Leadership Keynote Speakers
About
Dr. Julie Williamson: Business Strategy Adviser | Organizational Communication Scholar | Speaker on Leadership Alignment and Growth
Why Book Dr. Julie Williamson?
Julie brings experience working with organizations on transformation and growth. Her presentations encourage leaders to look at the way they make decisions, maintain alignment, and bring energy to difficult work.
Why Is Dr. Julie Williamson Right for Your Audience?
Julie is a strong fit for leadership retreats, management conferences, transformation meetings, and strategy events. Consider her when a leadership team shares ambitious goals but needs a stronger approach to achieving them together.
Book Julie when your audience needs to:
- Translate strategic agreement into coordinated action
- Discuss how leaders work together
- Clarify expectations during transformation
- Strengthen alignment across functions
- Bring constructive energy to difficult situations
- Review leadership habits that affect execution
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a gap between agreement and action
- Ready to examine a leadership working habit
- More aware of their influence on team energy
- Equipped with questions about alignment
- Focused on a shared practice that supports execution
Keynote Programs
Make HOW Matter
Julie explores how leaders can work together to deliver on ambitious goals. Ideal for internal leadership meetings and strategy retreats.
The Power of Intentional Optimism
Julie examines the role of optimism in leadership and the energy people bring to difficult situations. Ideal for management and change audiences.
Is Dr. Julie Williamson Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals your leadership team shares and the working relationships needed to achieve them. We can help select Julie’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.
John Winsor
Innovator, Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker on The Future of Work
About
John Winsor: Founder of Open Assembly | Entrepreneur and Author | Speaker on Open Talent, AI and the Future of Work
Why Book John Winsor?
John connects open talent with the changing role of AI. His presentations invite leaders to review how work is organized, how outside perspectives are brought in, and what a more flexible approach could make possible.
Why Is John Winsor Right for Your Audience?
John is a strong fit for executive retreats, future of work conferences, HR events, and innovation meetings. Consider him when an organization wants to rethink how it accesses expertise and solves difficult problems.
Book John when your audience needs to:
- Explore alternatives to traditional talent models
- Connect AI adoption with workforce strategy
- Bring outside expertise into problem-solving
- Review boundaries that limit collaboration
- Consider more flexible ways to organize work
- Build a culture open to new contributions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the concept of open talent
- Ready to examine a problem that could benefit from outside expertise
- More aware of AI’s implications for work design
- Equipped with questions about collaborative models
- Focused on an opportunity to broaden participation
Keynote Programs
AI and the Future of Work
John examines how AI and changing talent models can reshape organizations. Ideal for executive, HR, and transformation audiences.
Power of the Crowd
John explores the value of expertise and perspectives beyond an organization’s immediate team. Ideal for innovation and strategy events.
Is John Winsor Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the expertise your organization needs and the ways of working you want to explore. We can help select John’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.
Liz Wiseman
Leadership Speaker, Best-selling Author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
About
Liz Wiseman: Leadership Researcher | Bestselling Author of Multipliers and Impact Players | Speaker on Leadership and Team Performance
Why Book Liz Wiseman?
Her two signature programs address both sides of team performance: how managers bring out others’ capabilities and how individuals make a more valuable contribution. Liz gives audiences language to discuss these challenges and practices they can apply in meetings, decisions, and everyday work.
Why Is Liz Wiseman Right for Your Audience?
Liz is a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive retreats, manager development programs, and company events. She is especially relevant when an organization has capable people but wants more ownership, better use of expertise, and stronger contributions across the team.
Book Liz when your audience needs to:
- Make better use of the talent already in the organization
- Recognize leadership habits that discourage initiative
- Give people room to think and solve problems
- Strengthen ownership without constant intervention
- Focus effort on work that matters most
- Develop a shared approach to leadership and contribution
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Better able to recognize when their leadership helps or holds others back
- Equipped to apply the five Multiplier disciplines
- Clearer on the five practices of Impact Players
- Ready to approach unfamiliar challenges as opportunities to contribute
- Prepared to make a specific change in how they lead or work
Keynote Programs
Multipliers: Are Your Leaders Geniuses or Genius Makers?
Liz explores how leaders can draw out the capabilities of their teams. Participants learn the five Multiplier disciplines, recognize ways they may unintentionally diminish others, and consider how to respond to diminishing leadership. Ideal for executives, managers, and emerging leaders.
Impact Players: Are Your People Contributing to Their Fullest?
Liz examines the mindsets and practices of people who make an exceptional contribution. Audiences learn how to respond to uncertainty, take initiative, and deliver work that creates value. Ideal for company gatherings, professional development programs, and teams seeking greater ownership and impact.
Is Liz Wiseman Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership or performance challenges it faces, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help choose between Liz’s leadership and contribution programs, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
About
Cassandra Worthy: Keynote Speaker on Change, Leadership & Transformation | Founder of Change Enthusiasm® | Bestselling Author
Turn Change Into Your Competitive Advantage
What if your people didn't just cope with change—but learned how to use it as fuel for growth?
Cassandra Worthy is a bestselling author, leadership expert and highly engaging keynote speaker on change, transformation, resilience and workplace culture.
Why Book Cassandra Worthy?
Cassandra tackles one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today: change fatigue.
Most people understand that change is necessary. The challenge is getting them to embrace it rather than resist it.
Cassandra gives audiences a practical framework for recognizing the emotions that surface during disruption and turning those emotions into productive action. Rather than simply telling people to “embrace change,” she shows them how to do it.
Her keynotes are energetic, interactive and highly actionable—making Cassandra an excellent choice when you want people to leave the room thinking differently, feeling energized and ready to move forward.
What Makes Cassandra Worthy Different?
- Creator of Change Enthusiasm® — a distinctive methodology for navigating change
- Real-world corporate experience — understands transformation from inside major organizations
- High-energy delivery — dynamic, engaging and memorable on stage
- Emotion meets action — helps people understand their response to change and do something productive with it
- Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can apply right away
- Relevant at every level — connects with executives, managers and employees
- Customizable — Cassandra can align her message with your organization's specific transformation or change initiative
Why Is Cassandra Right for Your Audience?
Cassandra is an outstanding choice when your organization needs people to move beyond change resistance and actively participate in what's next.
She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association conferences and organizations undergoing transformation, restructuring, rapid growth or cultural change.
Book Cassandra when your audience needs to:
- Embrace rather than resist organizational change
- Navigate uncertainty with greater confidence
- Turn change fatigue into forward momentum
- Build greater resilience and adaptability
- Take ownership of their response to disruption
- Lead teams more effectively through transformation
- Strengthen engagement during periods of uncertainty
- See opportunity where they previously saw disruption
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding why change triggers powerful emotional responses
- Able to recognize the signals that influence their reactions to disruption
- Equipped with practical tools for navigating uncertainty
- Better prepared to turn difficult emotions into productive action
- More resilient and adaptable when circumstances change
- Ready to take greater ownership of their response to transformation
- Energized about their ability to influence what happens next
Cassandra Worthy Keynote Programs
Change Enthusiasm®: Harness the Power of Emotion to Fuel Transformation: What if the emotions people experience during change could become fuel for moving forward?
Cassandra introduces audiences to her signature Change Enthusiasm® methodology, showing them how to recognize the emotions associated with disruption and consciously use those signals to make better choices.
Instead of treating difficult emotions as something to suppress, audiences learn how to use them as information—and transform uncertainty into growth, resilience and action.
Ideal for: Organizational transformation, leadership conferences, corporate meetings and organizations experiencing significant change.
Leading Through Change: Successful transformation requires more than a new strategy. It requires leaders who understand how people actually experience change.
Cassandra helps leaders recognize the emotional side of transformation and gives them practical strategies for guiding teams through uncertainty.
Leaders learn how to create greater trust, maintain engagement and help their people move from resistance toward ownership and action.
Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development, management conferences and transformation initiatives.
Building a Change-Ready Culture: Change isn't an occasional event anymore. It's an everyday reality.
Cassandra challenges organizations to move beyond simply managing individual change initiatives and instead build cultures where adaptability becomes a competitive advantage.
Audiences learn how to develop the mindset, behaviors and emotional awareness required to respond more effectively when disruption arrives.
Ideal for: Culture, innovation, transformation and future-of-work events.
Why Book Cassandra Worthy Through The Sweeney Agency?
Cassandra Worthy's energy and Change Enthusiasm® methodology make her a compelling choice for organizations experiencing transformation—but the real value comes from matching her message to the specific change your audience is being asked to navigate.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Cassandra Worthy's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Cassandra Worthy keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's change initiative
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Cassandra with other leading change, leadership and motivational speakers
Is Cassandra Worthy Right for Your Event?
Tell us what's changing in your organization—and how you want your people to respond.
We'll help you determine whether Cassandra is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
About
Garrison Wynn: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Change & Influence | Bestselling Author | Business Performance Expert
Influence People. Navigate Change. Get Better Results.
Garrison Wynn is a bestselling author, business expert and highly entertaining keynote speaker on leadership, change, influence and workplace performance.
Combining research, real-world business experience and humor, Garrison helps audiences understand what makes people listen, trust and cooperate. His practical approach gives leaders and employees strategies for communicating more effectively, navigating change and getting results—even when they don't have complete control over the people or circumstances around them.
Why Book Garrison Wynn?
Garrison tackles a reality every organization faces: being right isn't enough. You still have to get people to buy in.
Whether leaders are introducing change, salespeople are influencing customers or teams are trying to work more effectively together, success often depends on the ability to gain cooperation from other people.
Garrison shows audiences how to increase their influence, communicate in ways people respond to and become more effective at getting things done.
His presentations are funny, fast-paced and practical, making complex workplace challenges easy to understand and immediately relevant.
What Makes Garrison Wynn Different?
- Business-focused message — connects communication and influence directly to results
- Highly entertaining — uses humor to keep audiences engaged
- Practical strategies — gives people ideas they can immediately apply
- Influence expertise — explores why people listen, cooperate and buy into ideas
- Change relevant — helps leaders gain greater support during uncertainty and transformation
- Broad audience appeal — effective for executives, managers, salespeople and frontline employees
- Real-world perspective — focuses on what actually works when dealing with people
- Memorable delivery — combines useful content with an entertaining keynote experience
Why Is Garrison Right for Your Audience?
Garrison is an excellent choice when you need your people to communicate more effectively, gain greater cooperation and produce results in situations they can't completely control.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations navigating change.
Book Garrison when your audience needs to:
- Gain greater buy-in for their ideas
- Communicate more effectively with different personalities
- Influence without relying on authority
- Build stronger workplace relationships
- Navigate resistance to change
- Improve collaboration across teams
- Strengthen customer and client relationships
- Get better results through other people
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to communicate ideas in ways people will hear
- Understanding why good ideas don't automatically gain support
- Equipped with practical strategies for increasing influence
- More effective at gaining cooperation from others
- Better prepared to communicate during change
- More aware of how trust affects business relationships
- Ready to adapt their communication to different people and situations
Garrison Wynn Keynote Programs
Being the Best vs. Being Consistently Chosen
Why aren't the best products, services or ideas always the ones people choose?
Garrison explores the factors that influence how people make decisions and why technical excellence alone doesn't guarantee success.
Audiences discover how trust, communication, relationships and perceived value can influence whether customers, colleagues and decision-makers choose to support them.
Ideal for: Sales conferences, customer-facing teams, association events and business-development meetings.
Change Management: Creating Buy-In
Change doesn't succeed simply because leadership says it needs to happen.
Garrison helps audiences understand why people resist change and what leaders can do to create greater cooperation.
He shares practical strategies for communicating change, building trust and helping people understand why moving forward is in their interest.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, transformation initiatives and organizations navigating significant change.
The Truth About Success
What really separates consistently successful people from everyone else?
Garrison challenges conventional assumptions about talent, intelligence and hard work and explores the behaviors that help people gain trust, build relationships and achieve results.
Through humor, research and real-world examples, he shows audiences how to become more influential and effective in their interactions with others.
Ideal for: Corporate meetings, leadership events, sales kickoffs and association conferences.
Why Book Garrison Wynn Through The Sweeney Agency?
Garrison Wynn combines business insight, practical strategies and humor to create a keynote that is both useful and entertaining—but the real value comes from matching his message to the results you want your audience to achieve.
Contact The Sweeney Agency [email protected] to check on book Garrison Wynn's availability and current speaking fee.
Heather R. Younger
Founder & CEO Employee Fanatix, Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker on Workplace Culture
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Heather taps into her own personal and professional experiences as well as stories of strength and perseverance to share empowering proven tools for resetting the resilience of every attendee.
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Audiences learn the three steps to strengthening resilience & reframe adversity to unlock new mindsets for empowerment and positive self-worth.
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Heather is the founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, an International TEDx speaker on Adversity, Leadership Podcast Host, Business Coach, Facilitator and Attorney, who has earned a reputation as “The Employee Whisperer”. She holds a law degree, is a regular contributor to "Forbes" and "LinkedIn" and is the best-selling author of The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty
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Past clients include: Harvard Business Review Brasil, FirstBank, Salas O'Brien, Stark Aerospace, and Colorado Bankers Association.
Heather R. Younger, J.D., CSP, is a leadership and workplace culture keynote speaker, four-time bestselling author, and creator of the C.A.R.E. framework for Unshakable LeadershipTM. Named an Inc. Top 50 Leadership and Management Expert and a Thinkers50 Radar Thought Leader, she helps organizations build leaders and cultures strong enough to handle what's next.
With more than 20 years leading teams through reorgs, mergers, acquisitions, and technology shifts, Heather knows what it takes to stay grounded when the pressure won't let up. Her research includes analysis of 40,000+ employee survey comments and 350+ leader interviews, grounding her work in what people actually experience, not just what looks good on paper.
She is the author of The Art of Active Listening, The Art of Caring Leadership, The Art of Self-Leadership, and the forthcoming book The Unshakable Team, and she hosts the podcast Becoming Unshakable. Her clients include United Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, the CDC, Prudential, DuPont, and Xerox.
About
Benjamin Zander: Boston Philharmonic Conductor | Coauthor of The Art of Possibility | Speaker on Leadership and Human Potential
Why Book Benjamin Zander?
Benjamin uses music and participation to bring his message to life. The orchestra becomes a way to examine how talented individuals work together and how a leader’s expectations can either restrict or encourage what people attempt.
Why Is Benjamin Zander Right for Your Audience?
Benjamin is a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive retreats, company gatherings, and educational events. Consider him when you want an interactive experience that invites people to see their capabilities and relationships differently.
Book Benjamin when your audience needs to:
- Reconsider assumptions about leadership
- Recognize potential in other people
- Connect individual talent with shared purpose
- Invite fuller participation within a team
- Approach a limiting situation from another perspective
- Encourage contribution through daily interactions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A new perspective on their influence as a leader
- Ready to examine an expectation they place on others
- More aware of the importance of contribution
- Encouraged to consider possibilities beyond familiar limits
- Focused on a behavior that helps someone else participate
Keynote Programs
Benjamin’s interactive presentation explores the following theme:
Leadership and the Art of Possibility
Benjamin combines music, stories, and audience participation to explore how leaders can awaken possibility in others. Ideal for executive, company, and education audiences.
Is Benjamin Zander Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership perspective you want to broaden and the possibilities you want your audience to explore. We can help select Benjamin’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.
Joel Zeff
Humorist, Author, and Dynamic Speaker on Teamwork, Change, and Leadership
About
Joel Zeff: Improvisational Performer | Author of Make the Right Choice | Speaker on Teamwork, Communication and Change
Why Book Joel Zeff?
Joel’s approach makes participation part of the message. Audiences see how listening, flexibility, and encouragement influence a shared task, then connect those experiences with the way they collaborate at work.
Why Is Joel Zeff Right for Your Audience?
Joel is a strong fit for company meetings, leadership conferences, sales events, and team gatherings. Consider him when you want an energetic, participatory presentation that gives people a shared experience of collaboration.
Book Joel when your audience needs to:
- Listen and respond more attentively
- Offer positive support to teammates
- Stay flexible when circumstances change
- Recognize the choices behind communication
- Encourage participation within a group
- Bring more constructive energy to work
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A memorable experience of working together
- More aware of how support affects participation
- Ready to improve a communication choice
- Encouraged to respond more flexibly to change
- Focused on an action that helps a colleague succeed
Keynote Programs
Joel’s interactive presentations can be shaped around the following areas:
Teamwork and Positive Support
Joel uses improvisation to explore communication, encouragement, and shared success. Ideal for broad employee and team audiences.
Leading Through Change
Joel connects flexibility and positive support with the choices leaders make during uncertainty. Ideal for management and change events.
Is Joel Zeff Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the collaboration you want to strengthen and the level of audience participation you have in mind. We can help select Joel’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.
Penny Zenker
Leadership Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, and Productivity Expert
About
Penny Zenker: Author of The Reset Mindset | Entrepreneur and Productivity Speaker | Speaker on Focus, Leadership and Change
Why Book Penny Zenker?
Penny encourages audiences to examine how competing priorities and familiar thinking patterns affect their work. Her presentations connect small reset moments with more intentional decisions, communication, and use of time.
Why Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Audience?
Penny is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, professional development events, and change programs. Consider her when an audience feels pulled in multiple directions and needs a clearer approach to priorities.
Book Penny when your audience needs to:
- Protect attention for important work
- Reconsider competing priorities
- Pause before repeating an unhelpful response
- Improve clarity in team communication
- Approach change with greater intention
- Connect daily activity with a larger goal
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a distraction they need to address
- Ready to create a useful reset moment
- More aware of how thinking patterns affect action
- Equipped with questions about priorities
- Focused on a practical way to direct attention more intentionally
Keynote Programs
The Reset Mindset
Penny explores how leaders can adapt their thinking and actions during change. Ideal for management and transformation audiences.
Own Your Focus
Penny examines attention, distractions, and systems that support important priorities. Ideal for employee and professional development events.
Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the competing priorities your people face and the focus you want to strengthen. We can help select Penny’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.