What is the key to surviving the pandemic? In discussions with our top speakers on leadership and our clients, leaders across a huge range of Fortune 500 organizations, the answer is simple: investment in employee wellbeing. The single biggest struggle facing organizations as the pandemic drags…
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3 Easy Ways to Boost your Immunity & Decrease your Stress
By Jenny Evans – Physiologist & Speaker on Stress & Resilience Feeling a bit of overwhelm and anxiety these last couple of weeks? Unfortunately, getting stressed is one of the worst things we can do as the chemistry of stress decreases our immunity. And we all need to be as…
The Key to Building a Successful Remote Organization? Data.
By Mike Walsh | Speaker on the Change, Technology and Innovation The Covid-19 crisis forced many businesses to suddenly adapt to having an entirely remote workforce. And once we all got past the novel challenges of family interruptions, #funnycatvideos, and virtual etiquette, a more complex problem raised…
3 Truths That Will Define This 3-Part Economy
By John Mauldin, Speaker on Wall Street, Economic History & Global Economy The economy recovery, when it comes—and it will—is going to be uneven. In some parts of the economy, it’s already starting. Other parts will be in what can only be described as a depression for…
The Top 10 Speakers on Sales
It’s no secret that sales are the backbone to any and every organization. Sales generate revenue and regardless of how well any of the other departments are performing, or how innovative your teams are, if your organization does not have a strong sales force, your manufacturing techniques, products or services…
The Power of Positivity
By Scott McKain – Dynamic Speaker on Innovation, Sales & Customer Service If you’re like me, you often find yourself asking, “Where does the time go?” It was all the way back in 1994 that my awesome friend, Antonia Barnes Boyle, and I co-wrote my first book: Just…
5 Steps to Booking a Speaker
In March, our world changed and the speaking business was not immune. With grace & skill, our great speakers rose to the occasion, developing fascinating and inspiring content that they could deliver virtually. The good news is that booking a speaker with The Sweeney Agency is as easy as…
To Survive 2020, Reverse Everything You Believe About Your Industry
By Lisa Bodell, Global Leader on Culture Change Focused on Simplification and Innovation Despite the enormous challenges of this year, I’ve drawn inspiration from the industrial evolutions that are happening in real time. From the medical profession’s pivot…
How Nice Leaders Become Angry
By Pat Lencioni, Management Consultant and Speaker on Organizational Health Anger is a funny emotion. No, check that. It’s not funny. It’s angry. But it is often strange and hard to understand. That’s especially true when otherwise affable or thoughtful people become leaders and start to exhibit anger…
Stay Standing: Hitting Turbulence
By Janet Lapp, Expert on Change and Employee Motivation A few years ago, my small plane and I were flying in clouds, when unexpected severe turbulence hit, and the aircraft became hard to control. We train for these moments. If everything suddenly seems out of control,…