation & Peak-Performance

Dan Thurmon is a teacher of peak performance, an author of impactful books and presentations, and a lifelong student of success, motivation, happiness, and achievement – and he is on a mission. To encourage attendees’ uniqueness and contributions. To discover a sense of purpose and greatness. To have meaning at work, and in their lives.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Dan-Thurmon

Robyn Benincasa | Firefighter, CNN Hero and Motivational Adventure Racer

Robyn Benincasa – NYT best-selling author of How Winning Works: 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth and World Champion Adventure Racer – accepts full blame for inspiring people to do insane things like climb Mount Kilimanjaro, run their first triathlon, start their own adventure racing teams, or start their own businesses. This is, after all, who she is and what she does: Robyn Benincasa inspires people to do amazing things. Her unforgettable presentations have taught countless high-performance leaders all over the world about Building World Class Teams and the followership skills necessary for dynamic role shifting and true teamwork.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/robyn-benincasa/

Alex Weber | American Ninja Warrior, Inspirational Speaker on Leadership & Peak Performance

Alex Weber is a sought after motivational speaker on leadership and peak performance. He is an award-winning performer, an American Ninja Warrior, a World Record Holder, a TEDx Speaker, World Championship Athlete, and one of the youngest coaches ever to be awarded US Lacrosse Coach of the Year.

Alex has appeared on NBC, The Discovery Channel, FX, and more. As a Professional Entertainer, he has been critically acclaimed for his contagious energy, humor, and positive impact. Alex is a master at engaging audiences with stories of competing on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior — billed as one of the most difficult competitions on earth. He embraces challenges head on, and has competed in the World Championships of Lacrosse where he finished as a Top Scorer in the World.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/alex-weber/

Violet Rainwater | Modern Day Rainmaker & Sales Architect

Affectionately known as The Rainmaker, Violet Rainwater delivers high energy, value packed presentations that equip professionals to drive sales with ease, efficiency and extraordinary results. By teaching a modern sales system that addresses both the technical and the transformational components of selling, Violet empowers professionals to act and achieve their highest potential in their careers and in their personal endeavors.

With an extensive background in corporate sales in the financial service industry, Violet worked her way up from an assistant position to finishing first in her company year after year. She is a 9-time Million Dollar Round Table Qualifier, a designation held by less than 8 percent of all financial professionals. Using her extensive studies in sales psychology, digital technology and two decades of boots on the ground experience , she teaches teams how to plan, design, and construct sales systems that help them stand out, connect more deeply with their prospects and customers and optimize their book of business.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/violet-rainwater/

Felipe Gomez | Virtuoso Pianist, Peak Performance & Mindset Expert

With more than 1,000 performances in 23 countries, Felipe Gomez has dazzled audiences at corporate events, association conventions, and global leadership conferences. His bold ideas, flawless delivery, and thought-provoking sessions consistently bring audiences to their feet in spirited standing ovations. He is the author of the best-selling book, Attitude-E: The Method for Being Entrepreneurial and Fulfilling Your Dreams. He also hosts “Thinking Out Loud,” a weekly interview program with global thinkers.

Today, companies are facing unique transformational challenges that demand innovative and audacious ways of creating a collective can-do mindset and a shared passion for reaching extraordinary performance. Felipe’s work has been delivered in over 23 countries which validates its global relevance and has received high praise from his clients and participants. You can be sure that Felipe will deliver a memorable, different, and fresh experience which will provide your clients with relevant, applicable and valuable content.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/felipe-gomez/

Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo – Transformative Keynote Speaker on Positive Psychology, Acclaimed Clinical Psychologist & Coach

Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo is often referred to as America’s most trusted celebrity psychologist. With a Ph.D in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Physical therapy, she has often been considered NBA star Shaquille O’Neals “Head Coach for Happiness,” and has helped celebrities and high performing executives, entrepreneurs and athletes crush their inner critic and access untapped reserves of potential. 

Dr. E has long been focused on helping anyone suffering from conditional self-worth or perfectionism to turn up their self-confidence and gain essential skills to flourish in work, relationships and life. With the advent of COVID, Dr. E has taken her practice one step further by developing a new, research-driven system called the Red Zone, which encourages individuals to follow a new way of thinking when they or are experiencing stress. Her unique tactics include ways to better formulate resilience and how to communicate much more productively when in the right frame of mind.

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/dr-elizabeth-lombardo/

Paul J. Long | Transformative Speaker on Employee Engagement, Empowerment & Fulfillment

The new currency in company culture is FULFILLMENT. But how can you help your people create more of this capital, which is so subjective and elusive? The answer is FUNDAMISM.  Created by Author and Transformative Speaker on Employee Engagement & Fulfillment,  Paul Long shares how FUNDAMISM is a roadmap to helping leaders and teams define fulfillment, change perspective and manifest more of What’s Good as opposed to what isn’t.

Paul spent over a decade successfully leading teams of 300+, improving service organizations of 2,000+ and being responsible for $30M in annual revenue while serving as a strategist for employee engagement and customer relations nationwide. As more people asked Paul about his secret sauce to creating joyful workplaces that led to extreme growth, he slowly started amassing his strategies which he turned into his first book FUNDAMISM: Connecting to Life Through F.U.N.  

Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/paul-long/

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Derek Sweeney is the Director of Speaker Ideas at The Sweeney Agency. www.thesweeneyagency.com. For 15 years Derek has been helping clients find the right Speakers for their events. Derek can be reached at 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected]