By Molly Fletcher – Inspiring Speaker on Leadership, Business Development, and Peak Performance Discipline is doing what you want most; not necessarily what you want right now. When we set goals, whether short- or long-term, we’re clear on what we want to achieve. We have goals, we…
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Look to the Future for Help Working Through what Bothers You
By Josh Linkner, Tech Entrepreneur, CEO, and Best-Selling Author In stressful times, it’s easy to get derailed by matters that might be viewed as trivial under ordinary circumstances. A colleague shows up late to a Zoom call, the client changes her mind mid-stream, the boss unleashes an unnecessary…
First Things First: Recognizing & Adapting to Change
By Whitney Johnson, Author and Co-Founder, with Clayton Christensen, Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund One day, a few weeks ago, I had a plan. I often do. I had a plan, but the plan had to change. They often do. My intent was to…
How to Create & Build Diversity and Inclusion
Marilyn Tam, leadership, diversity & inclusion keynote speaker shares her top 5 tips on how you can create a diverse and inclusive workplace, and how this will benefit your organization. Learn more about Marilyn Tam, leadership, diversity & inclusion keynote speaker for virtual and live events via The Sweeney Agency…
Agility & Anticipation – A Vital Partnership
By Daniel Burrus, Futurist Expert and Speaker on Business Strategy, Technology, Innovations & Their Impact While exponential change is always moving, businesses and even whole industries traditionally move slower than they should, often finding themselves disrupted and working hard at being agile alone. During the Coronavirus pandemic,…
3 Tips to Getting Potential Customers to Open Up
By Diana Kander, New York Times Bestselling Author and Speaker on Innovation Three years ago, I was coaching a successful company that was very confused about the failure of a recent product launch. When I was first hired, they told me they were convinced they had done everything…
5 Leadership Keys to Communicate & Connect in a Crisis
By Colette Carlson, Author & Motivational Speaker on Human Behaviour and Communication Six years ago my car was in the middle of a five-car pileup. I distinctly remember the moments that followed as individuals emerged from their cars. No one appeared to be physically injured, although one…
Why are Stock Prices Going Up When the Economy is in Ruins? Here’s some context…
By Geoff Colvin It’s the question on every investor’s mind. Google “Why is the stock market going up?” and you get 2.8 billion answers. Yet many of them (we haven’t checked them all) ignore or minimize a significant factor. The once-a-century strangeness of this downturn has combined…
What I Learned as a Crisis Communicator
By Libby Gill This week’s Twitter hack got me thinking about my past career as head of public relations and communications for three major Hollywood studios. You might not think that my entertainment background would qualify me to talk about crisis communication, but you’d be…
8 Great Books on Personal Health
8 Great Books on Personal Health by our speaker at The Sweeney Agency Speakers Bureau. We’ve chosen our top eight books by our keynote speakers that discuss resilience, stress, management, happiness, leadership and sleep. All authors are available for live and virtual keynote presentations for your event or conference.