Accountability
Mike Abrashoff
Inspiring Story of Leadership from Former Commander of USS Benfold
About
Mike Abrashoff - Former Commander of USS Benfold | Author of It’s Your Ship | Leadership and Accountability Speaker
It’s Your Ship
Mike Abrashoff faced that challenge as commander of USS Benfold. By listening to his sailors, earning their trust, and giving them ownership of the ship’s success, he helped turn an underperforming crew into one of the Navy’s best. His story gives business audiences a memorable way to think about leadership, culture, and results. The Sweeney Agency
Why Book Mike Abrashoff?
Mike makes accountability feel achievable. His message starts with what leaders and team members can influence today: how they listen, make decisions, solve problems, and support one another.
Audiences hear the story behind It’s Your Ship and leave with practical ideas for building trust, empowering people closest to the work, and improving performance without waiting for perfect conditions.
What Makes Mike Different?
- A real turnaround story led by the same crew under intense operational demands
- A message that gives people at every level responsibility for results
- Leadership lessons grounded in listening, trust, and ownership
- Practical ideas for teamwork, change, and execution
- A keynote he can tailor to the audience’s priorities The Sweeney Agency
Why Is Mike Right for Your Audience?
Mike is a strong choice for leadership meetings, company conferences, sales kickoffs, and organizations that want people to take greater ownership of outcomes. His story speaks to executives and frontline teams alike because everyone has a role in improving how the team works.
Book Mike when your audience needs to:
- Build a culture of trust and accountability
- Give people more ownership over decisions and results
- Improve engagement
- Work together more effectively under pressure
- Focus on changes within their control
- Raise expectations of what the team can achieve
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Ready to ask better questions and listen to people closest to the work
- More willing to take responsibility for solving problems
- Equipped to recognize and use their team’s ideas
- Clearer on how trust and ownership support execution
- Motivated to improve results with the team they already have
Keynote Programs
It’s Your Ship: Achieving Breakthrough Performance
Mike shares how trust, engagement, and shared ownership helped transform USS Benfold. Audiences consider what they can change in their own teams to improve performance. Ideal for leadership, culture, accountability, and teamwork events.
No Limits: Don’t Let Goals Become Limitations
Mike challenges audiences to look beyond merely reaching an assigned target and question the limits they have placed on their own performance. Ideal for sales kickoffs and teams ready to raise their ambitions.
Go Deeper with the Leadership Roadmap
For groups that want to put the keynote into practice, half-day and full-day programs explore the habits of high-performing leaders, teams, and organizations. Ask about the format and facilitator for your event. The Sweeney Agency
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what you want people to do differently after the event, and we’ll help you assess whether Mike’s message is the right fit. We can confirm his availability and current fee, discuss the best program and format, and help plan a presentation around your audience.
Is Mike Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the results you want to improve, and the leadership behaviour you want to encourage. We’ll help you assess the fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
Eric Boles
Consultant and Speaker on Leadership, Peak Performance, and Change Management
About
Eric Boles: Leadership & Performance Expert | President, The Game Changers, Inc. | Former NFL Player | Author of Moving to Great
Turn Potential Into Performance
Eric Boles helps leaders and teams close that gap.
President of The Game Changers, Inc. and a former NFL player, Eric combines powerful storytelling, high energy and practical strategies to help people strengthen accountability, embrace change and perform at a higher level.
Why Book Eric Boles?
Eric doesn't simply motivate people to do better. He challenges them to take greater ownership of how they think, lead and perform.
For more than two decades, Eric has worked with organizations including Starbucks, FedEx, Meta, Mayo Clinic, IBM, PwC, Alaska Airlines and the U.S. Air Force.
His message is straightforward: sustainable performance comes from clarity, accountability and consistent execution—not good intentions.
What Makes Eric Different?
- Former NFL player who understands high-performance environments
- More than two decades working with leaders and organizations
- Powerful combination of energy, humor and practical business insight
- Expertise in leadership, accountability, change and peak performance
- Challenges audiences without talking down to them
- Creates urgency around turning ideas into action
- Customizes his message around the organization's goals and challenges
Why Is Eric Right for Your Audience?
Eric is an excellent choice when an organization needs people to raise their game, embrace accountability and execute at a higher level.
He is particularly effective for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings, team events and organizations navigating significant change.
Book Eric when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of results
- Move from intention to execution
- Raise expectations for themselves and others
- Navigate change with greater confidence
- Break through complacency and self-imposed limitations
- Strengthen teamwork and accountability
- Perform effectively under pressure
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Motivated to take greater ownership of their performance
- Better equipped to turn good intentions into action
- Ready to challenge habits that may be limiting results
- More confident navigating change and uncertainty
- Clearer about the role accountability plays in high performance
- Energized to raise their personal and professional expectations
Keynote Programs
Performance Catalyst™ Align, Elevate and Accelerate Performance
Eric challenges audiences to examine the behaviors that separate potential from sustainable performance.
He helps leaders strengthen alignment, accountability and execution while creating greater urgency around the actions required to achieve organizational goals.
Ideal for leadership conferences, executive meetings, sales kickoffs and organizations focused on accelerating performance.
Moving to Great: Unleash Your Best More of the Time
What keeps talented people from consistently performing at their best?
Eric helps audiences recognize the fears, habits and self-imposed limitations that can hold them back—and provides practical strategies for moving beyond them.
The result is a highly motivational presentation with a strong business message about personal responsibility, growth and performance.
Ideal for sales meetings, corporate conferences, recognition events and organizations looking to re-energize their people.
Leading Through Change
Change creates uncertainty—but it also creates an opportunity for stronger leadership.
Eric helps leaders understand how their mindset, communication and behavior influence the way people respond to change. He challenges audiences to move beyond fear, have difficult conversations, make decisions and create positive momentum.
Ideal for organizations experiencing transformation, growth or significant disruption.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
A high-energy keynote can create excitement. The right keynote can turn that excitement into action.
Contact us to:
- Confirm Eric's availability and current fee
- Determine which presentation best supports your objectives
- Discuss customization around your business challenges
- Explore keynote, breakout and leadership-development options
- Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit
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Walter Bond
Former NBA Athlete, Author and Speaker on Mentorship, Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation
About
Walter Bond: Former NBA Player | Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker | Expert on Leadership, Accountability and Performance
Give Your Team a Way to Make Progress
Walter Bond helps leaders and teams answer that question. An undrafted player who earned a place in the NBA, he combines the energy of a sports story with practical ideas about focus, coaching, teamwork, and execution. His goal is to help audiences understand where they are going and the role each person plays in getting there.
Why Book Walter Bond?
Walter understands the gap between wanting a result and doing the work it takes to achieve it. His journey from an undrafted athlete to the NBA gives him a memorable way to talk about discipline and ownership; his work with organizations connects those lessons to business goals.
He can tailor his message to the challenge your audience faces, whether that is stronger sales execution, a more accountable culture, or managers who need to coach their teams more effectively.
What Makes Walter Different?
- Firsthand experience reaching the NBA as an undrafted player
- Induction into the National Speakers Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame
- Experience addressing leadership, sales, teamwork, and accountability
- Memorable frameworks that give audiences a shared language for action
- High-energy delivery paired with practical steps for the workplace
Why Is Walter Right for Your Audience?
Walter is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, franchise meetings, and company-wide events. He is especially relevant when a team has clear ambitions but needs stronger alignment and follow-through.
Book Walter when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of its results
- Align individual effort with a shared goal
- Build trust and accountability across teams
- Turn managers into more effective coaches
- Stay focused through setbacks and competition
- Move from motivation to consistent execution
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the goal they are working toward and their role in it
- Better equipped to connect daily actions with long-term results
- Ready to approach obstacles with more discipline and confidence
- More aware of how communication and trust shape team performance
- Motivated to make measurable progress together
Keynote Programs
Make Progress
Walter helps audiences align around a target, develop a practical playbook, and recognize how each role contributes to the result. The emphasis can be shaped around leadership, culture, sales, accountability, or execution. Ideal for organizations seeking a common direction and a clear next step.
No One Can Stop You But You
Walter challenges audiences to examine the mindsets and habits that limit performance. He focuses on accountability, discipline, opportunity, and commitment. Ideal for sales and employee events that call for renewed personal ownership.
The Shark Mindset
Using his memorable shark metaphor, Walter encourages teams to move forward with focus and confidence when they face uncertainty or competition. Ideal for sales kickoffs and performance-focused meetings.
TeamMastery
Walter explores the traits that support a winning team, including trust, communication, shared goals, and commitment. Ideal for organizations that need stronger chemistry and cooperation across roles.
From Boss to Coach
Walter shows managers how to create clarity, build connection, and develop people through consistent coaching. Ideal for leadership audiences seeking stronger engagement and accountability.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what progress would mean for your organization and where your team is getting stuck. We can help select the most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm Walter’s availability and current fee.
Is Walter Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, its goals, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We’ll help you assess Walter’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]
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Kevin Brown: Creator of The Hero Effect® | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Leadership and Customer Experience
Why Book Kevin Brown?
Kevin brings the message to life through stories and business experience. As part of the leadership team that helped grow SERVPRO into a major franchise brand, he saw how culture, customer loyalty, and individual commitment work together. His keynotes give audiences a memorable reason to show up at their best when it matters most.
Why Is Kevin Brown Right for Your Audience?
Kevin is a strong fit for leadership conferences, franchise meetings, sales kickoffs, customer service events, and company gatherings. He is especially valuable when an organization wants employees at every level to feel responsible for the experience they create for customers and colleagues.
Book Kevin when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of daily actions and results
- Strengthen customer relationships through personal service
- Build a culture where people look for ways to help
- Connect individual purpose with organizational goals
- Turn stated values into visible behavior
- Leave energized and ready to make a positive difference
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how small actions shape a customer’s experience
- Ready to take responsibility for the moments they can influence
- More aware of the difference between meeting expectations and exceeding them
- Equipped to build stronger relationships with customers and teammates
- Motivated to follow through on what they say matters
Keynote Programs
The Hero Effect®: Being Your Best When It Matters the Most
Kevin’s signature keynote shows how people in any role can create meaningful moments for those they serve and work beside. Ideal for broad employee, sales, and customer experience audiences.
The Hero Effect® for Leaders: Creating a Culture of Extraordinary
Kevin focuses his message on leaders who want to help people perform at their best. Drawing on his executive experience, he explores how to build commitment, connect personal and organizational goals, and develop others. Ideal for management and leadership events.
If It Matters, Prove It!™
Kevin challenges teams to close the gap between good intentions and consistent action. Ideal for audiences that need stronger accountability, follow-through, and visible progress toward their goals.
Is Kevin Brown Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the experience you want people to create, and what you want them to do differently after the event. We can help select Kevin’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Kristen Hadeed: Founder of Student Maid | Author of Permission to Screw Up | Speaker on Human Leadership, Trust and Workplace Culture
Why Book Kristen Hadeed?
Kristen brings openness to a subject that can feel intimidating. Her presentations encourage leaders to acknowledge what they do not know, take responsibility for their impact, and make room for the humanity of the people they lead.
Why Is Kristen Hadeed Right for Your Audience?
Kristen is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager development, company meetings, and culture initiatives. Consider her when an organization wants more candid feedback and a stronger sense of trust between leaders and employees.
Book Kristen when your audience needs to:
- Build trust through greater openness
- Deliver feedback with clarity and care
- Respond constructively to mistakes
- Develop confidence in difficult conversations
- Strengthen connection between managers and employees
- Take responsibility for their leadership impact
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on what human leadership can look like in practice
- Ready to approach a difficult conversation more thoughtfully
- More aware of how their behavior affects trust
- Equipped with ideas for giving and receiving feedback
- Focused on a relationship they can strengthen
Keynote Programs
Ignite Human Leadership
Kristen explores how leaders can build a culture that values people and supports growth. Ideal for leadership events and organizations reconsidering their approach to management.
Courageous Conversations
Kristen focuses on delivering and accepting feedback in ways that build trust. Ideal for managers and teams seeking clearer communication and more productive working relationships.
Is Kristen Hadeed Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership relationships and conversations you want to improve. We can help select Kristen’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Mike Mullane: Former NASA Astronaut | Author of Riding Rockets | Speaker on Safety, Accountability and Teamwork
Why Book Mike Mullane?
Mike’s stories make the pressure to accept shortcuts tangible. His presentations encourage people to question departures from established practice, speak up about concerns, and recognize their own contribution to the team’s operating culture.
Why Is Mike Mullane Right for Your Audience?
Mike is a strong fit for safety conferences, operational leadership meetings, engineering events, and high-reliability organizations. Consider him when speaking up and following through on standards are central priorities.
Book Mike when your audience needs to:
- Recognize gradual acceptance of unsafe shortcuts
- Speak up when something needs attention
- Strengthen personal responsibility for safety
- Understand how pressure affects decisions
- Support more questioning team conversations
- Keep operational standards visible in daily work
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how small deviations can become routine
- Ready to raise a concern more deliberately
- More aware of their contribution to safety culture
- Equipped with questions about team decision-making
- Focused on a standard they need to reinforce
Keynote Programs
Countdown to Teamwork/Leadership/Safety
Mike uses spaceflight experiences to examine teamwork, leadership, and departures from safe practice. Ideal for operational and safety audiences.
Responsibility & Accountability
Mike explores the importance of speaking up and owning one’s contribution. Ideal for leaders and teams working in demanding environments.
Is Mike Mullane Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the operational responsibilities your audience carries and the safety behaviors you want to strengthen. We can help select Mike’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Sam Silverstein
Leadership Keynote Speaker on Accountability, Best Selling Author
About
Sam Silverstein: Accountability Speaker and Author | Speaker on Leadership, Commitments and Workplace Culture
Why Book Sam Silverstein?
Sam encourages audiences to look beyond assigning responsibility for a task. His presentations ask leaders to consider whether their values, decisions, and relationships make it easier for people to take ownership and follow through.
Why Is Sam Silverstein Right for Your Audience?
Sam is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, sales events, and culture programs. Consider him when an organization wants accountability to be more visible in everyday behavior.
Book Sam when your audience needs to:
- Clarify commitments to colleagues and customers
- Connect organizational values with action
- Strengthen leadership responsibility for culture
- Build more consistent follow-through
- Examine barriers to personal ownership
- Discuss accountability through working relationships
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a commitment they need to honor
- Ready to review how leaders model accountability
- More aware of the relationship between values and behavior
- Equipped with questions about their team’s working culture
- Focused on a practical action that demonstrates ownership
Keynote Programs
The Accountability Advantage™
Sam explores the leadership choices and commitments behind an accountable culture. Ideal for executives, managers, and teams seeking a shared approach to ownership and consistent follow-through.
Is Sam Silverstein Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the commitments your people need to strengthen and the accountable culture you want to build. We can help select Sam’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.