Robert Safian is one of the most sought-after speakers, moderators, and interviewers in modern business. From leadership positions at Fast Company, Time, Fortune and Money, to incisive analysis across multiple TV networks, podcasts and digital platforms, Safian has been lauded as an unparalleled source of insight on the future of the global enterprise. He is not only among the most acclaimed publishing executives in history but has deep relationships across the C-suite in multiple industries, accessing the cutting-edge developments that are reshaping our world.

For decades Safian has chronicled thousands of odds-defying organizations and leaders, uncovering their secrets of success. He synthesizes their lessons into eye-opening and thoroughly entertaining presentations filled with compelling storytelling. Whether assessing a startup in Detroit, the tech scene in Palo Alto or an iconoclast in Shanghai, Safian is constantly translating what is next and new to the mainstream. By presenting stories of the people behind innovative business thinking, he provides hope to millions of talented professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders that meaningful change is possible.

Safian has been propelled by a reputation for near-clairvoyant prediction. He was the first editor to put Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on a magazine cover and covered Airbnb, Netflix and Uber long before they were household names. For nearly twelve years he led the influential, award-winning business magazine Fast Company, turning it into the world's leading progressive business media brand. He was named Editor of the Year by Adweek, and earned the highly coveted National Magazine Award for Magazine of the Year in 2014, beating out rivals including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine and more.

Prior to Fast Company, Safian was the executive editor for Time and Fortune and headed Money as its chief editor for six years. He is a frequent guest on CBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and other TV networks.

His latest projects include The Flux Group, an advisory firm that is driving awareness of new business practices to both individual companies and mass-market audiences; The Flux Network, a special invitation-only community of leading thinkers, creative collaborators and idea generators; and a highly-anticipated forthcoming book on the reinvention of business that is identifying how leaders at all levels can best adapt and thrive in today’s high-flux environments and turn disruption to their advantage.

Safian has also built a reputation as one of today’s top interviewers, conducting onstage dialogues with many of the world's most intriguing leaders including the CEOs of Starbucks, Nike, Target, Ford, Pepsico, Pixar, Walmart.com, Chobani, Under Armour, J Crew, Soulcycle, Casper, Pinterest, Warby Parker and more, plus celebrities including Kate Hudson, Serena Williams, Chelsea Clinton, Princess Reema Bint Bandar of Saudi Arabia, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jordan Spieth, Jared Leto, Alicia Keys and more. He has been a keynote presenter at events ranging from SxSW Interactive to the United Nation's Global Accelerators Council, the National Retail Federation's "Big Show" to the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, HSM Brazil to The World Congress on Intelligent Transport.

In addition to all of Safian's wide experiences, pool of knowledge, and deft storytelling skills, he is also warm, approachable, and an expert at working with event organizers to personalize his presentations for each audience.

• 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.

Tim Sanders is Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and NY Times Best Selling Author.

As the Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Tim’s deep expertise in analyzing data to reveal trends, shows customers how to understand what’s actually happening in the market today, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence.

It’s an impersonal world, where so many products and services are seen as easily-replaced, indistinct commodities. Whether you stand out or get lost in the crowd is a choice. A mindset. Ken Schmidt faced those same challenges himself and gained acclaim for his role in the extraordinary turnaround of the legendary Harley-Davidson Motor Company. That transformation was based on a change in mindset and a focus on answering three key strategic questions. While times have changed, what humans want and need from the businesses they buy from and work for hasn’t.

In his high-energy speeches, Ken inspires companies and individuals to shift their thinking and ride a path to success by becoming memorable – not for what they do or what they make, but for how they connect with people.

Ken is author of Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance. He’s also host of the Tailgating with Geniuses podcast and co-founder of Torque Sessions Leadership Training. In all of his endeavors, Ken brings an unconventional perspective that helps organizations and individuals reframe how they engage with their marketplace.

Ken Schmidt’s career in the motorcycle industry began in 1985 as a specialist in corporate positioning and media relations for the then-struggling Harley-Davidson. He was tasked with helping the company restore its image, improve its competitiveness, and create demand for its motorcycles. Within a few short years, sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles skyrocketed, and the company returned to prominence as one of the most respected, profitable, and frequently reported-on companies in the world.

In 1990, Ken became director of Harley-Davidson’s corporate and financial communications, serving as its primary spokesperson to the media and the financial communities. He frequently appeared in mainstream and business media to offer insights on nontraditional communications, customer attraction, and brand-building. His expertise and success at Harley-Davidson ultimately led to consulting assignments and speaking invitations from all over the world.

In 1997, Ken left Harley-Davidson to take an ownership position with a highly successful Chicago-based marketing firm, VSA Partners. In addition to Harley-Davidson, VSA served a virtual who’s who of the world’s best-known brands. In 1999, he sold his portion of VSA to start his own business, Ken Schmidt Company, to combine two of his greatest passions, motorcycling and speaking. He uses motorcycles as a metaphor to expose people to proven ideas and concepts they’ve likely never imagined.

After all he has accomplished, Ken remains committed to his philosophy of standing out, taking risks, and having fun in both his personal and professional life. He says, “Never do what’s expected, make yourself as noticeably different as possible, and have a lot more fun than you’re supposed to.”

• Talks about accelerating growth through transformation that outpaces the external changes that are constant in the business environment.

• Audiences learn how to increase operational and organizational agility by compressing the time between becoming aware of necessary changes to be competitive, and implementing them.

• Founder of the global business growth consultancy, Karrikins Group, with employees in 23 cities across 7 countries

• Past clients include: AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo

About Peter Sheahan - Bestselling Author on Innovation & Accelerating Growth:

Having grown his own companies by accelerating the growth and transformation for clients that include: Apple; Chick-fil-A; DeBeers; and AT&T — Peter will provoke you to get bigger, by getting better! When leaders are true to their purpose, they gravitate towards doing work that matters and solving higher-order problems. The journey to get there requires that they have the courage to tell themselves the truth, take intelligent risks, and assume ownership for driving the alignment necessary to build an organization which behaves in ways worthy of its leadership position.

In being true to his own ambitions and relentless pursuit of growth, Peter has published seven books, built three global companies and delivered more than 2,500 presentations in 40+ countries. Today he and his team at Karrikins Group are focused exclusively on inspiring leaders to do the hard work required to accelerate growth and transformation.

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Accountability Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. Ultimately Sam teaches and inspires leaders to design a sustainable high-performance culture to build stronger businesses, communities, and people.

By challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate an organizational culture based on accountability, and inspire both individuals and teams to take ownership in fresh and results-producing ways – he is helping companies dramatically increase productivity, profitability, and growth. Sam believes that accountability is the highest form of leadership.

As a former executive and owner, Sam’s manufacturing and distribution companies sold over $100 million in products and services. He successfully sold one of his businesses to a Fortune 500 company. Today, Sam is the author of 15 books on the subjects of accountability, leadership, and workplace culture. He writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results. As a keynote speaker, Sam challenges audiences to discover and reach their best selves. He helps leaders build accountability throughout their organization. Sam works with entrepreneurs, multi-national companies, corporations, and government agencies to drive increased engagement and productivity.

Scott Snook is currently the MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.

He graduated with honors from West Point earning the Royal Society of Arts Award for the most outstanding overall cadet in his class. Following graduation, he was commissioned in the US Army Corps of Engineers where he served with distinction in various command and staff positions for over 22 years, earning the rank of Colonel before retiring in 2002. He has led soldiers in combat. Among his military decorations are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Master Parachutist badge.

He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar. Dr. Snook earned h is Ph.D. from Harvard University in Organizational Behavior winning the Sage-Louis Pondy Best Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management for his study of the Friendly Fire Shootdown in Northern Iraq. Until July of 2002, Colonel Snook served as an Academy Professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department at the United States Military Academy. He also directed West Point's Center for Leadership and Organizations Research as well as its joint Master's Program in Leader Development. He is the primary author of West Point's Cadet Leader Development System - the Academy's philosophy on how to develop leaders of character for the Nation. Professor Snook's book Friendly Fire was selected by the Academy of Management to receive the 2002 Terry Award as the most influential book on managerial thinking published during the past two years. He has also co-authored a book that explores the role of "common sense" in leadership titled, Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life, available from Cambridge University Press (2000). He most recently co-edited The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being available from SAGE Publications (2011). Professor Snook has shared his leadership insights in formal executive education programs at Harvard and with numerous corporate audiences around the world.

Professor Snook's research and consulting activities have been in the areas of leadership, leader development, change management, organizational systems and failure, and culture. He currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife Kathleen and their five children.

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.

• As the founder and CEO of Focuswise, he has consulted with North America’s top companies, such as Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, Nike, AT&T, and many more.

• As a leader at Venus Aerospace, he is building a future-facing workplace that proactively fights to preserve a positive workplace, defending the organization against stress and inefficiency, the relationship between focus and accountability, and productivity.

• As a frequent keynote speaker, he addresses the theory behind these ideas, but also presents practical applications that his audiences can put to use immediately.

• As a writer and influencer, he shares his expertise on leadership strategy, brain science, generational differences, and technology trends through his podcast and regular Forbescolumn.

Curt Steinhorst has spent his career closing the distance between people who have to work together but don’t speak the same language: across generations, between leaders and the people they depend on, and between what was said and what was heard.

He’s done it in Fortune 500 boardrooms, professional locker rooms, and inside the executive team of a hypersonic deep tech company.

Most recently, he spent three years as Head of People at Venus Aerospace, where his teams achieved America’s first flight of a rotating detonation rocket engine, a fundamental leap in rocket propulsion not seen since the Apollo program. They also raised $100M+ in the tightest venture market in decades. It turns out that even when it IS rocket science, the outcome still depends on people working together.

Before Venus, Curt built a company around the question of attention. He wrote Can I Have Your Attention? (Wiley bestseller) and became a Forbes contributor. He also has ADHD, which is either ironic or the whole point.

Curt got his start on the speaking circuit working with the Center for Generational Kinetics. He looked fourteen, so nobody was going to hire him to talk about anything other than millennials.

His current work centers on the questions AI can’t answer: what deserves our attention, how experienced leaders stay curious when industries shift, and how teams tell the truth under pressure.

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•  Nick talks about how we are wired to use the periods of change and upheaval around us to unleash growth inside us--growth in our teams, growth in our businesses, and growth in ourselves. 

• Audiences walk away from this dynamic session not just more knowledgeable, but also more excited about the hidden opportunities for growth right under their noses. Invigorated by a fresh outlook; connected by a common language; and armed with practical tools and clear decisions, your people will be ready to cut through the chaos with a laser-like focus on organizational objectives, team priorities, and personal growth opportunities.

• #1 best-selling author of four counter-intuitive books on the art and science of making decisions and leading change, including: Ricochet: What to do when change happens to you

• Past clients include: 3M, Best Buy, Cargill, Dell Technologies, Wells Fargo, RBC, Microsoft and Zoetis/Pfizer.

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‍Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, organizational psychologist and the #1 best-selling author of four counter-intuitive books on the art and science of making decisions and leading change. He is also an expert writer for the Harvard Business Review and his work has been covered by The New York Times, Bloomberg Business Week, The Atlantic, Inc., U.S. News & World Report, The Financial Times, Fox Business, and Forbes; as well as NPR, the BBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS.

Nick’s original insights and dynamic style have benefited the world’s most respected organizations ranging from General Electric, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Novo Nordisk, Wells Fargo, the Royal Bank of Canada, and UnitedHealth Group to the Wharton School, Yale University, and many more.Nomadic by nature, Nick and his wife and their four kids live in…lots of places. Sometimes Minnesota. Sometimes Florida. Currently Puerto Rico.

Hamish Taylor has a CV that the Times describes as “takes some beating.” His energetic, thought-provoking and humorous keynotes are based on a rare combination of real stories - and a fantastic ability to inspire audiences with tailored advice and practical tools. Regularly featured in broadcast media, today Hamish acts as an advisor to some of the world’s largest companies (and even Governments) - assisting with specific innovation projects, customer focus and/or people leadership.

Hamish is an award-winning CEO whose career has taken him from the international consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, consultancy firm Price Waterhouse and British Airways - to become CEO of the channel tunnel railway Eurostar, and then CEO of Sainsbury’s Bank… all before he was 40! In all cases, he left behind a record of significant business growth triggered by a willingness to challenge the normal way of doing things - so much so that his advice and assistance is now sought by organizations all over the world in many different industries.

As the self appointed “chief dumming down officer” in each of his roles, his approach is simple - but highly effective in delivering breakthroughs.

• The first thing that has to change is the way you look at your customers (both internal and external) - if you look at your customers the same way, you will get the same answers and keep doing the same things

• Secondly, you need to use your customer insights to create a new leadership tool - a simple “customer promise” as a platform for ALL future activity that puts customer benefit at the heart. Your customer doesn’t care about what you do, but about how they benefit as a result of what you do - so use this as your key purpose

• Thirdly, you must look to other environments and industries if you want breakthrough ideas - for product, service, process, leadership and much more. The Inspired Leaders Network dubbed Hamish the “Master thief” due to his track record in this area

• Concentrate your major energy on changing the way you engage with the team that will deliver the customer promise

Hamish’s keynotes will demonstrate the major breakthroughs that can be achieved by changing your approach. Hamish’s message can be tailored to a variety of topics and levels within an organization.

Eric Termuende is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and researcher focused on one of the defining leadership challenges of our time: how to navigate uncertainty and change when the world refuses to stand still.

For over a decade, Eric has studied leadership, trust, culture, team performance, technology, and the changing nature of work. His work explores why traditional approaches to planning and leadership can break down when conditions change quickly, and what allows people, leaders, and teams to continue moving when the path ahead is unclear.

Eric challenges the idea that the best leaders are the best predictors. Instead, his research shows the importance of creating direction without pretending to have certainty, building the trust required for honest information to travel, reducing the friction that slows teams down, and making small, deliberate One-Degree Shifts that turn action into information and progress.

Eric has brought his research and ideas to hundreds of stages around the world, working with leaders and teams at organizations including Amazon, Toyota, IBM, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Nationwide, Zoom, and Nokia. His ideas have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., and his first book, Rethink Work, became a bestselling resource for leaders navigating the changing world of work.

On stage, Eric combines a researcher's curiosity with a storyteller's instinct and a speaker's sense of the room. Known for his energy, humour, and highly customized approach, he makes serious ideas feel immediately relevant and practical. Audiences leave with more than inspiration. They leave with a clearer way to lead, adapt, and move forward when the future is uncertain.

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Sebastian Terry: Keynote Speaker on Purpose, Leadership & Human Connection | Founder of 100 Things | Author | Inspirational Adventurer

Turn Purpose Into Action. What happens when people stop simply going through the motions and start pursuing what truly matters?

Best known for his journey to complete a list of 100 Things he wanted to achieve in his lifetime, Sebastian transformed a personal challenge into a global movement. His experiences reveal powerful lessons about setting meaningful goals, overcoming fear, helping others and creating cultures where people feel inspired to take action.

Why Book Sebastian Terry?

Sebastian doesn't just talk about living with purpose. He built his life around it.

What began as a list of 100 personal goals became an extraordinary journey filled with adventure, setbacks, human connection and unexpected opportunities to help others achieve their own dreams.

Sebastian brings those lessons into the workplace, challenging audiences to think differently about purpose, goals, connection and what motivates people to perform at their best.

His keynote is inspiring, entertaining and highly interactive—leaving audiences not only motivated but asking an important question: What's on my list?

What Makes Sebastian Terry Different?

• Creator of 100 Things — transformed a personal bucket list into a global movement
• Extraordinary storytelling — memorable stories of adventure, risk and human connection
• Purpose-driven message — helps people reconnect with what genuinely matters
• Highly interactive — creates an experience rather than simply delivering a speech
• Universal appeal — resonates across roles, generations and industries
• Workplace relevance — connects personal purpose with engagement, culture and performance
• Action oriented — inspires audiences to turn intentions into meaningful goals
• Feel-good impact — creates energy and connection that can continue long after the event

Why Is Sebastian Right for Your Audience?

Sebastian is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to reconnect with purpose, think bigger and take meaningful action.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association conferences, employee events and organizations focused on culture and engagement.

Book Sebastian when your audience needs to:

• Reconnect with what motivates them
• Turn meaningful goals into action
• Think beyond perceived limitations
• Build stronger human connections
• Increase engagement and personal ownership
• Create a greater sense of purpose at work
• Support and inspire the people around them
• Bring renewed energy to their personal and professional goals

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Thinking more intentionally about what matters most
• Inspired to identify meaningful personal and professional goals
• More willing to take action despite fear or uncertainty
• Understanding the importance of helping others succeed
• Better connected with colleagues and teammates
• Energized about what's possible
• Ready to turn ideas and intentions into action

Sebastian Terry Keynote Programs

100 Things: What's on Your List?

If you knew your time was limited, what would you do differently?

Sebastian shares the remarkable story behind his journey to complete 100 goals and the lessons he discovered along the way.

Through entertaining stories and powerful insights, he challenges audiences to identify what genuinely matters, overcome the fears that keep them stuck and begin taking meaningful action.

Ideal for: Corporate conferences, association meetings, employee events and organizations looking for an inspirational closing or opening keynote.

Purpose at Work: People perform differently when they feel connected to something that matters.

Sebastian explores how personal purpose, meaningful goals and human connection can influence engagement and performance.

He challenges organizations to create environments where people feel seen, supported and encouraged to pursue goals that matter—both professionally and personally.

Ideal for: Leadership, culture, employee engagement and workplace wellbeing events.

Building Cultures of Connection: What happens when people stop focusing only on their own goals and start helping others achieve theirs?

Sebastian shares lessons from the 100 Things journey to demonstrate the extraordinary impact people can have when they support one another.

Audiences discover how greater empathy, connection and generosity can strengthen relationships, teamwork and organizational culture.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, team events, culture initiatives and organizations focused on collaboration.

Why Book Sebastian Terry Through The Sweeney Agency?

Sebastian Terry delivers much more than an inspirational story. The real opportunity is connecting his message about purpose, goals and human connection to what you want your audience to think, feel and do differently.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Sebastian Terry's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Sebastian Terry keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Sebastian with other leading motivational, purpose and workplace-culture speakers

Is Sebastian Terry Right for Your Event?

Tell us what you want your audience to think differently about—or what you want to inspire them to do next.

We'll help you determine whether Sebastian is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.

Planning a corporate conference, leadership meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Sebastian Terry as your keynote speaker.

Jason Tharp is an inspiration expert, best-selling author, and illustrator who inspires audiences to embrace their authentic selves and collaborate towards success. With a focus on leadership and self-leadership, Jason's dynamic speeches share his personal journey of overcoming impossibles, such as brain cancer, obesity, negative self-talk, and self-doubt. His books, including "The Best You!" and "It's Okay To Be A Unicorn!", promote self-leadership, inclusivity, creativity, and self-acceptance.

Renowned for his interactive speaking style and impactful leadership advice, Jason has delivered numerous keynotes since 2015, providing audiences with a blueprint to break their own impossibles. His speeches emphasize teamwork and self-leadership, creating a bridge of empathy through vulnerability. Jason has worked with successful organizations like Better Business Bureau, Novocure, Sonova, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, NRG, Best Buddies, and MacMillan, and has been featured on major media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, USA Today, Washington Post, The Hill, HuffPost, CBC, and The Independent. Jason has also written many op-ed pieces for numerous media outlets.

Speech was born Todd Thomas in Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. The youngest of parents Robert & Patricia  Thomas. He grew up on two sides of life: the ghetto of  Milwaukee (one of the nation’s roughest cities for African  Americans) and (Wauwatosa) Milwaukee’s suburbia.  Speech learned how to draw from the pains and beauty of both. He would absorb the plights of his people and the retreat of a middle-class black boy in a primarily white neighborhood. He lost his grandmother to a heart attack and his older brother, Terrence Thomas to an Asthma attack within the same week, and through spirituality, learned to recalibrate his inner anger through dynamic music. To celebrate the lives of those he lost, he coined his sound “life music”. Speech wrote the hit song Tennessee as a  dedication to his grandmother and brother. In the early nineties, Speech and his mother started the Terrence  Thomas Scholarship and to date, the scholarship has raised over a million dollars helping young black students further their educations.

 Speech started and produced the hip-hop group,  Arrested Development. Based in Georgia, from humble and rural beginnings; they became a pioneering force in the music world. Arrested Development received two  Grammy Awards (Best new artists & Best rap single  1993) for the album, 3 years, 5 months, and 2 days in the  life of…” Their second album “Zingalamaduni” was met with critical acclaim and was also nominated for a GRAMMY award.

 In 1995, the group disbanded and Speech signed a solo record deal with EMI. His first single “Like Marvin Gaye  Said” shot to #1 on the Japanese Tokio 100 charts for 7  consecutive weeks. Speech has released 5 solo albums since, all of which have spawned Top 10 hit singles in Japan. His album “1998 Hoopla” and Spiritual  People” (2000) were certified gold. “Spiritual People” was awarded the Best black music album of the year 2000  by the acclaimed ADLIB magazine. Speech supported each album with sold-out tours.

Speech has also toured as a solo performer with the United  States Vice President Al Gore, First Lady Hillary Clinton,  Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Youssou N’dour, James  Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Jason Mraz, Hootie &  the Blowfish, and The Roots.

In 2020 Speech partnered with Resonant Pictures and Pipeline Entertainment to release the full-length documentary “16 Bars” where Speech goes into a maximum security jail to write music with inmates. This stirring documentary has won numerous film festival awards and is now available through Lightyear Entertainment on streaming platforms worldwide

Mark is an expert on executive leadership, business strategy, and innovation who has spent over 25 years leading teams and building companies from the ground up. He delivers actionable, valuable and practical advice for leaders at all levels of an organization.

Currently a highly sought after executive coach and venture investor, Forbes called Mark one of America’s Top Venture Investors with the "Midas Touch." Mark was recently featured as one of the "World’s Top Executive Coaches" by the American Management Association and #1 Thought Leader on Innovation and Engagement. He was named one of the "Top 30 Communications Professionals for 2015" by Global Gurus. Mark advises top leaders in Fortune 500 and Global Fortune 1000 companies as well as the executive teams who are leading high growth startup companies in Silicon Valley today.

A New York Times bestselling author whose books include: ADMIRED: 21 Ways to Double Your Value; Now Build a Great Business; and Success Built to Last - Creating a Life that Matters, Mark is also an Innovation Leadership columnist for Forbes.com, Inc.com and FastCompany.com. His most recent bestseller ADMIRED is a primer on how the world’s "Most Admired Companies" achieve long-term success and growth as well as the qualities that are common to "Most Admired Leaders."

Mark has worked side by side with three of the world’s most legendary disruptive innovators: Steve Jobs, Charles Schwab and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson. He brings insight from decades of experience with these great leaders and research on the culture of companies and brands that achieve the highest levels of employee engagement, customer loyalty and continuous sales growth.

Mark was Charles Schwab’s former Chief of Staff and Chief Customer Experience Officer, and the Executive Producer of Schwab.com which today has assets over $2.4 Trillion. He is a co-founder of Sir Richard Branson’s Entrepreneurship Centers and an advisor to Virgin Unite Entrepreneurs.

Mark is a founding advisor of the Stanford Realtime Venture Design Lab, and is a visiting scholar at his alma mater, Stanford University. He has served as faculty at the World Economic Forum and World Business Forum, is a member of the Clinton Initiative, and an executive coach for TED Fellows.

A successful venture capitalist over the last two decades, Mark was as an early investor in companies like Facebook, Netflix and eSurance. He has been a Board Member for many well known technology, biotech and retail companies, including: Best Buy, Korn Ferry, and Interwoven (now owned by HP). He was the Chairman of the Board for Rioport, which popularized the MP3 player prior to the iPod. He is an investor in Cancer Genetics, a leader in DNA-based diagnostics for clinical management of cancer treatment.

Among Mark’s passions are music and Broadway. Mark serves as a founding Board of Directors member for Smule, the top music app company on iTunes which has over 125 million users worldwide. As a Broadway producer, Mark’s plays have earned five Tony Awards and a total of ten Tony nominations, including Peter and the Star-Catcher with Disney, and StickFly with Alicia Keys.

Mark lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Manhattan with two extraordinary women – his wife Bonita and their daughter Vanessa.

• Dan talks about how organizations can meet the challenge of helping their employees bring more energy to work and not only embrace change but see it as an opportunity to lead.

• Audiences leave his dynamic presentations understanding how they can manage energy and time more effectively and adopt an off balance on purpose approach as a realistic and empowering way to excel at work and life.

• Dan is a world-renowned Hall of Fame keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, workplace performance expert, fitness advocate, and acrobat.

• Past clients include: AT&T, Bank of America, Marriott, Microsoft, WalMart, Honeywell, Chase, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

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Dan Thurmon isn’t just a world-renowned Hall of Fame keynote speaker. He’s also an author, entrepreneur, workplace performance expert, fitness advocate, and acrobat who practices what he preaches!

Known for delivering powerful, customized, opening and closing keynotes in jaw-dropping style, Dan uses every bit of his passion and ability to educate and inspire his audiences. The results and experiences are unlike anything any other speaker can offer.

Dan is known for delivering powerful, customized opening and closing keynotes in jaw-dropping style. He does handstands on podiums while discussing balance. He juggles sharp objects to teach principles of performance under pressure. He weaves through the audience on a six-foot unicycle to visually amplify principles for navigating change. Dan has been transforming fortune 500 teams to see change as as ‘an opportunity to lean into’ for 25 years.

What started as a means to fund a business school grew into a seven-figure business across 32 countries and six continents. Dan began his journey as an acrobatic performer for corporate events over 25 years ago. He soon moved beyond performance to incorporate motivational messages tailored to solve real-world business problems. Word-of-mouth helped spread the powerful impact of Dan’s keynotes and workshops, and he’s established a long list of fortune 500 clients.

Today, Dan continues to work closely with his clients to truly understand their challenges in business, leadership and teamwork. For Dan, his role goes far beyond just an energetic start or end to a meeting. He serves as a catalyst to inspire significant change within a business, especially during times of transition.

In his programs, Dan drives to the root of what’s holding clients back, and he tailors every engagement to address the specific needs of every organization. Whether it’s a live event or virtual learning experience, Dan’s dynamic approach and unique point of difference sets his programs apart and keeps him in high demand all year long.

Dan is a dedicated family man currently living in the Atlanta area with his wife Shay and their children, Eddie and Maggie. He is passionate about health and fitness, and enjoys playing golf, reading, writing and music.

Rory Vaden is the New York Times best-selling author of Take the Stairs. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Fox News national television and in several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, his Tedx talk has been viewed nearly 2 million times, he is a 2x World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist and he was recently named as one of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world by Inc Magazine.

He is the Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group and the host of the Rock Solid Reputation podcast, a forum in which he teaches people to build and monetize a rock solid reputation™.

• 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.

Dr. Margie Warrell brings sharp insights from her diverse global experience to inspire bolder thinking and braver action.

The bestselling author of five books, Margie’s ability to distill grounded research into actionable advice sets her apart on the global stage. A leading authority on courageous leadership, she has learned a lot about overcoming fear and embracing change since her childhood growing up on a small farm in rural Australia. She has spent the last 25 years working around the world - in Australia, Asia, Papua New Guinea and the USA - while raising her four children.

An honoree of the Women’s Economic Forum and CEO of Global Courage, Margie sits on the advisory board of Forbes School of Business & Technology and is trusted by global brands - NASA, Google, Deloitte, Dell, Abbot, UN Foundation and Salesforce - to deliver life-changing programs that accelerate growth, inspire braver action and better outcomes. Her latest book, You’ve Got This! The Life-Changing Power of Trusting Yourself  has been hailed as a transformative book for these times.

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Marc Wayshak is a sought-after sales keynote speaker who has trained thousands of salespeople across the globe. His company, the Sales Insights Lab, leads the industry in data-driven sales coaching, training, and mentorship. Marc’s Sales Insights MethodTM utilizes today’s most innovative, science-based tools for selling. His clients have grown their annual sales by more than $100 million to date.

LinkedIn designated Marc one of “15 Influential Sales Professionals to Watch” in 2019. His sales strategy channel on YouTube hit 140,000 subscribers in 2022, with viewership growing daily.

Marc has also published two sales bestsellers, The High-Velocity Sales Organization and Game Plan Selling. In 2023, he will publish his third, Sales Conversations, Mastered. Audiences around the world learn from Marc via his regular columns in renowned publications, including HubSpot, Entrepreneur, Inc., Huffington Post Business, and Fast Company.

As a speaker, Marc combines humor, storytelling, and hard-earned expertise to motivate and connect with audiences. His keynotes are steeped in the latest, most powerful data on what’s actually working for top performers today in sales.

Marc routinely analyzes cutting-edge research on selling—and then applies the takeaways directly to help his training participants gain real-world results.

Past events include keynotes for world-leading companies such as Siemens, Goldman, Lenovo, and Marriott.

Outside of sales, Marc kiteboards around the globe, plays rugby, and travels extensively. His true passion is making a positive impact on the lives of salespeople, every day. Marc received a BA in social sciences from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Oxford.

Tamsen Webster - Selected for 2022 Thinkers50 Radar, Best-selling Author, Keynote Speaker on Communication:

Great ideas don't create change unless people believe in them.

Tamsen Webster helps leaders turn complex ideas into clear, compelling messages that build buy-in and inspire action. Drawing on more than 25 years in message strategy and change communications, she gives audiences practical frameworks for communicating ideas in ways people understand, believe—and remember.

Why Book Tamsen Webster?

Tamsen doesn't simply teach people to communicate better. She shows leaders how to build a case for change that audiences can believe in.

Her experience spans major organizations including Harvard Medical School and Fidelity Investments, as well as advising entrepreneurs through Harvard Innovation Labs and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. She also spent more than a decade as an Idea Strategist for TEDxCambridge and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar in 2022.

What Makes Tamsen Different?

• A practical approach to building buy-in for change
• More than 25 years of message strategy experience
• Creator of the Red Thread® framework
• Two-time bestselling author
• Deep expertise in storytelling, persuasion and change communication
• Actionable frameworks audiences can use immediately

Why Is Tamsen Right for Your Audience?

Tamsen is particularly effective for organizations where leaders need people to understand, support and act on new ideas.

Book Tamsen when your audience needs to:

• Communicate change more effectively
• Build stronger buy-in for new ideas and initiatives
• Turn complicated messages into clear, compelling stories
• Influence without relying on pressure or manipulation
• Help people understand why change matters
• Move audiences from agreement to action

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better able to build a persuasive case for change
• Equipped to make complex ideas easier to understand
• Clearer about why some messages inspire action while others fail
• Ready to connect new ideas to beliefs audiences already hold
• Able to create messages people remember and repeat
• More confident turning ideas into lasting action

Keynote Programs

Say What They Can't Unhear: How to Inspire Change That Lasts

Tamsen reveals why traditional approaches to change often struggle and shows leaders how to build messages around beliefs, identity and stories that people already understand. Audiences learn practical principles for creating change that lasts rather than generating temporary agreement.

The Logic of Belief: How to Make Inaction Impossible

Every decision involves an internal argument. Tamsen shows audiences how to structure the reasoning behind an idea so clearly that people can see why taking action makes sense. Her Core Case and If–Then–Because–And frameworks give leaders practical tools for building agreement, understanding and action.

The Red Thread®: How to Find and Tell the Story of Your Ideas

Tamsen teaches audiences how to uncover the essential story behind an idea and communicate it in a way others immediately understand. Participants learn the five building blocks of a powerful message and how to adapt that story for different audiences, formats and situations.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

The right speaker must do more than deliver a great presentation. Their message needs to connect directly to what your organization wants people to think, believe or do differently.

Contact us to:

• Confirm Tamsen's availability and current fee
• Identify the keynote that best supports your objectives
• Discuss customization, workshops and event format
• Determine how her message can connect directly to your organization's change or communication challenges
• Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit

Is Tamsen Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the change you're trying to create and what you want people to think, feel or do differently. We'll provide an honest assessment of Tamsen's fit, confirm availability and fees, and help you determine the best program for your event.

Contact The Sweeney Agency to discuss booking Tamsen Webster.

Bill Weingartner brings a unique perspective and wealth of experience to the challenge of building healthy organizations and high performing teams. Interacting closely with The Table Group since 2013, he has had the great privilege of working regularly and directly with Pat Lencioni to positively impact organizational culture and health within hundreds of non-profits across North America. As a Principal Consultant, Bill delivers high-impact sessions that generate relevant and immediate outcomes for leaders of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Bill works regularly with leadership teams in quickly and effectively applying the concepts captured in all of Pat Lencioni's books, always ensuring that consulting sessions, speeches, and workshops are practical, engaging, and actionable. His clients span a broad spectrum of various industries, including financial services, health, medical, and service outreach organizations.

Bill’s 32 years of experience split between corporate America, small business ownership, philanthropy, and organizational health training underlies and drives his success as a consultant with The Table Group.

Dr. Julie Williamson has undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and English, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication.

Her keynote content is informed by her work around the world with some of the largest companies, where she's helped set and execute strategy and transformation. She's also worked with small to mid sized companies and organizations (for profit, non-profit, and government) to drive success as they seek to grow their revenue and impact their communities.

She has a deep reservoir of experience and expertise that she shares through engaging, honest, and vulnerable stories. Julie will work with you to shape her experiences to your audience's situation and needs so her stories are relevant, relatable, and memorable.

As an educator, Julie has taught and guest lectured in college courses on organizational strategy, behavior, and change. She focuses on helping students connect theoretical concepts to real-world applications.

In addition to her best-selling book Make HOW Matter, Julie is also the co-author of Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice. Together with Peter Sheahan, she helps unpack the keys to elevating relationships and building businesses that last.

John Winsor is an entrepreneur, thought-leader and global authority on the future of work, open talent and remote work. John’s ideas, expressed through his writing, speaking, and the companies he’s built, have placed him at the intersection of innovation, disruption and storytelling.

John is currently the executive-in-residence at Harvard Business School’s Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), which studies AI and Workforce Transformation strategies, and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, a company that provides content, community, and strategic advising to organizations, people, and platforms to co-create the future of work.

Recently, he has been leading a global industry coalition made up 4000 global leaders in the open talent and innovation industry to start a non-profit trade association, The Center for the Transformation of Work with the goal of Transforming work for a billion people by 2025.

In his past life, John was the chief innovation officer of Havas, when Havas purchased his open advertising agency, Victors & Spoils, in 2015. Winsor founded V&S after introducing the advertising world to the practice of co-creation in his role as vice president and executive director of strategy and innovation at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. Winsor had merged his company Radar Communications, the world’s leading open strategy and research company, with CP+B back in 2007. Other companies Winsor founded include Sports & Fitness publishing, sold to Conde Nast, and the Gravity Games, sold to NBC.

Winsor’s new book, “Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Crowd to Solve Your Biggest Challenges,” published by Harvard Business Press, comes out in the fall of 2023.

Winsor’s is also the author of “Beyond the Brand,” “Spark,” “Flipped,” and the best-selling “Baked In,” winner of the 2009 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in marketing. Winsor is also an advisor to the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, and a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, Forbes and Digiday.

Winsor was an early digital nomad. Twenty years ago, he found a satellite dish, mounting it on his house in a village in Mexico and connecting in illegally to a network in Canada to communicate with the world. He has also worked on his skiing, surfing and climbing exploits from Fiji to Alaska.

• Liz talks about how the best leaders bring out the best in their teams and get more done with fewer resources, develop and attract talent, and cultivate new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation

• Audiences leave with an understanding of the five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers and provide practice tips for leading like a Multiplier

• Best-selling author, leadership researcher and CEO of The Wiseman Group, Liz is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and

• Past clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter.

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to top organizations worldwide. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers Multipliers, The Multiplier Effect, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players.

Liz is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include Apple, AT&T, Disney, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and X. Liz has received the top achievement award for leadership from Thinkers50. She has also been consistently named one of the world’s leading 50 management thinkers in its bi-annual ranking.

Liz has conducted significant research in leadership and talent development. She writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and various other business and leadership journals and is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University and Stanford University. She is a former executive at Oracle, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and the global leader for Human Resource Development. Liz holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s in organizational behavior from Brigham Young University.

About Marc Woods - Paralympian, Author and Cancer Ambassador:

Marc Woods competed internationally as a swimmer for 17 years; winning 12 Paralympic medals from 5 Games and a further 21 from either World or European Championships. In the past he has held world records for 200m, 400m, 1500m Freestyle and as well as being part of the team that held the world record for 4 x 100m Freestyle. At the London 2012 Paralympic Games worked for the BBC as a commentator and presenter, as well as performing in the opening ceremony.

Marc now spends his time presenting at business conference around the world. His speech takes you on an inspirational journey - giving insights into personal responsibility, leadership, teamwork and motivation. It is a journey that took him from cancer patient to multiple Gold medallist. Along with some of the personnel now working with British Cycling he was a pioneer of the

notion of marginal gains.

Marc has written three books. Most notably Personal Best, a combination of his inspirational life story and personal development advice, and more recently Beyond the Call, which supported by research from New York University, looks at how to create conditions within an organisation that make discretionary effort more likely.

Amongst other things he is an ambassador of Teenage Cancer Trust, a director of the Youth Sport Trust and ambassador for CANSA (South Africa's Cancer Charity) and patron for Bone Cancer Research Trust. His clients come from all business sectors and include IBM, Pfizer, Sainsbury, O2 and Santander.

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.

Planning a leadership conference, transformation event or corporate meeting? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Cassandra Worthy as your keynote speaker.

Garrison Wynn: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Change & Influence | Bestselling Author | Business Performance Expert

Influence People. Navigate Change. Get Better Results.

Why do some people get cooperation, gain support and achieve results—while others with equally good ideas struggle to be heard?

Garrison Wynn is a bestselling author, business expert and highly entertaining keynote speaker on leadership, change, influence and workplace performance.

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.