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Adrian Gostick
Acclaimed Author and Leadership & Organizational Culture Expert
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Adrian Gostick: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Culture & Employee Engagement | Bestselling Author | Workplace Culture Expert
Build a Culture Where People Want to Perform
Adrian Gostick is a bestselling author and internationally recognized keynote speaker on leadership, workplace culture, employee engagement and high-performance teams.
Drawing on extensive research into the world's most successful teams and organizations, Adrian gives leaders practical strategies for building cultures where people feel valued, connected and motivated to perform. His engaging presentations combine compelling research, real-world examples and immediately useful leadership tools.
Why Book Adrian Gostick?
Adrian addresses one of the most important challenges facing organizations today: how to attract, engage and retain great people while building a culture that delivers results.
Rather than relying on management theory alone, Adrian translates research on leadership, recognition, teamwork and workplace culture into practical actions leaders can use immediately.
His keynotes are engaging, insightful and highly relevant—giving managers and leaders specific ideas for strengthening culture, increasing engagement and creating higher-performing teams.
What Makes Adrian Gostick Different?
- Bestselling leadership author — widely recognized for his work on culture, engagement and teamwork
- Research-driven — insights grounded in extensive research into successful leaders and teams
- Immediately actionable — practical strategies leaders can implement right away
- Culture expertise — helps organizations create workplaces where people want to contribute
- Leadership focused — gives managers specific tools for engaging and motivating their people
- Highly engaging — combines research, stories, humor and real-world business examples
- Relevant to today's workplace — addresses engagement, retention, wellbeing and changing employee expectations
Why Is Adrian Right for Your Audience?
Adrian is an excellent choice when you want your leaders to build stronger teams, improve engagement and create a workplace culture where people can perform at their best.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, management meetings, HR events, corporate conferences and organizations focused on culture, retention and employee performance.
Book Adrian when your audience needs to:
- Increase employee engagement
- Build a stronger workplace culture
- Attract and retain talented people
- Strengthen trust within teams
- Improve recognition and appreciation
- Lead increasingly diverse teams
- Increase accountability and performance
- Create stronger connections between employees and organizational goals
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better equipped to engage and motivate their teams
- Understanding how everyday leadership behaviors influence culture
- Ready to recognize people in more meaningful ways
- Equipped with practical strategies for building stronger teams
- Better prepared to address disengagement and retention challenges
- Able to create greater trust, connection and accountability
- Focused on building a culture that supports both people and performance
Adrian Gostick Keynote Programs
All In: Creating a Culture of Belief: What happens when employees genuinely believe in where the organization is going—and understand how they contribute to getting there?
Adrian shows leaders how high-performing organizations create cultures where employees believe in the mission, understand their role and feel motivated to contribute.
Using research and real-world examples, he provides practical strategies for increasing engagement, strengthening accountability and aligning people around shared goals.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, culture initiatives and organizations undergoing change.
Leading with Gratitude: Recognition isn't simply about making people feel good. Done well, it can change how teams perform.
Adrian explores how effective leaders use gratitude and recognition to strengthen relationships, increase engagement and reinforce the behaviors that drive results.
Audiences leave with practical ideas for creating a culture where people feel valued while maintaining high expectations for performance.
Ideal for: Leadership meetings, management conferences, HR events and employee-engagement programs.
Anxiety at Work: How can leaders help people perform when uncertainty, pressure and anxiety are affecting the workplace?
Adrian provides leaders with practical strategies for creating greater psychological safety, strengthening communication and helping employees navigate uncertainty without lowering performance expectations.
The result is a more resilient, connected and productive team.
Ideal for: Leadership, workplace wellbeing, HR and organizational-culture events.
Why Book Adrian Gostick Through The Sweeney Agency?
Adrian Gostick brings extensive research and proven leadership strategies to the stage—but the real value comes from connecting those insights directly to the culture and people challenges your organization is facing.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Adrian Gostick's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Adrian Gostick keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Adrian with other leading leadership, culture and employee-engagement speakers
Is Adrian Gostick Right for Your Event?
Tell us what you want to improve—engagement, leadership, retention, teamwork or workplace culture.
We'll help you determine whether Adrian is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, management meeting or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Adrian Gostick as your keynote speaker.
Reva Goujon
Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis and Speaker on Geopolitics
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Senior Manager of Corporate Advisory at the Rhodium Group; Former Vice President of Global Analysis and Speaker on International Politics
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Talks about the intersection of geopolitics and macroeconomic trends, short and long-term geopolitical forecasting, the intelligence method & U.S. foreign and trade policies
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Featured in numerous newspapers and broadcasts, including Bloomberg, CNN, The Associated Press, NPR, Time magazine, Al Jazeera English, FOX News, Haaretz, The New York Times, The Hindustan Times, Agencia Estado, Xinhua, Veja and Business Week
Click Here to Watch Reva's Virtual Presentation
Reva Goujon is a senior macro geopolitical strategist with 17 years of experience working with C-suites and government agencies on how to deconstruct risks, assess future scenarios, and make informed decisions. Reva is known for her ability to watch the map move and anticipate how deep, structural forces, including US-China great power competition, aging demographics, disruptive technologies, the energy transition, and the reorganization of global trade, are reshaping corporate behavior and the global order at large.
Reva is currently a senior manager for the corporate advisory team at Rhodium Group, an independent research firm globally renowned for its ability to produce cutting-edge, data-driven insights on macro trends, from the evolution of China's economy to the tumultuous road to net-zero emissions.
Prior to joining Rhodium Group, Reva was a Managing Director and Head of Strategic Intelligence at Martin+Crumpton Group LLC, an intelligence-driven strategic advisory and risk management consulting firm. Before that, Reva was Stratfor's Vice President of Global Analysis, where she spent 15+ years leading a global team of intelligence analysts and served as the chief thought leader for the firm's strategic analysis, forecasting, and scenario-planning services.
Reva also regularly delivers keynote speeches to corporate and political audiences in the United States and abroad. Her consultations with strategy teams of companies across the globe cover a range of industries, including technology, energy, finance, defense, commercial real estate, and agriculture.
She has been featured in and cited by numerous newspapers and broadcasts, including Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Associated Press, National Public Radio, Time Magazine, Al Jazeera, FOX News, Haaretz, The New York Times, RT, The Hindustan Times, Agencia Estado, Xinhua, Veja, and Business Week.
Reva is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas and a master's degree from the Security Studies program of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Vijay Govindarajan
Speaker on strategy execution and global leadership, author of Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators.
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Vijay Govindarajan has been recently named the first Coxe Distinguished Professorship of Management at the Tuck School and founding director of Tuck's Center for Global Leadership. He is also the faculty co-director for Global Leadership 2020, Tuck's executive education program that focuses on global management and is taught on three continents.
For 25 years, Govindarajan has been advancing the field of strategy execution and advising senior executives in all industries on how to modify their organizations to achieve their strategic ambitions. Govindarajan focuses on teaching corporations to build breakthrough businesses while simultaneously sustaining excellence in their core business -- the subject of his new book, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators.
Govindarajan currently writes a column for FastCompany.com. His articles have also appeared in journals such as Harvard Business Review, strategy+ business, California Management Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review. One of his papers was recognized as one of the ten most-often cited articles in the entire 40-year history of Academy of Management Journal. Govindarajan has published six books, including The Quest for Global Dominance.
As a popular keynote speaker, Vijan has been featured at many conferences such as the Business Week CEO Forum and the Economist Conference. Recognized as one of today's leading business strategists, Govindarajan has been named to a series of lists by influential publications, including: Outstanding Faculty in BusinessWeek's annual Guide to Best B-Schools; Top Five Most Respected Executive Coaches on Strategy by Forbes; and Eight Leading Executive Advisors by the Wall Street Journal Online.
Some of companies Vijay has advised include: AT&T, Boeing, British Telecom, Corning, Ford, The Gap, Hewlett-Packard, The Home Depot, IBM, J.P. Morgan Chase, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sony, and Wal-Mart.
Risha Grant
Diversity & Inclusion Expert, Corporate BS Finder, International Speaker, Author and Consultant
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An award-winning diversity consulting and communications speaker
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Talks about: Diversity & Inclusion, Building an Inclusive Culture
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Featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, Off Script, Bloomberg Media, Black Enterprise, Engage Magazine, Radioactive Radio, Take the Lead Radio
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Past clients include: Discove, Samsung, Cox Communications, Wells Fargo, USAA Diversified Financial Group, Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Airforce, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, University of Oklahoma
Motivated by her passion to correct societal “isms” like racism, sexism, classism and plain old stupidism, it is Risha Grant’s personal mission to expose the subtleties and values of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion while shining a light on the impacts they create. From her race, gender and lifestyle choices, to growing a small business and tackling economic, moral, and business issues, every area of her life intersects diversity.
Founder & CEO of Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning diversity consulting, communications and speaking firm, as well as an edgy, educational and motivational speaker, author Risha Grant uses honest, humorous, and vulnerable storytelling to motivate audiences to embrace the inner tough work of Radical Acceptance while honoring diversity, equity, and inclusion without evoking feelings of judgement or assigning blame.
These audiences have included Google, Levi Strauss, Nestle Purina, Xerox, YouTube, Procter & Gamble, Discover Card Financial Services, Samsung Electronics America, U.S. Airforce, U.S. Navy, Intuit, and Harvard University, to name a few. She’s also been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, HR News, The Financial Times, Glamour magazine UK, Bloomberg Media, and Black Enterprise among others.
Risha has received numerous honors such as being named one of the Top 10 Most Powerful Women Leaders in HR by PeopleHum in 2021, 40 Top Women Keynote Speakers by Real Leaders, the NBA OKC Thunder Changemaker Award in 2020 among others.
In her no-holds-barred style, renowned diversity and inclusion thought leader Risha Grant teaches and empowers attendees about unconscious bias, micro-aggressions and other actions that perpetuate discrimination and inequality. Audiences leave with easily applied principles for finding respect, understanding and inclusion both personally & professionally.
Scott Greenberg
Business Motivational Speaker Helps Leaders & Franchisees Engage Employees, Serve Customers and Grow their Business
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Talks about customer service, management, and employee engagement, and how the human factor drives bottom-line results in business.
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Audiences learn how to operate in a way that makes the most impact on customers and colleagues and ultimately, the most money, your culture must excel in three critical areas: the way people think, the way they lead, and the way they serve.
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Author of The Wealthy Franchisee: Game-Changing Steps to Becoming a Thriving Franchise Superstar
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Past clients include: McDonalds, Great Clips, Anytime Fitness, GNC, Wyndham Hotel Group, National Shoes Retailers Association, Re/MAX, Lyft, Columbia Sports Wear, Principal Financial Group, National Property Management Association.
At the core of every thriving business lie the human elements of leadership, culture, and employee engagement. Scott Greenberg is the catalyst for a new kind of business transformation—one that balances the scales between strategic prowess and human empathy, the interconnectedness of profit and people.
Author of Stop the SHIFT SHOW and The Wealthy Franchisee, Scott delves into the human factors of business that directly impact performance. He helps leaders think at a higher level with a peak performance mindset that keeps emotions in check and yields the clearest, most productive perspective possible for business growth. He helps them lead more effectively so they can hire, train and develop their teams into a high-performance workforce. Improving business from the inside out, he co-created an innovative management diagnostic and leadership tool, 30-Second Leadership™, that enhances employee mindset, skillset and performance.
As a former multi-unit, international award-winning franchise owner for best management and customer service, Scott’s programs are a harmonious blend of wit, business acumen and human-centric leadership. He stands at the intersection of hard strategy and emotional intelligence, offering a holistic approach to business transformation that is practical and relatable.
Scott’s books, keynotes and online trainings aim to elevate not just the metrics, but the people behind them. As a sought-after author and international speaker, Scott ignites audiences with engaging, high-energy and customized programs that leave audience members with proven strategies and long-lasting inspiration. He is the expert organizations call on to boost performance and elevate their teams.
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Nikki Greenberg stands at the forefront as a world-renowned futurist and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, technology, and innovation. Her dynamic and high-energy keynotes delve into the fusion of real space and cyberspace, emphasizing the transformative role of emerging technologies. Nikki's mission is to not only ignite inspiration about future possibilities but also to provide actionable insights on leveraging these advancements for business growth and success.
As a digital nomad with a versatile career spanning the US, Asia, and Australia, Nikki has excelled in various leadership roles, emphasizing innovation and cutting-edge design. She has made significant contributions as the Head of Technology Strategy at QIC, an Australian investment firm, revolutionizing a $17Bn AUM portfolio with tech-driven strategies.
Nikki's expertise and influence in PropTech and innovation have been acknowledged through numerous awards, including being named a Top 9 Most Influential Woman in PropTech (2024), Top AI Influencer (2023), and a ULI Global Luminary (2022). As a sought-after speaker, she frequently shares her insights on the tech-enabled future of different industries at prominent global conferences.
Her leadership extends to serving as a co-chair of ULI New York’s Technology and Innovation Council and founding Global Ambassador of Women in PropTech. Nikki's educational background includes Masters of International Business and Architecture from UNSW, Sydney.
Currently based in New York City, this Australian national is celebrated as one of the most influential voices in the realm of AI, technology, and future-focused thinking.
Adam Growe
Host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Cash Cab & corporate comedian.
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For almost 20 years Adam Growe has been performing in radio, television and on stage. He has distinguished himself as a talented comedian and host in the club, corporate and multimedia markets.
Currently, Adam is the Host of Discovery Channel Canada's Cash Cab and is touring theatre venues with his Comedy & Quiz Showe. He is one of Canada's most accomplished stand-up comedians, starring in his own Just for Laughs Gala, as well as Comedy NOW!, on CTV and CBC's, COMICS!. Adam was also featured on Comedy Central's, Premium Blend in New York and CBS's, Star Search in Los Angeles. Adam has performed at the Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Sudbury Comedy Festivals.
Adam appeared in two seasons of YTV's, Monster Warriors, as well as numerous acting roles in TV movies such as, Shades of Black, the Conrad Black story. For many years Adam was the Host and Producer for TVO's live, on-air Membership Campaign.
Working for over a decade as an FM Radio Announcer, Adam continues to contribute humour segments to Laugh Attack, XM 153 and CBC Radio One's, Definitely Not The Opera.
Anil Gupta
World-renowned expert on strategy, globalization, innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Dr. Anil K. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy, globalization and entrepreneurship. Ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s “most influential management thinkers,” he has been inducted as a member of the Thinkers50 2024 Hall of Fame. He has been named by The Economist as one of the world's "superstars" for research on emerging markets. He is also the recipient of the 2023 CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice from the Strategic Management Society and the 2017 Outstanding Educator Award from the Academy of Management for worldwide contributions to research, practice, and teaching on the topic of globalization.
Anil is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Expert Network, the Bretton Woods Committee set up by the World Bank and IMF to advise them on solutions to global challenges, and the CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Council. He is a frequent participant at the World Economic Forum’s annual summits in Davos as well as regional summits in China, India, and the Middle East.
Anil’s honors include one of his papers being ranked #1 world-wide among the 20 most-cited papers on “Managing the Multinational Subsidiary.” Another of his papers is ranked #4. Anil is also one of only 3 professors in the world to have been elected by his peers as a Lifetime Fellow of the three most prestigious bodies in the field – Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and Academy of International Business, with a combined membership of over 25,000 scholars worldwide.
Anil is the coauthor of several highly acclaimed books including The Silk Road Rediscovered, Getting China and India Right, Global Strategies for Emerging Asia, The Quest for Global Dominance, Smart Globalization, and Global Strategy and Organization as well as over 70 papers in leading academic journals. Getting China and India Right received the 2009 Axiom Book Awards’ Silver Prize as one of the world’s two best books on globalization and was short-listed for the Asia Society’s Annual Bernard Schwartz Book Award.
Anil’s opinion pieces have been published in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Chief Executive Magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Daily Telegraph, China Daily, Economic Times, and other outlets. He has been interviewed by Harvard Business Review, Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Reuters TV, as well as other top-tier media.
Anil serves regularly as a speaker at major conferences and corporate forums in the US, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa – including the World Economic Forum, Economist conferences, Chief Executive magazine’s CEO2CEO Summits, and the Yale CEO Summit. He has also served as a consultant, keynote speaker and/or executive education faculty with some of the largest corporations in the world including GE, Wal-Mart, IBM, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, H-P, SAP, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, PPG Industries, Accenture, Marriott, First Data, Jacobs, ABB, Lockheed Martin, Indian Oil, Huawei, TeliaSonera, Metso, UPM-Kymmene, Cemex, and others.
Anil has served as an elected board member for several companies including Origene Technologies (a gene cloning company), Omega (NASDAQ), Vitalink (NYSE), NeoMagic (NASDAQ). He also serves on the advisory boards of the E-Ship Centre at IIT Bombay, and Asia Silicon Valley Connection. He has earlier served as an advisor to the US-India Business Council and is a Charter Member of TiE-DC.
Suneel Gupta
Keynote Speaker & Expert on Connecting Well-Being & Performance, Bestselling Author, Healthcare Entrepreneur
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Suneel Gupta: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, High Performance & Wellbeing | Bestselling Author | Harvard Medical School Faculty | Entrepreneur
Perform at Your Best—Without Burning Out
How do you sustain high performance when the pace of work never seems to slow down?
Suneel Gupta is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and sought-after keynote speaker on leadership, performance and wellbeing who helps people bring greater energy, focus and resilience to their work—without sacrificing their wellbeing.
Why Book Suneel Gupta?
Suneel addresses one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today: how to maintain high performance when people are stretched, distracted and increasingly exhausted.
Rather than asking people to simply work harder, Suneel shows them how to manage their energy, reconnect with purpose and build sustainable habits that improve both performance and wellbeing.
His warm, engaging style combines research, storytelling and highly practical ideas, creating a keynote experience that inspires audiences while giving them clear strategies they can put into action.
What Makes Suneel Gupta Different?
- Performance without burnout — a timely message for today's demanding workplace
- Research-backed strategies — practical ideas grounded in behavioral science and real-world experience
- Immediately actionable — tools audiences can begin using right away
- Engaging storyteller — combines business insights, personal stories and memorable examples
- Relevant across organizations — ideal for leaders, teams and high-performance cultures
- Customizable — Suneel can connect his message directly to your organization's priorities
Why Is Suneel Right for Your Audience?
Suneel is an excellent choice when you want your audience to leave energized, focused and equipped to perform at a higher level without running themselves into the ground.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, healthcare events, association conferences and organizations navigating demanding periods of growth or change.
Book Suneel when your audience needs to:
- Sustain energy in a high-pressure environment
- Improve focus and overcome distraction
- Build resilience without accepting burnout
- Reconnect daily work with a stronger sense of purpose
- Create healthier approaches to high performance
- Strengthen engagement and motivation
- Turn good intentions into consistent action
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to manage their energy throughout demanding days
- Equipped with practical strategies for sustainable high performance
- More focused on the work that matters most
- Better prepared to recognize and address burnout
- Ready to build habits that support performance and wellbeing
- Inspired to bring greater purpose and momentum to their work
Suneel Gupta Keynote Programs
Momentum: How to Sustain High Performance: What if the secret to getting more done isn't managing your time—but managing your energy?
Suneel challenges traditional ideas about productivity and shows audiences how to build the energy and momentum needed to perform consistently. Drawing from his bestselling work, he shares practical techniques for overcoming exhaustion, improving focus and sustaining performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and high-performance teams.
Everyday Dharma: Finding Purpose in What You Do: Purpose doesn't have to mean changing careers. It can mean changing the way you approach the work you're already doing.
Suneel helps audiences reconnect who they are with what they do. He shares practical strategies for discovering greater meaning in everyday work and using that sense of purpose to strengthen motivation, resilience and performance.
Ideal for: Leadership, culture, employee engagement, transformation and workplace wellbeing events.
Wellbeing Is the New Leadership Advantage
Today's leaders face a difficult challenge: delivering ambitious results while creating an environment where people can continue performing at their best.
Suneel explores how leaders can create the conditions for sustainable performance by paying closer attention to energy, purpose, resilience and human connection.
Ideal for: Executive audiences, leadership meetings, healthcare organizations and organizations focused on culture and employee performance.
Why Book Suneel Gupta Through The Sweeney Agency?
Choosing the right keynote speaker is about more than finding an impressive name. The speaker needs to connect with your audience, understand your objectives and deliver a message that supports what you want people to do differently after the event.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Suneel Gupta's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Suneel Gupta keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Suneel with other leading leadership, performance and wellbeing speakers
Is Suneel Gupta Right for Your Event?
Tell us what your people are facing—and what you want them to think, feel or do differently after the keynote.
We'll help you determine whether Suneel is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, corporate meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Suneel Gupta as your keynote speaker.
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CEO and founder of Student Maid, a cleaning company that has employed thousands of millennials and is known for building the next generation of leaders
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Kristen talks about how to build a culture of belonging with multiple generations in the workplace, and how to deliver and receive criticism as a leader.
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First TED Talk has received more than two million hits on YouTube
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Past clients include: Apple, Burger King, jetBlue, Ohio State University, PGA Tour, Re/MAX
Kristen Hadeed believes that authentic, human leadership can change the world.
At 19, with hardly any leadership experience, Kristen started a cleaning business called Student Maid. She never expected it to be her career; it was simply a way to earn money while she was in college. But before she graduated, her company received a contract to clean hundreds of apartments—and it changed her path forever. Kristen hired a team of 60 people help her, and within days, 75% of that team quit. That’s when Kristen’s obsession with learning how to be a leader began.
Over the next 14 years, Kristen learned a lot by screwing up. But most importantly, she learned how to lead from her heart. Doing so helped her take Student Maid from a small cleaning company to a business known on a global scale for its culture of belonging, its focus on people, and its purpose of building leaders.
Today, Kristen spends her time helping leaders, teams, and organizations around the world embrace their humanity. She’s worked with just about every industry with one purpose behind it all: To build a better world through courageous, compassionate leadership.
Kristen’s work has been featured in news outlets including PBS, FOX, Inc., NBC, TIME, and Forbes. Kristen’s book, Permission To Screw Up, has sold more than 40,000 copies worldwide. Her first TED Talk has more than three million views on YouTube
DeDe Halfill
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, Keynote Speaker, and Advisor helping leaders Master the Unseen™
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About DeDe Halfhill - Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, Keynote Speaker, and Advisor helping leaders Master the Unseen™:
Hesitation, unspoken tensions, quiet disengagement—these aren’t just workplace challenges. They’re the invisible factors shaping trust, culture, and performance. In the military, where hesitation and miscommunication had real consequences, DeDe learned how to recognize and address these forces before they derailed mission success. As a principal advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and the Commanding General of the Multinational Forces in Iraq, she made sure the nation’s top leaders didn’t make decisions without a clear view of the human dynamics that shape success. Every organization has an emotional undercurrent—it’s either working for you or against you.
DeDe’s leadership approach was featured in Dr. Brené Brown’s bestselling book, Dare to Lead, and on CBS’s 60 Minutes, highlighting her ability to challenge leadership norms and bring courage to the conversations leaders often avoid. Today, she partners with top organizations such as Lockheed Martin, Salesforce, Bank of America, Hearst, and FEMA. Through her keynotes, advisory work, and training seminars, she challenges leaders and teams to stop managing symptoms and start addressing the forces that truly drive engagement, trust, and performance.
The unseen isn’t just a risk—it’s the greatest opportunity most leaders never tap into.
Scott Halford
Expert in the Areas of Achievement Psychology, which includes Brain-based Behavioral Science, Emotional Intelligence and Critical Thinking.
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Scott takes the complex topic of neuroscience and distills it into bite-sized morsels that anyone can digest. He makes neuroscience feel intuitive, and his enthusiasm for the topic is downright contagious.
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Talks about: Activate Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Success & Emotional Intelligence: Success in Business and Beyond
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Internationally renowned keynote speaker and the bestselling author of Activate Your Brain
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Past clients include: General Electric, American Airlines, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, First Data, Medtronic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Centura Health, MillerCoors, Western Union
Scott Halford is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, an engaging communicator and presenter and a long-time consultant to Fortune 500 executive teams. Scott’s expansive knowledge in the areas of achievement psychology, including brain-based behavioral science, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and influence, add richness and depth to his programs.
You will appreciate Scott’s wise and timely insights into the human experience. His captivating ability to tell stories with humor, wit, and depth transports his audiences to destinations they may have never been; physically, mentally or emotionally. Participants laugh and learn, and consistently praise the rich and rewarding learning experience.
Scott is an accredited and certified Emotional Intelligence Provider as well as an Advanced Certified Associate in Emergenetics®. He holds an Executive Master’s degree from the NeuroLeadership Institute.
As an author, Scott has two best-selling books: Be a Shortcut, based on emotional intelligence and influence; and Activate Your Brain, a Wall Street Journal best-selling book and winner of the Bronze Axiom award for best business book.
Scott is on faculty at General Electric’s John Welch Center of Leadership in Crotonville, NY; is a guest lecturer for the MBA program at the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver; and is a Trustee for the Iliff School of Theology. Scott is Founder and Principal of Complete Intelligence, LLC.
Corporate clients span many industries and include General Electric, American Airlines, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, First Data, Medtronic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Centura Health, MillerCoors, Western Union and many more. Scott’s books are available on Amazon.com.
Kindra Hall
Author, Speaker, Communication and Strategic Storytelling Expert
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Kindra Hall is President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective, a consulting firm focused on the strategic application of storytelling to today’s communication challenges. Kindra is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers trusted by global brands to deliver presentations and trainings that inspire teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products - and their individuality through strategic storytelling.
Kindra is a former Director of Marketing and VP of Sales. She is a contributing editor to SUCCESS Magazine - and was guest faculty at the Harvard Medical School. Her book, Stories that Stick: How Storytelling can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences and Transform Your Business debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Best-seller List and Forbes said it “may be the most valuable business book you read." Kindra’s message spans all industries - and her clients include Facebook, Hilton Hotels, Tyson Foods, Target and Berkshire Hathaway amongst many others.
What began as a storytelling assignment in 5th grade, grew into a passion for not only telling stories, but a mastery for teaching others the methods and science of storytelling so they can better tell their own.
She was a National Champion storyteller (yes, they have those), a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Storytelling Network - and has her master’s degree in communications where she conducted original research studying the role of storytelling in defining and revealing organizational culture.
Regardless of the industry, Kindra has become a conference favourite for her clients. The blend of inspiration and education in her keynotes mean that audiences leave feeling excited - and equipped to finally put their stories to work in a tangible way.
Kindra lives in Manhattan with her husband, young son and daughter. When she is not traveling around the world speaking - Kindra can usually be found at spin class or in Central Park with her family.
Gary Hamel
World-Renowned Speaker on Strategy and Innovation, Author of Leading the Revolution.
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One of the world’s most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers, Hamel has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years and is the director of the Management Lab.
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Talks about: Innovation from Everyone, Every day & Building an Evolutionary Advantage
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Harvard Business Review author--the most reprinted in the its history
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Ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the world’s most influential business thinker and is a fellow of the Strategic Management Society and of the World Economic Forum
Gary Hamel is one of the world’s most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers. He is a sought-after management speaker on the topics of strategy, leadership, innovation and change, who has worked with leading companies across the globe. Hamel has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years and is the director of the Management Innovation eXchange.
Hamel has written 17 articles for the Harvard Business Review and is the most reprinted author in the Review’s history. His landmark books have been translated into more than 25 languages. His most recent best-sellers are The Future of Management and What Matters Now. In these volumes, Hamel presents an impassioned plea for reinventing management and lays out a practical blueprint for building organizations that are “fit for the future.” Keep an eye for his upcoming book Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them (HBR Press) with an anticipated release date of early 2020.
Fortune magazine describes Hamel as “the world’s leading expert on business strategy,” and the Financial Times calls him a “management innovator without peer.” Hamel has been ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the world’s most influential business thinker and is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and of the World Economic Forum.
Hamel’s groundbreaking concepts such as “strategic intent,” “core competence,” “industry revolution,” and “management Innovation,” have changed the language and practice of management in organizations.
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Corinne Hancock is a globally recognized expert in building world-class leaders, effective teams, and cultural proficiency in chaotic environments. With over a decade of international aid and development experience working around the world developing bold leaders, building highly effective teams, delivering medical trainings and delivering medical care.
Corinne translates her expertise from working in chaotic environments into REAL RESULTS through EFFECTIVE and INTERACTIVE keynote presentations, corporate trainings and executive coaching, helping organizations and individuals THRIVE IN CHAOS.
Corinne Hancock is the former Director of Clinics and Training Programs for Project C.U.R.E., a global leader in bringing medical aid to low-income countries. She brought together multi-generational, multi-cultural teams to train leaders, open clinics and deliver medical care in some of the most remote locations on the planet. Corinne is a certified leadership coach and has worked on numerous contracts with the Department of State and Department of Defense, helping develop the next generation of African Leaders and improve health care systems in some of the most underserved, war torn parts of our world. She is now considered a leader in disrupting the model of aid in Africa. She regularly travels to countries across the African continent working with everyone from heads of state to tribal elders; from US Ambassadors to remote village community members. She challenges them all to create a better way to bring sustainable success to the areas that need it the most. She has worked in conjunction with several for-profit and non-governmental organizations to help them Thrive in Chaos.
Corinne is the Founder of The Curiosity Project, a nonprofit organization that provides health and entrepreneurial opportunities in countries where people have limited access to resources.
Stacey Hanke
Best Selling Author, Communication & Influence Strategist, Forbes & New York Times Contributor
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Coming from an entrepreneurial upbringing, Stacey Hanke learned early on how we consistently show up and interact determines our success in our organizations and in our lives. Starting with a career in voice-over, she quickly realized how every word matters - every movement of your body matters and every sound you make matters (volume, tone and inflection). All of these combined determines who listens, who stays connected with you, who believes you and then acts on your recommendation.
Stacey then jumped into the corporate world as a trainer for Fortune 500 companies, training every possible topic from motivation to customer service to leadership. She traveled internationally researching the difference between a leader who is influential versus a leader who’s simply a good communicator.
Today, Stacey is the CEO of a highly sought-after consulting and training company where she mentors leaders who want to ensure their employees perceive them as an influential leader – those who are working towards a promotion – and sales professionals to ensure their message and style resonates with their clients.
As a thought leader she has been a featured guest on media outlets including: The New York Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Thrive, SmartMoney Magazine, The Economist and Business Week. Her client list is vast: FedEx, McDonalds, Google, Kraft Heinz, Nationwide, American Express, Discover and Oracle. Her knowledge leading diverse, high-level teams makes her a sought-after speaker and consultant and she has inspired thousands around the world through her ability to connect with an audience and one-on-one.
Her 19 years of studying influence across cultures and industries, leading large corporate teams makes her the perfect fit for organizations large and small who are ready to influence on a consistent basis. Clients hire Stacey because of her implementable strategies that help leaders get to the point, communicate with confidence and credibility, to build trust and deliver messages that drive action, creating lasting results.
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Dr. Heidi Hanna
Expert on nutrition and exercise in energy management for increased productivity, engagement and performance.
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Dr. Heidi Hanna talks about redefining how we perceive stress using a new framework built upon recent neuroscience research.
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Audiences leave understanding the different types of stress and stress reactions, and the techniques needed to train whole-brain skill sets that transform experiences of stress.
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Best-selling author on stress mastery and brain-based health and performance.
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Past clients include: Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, WD40, the PGA Tour, the National Football League
Dr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, a former instructor at Harvard Extension, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress. She is a NY Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What’s So Funny About Stress?
Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour, and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won’t admit she’s funny.
Mark Victor Hansen
Inspirational and motivational speaker, Co-Creator of the Best-Selling Chicken Soup For The Soul Series
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Mark Victor Hansen is Co-Creator of the Best-Selling Chicken Soup For The Soul Series. Recent years have seen Mark and his business partner Jack Canfield create what TIME magazine calls the publishing phenomenon of the decade.
With more than 90 million Chicken Soup for the Soul books sold in North America alone and over 100 licensed products in the marketplace, it is one of the most successful publishing franchises in America today.
Mark's energy and exuberance travels still further through mediums such as television (Oprah, CNN and The Today Show), print (TIME, US News & World Report, USA Today, The New York Times and Entrepreneur) and countless radio and newspaper interviews as he assures our planet's people that you can easily create the life you deserve.
Mark is also known as a passionate philanthropist and humanitarian, working tirelessly for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, March of Dimes, ChildHelp USA and many others.
Heather Hansen
Keynote Speaker on Leadership & Sales, Best-selling Author & Award-winning Trial Lawyer
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Heather Hansen knows how to build belief. She was a trial attorney for over 20 years and was consistently named one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania. She combines that experience with her psychology degree, her mediation training. and her experience as a TV anchor to help her clients build belief and advocate for their ideas, products and services.
For over twenty years Heather was a trial attorney. Her job was to help diverse groups of people believe in her case so that her client could win. She honed the tools for her clients to build credibility quickly so they could persuade diverse juries to see things from their perspective. Now she is sharing the tools with you.
Heather has worked with organizations like Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Google, SavATree, the American Medical Association, Call Miner and LVMH to help them make the case for their services, products, ideas and their teams. She’s also shared these tools at Harvard Business School, Stanford Law School, The University of Pennsylvania and with audiences across the world.
Heather is the author of the best-seller “The Elegant Warrior: How to Win Life’s Trials Without Losing Yourself” and the host of The Elegant Warrior podcast. Heather’s latest book is Advocate to Win-10 Tools to Ask for What You Want and Get It.
Jason O. Harris
U.S. Air Force Officer Special Operations Pilot, U.S.A.F. Academy Instructor, Motivating Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork
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Jason O. Harris: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Trust & High-Performance Teams | Former U.S. Air Force Officer | Fighter Pilot | Author
Build a Culture People Choose to Own
What separates teams that simply show up from teams that take ownership, trust one another and consistently perform at a high level?
Jason O. Harris is a leadership keynote speaker, former U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot who helps organizations build cultures of trust, accountability and commitment.
Drawing on lessons from aviation, military leadership and business, Jason shows leaders and teams how to create environments where people communicate openly, take ownership and work together when the pressure is on.
Why Book Jason O. Harris?
Jason brings a powerful perspective to one of the biggest challenges facing leaders today: how do you create a culture where people genuinely want to contribute, collaborate and perform?
His message goes beyond traditional motivation. Jason gives audiences practical principles for strengthening trust, increasing accountability and creating greater commitment across teams.
Using compelling aviation stories and real-world leadership lessons, Jason delivers a keynote that is engaging, memorable and directly relevant to today's workplace.
What Makes Jason O. Harris Different?
- Real leadership experience — lessons forged in demanding, high-stakes environments
- Powerful aviation stories — memorable experiences that reinforce practical business lessons
- Focus on trust and accountability — essential ingredients of high-performing teams
- Immediately actionable — strategies leaders and employees can put into practice
- Relevant across organizations — connects with leaders, sales teams and frontline employees
- Customizable — Jason can align his message with your organization's culture and objectives
Why Is Jason Right for Your Audience?
Jason is an excellent choice when you want your people to take greater ownership, strengthen relationships and work more effectively together.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations focused on strengthening culture and performance.
Book Jason when your audience needs to:
- Build greater trust across teams
- Take more ownership and accountability
- Strengthen collaboration across departments
- Communicate more effectively under pressure
- Build stronger relationships with colleagues and clients
- Increase engagement and commitment
- Create a culture of consistent high performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding why trust is fundamental to performance
- Better equipped to take ownership of their responsibilities
- Ready to strengthen communication and collaboration
- More aware of the behaviors that build—or weaken—team culture
- Equipped with practical strategies for greater accountability
- Motivated to become stronger teammates and leaders
Jason O. Harris Keynote Programs
No Fail Trust™: High-performing teams don't leave trust to chance. They build it deliberately.
Drawing on his experience as a U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, Jason explores the principles that allow people to trust one another when performance matters most.
Audiences discover how individual behaviors influence trust, accountability, communication and ultimately organizational performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs and high-performance teams.
Building High-Performance Teams: Great teams aren't created by talent alone. They're built through trust, ownership and shared commitment.
Jason shows audiences how to create stronger connections, increase accountability and develop the behaviors that allow individuals to perform effectively as part of a team.
Ideal for: Teamwork, leadership, culture and organizational-performance events.
Leading Through Trust
Leaders don't simply manage performance—they create the environment in which performance happens.
Jason helps leaders understand how their everyday actions influence trust, engagement and accountability. Audiences leave with practical strategies for creating teams where people feel empowered to contribute and take ownership.
Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development programs and organizations navigating growth or change.
Why Book Jason O. Harris Through The Sweeney Agency?
Finding the right keynote speaker is about more than choosing someone with an impressive story. The speaker needs to connect that experience directly to your audience and the results you want from your event.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Jason O. Harris's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Jason O. Harris keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Jason with other leading leadership, teamwork and motivational speakers
Is Jason O. Harris Right for Your Event?
Tell us where you want to see greater trust, accountability or collaboration in your organization.
We'll help you determine whether Jason is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, corporate meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Jason O. Harris as your keynote speaker.
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Erin Hatzikostas
Often called “The Mel Robbins for business,” Erin Hatzikostas is a former corporate CEO turned globally recognized expert on the impact of authenticity in the workplace.
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Erin Hatzikostas is a former corporate CEO turned authenticity aficionado. Working at a Fortune 50 company, she became, at age 42, the CEO of its $2 billion AUM subsidiary, PayFlex, and in just three years tripled earnings and sent employee engagement skyrocketing, using a strategy she had unknowingly relied on her entire career: authenticity.
Today she is the CEO and founder of b Authentic Inc., a sought-after keynote speaker, the award-winning author of You Do You(ish) and The 50% Rule, and co-host of the hit podcast b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck. Her TEDx talk was among the top 20 most-viewed TEDx talks worldwide in 2021, and her thought leadership has reached hundreds of thousands. She has been featured by ABC, CBS, Business Insider, and Fast Company, and her company is behind a groundbreaking national study on authenticity's impact in the workplace. Erin helps audiences see that authenticity is a much more nuanced and powerful concept than simply “being yourself,” built around her proprietary H.U.M.A.N.S. framework: the Six Principles of Strategic Authenticity.
Sterling Hawkins
Keynote Speaker on Growth, Performance, Overcoming Adversity and Transformational Leadership
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Leading Speaker on Growth and Change Management
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Talks about 5 Practices to Unlock Unstoppable Growth and Hunting Discomfort
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Featured contributor in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times and Inc. Magazine
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Past clients include: Energizer, Intel, Samsung, United, XPrize, Duracell, Amex, Fortune Brands, NACS
Sterling Hawkins is an author, investor, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who is globally recognized as a thought leader in organizational culture. Founder of the No Matter What Movement, he shows people how to practice trust to achieve the results they want regardless of obstacles.
Sterling developed his trust-powered success system to learn from the painful collapse of his multibillion dollar startup involvement. He's since combined his business background, research, study and practice to come back and launch, invest in and grow more than 100 companies. He's taken that experience to work with C-level teams and leaders and speak on stages around the world. He's been featured in magazines like Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times and Inc.
He believes that the depth of your trust determines the extent of your growth and success in life and business. Getting results requires being brave, declaring big goals and stepping outside your comfort zone. To inspire people to unlock their own inherent potential, he shares five practices that help us push beyond our perceived limits to make a difference for our companies, communities and families. When he's not at home in Colorado, he may be out skydiving, swimming with sharks or adventuring with the No Matter What Movement.
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Troy talks about entrepreneurship: how businesses can grow through forward thinking leadership.
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Audiences leave with actionable ideas to develop and pursue strategies for growth and promote great collaboration within teams.
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Troy is a best-selling author, business strategist and entrepreneur, having founded twelve businesses over two decades and has consulted to countless successful companies over the last 25 years.
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Past clients include: Kia Motors, Prudential Real Estate, Toyota, McCain Foods, Lowe's and Hertz Rent-a-Car.
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There are few situations in the business world that Troy Hazard has not experienced and survived. The entrepreneurial genius, who has founded and nurtured thirteen businesses over three decades, has turned around businesses that were making enormous losses and has consulted to countless successful companies including Goodyear, Baskin Robbins, Subway, Fisher & Paykel and many more.
Hazard’s business talents earned him international respect, so much so that he was elected by the world’s foremost business leaders for the role of Global President of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a role he says was one of his greatest challenges.
“That was by far the toughest leadership position I have held,” he admits, speaking of an organization that represents a global community of successful business owners.
Hazard’s experiences in the business world have allowed him valuable insight into the workings of organizations and the minds of customers. His particular area of specialty is in the franchise space where he has been a leading consultant for 30 years.
It’s this same experience that gives Hazard such great value as a CSP – Certified Speaking Professional, and as the host on the hugely successful national network business television shows in Australia ‘Inside Franchising’ and ‘Don’t Come Monday’.
He is also the host of his own Cable TV talk show in the USA – ‘Gettin’ Down 2 Business’, on the BizTV Cable Network and TiVo broadcasting into 30 million homes each week, and a regular Co-Host on ‘The Big Biz Show’ on the CBS Talk Radio Network and the Business Talk Radio Network broadcasting to 1.5 Million Radio Listeners, and simulcast the BizTV Cable Network.
Dan Heath
Co-author (with his brother Chip) of four New York Times bestsellers: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments A senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports social entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good Named …
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Co-author (with his brother Chip) of four New York Times bestsellers: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments
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A senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports social entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good
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Named in 2013 to the Thinkers50, a ranking of the world’s most influential management thinkers
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MBA from Harvard Business School
Dan Heath is the co-author, along with his brother Chip, of four long-running bestsellers: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. The Heath Brothers’ books have sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 33 languages. Dan’s new book Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen was an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller, and it was included on “best books” lists from Apple, Amazon, the Financial Times, and others.
Dan is a Senior Fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who fight for social good. He is an entrepreneur himself, having founded Thinkwell, an innovative education company that next year will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Dan was named in 2013 to the Thinkers 50, a ranking of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers, and also to Fast Company magazine’s list of the Most Creative People in Business. He has spoken to teachers, police chiefs, U.S. senators, interior designers, Navy admirals, health care leaders, marketers, ministers, and countless executive teams, across 26 countries on 6 continents. (He’s still waiting for that invitation from Antarctica.)
Dan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. One proud geeky moment for Dan was his victory in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, beating out 13,000 other entrants. He lives in Durham, NC.
Sheila Heen
CEO, Triad Consulting; Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Co-Author, Difficult Conversations and Thanks for the Feedback
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Sheila Heen is the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice, and serves as a Deputy Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, where she has been developing negotiation theory and practice since 1995. Heen also teaches in the executive education programs, including the Harvard Negotiation Institute’s Advanced Negotiation course, and the PON Master Class.
Heen specializes in particularly difficult negotiations – where emotions run high and relationships are strained. She is also a co-author of two New York Times bestsellers, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (with Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton, 2nd ed Penguin 2010) and Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It’s Off-Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered, and Frankly, You’re Not in the Mood) (with Douglas Stone, Viking/Penguin 2014). She has written for the Harvard Business Review, and the New York Times as a guest expert, and as a Modern Love columnist.
Heen is a Founder of Triad Consulting Group, a corporate education and consulting firm that serves clients on six continents. Her corporate clients have included Pixar, Hugo Boss, the NBA, the Federal Reserve Bank, Ford, Novartis, Converse, American Express, and numerous family businesses. She often works with executive teams, helping them to work through conflict, repair working relationships and make sound decisions together. In the public sector she has also provided training for the New England Organ Bank, the Singapore Supreme Court, the Obama White House and theologians struggling with disagreement over the nature of truth and God.
Sheila is a frequent media guest and has appeared on shows as diverse as Oprah, NPR, Fox News, and CNBC’s Power Lunch. She can be heard on podcast episodes of Shane Parrish’s Knowledge Project, Adam Grant’s WorkLife, Hidden Brain, and The Tim Ferriss Show. She has spoken at the Global Leadership Summit, the Nordic Business Forum, the Smithsonian, Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Leadership & Character Conference at the U.S. Air Force Academy. She got to fly along on a training mission in an F-16 while collaborating with the Air Force to strengthen feedback to pilots in training.
Heen is a graduate of Occidental College and Harvard Law School. She is schooled in negotiation daily by her three children.
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Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Leadership, Stress & High Performance | Bestselling Author | Stress Physiologist
Turn Fear Into Fuel. Pressure Into Performance.
What if the instincts designed to protect us are actually holding us back?
Rebecca Heiss is a dynamic keynote speaker, stress physiologist and bestselling author who helps leaders and teams perform at their best when pressure is high, change is constant and fear threatens to get in the way.
Combining science, humor, powerful storytelling and practical strategies, Rebecca shows audiences how to rethink stress, overcome instinctive reactions and turn uncertainty into an advantage.
Why Book Rebecca Heiss?
Rebecca doesn't just motivate audiences—she helps them understand why they think, feel and react the way they do and how to change those responses.
Her science-based approach to resilience, leadership, stress management and high performance gives audiences practical tools they can immediately use at work and in life.
Energetic, entertaining and highly relatable, Rebecca delivers the kind of keynote that gets people thinking differently—and gives them something useful to do differently the next day.
What Makes Rebecca Heiss Different?
- Science meets motivation — research-backed insights delivered with energy and humor
- Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can put to work right away
- Highly engaging — an entertaining keynote experience that keeps audiences involved
- Relevant to today's workplace — especially powerful during change, uncertainty and pressure
- Broad audience appeal — ideal for leaders, sales teams and high-performance organizations
- Customizable — Rebecca can connect her message directly to your event objectives
Why Is Rebecca Right for Your Audience?
Rebecca is an excellent choice when you want more than an inspirational keynote. You want your audience to change how they respond to pressure, uncertainty and opportunity.
She is particularly well suited for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, association conferences and organizations experiencing significant change.
Book Rebecca when your audience needs to:
- Perform confidently under pressure
- Build resilience during uncertainty and change
- Turn fear into productive action
- Make stronger decisions in stressful situations
- Break through limiting beliefs and behaviors
- Take greater ownership of their performance
- Approach challenges with courage and confidence
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding how biology influences behavior and performance
- Better equipped to manage stress rather than simply avoid it
- Able to recognize instinctive reactions that may be holding them back
- More confident making decisions despite uncertainty
- Equipped with practical strategies for resilience and high performance
- Ready to turn fear, pressure and change into opportunities for growth
Rebecca Heiss Keynote Programs
Fear(less) Leadership
What could your leaders accomplish if fear stopped making their decisions?
Rebecca reveals how deeply rooted biological instincts influence leadership, decision-making and behavior. She gives leaders practical strategies to recognize fear-based reactions, make more intentional choices and move forward confidently despite uncertainty.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, executive meetings, management events and organizations navigating change.
Stress Better
The goal isn't to eliminate stress. It's to get better at using it.
Rebecca challenges conventional thinking about stress and shows audiences how understanding their biological responses can transform pressure into energy, resilience and better performance.
Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, corporate conferences, high-performance teams and workplace wellbeing events.
The Biology of Belief
Your brain wants to keep you safe. But safe doesn't always lead to growth.
Rebecca explores how unconscious beliefs and deeply programmed instincts shape decisions and behavior. Audiences discover how to challenge limiting patterns, rethink their assumptions and create better outcomes.
Ideal for: Leadership, culture, transformation and personal-performance events.
Why Book Rebecca Heiss Through The Sweeney Agency?
Choosing a keynote speaker is about much more than finding someone with an impressive presentation. The right speaker needs to be right for your audience, your objectives and this particular moment in your organization.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Rebecca Heiss's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Rebecca Heiss keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization and how Rebecca can connect her message to your event
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Rebecca with other leading resilience, leadership and motivational speakers
Is Rebecca Heiss Right for Your Event?
Tell us what you want your audience to think, feel or do differently after the keynote.
We'll help you determine whether Rebecca is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Rebecca Heiss as your keynote speaker.
Doc Hendley
Global Humanitarian, Founder and President of Wine To Water, Clean Water Crusader, Top 10 CNN Hero
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Doc Hendley talks about the immense power of relationships to transcend perceived barriers through teamwork & motivation.
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Audiences leave inspired by his journey from keg-tapper to humanitarian, in his work to help the 1.1 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water.
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Doc Hendley was named one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2009, and is the author Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World.
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Past clients include: LinkedIn, United Water, Association for Healthcare Foodservice.
Doc Hendley is the Founder and President of Wine To Water, a global non-profit preserving life and dignity through the power of clean water. Wine To Water is committed to building a holistic, community-based model by supporting the life and dignity of all through the power of clean water. Their teams around the globe integrate strategies for social, environmental, and economic impacts through access to clean water.
Doc did not dream of dedicating his life to humanitarian efforts in developing countries. Far from it, in fact. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a communications degree that he wasn’t sure how to use. While bartending to pay the bills, he noticed the men and women sitting on the stools seemed to want to be part of something bigger. The 30-year-old Hendley got inspired behind the bar and traveled to Darfur, Sudan, and with the money raised, began installing water systems for victims of government-supported genocide.
In 2004 Hendley launched Wine To Water (W|W) from an idea that started with wine tastings and a humble donation jar. W|W radically transformed the process of bringing clean water to people in need anywhere in the world. To date, Wine To Water has dug, repaired, and sanitized drinking wells for nearly 2 million people in 53 countries. While developing water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions (WASH) in direct partnership with local leaders, WTW creates impact beyond water. This impact includes environmental sustainability, improved education, women’s empowerment, better healthcare, and economic growth.
For his life-saving work, Doc Hendley was named one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2009 chosen from over 9,000 applicants by a panel of judges, including General Colin Powell, Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Turner, and Sir Elton John.
Doc Hendley is the epitome of the individual who has made a difference. Because of Doc and his organization, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have access to clean drinking water. Hendley is proof that anyone, even a “tattooed keg-tapper,” can cure what ails the world.
Todd Henry
Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author, Teaches Leaders and Organizations how to Establish Practices that Lead to Everyday Brilliance
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Todd Henry is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, best-selling author, and trusted advisor to leaders and organizations who want to unlock brilliance, build courageous cultures, and achieve lasting impact. For nearly two decades, he has equipped executives, creative professionals, and teams with practical frameworks to drive innovation, sharpen focus, and perform at their peak—even under intense pressure.
He is the author of seven acclaimed books, including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Herding Tigers, and The Brave Habit, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages and used by organizations worldwide to transform the way they lead and create. Known as “the arms dealer for the creative revolution,” Todd blends research, compelling storytelling, and actionable strategies to help audiences thrive in a fast-changing world.
Todd’s award-winning podcast, The Daily Creative, has been downloaded more than 20 million times since 2005, making him one of the most trusted voices on creativity, leadership, and productivity. His work has been featured by global media outlets, and he has delivered keynote speeches and workshops to hundreds of organizations across industries—from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups—empowering them to unleash the untapped potential of their people.
As a thought leader at the intersection of creativity and leadership, Todd Henry has developed a comprehensive framework that helps leaders and teams:
- Build brave habits that drive clarity, courage, and cultural resilience.
- Conquer creativity killers and overcome stagnation with practical, repeatable strategies.
- Maintain brilliance under pressure by mastering rhythms of productivity and avoiding burnout.
- Lead high-performing creative teams with focus, empathy, and confidence.
Whether he is speaking to executives navigating disruption, managers leading diverse teams, or professionals striving to deliver their best work, Todd Henry delivers high-energy, transformational keynotes that equip audiences to be brave, focused, and brilliant every day.
Robert Herjavec
Inspiratonal Speaker, Best-selling Author, Founder & CEO of Herjavec Group and Leading Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank
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Robert Herjavec a dynamic entrepreneur and leading Shark on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning hit show Shark Tank - is one of North America’s most recognizable business leaders. In 2003, he founded Herjavec Group, and it quickly became one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies. Today, Herjavec Group is recognized as a global cybersecurity operations leader - specializing in managed security services, compliance, identity services and incident response for enterprise-level leaders and their organizations.
Born in Eastern Europe, he arrived in North America on a boat with his parents - after escaping communism in the former Yugoslavia. From delivering newspapers, and waiting tables, to launching a computer company from his basement - his drive to achieve has led him to the fulfillment of a better life for himself and his family. Robert’s motivational business advice has received millions of impressions through TV, print, radio and digital media.
Robert's inspiring books all appeared on best-sellers’ lists:
- You Don’t Have to Be a Shark: Creating Your Own Success (St. Martin's Press, May 2016)
- The Will to Win (HarperCollins, Apr 2013)
- Driven (HarperCollins, Sep 2010)
Robert will engage and inspire anyone willing to keep up with the pace of change! Robert's fundamental guiding principles include "Today we do what others won’t, so that tomorrow we can accomplish what others can’t" - and "Constant Forward Momentum!"
Miles Hilton-Barber
Blind Adventurer, An Extraordinarily Inspiring, Funny and Compelling Speaker.
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Miles Hilton-Barber is one of the most widely sought-after motivational speakers on the world circuit today, having had the privilege of speaking at over 1,400 corporate events in 74 countries to date.
Despite losing his sight in his early 20's, his quality of life and level of success was radically transformed at the age of 50, not through sight restoration, but through changing his attitude to his blindness.
“Potential for growth and ongoing success for individuals, companies and organizations is not primarily dependent on a change in the economy or their circumstances - but a change in the attitude of their management and leadership towards their current circumstances” he says.
Since the age of 50 Miles has set numerous world records undertaking extreme endurance events across all seven continents of our world in the fields of mountaineering, desert and polar ultra-marathons, power-boat racing, scuba-diving, motor-racing and long distance, aerobatic and supersonic flying amongst other achievements.
His presentation outlines a radical yet simple set of life principles that will enable companies, individuals and organizations to become more successful today, despite facing unprecedented global change - all of this wrapped up in a fast-moving, colorful and humorous presentation with photos and video clips from his many expeditions and adventures.
Miles will challenge you to look again at who you are, and inspire you to achieve so much more than you think you can - in both your personal and business life, because "the only limits in your life are those you accept yourself."