By Michelle Ray – Change, Communication and Leadership Speaker Are you are leader who is comfortable taking risks, making decisions and keeping your ego in check? Great leaders possess the ability to harness these attributes at the appropriate time. Of course, not all decisions have equal weight or quality.
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The 3 Critical Ingredients to Communicate with Confidence & Influence Others
By Phil M. Jones – Bestselling Author and Speaker on Persuasion, Influence, and Sales With so much uncertainty in the world, helping others to find clarity and confidence in their next steps is more challenging than ever. This emotion-charged reality means that it is our responsibility to tread…
How to be Indistractable
By Nir Eyal – Bestselling Author & Speaker on Habit-Forming Technology ‘Just a second. I just need to respond to this one thing,’ I said to my daughter, as I attended to my iPhone. Only much later could I count the mistakes in that statement. No, it wouldn’t…
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…
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…
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…
4 Keys to Capture the Window of Opportunity
By Ryan Estis, Speaks on Business Performance, Leadership and Sales More than 33.5 million (1 in 5 American workers) have filed for unemployment over the past seven weeks as states move to reopen, a number we haven’t seen since the Great Depression. It hasn’t been easy,…
13 Habits of Mentally Tough People
By Brent Gleeson – – Navy Seal Combat Veteran & Motivational Leadership Speaker “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison Mental toughness is paramount for achieving any lofty goal or overcoming extreme hurdles. Few great things in this world come without a…
After COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?
By Mike Walsh, Author of Futuretainment and Speaker on Change, Technology and Innovation. Over the last few months, leaders have had a chance to respond to the impact of COVID-19. Plans for contactless service, process automation, remote work, Cloud infrastructure, and virtualization have been accelerated and implemented. While…
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…