Teamwork

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author, and #1 Team Connection & Generations Expert
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Ryan Jenkins: Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of Connectable | Speaker on Team Connection and Generations
Why Book Ryan Jenkins?
Ryan shows audiences how remote and hybrid work, advancing technology, and assumptions about age can affect collaboration, then offers ways to build trust across teams. His presentations can also include interactive connection experiences that help attendees put the message into practice during the event.
Why Is Ryan Jenkins Right for Your Audience?
Ryan is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, HR events, and gatherings focused on teamwork or the future of work. He is especially valuable when an organization wants to improve collaboration across locations, functions, and generations.
Book Ryan when your audience needs to:
• Strengthen connection among team members
• Build trust across remote and in-person work
• Address isolation and disengagement at work
• Communicate more effectively across generations
• Engage and retain emerging talent
• Turn a discussion about culture into practical team habits
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Clearer on the everyday factors that weaken team connection
• Equipped with ways to build more trusting relationships
• Better able to work across generational differences
• Ready to identify colleagues who may feel disconnected
• Focused on actions that improve collaboration and engagement
Keynote Programs
Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In
Based on Ryan’s bestselling book, this keynote examines why employees can feel disconnected even when they are in constant contact. He gives leaders a practical approach to building stronger relationships and more engaged teams. Ideal for leadership and company-wide events.
Lead & Work Across Generations: Strategies to Connect and Engage a Multigenerational Workforce
Ryan helps audiences understand different expectations around work and communication without relying on stereotypes. He offers ways to turn age diversity into better teamwork and shared progress. Ideal for organizations with multiple generations working side by side.
Attract, Connect, & Retain Generation Z
Ryan explores how leaders can communicate with and engage emerging talent while strengthening the relationships between newer and more experienced employees. Ideal for people leaders and organizations planning for the next generation of their workforce.
Is Ryan Jenkins Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your teams need stronger connection and which generational challenges matter most to your audience. We can help choose Ryan’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.

Michael Kerr
Entertainer and speaker on health, reducing stress, and using humor in the workplace.
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Michael Kerr (“The Workplace Energizer!”) is recognized as one of North America’s most prolific thought-leaders on inspiring workplace cultures. Michael’s known for his high-energy, humor-filled presentations that are packed with thought-provoking ideas on workplace culture, culture leadership, and how businesses and leaders leverage their humor resources to drive outrageous results.
Michael has traveled the world researching great places to work, so his ideas are based on real world examples – something audiences always appreciate because they can see that these ideas actually work! Michael’s Inspiring Workplaces blog has been recognized as one of the top-30 workplace blogs in the world, and his insights on inspiring workplaces have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and scores of publications around the world.
He is also the author of 8 books, including, “The Jerk-Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a Happier, More Inspiring Workplace,” “Hire, Inspire and Fuel Their Fire: How to Recruit, Onboard, and Train New Employees to Live Your Culture Out Loud,” and, “The Humor Advantage: Why Some Businesses are Laughing All the Way to the Bank.”
Michael’s upcoming book will dive into how leaders can step up as truly inspiring culture leaders to build more resilient, collaborative, and service-focused cultures that drive outrageous business results. All of Michael’s presentations include a complimentary teaser video to help you promote your event, copies of his books as door prizes, a follow-up video reminding participants of the key messages and follow up action items, and follow up eResources, including the eBook, 401 Ways to Create a happier, More Inspiring Workplace Culture.

Kath Koschel
Founder, The Kindness Factory, Former Australian Cricketer, Triathlete and Motivational Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Teamwork & Change  
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Kath Koschel is a survivor who has overcome incredible odds and unimaginable tragedy to inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Koschel is a former cricketer and Ironman competitor whose world came crashing down when she broke her back twice in the span of five years and was told that she would never walk again. Instead, she faced the challenges head-on and defied all medical prognosis by teaching herself to walk again on three separate occasions. In the midst of these harrowing experiences, she believes she experienced two things in large amounts: adversity and kindness.
 After re-learning to walk for the second time in her life, this realisation kickstarted a 2-month journey around Australia which relied solely on the kindness of strangers. No cash, credit card food or water – and no help from family or friends! Now a best selling book, Kath shares some of the insights learnt on this trip as part of her best-selling memoir and has transferred these learnings from book form to keynote on stages around the world.

Victoria Labalme
Performing Artist and Performance Strategist for Top Leaders & Brands
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Victoria Labalme helps people perform at their highest levels by unlocking their hidden genius and unleashing their unique creativity.
With more than 20 years in the Performing Arts - from Broadway to comedy clubs, landmark films to high-profile television - Victoria’s electrifying, custom-crafted Keynotes awaken innate talents in individuals and teams.
Her proprietary systems and strategies have been embraced by C-suite executives at Starbucks, Microsoft, PayPal, as well as Hollywood celebrities, best-selling authors, and top teams in over 700 organizations.
With breathtaking stage skills, gripping stories, and comedic highlights, Victoria takes audiences through a profound experience they'll never forget. Along the way, she shows people how to distinguish their brand, gain competitive advantage, focus their communications and achieve sustainable growth through a surprising blend of art and business.
Her creative projects have been recognized by The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BBC, and ABC Good Morning America.
A graduate of Stanford University, Victoria is also a director and critically acclaimed film producer, the creator of two online learning programs, and an inductee into the Speaker Hall of Fame.

Patrick Lencioni
Best-Selling author and speaker on leadership, organizational health, teamwork and corporate culture.
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Patrick Lencioni: Bestselling Author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team | Founder of The Table Group | Speaker on Teamwork and Organizational Health
Why Book Patrick Lencioni?
Patrick brings his ideas to the stage through stories, humor, and clear models. His keynotes give audiences a shared language for building trust, reducing confusion, and working together with greater purpose.
Why Is Patrick Lencioni Right for Your Audience?
Patrick is a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive retreats, company meetings, and events focused on culture or team performance. He is especially relevant when an organization has talented people but needs stronger alignment and healthier ways of working together.
Book Patrick when your audience needs to:
• Build more cohesive leadership and project teams
• Recognize behaviors that undermine trust and accountability
• Reduce politics, confusion, and silos
• Clarify what makes an organization healthy
• Identify and develop effective team players
• Make better use of people’s natural strengths at work
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Better able to recognize the patterns that weaken teamwork
• Equipped with a common language for more honest team conversations
• Clearer on how leadership clarity shapes organizational health
• Ready to consider humility, hunger, and people smarts in team development
• More aware of how different kinds of work energize or frustrate people
Keynote Programs
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Drawing on his bestselling book, Patrick examines the behaviors that keep teams from building trust, handling conflict, committing to decisions, holding one another accountable, and focusing on results. Ideal for leaders and teams seeking stronger collaboration.
The Advantage
Patrick shows leaders how organizational health can reduce politics and confusion while improving clarity and cohesion. Ideal for executive and management audiences.
The Ideal Team Player
Patrick explores the three qualities he identifies in effective team players: humility, hunger, and people smarts. He connects the model to hiring, developing people, and building a more collaborative culture.
The 6 Types of Working Genius
Patrick introduces a framework for understanding the kinds of work that give people energy and those that cause frustration. He helps audiences consider how to combine different strengths across a team.
Is Patrick Lencioni Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, its teamwork challenges, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help select Patrick’s most relevant program, discuss the format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Dr. Nicole Lipkin
Organizational Psychologist and Speaker on Leadership and Managing Generational Differences
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Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
• Understand what encourages employees to stay
• Lead through mentorship and advocacy
• Strengthen trust across teams and generations
• Improve relationships with customers
• Rebuild energy and shared purpose
• Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
• Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
• Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
• Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
• Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Doug Lipp
Former Head Trainer Walt Disney University and author of The Changing Face of Today’s Customer. Customer service speaker.
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Doug Lipp: Former Head of Training at Disney University | Author of Disney U | Speaker on Culture and Customer Service
Why Book Doug Lipp?
Doug brings those lessons into the challenges other organizations face. Through stories and practical examples, he helps audiences examine how leaders reinforce culture, how teams deliver on a brand promise, and why continuous improvement matters long after a training session ends.
Why Is Doug Lipp Right for Your Audience?
Doug is a strong fit for leadership conferences, customer experience events, franchise meetings, and company gatherings. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its stated values to show up more reliably in everyday decisions and customer interactions.
Book Doug when your audience needs to:
• Build a culture that employees can understand and put into practice
• Improve consistency across customer touchpoints
• Connect employee development with service quality
• Reinforce values through leaders’ daily actions
• Encourage teamwork across roles and departments
• Learn from setbacks and keep improving
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Clearer on the role leaders play in shaping culture
• Better able to connect training with on-the-job behavior
• Ready to identify gaps between a brand promise and the customer experience
• Equipped to recognize small opportunities to improve service
• Motivated to take ownership of the experience they create
Keynote Programs
Lessons from Disney U: The Wonderful World of an Enduring Brand
Doug draws on his Disney University experience to show how shared values, employee development, and leadership behavior can support a lasting brand. Ideal for broad leadership and company audiences.
Organizational Culture: It’s More Than a Coat of Paint
Doug examines what it takes to make culture visible in decisions and actions across an organization. Ideal for executives, managers, and teams working to strengthen engagement and performance.
The Magic of Exceptional Customer Service
Doug explores the practices behind a service culture that customers remember, with lessons organizations can adapt to their own people and operations. Ideal for customer experience, hospitality, retail, and franchise audiences.
Even Monkeys Fall from Trees: Learn from Mistakes and Embrace Change
Doug shows how teams can respond to setbacks, challenge established habits, and make room for new ideas. Ideal for organizations navigating change or seeking continuous improvement.
Is Doug Lipp Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the culture or customer experience you want to strengthen, and the actions you want people to take after the event. We can help choose Doug’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.

Carey Lohrenz
First Female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot, Author and Motivational Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork
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Carey Lohrenz: First Female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Fearless Leadership and Performance Under Pressure
Why Book Carey Lohrenz?
Carey turns those experiences into practical leadership ideas. She helps audiences focus on what they can control, make clear decisions, and build teams that can adapt when conditions change.
Why Is Carey Lohrenz Right for Your Audience?
Carey is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, executive meetings, and company events. She is especially relevant when teams face high expectations, rapid change, or so many demands that their most important work is getting lost.
Book Carey when your audience needs to:
• Perform more consistently under pressure
• Strengthen trust and communication across teams
• Focus on priorities within its control
• Make clearer decisions amid uncertainty
• Prepare, execute, and learn from results
• Lead with courage when plans change
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Clearer on how to turn pressure into focused action
• Ready to identify what deserves their time and attention
• Better equipped to communicate when the stakes are high
• More aware of the leadership behaviors that build trust
• Motivated to apply a repeatable approach to preparation and performance
Keynote Programs
High Performance Under Pressure™
Carey uses her Prepare–Perform–Prevail framework to help leaders create clarity, strengthen communication, and sustain execution when stakes are high. Ideal for sales kickoffs, annual meetings, and leadership conferences.
Fearless Leadership™
Carey explores how courage, tenacity, and integrity help leaders build trust and confidence through uncertainty. Ideal for leadership audiences seeking stronger commitment and clearer communication.
Span of Control™
Drawing on her bestselling book, Carey helps audiences sort competing demands and concentrate on what they can influence. Ideal for leaders and teams seeking better focus, prioritization, and execution.
Is Carey Lohrenz Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressure it faces, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help select Carey’s most relevant keynote, 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.

Campbell Macpherson
Global Change Expert and Motivational Speaker on Leadership and Change
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Campbell Macpherson is an international expert on leadership and change with more than 25 years of experience in enabling leaders of organizations large to lead and delivery successful change, especially within the financial services.
He is an Executive Fellow of Henley Business School and delivers innovative workshops and programs for organizations worldwide on ‘leading change’, ‘embracing change’ and ‘leading with influence’, a global program designed to create your next generation of senior leaders.
His client list includes Singer Capital Markets, Central Bank of Hungary, CPA Australia, T Rowe Price (EMEA, APAC, USA), BNY Mellon Pershing, Insight Investment, Shoosmiths Law Firm, League Managers Association, Invesco, iPipeline, CIPD, UK Police, Endsleigh Insurance, Dentex, Mazars, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, M&A Advisor, Bibby Group, FS Forum, Concentra, St James's Place, Centaur Media, Real Estate Results Network, and Aviva.
His executive experience includes Senior Adviser to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Strategy Director of Zurich Life Emerging Markets, HR Director of Sesame (UK’s largest IFA Network, Founding Marketing Director of Virgin Wines, Head of Business for the AMP Group and Senior Manager (Change) at Andersen Consulting.
He was a multimedia pioneer in his native Australia and he began his lengthy list of careers flying jets (badly) in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Campbell is the award-winning author of three books to date: The Change Catalyst, about leading change, the 2018 Business Book of the Year; The Power to Change, about embracing change; and You: Part Two, thriving in the second half of your life. His fourth book, Transforming Olympus, a leadership fable featuring the Greek gods, is due to be published in 2024.
Campbell is based in the UK and can be found wherever in the world his clients need him to be.
Campbell Macpherson is an accomplished, entertaining and thought-provoking public speaker, an experienced Master of Ceremonies and a seasoned facilitator, in demand worldwide. In a world where 88% of change fails, Campbell helps organizations discover the essential ingredients to successful change.

Mike Massimino
Former NASA Astronaut, NY Times Bestselling Author, Media & TV Personality; Columbia University Professor
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Mike Massimino: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Teamwork & Achieving the Impossible | Former NASA Astronaut | Bestselling Author | Columbia University Professor
Achieve the Impossible
What does it take to accomplish something everyone—including you—thinks might be impossible?
A veteran of two space missions to the Hubble Space Telescope, Mike logged more than 570 hours in space and completed four spacewalks. Today, he brings the extraordinary lessons of space exploration back to Earth, showing organizations how great teams overcome setbacks, solve seemingly impossible problems and perform when the stakes couldn't be higher.
Why Book Mike Massimino?
Mike has something few motivational speakers can offer: an extraordinary story combined with practical lessons audiences can apply to their own challenges.
His journey to becoming an astronaut included repeated rejection from NASA before finally being selected. Once there, he faced enormous technical challenges, high-pressure decisions and missions where teamwork and trust were essential.
Mike turns those experiences into a funny, inspiring and highly relatable keynote about perseverance, leadership, teamwork and accomplishing what initially seems impossible.
What Makes Mike Massimino Different?
• A genuine NASA astronaut — two missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope
• Four spacewalks — more than 30 hours working outside the Space Shuttle
• An extraordinary story of perseverance — rejected repeatedly before achieving his dream of becoming an astronaut
• Funny and highly entertaining — serious leadership lessons delivered with warmth and humor
• Bestselling author — author of Spaceman and Moonshot
• Columbia University professor — combines extraordinary experience with an ability to teach
• Pop-culture appeal — appeared as himself on The Big Bang Theory
• First person to tweet from space — making him an instantly memorable addition to an event
Why Is Mike Right for Your Audience?
Mike is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to think bigger, persevere through setbacks and understand what exceptional teamwork looks like when failure isn't an option.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association conferences, awards events and organizations navigating ambitious goals or significant change.
Book Mike when your audience needs to:
• Think bigger about what is possible
• Persevere when the first plan doesn't work
• Turn setbacks into opportunities to find another solution
• Strengthen teamwork and trust
• Perform effectively under pressure
• Take greater ownership of the mission
• Stay focused when facing difficult challenges
• Pursue ambitious goals without giving up
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Inspired to pursue goals that may initially seem impossible
• Better prepared to respond when things don't go according to plan
• Understanding why exceptional teamwork requires trust and preparation
• More willing to ask for help and rely on the strengths of others
• Equipped with a stronger mindset for overcoming setbacks
• Ready to approach difficult challenges with persistence and optimism
Mike Massimino Keynote Programs
Moonshot: Achieving the Impossible. How do you accomplish something you've been told you can't do?
Drawing from his journey to becoming a NASA astronaut and his missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, Mike shares powerful lessons about perseverance, preparation, teamwork and pursuing ambitious goals.
He shows audiences why setbacks don't have to mean failure—and how the biggest accomplishments often require persistence, adaptability and the willingness to keep finding another way forward.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.
Teamwork: Lessons From Space. When you're hundreds of miles above Earth, teamwork isn't a corporate slogan. It's essential to accomplishing the mission.
Mike takes audiences behind the scenes of NASA to reveal how astronauts prepare, communicate, build trust and work together under extraordinary pressure.
His stories demonstrate why successful teams need shared goals, preparation, accountability and people willing to support one another when challenges arise.
Ideal for: Leadership, teamwork, culture and high-performance events.
Leading Through Challenges and Change
Even the best-prepared teams encounter situations they didn't anticipate.
Mike shares what space exploration taught him about staying calm, adapting when plans change and solving problems when the stakes are high.
Audiences discover how preparation, trust, persistence and teamwork can help organizations navigate uncertainty and continue moving toward their mission.
Ideal for: Leadership meetings, transformation events and organizations navigating uncertainty or change.
Why Book Mike Massimino Through The Sweeney Agency?
Mike Massimino has an extraordinary story—but the real value is connecting that story to what your audience needs to accomplish.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
• Confirm Mike Massimino's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Mike Massimino keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Mike with other leading motivational, leadership and teamwork speakers
Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Mike Massimino as your keynote speaker.
 

Martha McSally
First Woman to Command a U.S. Fighter Squadron, Former U.S. Senator, Resilience & Leadership Speaker, & Author
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Martha E. McSally:  Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Resilience & High Performance | First American Woman to Fly a U.S. Air Force Fighter Jet in Combat | Retired Colonel | Former U.S. Senator
Be Unbreakable. Lead Yourself First. How do you lead with courage, clarity and confidence when the pressure keeps rising?
During her 26-year Air Force career, Martha became the first American woman to fly a U.S. Air Force fighter jet in combat and the first woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She flew 325 combat hours and earned the Bronze Star and six Air Medals.
Today, Martha translates those extraordinary experiences into practical strategies that help leaders become more resilient, make better decisions under pressure and move forward when circumstances are uncertain.
Why Book Martha McSally?
Martha doesn't teach leadership from theory. She learned it when hesitation, poor communication and bad decisions had real consequences.
Her experiences span the cockpit, military command, Congress, the U.S. Senate and corporate boardrooms—giving her a distinctive perspective on what happens to leaders and teams when the pressure rises.
At the heart of her message is a simple idea: lead yourself first.
Through her WEDGE Framework, Martha gives audiences a practical process for understanding how they respond under pressure, removing what holds them back, gaining clarity about where they're going and taking decisive action.
What Makes Martha McSally Different?
• Historic fighter pilot — first American woman to fly a U.S. Air Force fighter jet in combat
• Combat-tested leadership — 325 combat hours during a 26-year Air Force career
• Command experience — first woman to command a U.S. fighter squadron in combat
• Leadership under pressure — lessons developed where decisions had immediate consequences
• WEDGE Framework — a practical approach to self-leadership and execution
• Extraordinary resilience — a powerful personal story of overcoming barriers and adversity
• Senior leadership perspective — experience spanning military command, government and corporate boards
• Practical delivery — gives audiences tools they can apply immediately
Why Is Martha Right for Your Audience?
Martha is an outstanding choice when you need leaders to stay grounded under pressure, navigate uncertainty and take decisive action instead of becoming reactive.
She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, executive meetings, women's leadership events, corporate conferences and organizations navigating significant change or growth.
Book Martha when your audience needs to:
• Lead more confidently under pressure
• Make faster, clearer decisions
• Navigate uncertainty and constant change
• Build greater resilience
• Strengthen trust across teams
• Communicate more directly
• Remove barriers that slow execution
• Turn adversity into forward momentum
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Better equipped to lead themselves before leading others
• More aware of how they respond under pressure
• Able to identify behaviors that may be holding them back
• Better prepared to make decisions during uncertainty
• Understanding how trust influences team performance
• More confident navigating adversity and change
• Ready to take focused, courageous action
Martha McSally Keynote Programs
Be Unbreakable: The Leadership Edge in Uncertain Times. When the stakes rise, even strong leaders can hesitate, overanalyze and become reactive.
Martha shows leaders how to remain clear, courageous and decisive when uncertainty and pressure increase.
Using her WEDGE Framework, she helps audiences examine how they lead themselves, identify patterns that emerge under pressure, remove unnecessary drag and execute with greater focus.
Ideal for: Executive leadership teams, C-suite audiences, leadership conferences and organizations navigating change or growth.
Be Unbreakable: The High-Trust Team Advantage. Talent alone doesn't create high-performing teams. Trust does.
Drawing on her experiences flying combat missions and commanding a fighter squadron, Martha demonstrates why communication, alignment, accountability and trust become even more important when the pressure is high.
She shows leaders how to identify friction, break through silos and create teams capable of moving quickly and confidently toward a shared mission.
Ideal for: Leadership offsites, cross-functional teams, culture initiatives and organizations navigating growth or transition.
Be Unbreakable: The Courage to Rise and Get Stronger From Life's Hits. Resilience isn't about avoiding adversity. It's about what you do next.
Martha shares lessons from a life marked by significant obstacles, setbacks and barrier-breaking achievements.
Using her WEDGE Framework, she gives audiences a practical approach for facing fear, navigating adversity and continuing to move forward even when the path ahead isn't clear.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, women's leadership events, corporate meetings and organizations navigating significant change.
Why Book Martha McSally Through The Sweeney Agency?
Martha McSally combines extraordinary leadership credibility, combat-tested experience and a practical framework for performing under pressure—but the real value comes from connecting those lessons directly to the challenges your leaders are facing.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
• Confirm Martha McSally's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Martha McSally keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your leadership and business objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Martha with other leading leadership, resilience and high-performance speakers
Is Martha McSally Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your leaders are feeling the most pressure—and what you need them to do differently as a result.
We'll help you determine whether Martha is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, executive meeting or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Martha E. McSally as your keynote speaker.

David Mead
Top Leadership Speaker, Best-selling Author
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David Mead helps leaders and teams implement simple but powerful ideas that allow them to influence others with genuine humanity, no matter their role or title. He is bringing humanity back to work. Since 2009, David has worked with over 300 companies in 23 countries. In that time, he has discovered a pattern that is present with every leader worth following. He now helps others replicate and follow that pattern.
In 2009 David was the second person to join speaker and author, Simon Sinek’s team. For the next 10 years, David helped share Simon’s simple, inspiring ideas through speaking and workshops.
In 2017, David applied his years of practical experience and learning and coauthored, with Peter Docker and Simon Sinek, Find Your Why: a practical guide for discovering the WHY of an individual, team or organization. It has sold over 600,000 copies and is translated into over 25 languages.
Since Dec, 2019 David has focused on helping leaders implement what he calls (un)Common Sense™ Leadership. He shares a simple framework you can draw on a napkin, that allows each of us to lead and influence others with genuine humanity, no matter our role or title.
The result? Higher performance, innovation, collaboration, retention and importantly, well-being for leaders and their teams.
David is a no-stress presenter clients love working with. He brings a relatable, human approach to his ideas and guides people to identify frictionless daily practices they can use immediately after the session.

Brant Menswar
Speaker on Values Based Leadership, Rock Musician & Expert on Connection
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Brant Menswar is a best-selling author, named one of the country's top speakers, and has helped more than 10,000 people discover their non-negotiable values. His keynotes transcend mere speaking and information-sharing to a powerful, moving conversation designed to re-engage even the most apathetic of employees. His books and podcast expand on his ground-breaking work around values-based leadership described as “disarmingly simple and incredibly powerful.”
Brant has helped to change what’s possible for industry-leading companies like Netflix, Verizon, Anthem, Microsoft, ESPN, Hilton, and dozens more. He is certified in the Psychology of Leadership from Cornell University and is on a mission to help organizations create a high-performing connected culture.
Passionate and engaging, Brant encourages audiences to discover their Black Sheep Values® and move forward with deliberate intention. His interactive and entertaining ways of defining what matters most enable audiences to develop the skills necessary to perform at the highest level.

Mike Mullane
Keynote Safety Speaker, Former NASA Astronaut, Author
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Colonel Mike Mullane was born September 10, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. As a Weapon Systems Operator aboard RF-4C Phantom aircraft, he completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam. He holds a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is also a graduate of the Air Force Flight Test Engineer School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Mullane was selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. He completed three space missions aboard the Shuttles Discovery (STS-41D) and Atlantis (STS-27 & 36) before retiring from NASA and the Air Force in 1990.
Mullane has been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame and is the recipient of many awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit and the NASA Space Flight Medal.
Since his retirement from NASA, Colonel Mullane has written an award-winning children's book, Liftoff! An Astronaut's Dream, and a popular space-fact book, Do Your Ears Pop In Space? His memoir, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut, has been reviewed in the New York Times and on the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It has also been featured on Barnes and Noble’s 2010 recommended summer reading list.
Mullane has held a lifelong passion for hiking and summited Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, on July 23, 2010.
Colonel Mullane has established himself as an acclaimed professional speaker on the topics of teamwork, leadership and safety. He has educated, entertained, inspired and thrilled tens of thousands of people from every walk of business and government with his incredibly unique programs.

Jim Murphy
F-15 fighter pilot & Founder of Afterburner, Speaker on Leadership and Teamwork
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Jim “Murph” Murphy: Former F-15 Instructor Pilot | Founder of Afterburner | Speaker on Leadership and Execution
Why Book Jim Murphy?
Murph connects cockpit lessons to business decisions without losing sight of the people who must carry them out. His stories and frameworks help audiences define a mission, align their teams, act under pressure, and learn from the results. He brings experience advising senior leaders on strategy and performance to every presentation.
Why Is Jim Murphy Right for Your Audience?
Murph is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, and organizations facing complex change or ambitious growth targets. He is especially valuable when teams have a strategy but need stronger alignment and follow-through.
Book Murph when your audience needs to:
• Turn strategy into clear, coordinated action
• Align teams around a shared mission
• Make decisions amid pressure and competing priorities
• Strengthen accountability without losing trust
• Use debriefs to learn and improve
• Move from discussion to execution
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Clearer on how to define an actionable mission
• Better able to connect daily decisions to strategic goals
• Equipped to use planning and debriefing more effectively
• Ready to identify where team alignment is breaking down
• Focused on the next actions needed to move a plan forward
Keynote Programs
Leading from the Future
Murph challenges leaders to define the future they want to create before becoming consumed by urgent daily work. Through stories from aviation and business, he shows how a clear mission can guide decisions, focus effort, and build commitment. Ideal for strategic planning and leadership events.
Courage to Execute
Murph shares the approach behind his Flawless Execution® methodology to help leaders connect strategy with action. He explores how teams can cut through complexity, respond to change, and learn from each mission. Ideal for organizations pursuing major initiatives or stronger execution.
Aligned to Scale
Murph focuses on the clarity and buy-in teams need as an organization grows. He shows why people must understand the mission, their role in it, and how their input contributes to results. Ideal for executive teams and companies scaling across functions or locations.
Is Jim Murphy Right for Your Event?
Tell us about the goal your organization needs to execute and where alignment or follow-through is most difficult. We can help select Murph’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.

The Passing Zone
Award-winning Entertaining and Inspirational Duo with a Focus on Performance, Teamwork & the Power of Partnership
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The Passing Zone is a renowned comedy act featuring Jon Wee and Owen Morse, who are experts on what it takes to be a high-performance team. Their partnership literally demonstrates trust, innovation, collaboration, communication and execution all with big laughs, wild stunts, and hilarious audience participation. After meeting at a juggling convention, and finishing college (Jon in economics and Owen in psychology) they began their professional journey, quickly winning the Silver and Gold Medals at the International Jugglers' Association Teams Competition. This success led to their debut on “The Tonight Show”, followed by another appearance due to Johnny Carson’s enthusiasm. Their film debut was in The Addams Family Movie, doubling for Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd.
Showcasing innovation, leadership development, and teamwork through their presentations, they gained further acclaim performing at the Royal Variety Performance in London for then Prince Charles, on the Miss America Pageant and at The White House. They were finalists on “America’s Got Talent” in Seasons 1 and 11, showcasing their comedic and juggling prowess. Their television appearances include “The Tonight Show", "Penn & Teller: Fool Us” “MADtv,” “Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular,” “Steve Harvey’s Big Time,” and regular slots on NBC’s “Today.” They also provided commentary for ESPN’s World Juggling Federation competitions.
Jon & Owen hold four Guinness World Records, have received the IJA’s Award of Excellence and are in the National Speakers Association Speaker Hall of Fame. Performing at corporate and association events, they are known for their clean, versatile act that appeals to diverse audiences. They customize performances to include company products and slogans, inspiring collaboration and creativity.
Residing in the greater Los Angeles area, Jon and Owen enjoy spending time with their families and engaging in activities like hang gliding, surfing, mountain biking, and motorcycling.

Clint Pulver
The Ultimate Experience to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your People
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Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
• Understand what encourages employees to stay
• Lead through mentorship and advocacy
• Strengthen trust across teams and generations
• Improve relationships with customers
• Rebuild energy and shared purpose
• Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
• Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
• Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
• Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
• Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Mike Robbins
Motivational Leadership Speaker, Author, Executive Coach, Former Professional Baseball Player
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Mike Robbins: Bestselling Author of We’re All in This Together | Former Professional Baseball Player | Speaker on Leadership and Teamwork
Why Book Mike Robbins?
Mike brings warmth, humor, and practical ideas to the stage. His stories make the human side of work easy to recognize, while his tools help audiences strengthen relationships, speak more openly, and support one another through change.
Why Is Mike Robbins Right for Your Audience?
Mike is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, team retreats, and events focused on culture or change. He is especially valuable when talented people need more trust and connection to collaborate effectively.
Book Mike when your audience needs to:
• Build trust across teams and functions
• Create space for people to speak up and contribute
• Show appreciation in ways that feel meaningful
• Strengthen collaboration through uncertainty
• Lead with greater authenticity and courage
• Connect individual contributions to team success
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Clearer on how trust shapes team performance
• Better able to distinguish appreciation from recognition
• Ready to strengthen relationships through everyday behavior
• More willing to speak honestly and listen to others
• Focused on practical ways to support collaboration during change
Keynote Programs
We’re All in This Together: Create a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Collaboration
Mike explores what helps people work together when pressure and uncertainty could pull them apart. He shares practices for building trust, showing appreciation, and creating a team environment where people can contribute fully. Ideal for company-wide and team events.
Authentic Leadership: Inspire Trust, Foster Connection, and Lead with Courage
Mike helps leaders consider how openness, emotional intelligence, and genuine appreciation affect the people they lead. He gives them ways to build stronger relationships while setting a clear example for their teams. Ideal for leadership meetings and manager development events.
From Uncertainty to Opportunity
Mike focuses on what individuals and leaders can take ownership of during change. He connects courage and emotional intelligence to practical responses that help teams move forward together. Ideal for organizations navigating transition.
Prioritizing Human Connection in a Time of Massive Disruption
Mike examines why relationships matter as technology and workplace expectations change. He offers ways to protect trust and collaboration while teams adapt to new demands. Ideal for future-of-work and culture events.
Is Mike Robbins Right for Your Event?
Tell us what your team is facing, where collaboration could improve, and how you want people to work together after the event. We can help choose Mike’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.

Mark Sanborn
International Speaker and Best-selling Author of 8 Books on Leadership Development and Team Building.
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• Mark talks about how leaders can lead best with clarity, intention and consistent action.

• Audiences leave with specific advice on three essential areas of focus for leaders in today's world - culture, inspiration and emotion - and the tools to create powerful changes within their organizations.

• Mark Sanborn has been called one of the top leadership experts by GlobalGurus.org. He is also a best-selling author and a member of the the Speakers Hall of Fame.

• Past clients include: Costco, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, FedEx, Harley-Davidson, Cisco, KPMG, Morton’s of Chicago, New York Life, RE/MAX, ServiceMaster, ESPN, GM, IBM, Avnet, Sandvik and John Deere.
Mark Sanborn is the president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea lab for leadership development and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Mark is an international best-selling author and noted expert on leadership, team building, customer service and change. GlobalGurus.org lists Mark as one of the top leadership experts in the world.
Mark has given over 2,600 presentations in every state and 14 countries. He has authored eight books and more than two dozen videos and audio training programs. His programs are taught by Crestcom International in 90 countries and he is an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis.
Mark’s book, The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary is an international best-seller and was on the New York Times, Business Week and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. His other books include 1) You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Positive Difference, 2) The Encore Effect: How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do, 3) Up, Down or Sideways: How to Succeed When Times are Good, Bad or In Between, 4) Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results and 5) The Potential Principle: A Proven System for Closing the Gap Between How Good You Are and How Good You Could Be and his newest 6) The Intention Imperative: 3 Essential Changes That Will Make You a Successful Leader Today (anticipated release, Oct 2019).
Mark is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, a member of the exclusive Speakers Roundtable representing 20 of the top speakers in the country today and a past president of the National Speakers Association.
Mark’s list of clients includes Costco, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, FedEx, Harley-Davidson, Cisco, KPMG, Morton’s of Chicago, New York Life, RE/MAX, ServiceMaster, ESPN, GM, IBM, Avnet, Sandvik and John Deere.
“We each know how good we have become,” Mark says, “but none of us knows how good we can be. One of the most exciting opportunities we get each day is to pursue our potential.” Mark Sanborn challenges his audiences with this message and provides insights for extraordinary living.
He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado with his wife Darla and sons Hunter and Jackson.

Sebastien Sasseville
Best-selling Author, Leadership and teamwork expert, Motivational keynote speaker, Endurance athlete
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One of the most accomplished endurance athletes on the planet, Sébastien’s long list of athletic accomplishments is made even more impressive by the fact that he lives with type 1 diabetes. Sébastien’s story embodies resilience, determination, and purpose. Today, he inspires leaders to galvanize teams around a mission and helps organizations boost engagement with his awe-inspiring stories.
An author, speaker, and athlete, he is a frequent guest on radio and TV shows, and has been featured in countless newspapers and magazines. Sébastien is a world-class communicator, and is well known for his inspiring stories, humor, and dynamic speeches. His greatest strength is his ability to build relevant parallels between athletic endurance and the corporate world.
Sébastien spent the first ten years of his career in sales roles for Fortune 1,000 companies. Transformed by his achievements and already a veteran speaker with over 1,000 keynotes delivered in North America, Europe and Asia, including a TEDx talk, Sébastien speaks on leadership, teamwork, and change.
 

Mark Schulman
World-Renowned Drummer; Author; Motivator; Expert, The Secrets of Rockstar Performance
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Mark Schulman is a monster drummer who’s toured the world with some of the greatest rock and pop performers – before crowds as big as 225,000. He’s played with P!NK, Billy Idol, Cher, Stevie Nicks, Foreigner, Simple Minds, and others over his 32-year touring career. Mark is also amazing on another stage – as a speaker, where he delivers a rock show disguised as a keynote. “I’ve learned about the importance of attitude as part of the touring family with these great performers,” Mark says as he unpacks the secrets of rockstar performance. His presentations translate lessons learned during a remarkable career into valuable tips for organizations, teams, leaders, and those who want to be their absolute best.
Mark Schulman is a brilliant storyteller and performer who inspires audiences to engage and unleash their inner rockstar. Mark's first book, Conquering Life’s Stage Fright, shows people how to harness doubt, fear, and anxiety to perform at their best when it matters most. His next book, The Attitude Equation, is slated for early 2024 release. Mark is also a judge and coach on an all-new original music competition television show called BANDED on AXS TV.
Mark Schulman grew up in Los Angeles and is a classically trained cellist. As a teen, he played with the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic. He later even played cello on the 2009/2010 P!NK tour. During his unprecedented career over the last 32 years, Mark has been a first-call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. He was voted “Top 3 Pop-Rock Drummers” in the Modern Drummer Readers Poll in 2014 and was the featured cover
artist in the May 2019 issue of Modern Drummer. Mark did four record-breaking world tours with P!NK over 15 years.
Mark’s resume reads like a “Who’s Who” of international rock ‘n’ roll royalty, including acts such as Cher, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Beyonce, and so many other world-class artists. He has drummed with Velvet Revolver at Ozzfest and for a crowd of 225,000 at Glastonbury Festival with Simple Minds. Mark has appeared on nearly every American, European, and Australian variety show including the Grammy Awards, Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, American Idol, The Paul O'Grady Show, The X Factor, Wetten, dass..?, the ARIA Awards, and more.
Mark’s fan base extends way beyond the rock ‘n’ roll stage. Fans of his other career, as a top motivational speaker, exist at companies and organizations he’s spoken for, including American Express, Microsoft, IBM, DELL Cisco, Aveda, Kaiser, NCAA, SAP, and more. To date, Mark has performed over 2,000 keynotes, 1,000 music clinics, and for over a billion people.
Offstage, Mark is passionate about teaching and helping others. He was the chairman of Create Now!, a non-profit organization founded in 1996 to help change troubled children's lives through creative arts mentoring. A cancer survivor himself, Mark has also motivated children and teens through his work doing seminars with the Ronald McDonald House and benefits for the Teenage Cancer Trust in the U.K.
An active educator, Mark taught at the Los Angeles Music Academy and is one of the world’s most sought-after drum clinicians, hosting clinics around the world. Mark produced his first instructional DVD in his studio, A Day in the Recording Studio; A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Recording Great Drum Tracks for Drummers and All Musicians distributed by Hudson Music. The Mark Schulman Signature Snare Drum is one of the best-selling signature products in the history of GRETSCH.
In May 2023, Mark became a judge and coach for an all-new original music competition television show called BANDED. The show redefines the “build-a-band” concept and pairs up-and-coming artists with top coaches. Besides judging, Mark will coach one of the rock outfits.
Mark is also a music producer, trained audio engineer, and studio co-owner of West Triad Recording Studio in Venice, California.

Stephen Shapiro
International Best Seller and Innovation Evangelist
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Stephen Shapiro:  Keynote Speaker on Innovation, Problem-Solving & Collaboration | Hall of Fame Speaker | Bestselling Author | Former Accenture Innovation Leader
See What Everyone Else Misses. What if your biggest challenge isn't finding better answers—but asking better questions?
Before becoming a speaker, Stephen built and led Accenture's 20,000-person innovation practice. Today, he helps organizations stop chasing every new idea and instead focus their energy on the right problems, the right opportunities and the right people to solve them.
His highly interactive keynotes turn audiences from passive listeners into active participants—giving teams practical tools they can continue using long after the event.
Why Book Stephen Shapiro?
Stephen challenges one of the biggest misconceptions about innovation: your organization probably doesn't need more ideas. It needs greater clarity about which problems are worth solving.
Instead of encouraging endless brainstorming, Stephen teaches audiences how to ask better questions, uncover hidden opportunities and bring together people who think differently.
His approach combines decades of innovation experience with practical frameworks, humor and audience participation.
The result isn't simply an entertaining keynote. It's a shared language and set of tools your people can bring back to work.
What Makes Stephen Shapiro Different?
• Built Accenture's 20,000-person innovation practice — real-world innovation experience before becoming a speaker
• Hall of Fame speaker — more than 30 years of speaking experience
• Eight books — including Invisible Solutions, Pivotal, Personality Poker and Best Practices Are Stupid
• Highly interactive — audiences participate rather than simply listen
• Problem-solving focused — teaches people to find better questions before searching for answers
• Personality Poker® creator — turns different thinking styles into a collaboration advantage
• Proven global experience — has spoken in more than 50 countries
• Trusted by major organizations — including NASA, Microsoft, 3M, P&G, Marriott and Nike
Why Is Stephen Right for Your Audience?
Stephen is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to solve problems differently, collaborate more effectively and focus innovation where it can create the greatest value.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, innovation summits, corporate meetings, association conferences and organizations navigating uncertainty or transformation.
Book Stephen when your audience needs to:
• Solve complex problems more effectively
• Ask better questions
• Stop chasing distractions and focus on what matters
• Build stronger collaboration across different thinking styles
• Challenge conventional approaches to innovation
• Identify opportunities hiding in plain sight
• Experiment without betting everything on one idea
• Create more predictable growth in an unpredictable environment
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• Better equipped to define the right problem before solving it
• Understanding how different perspectives improve innovation
• More capable of separating real opportunities from distractions
• Equipped with practical frameworks they can use immediately
• Better prepared to collaborate with people who think differently
• More focused on where innovation can create genuine competitive advantage
• Ready to experiment with smaller, smarter bets
• Sharing a common language for innovation and problem-solving
Stephen Shapiro Keynote Programs
Solve Your Toughest Problems. Most teams aren't short of solutions. They're solving the wrong problem.
Stephen shows audiences how better questions can reveal solutions that were hiding in plain sight.
Using practical reframing tools and multiple “lenses,” he teaches teams how to examine challenges from different perspectives, redefine the problem and uncover solutions they may otherwise have missed.
Instead of simply leaving inspired, audiences leave with a repeatable approach to solving real business problems.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, innovation summits, strategy meetings and organizations facing complex challenges.
Personality Poker® What if the people who frustrate you most are exactly the people your team needs?
Personality Poker® is Stephen's highly interactive experience designed to help people understand their own innovation styles—and recognize the value of colleagues who approach problems differently.
Using a proprietary deck of cards, participants uncover strengths, blind spots and missing perspectives while developing a shared language for better collaboration.
It's engaging, memorable and designed to change how teams work together.
Ideal for: Leadership meetings, team events, corporate conferences and organizations focused on collaboration and culture.
Stability in an Uncertain World. In a world obsessed with what's changing, what if competitive advantage comes from understanding what shouldn't change?
Drawing from his book Pivotal, Stephen challenges leaders to stop reacting to every trend, technology and “bright shiny object.”
Instead, he helps organizations identify the areas where they should remain firmly anchored so they can determine where innovation and change will create the greatest return.
The result is greater clarity, stronger focus and the ability to move from a position of strength.
Ideal for: Executive conferences, strategy meetings, leadership events and organizations navigating disruption.
Small Bets to Win Big at Innovation. When the future is impossible to predict, why make one enormous bet?
Stephen shows audiences how experimentation can help organizations test ideas quickly, inexpensively and intelligently.
Rather than betting heavily on assumptions about the future, teams learn how to make smaller bets, identify which experiments deserve additional investment and know when to stop.
Ideal for: Innovation conferences, transformation initiatives, product teams and organizations operating in uncertain markets.
Why Book Stephen Shapiro Through The Sweeney Agency?
Stephen Shapiro combines deep innovation expertise with one of the most interactive approaches to problem-solving and collaboration—but the real value comes from identifying which of his frameworks best addresses your organization's challenge.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
• Confirm Stephen Shapiro's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Stephen Shapiro keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's challenges
• Coordinate interactive elements, format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Stephen with other leading innovation, strategy and future-of-business speakers
Is Stephen Shapiro Right for Your Event?
Tell us the problem your organization needs to solve—or where your people need to think and collaborate differently.
We'll help you determine whether Stephen is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, innovation summit or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Stephen Shapiro as your keynote speaker.

Alan Stein, Jr.
Speaker, Author, and former basketball Performance coach on helping business leaders create high-performance cultures
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Alan Stein, Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets, rituals, and routines.
In his corporate keynote programs and workshops, Alan shares real-world lessons, illustrated by powerful stories, so that every audience can immediately put new ideas into action. He has a passion for helping organizations create high-performance cultures, and his clients include American Express, Pepsi, Under Armour, Starbucks, Charles Schwab, Orange theory Fitness, and numerous college athletic programs such as Penn State Football and UConn Men’s Basketball.
An acclaimed basketball performance coach, Alan spent 15 years working with the highest performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant). He transfers that knowledge to reveal how leaders and teams can utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level.
The strategies from Alan’s book, Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best, are implemented by corporate teams and sports teams around the country. His inspirational words are featured on a 12-foot mural outside the Penn State Football Training Center, so that players run past it on the way to practice every day.

Waldo Waldman
Former Fighter Pilot, Hall of Fame Speaker on Leadership, Sales, Teamwork and Change.
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• Talks about how leaders can build high performing teams through innovation, communication & a relentless commitment to excellence.

• Audiences learn how to build collaborative cultures of trust, courage, motivational strategies and commitment in order to adapt to change, break performance barriers, and overcome adversity.

• Known as “The Wingman,” Lt Col (ret) Waldo Waldman is a combat decorated fighter pilot, executive coach, Hall of Fame Speaker, and the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Never Fly Solo.

• Past clients include:  Hewlett Packard, Verizon, American Express, GE, The Denver Broncos, ExxonMobil, Merck, Johnson & Johnson
Lt. Col. Waldo Waldman - The Wingman.
• You want a leadership expert who can call on life experiences to show the value of committing to excellence, adapting to change, and building collaborative, trusting relationships
• Your audience needs an interactive, high-energy speaker who can bridge the gap between the highly competitive world of the fighter pilot and the challenges of business
• Real world sales experience, MBA, New York Times & Wall Street Journal best-selling author, member of the Speaker Hall of Fame
Known as “The Wingman,” Lt Col (ret) Waldo Waldman is a combat decorated fighter pilot, executive coach, Hall of Fame Speaker, and the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Never Fly Solo. He helps organizations build collaborative cultures of trust, courage, motivational strategies and commitment in order to adapt to change, break performance barriers, and overcome adversity.
In addition to his time in the military, Waldo has real world corporate sales experience and is an expert on change management and resilience – having broken through a lifelong fear of heights and overcoming claustrophobia as a fighter pilot. His compelling stories and techniques on overcoming adversity, performing under pressure, earning trust, and servant-based leadership are extremely relevant to organizations who seek to create a “One Team, One Mission” performance-focused culture of trust and collaboration.
“We Survive Solo but Win Together.” – Waldo Waldman
Waldo is a graduate of the U.S Air Force Academy and also holds an MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior. He is an inductee into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, a prestigious award that honors speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence and has been bestowed on less than 180 speakers worldwide. Waldo is also founder The Wingman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to build funds and awareness for veterans in need. He’s been featured on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Inc. Magazine, and The Harvard Business Review, and his clients include Hewlett Packard, Verizon, American Express, GE, The Denver Broncos, ExxonMobil, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and dozens of national associations.

Alex Weber
American Ninja Warrior, Inspirational Speaker on Leadership & Peak Performance
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Alex Weber: American Ninja Warrior Host and Competitor | Award-Winning Speaker | Speaker on Leadership and Peak Performance
Why Book Alex Weber?
Alex brings energy, humor, and openness to the stage. He uses his own failures and achievements to give audiences practical ways to build confidence, support one another, and keep making progress when the next step feels difficult.
Why Is Alex Weber Right for Your Audience?
Alex is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, team events, and opening or closing keynotes. He is especially relevant when an organization wants people to approach ambitious goals with renewed confidence and work together through change.
Book Alex when your audience needs to:
• Overcome hesitation after setbacks
• Build confidence in high-pressure moments
• Strengthen trust and connection across teams
• Align personal goals with a shared mission
• Lead with a positive and resilient example
• Take action toward its next level of performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
• More willing to act despite self-doubt
• Equipped to reframe setbacks as opportunities to learn
• Clearer on the strengths they can bring to a goal
• Ready to build stronger relationships within their teams
• Energized to follow through on a meaningful next step
Keynote Programs
Unstoppable
Alex shares a system for leaders and top performers facing critical moments. He explores how to respond to stress and doubt with confidence, resourcefulness, and action. Ideal for leadership and performance audiences.
The Unstoppable You
Alex helps individuals challenge internal limits, recognize their strengths, and pursue goals that may feel out of reach. Ideal for company-wide and professional development events.
Unstoppable Leadership
Drawing on his coaching experience, Alex focuses on shared vision, trust, and the example leaders set for others. Ideal for managers and leaders at any career stage.
Unstoppable Teams
Alex examines how teams can build genuine connection and align individual goals with collective success. Ideal for organizations seeking stronger collaboration and a more united culture.
Is Alex Weber Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the obstacles it faces, and the goals you want it to pursue after the event. We can help select Alex’s most relevant keynote, 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.

Cassandra Worthy
 Change Enthusiasm Global Keynote Speaker on Change
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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.

Benjamin Zander
Boston Philharmonic Conductor and leader speaker.
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Benjamin Zander is the conductor of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a guest conductor around the world. With London's famed Philharmonia Orchestra, he is recording the complete cycle of Mahler symphonies for Telarc, recordings which have been received with extraordinary critical acclaim and several awards. Their latest recording of Bruckner's 5th Symphony was nominated for a 2010 Grammy, and has received critical acclaim both for the performance and Zander's now famous full-length disc explaining the music for the lay listener. They recorded their next release, Mahler's 2nd Symphony, in January 2012.
In 1967, Mr. Zander joined the faculty at New England Conservatory, where he taught an interpretation class, conducted the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted the conservatory orchestras. For the past 28 years, he was the Artistic Director of the joint program between New England Conservatory's Preparatory School and The Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts in Natick, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Zander has an extensive speaking career, traveling the world lecturing to organizations on leadership. He has appeared four times as a keynote speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was presented with the Crystal award for 'outstanding contributions in the Arts and international relations.'
A true renaissance man, Benjamin is also co-author of The Art of Possibility, and holds a degree in English Literature from University College in London. As world-renowned leadership coach and highly in-demand keynote speaker, his presentations are interactive and innovative, and most of all - fun.
Zander was awarded the 2002 'Caring Citizen of the Humanities' Award by the International Council for Caring Communities at the United Nations.

Joel Zeff
Humorist, Author, and Dynamic Speaker on Teamwork, Change, and Leadership
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About Joel Zeff - Dynamic Collaboration, Leadership, and Change Speaker, Improvisational Humorist, and Author: 
Since 1997, Joel has inspired audiences from Wells Fargo to Samsung to KPMG and even the IRS. Yes, the IRS. Joel is a masterful public speaker and a nationally renowned motivator, lifelong humorist and improvisational actor.
He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache. And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people—something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.
Joel makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Make the Right Choice is conversational, funny, and very informative. Yes, Joel will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion and success.
As discussed in his book, Make the Right Choice, Joel believes that we all encounter choices in our careers. We always have the opportunity to make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, and productive life. How do you “make the right choice”? You can choose to provide opportunity. You can choose to provide positive support. And along the way, you can choose to have fun. It’s really that simple. Joel teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.
When he is not speaking, Joel expresses his creativity as an actor, writer and comedian. He started performing professionally in 1992. In Dallas, he was co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21. He has appeared in dozens of commercials for numerous clients, including the Dallas Cowboys, Harrah's Casino, Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Eagle Country Markets, and Extraco Bank. He has appeared in hundreds of corporate videos. He has also appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. He has been featured in The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets.
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