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 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 is a Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership author on the topics of team connection, generational differences, and the future of work. Ryan’s thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Fortune, and CNBC.

For over a decade as a keynote speaker and consultant, he has helped hundreds of the world’s leading organizations like Salesforce, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, State Farm, and John Deere.
He is also the owner of Rivet, the AI powered connection tool trusted by Netflix, Walmart, and PepsiCo to strengthen their teams and engage their audiences.

Today, Ryan is on a mission to help leaders and organizations Be Connectable™— unlocking the essential trait to move teams from isolated to all in.

Ryan lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, three children, and yellow Labrador.

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.

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 explains how leaders and organizations need to shift their focus to becoming healthier, allowing them to tap into the more-than-sufficient intelligence and expertise they already have to leverage their greatest opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage.

• Audiences learn the four key steps to achieving the ultimate competitive advantage: a healthy organization as one that has minimal politics and confusion, high degrees of morale and productivity, and very low turnover among good employees.

• Patrick Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group and the author of eleven best-selling books with over five million copies sold.

• Past clients include: Equinix, Steel Tech, Sybase, Oracle and Bain & Company.

Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products and services that improve teamwork, clarity and employee engagement.

Lencioni’s passion for organizations and teams is reflected in his writing, speaking and executive consulting. He is the author of eleven best-selling books with over five million copies sold. His capstone book, The Advantage, is the pre-eminent source on organizational health. After sixteen years in print, his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, remains a weekly fixture on national best-seller lists. Released in 2016, The Ideal Team Player is a much-anticipated follow-up to his team book and also a Wall Street Journal best-seller. In his latest book The Motive Lencioni shifts his attention toward helping Leaders understand the importance of why they're leading in the first place. In doing so, he helps leaders avoid the pitfalls that stifle their organizations and even hurt the people they are meant to serve.

The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a diverse base of speaking and consulting clients, including a mix of Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non-profits, schools and churches.

Pat addresses thousands of leaders each year at world-class organizations and national conferences. Consistently the top rated keynote speaker at major events, Pat shares his insights and inspires his audiences through his accessibility, humor and story-telling.

Named in Fortune magazine as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Pat and his work have been featured in USA TODAY, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Harvard Business Review, to name a few.

Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase, Oracle and Bain & Company. Pat lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four sons.

• Dr. Nicole Lipkin talks about building great teams by creating high levels of trust and engagement among team members.

• Audiences will learn ways to communicate trust, form alliances and encourage collaboration. Also gives people ideas about how to enhance emotional wellness in the workplace

• Author and CEO of Equilibria Leadership Consulting, a leadership and organizational development firm. Contributor NPR, NBC, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CBS, and other national and international media outlets.

• Past clients include: Berkshire Hathaway, Google, JD Power, Toyota, UnitedHealth Group, Wells Fargo

Dr. Nicole Lipkin is an internationally recognized speaker and psychologist, executive coach, and the author of the two popular business books, What Keeps Leaders Up At Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues and Y In the Workplace: Managing the “Me First” Generation.

Her goal as a keynote speaker is simple: to bring human nature back into the workplace by showing individuals and teams how they can groove together once they understand their own psychology.

Leveraging decades of experience as a clinical and organizational psychologist, she illustrates how we impact each other more than we realize … and why that matters more than anything. By diving into the psychology of leadership, she takes your team through a journey that sparks impact, creates more dynamic cultures, and changes the way they see themselves, each other, and the world around them.

By making the science of human behavior relatable and understandable (and a little fun), she shows you that we all have more power than we think we do — and gives you the actionable tools you need to move through work - and life - in a better way. You’ll walk away not only with knowledge on how to positively change the culture of your organization, but also armed with tools to improve your overall personal wellbeing.

She is currently the CEO of Equilibria Leadership Consulting, an organizational and leadership development firm, and founder of HeyKiddo, a company dedicated to building the leadership, social, and emotional skills of children and their grown-ups. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Master of Criminal Justice (MACJ).

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• Doug talks about how Disney continues to capture and inspire the hearts and minds of thousands of employees around the globe through an unwavering devotion to the core values established by Walt himself. 

• Audiences will discover how they can apply these leadership, teamwork and innovation lessons to catapult their organizations to the next level.

• Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University.

• Past clients include: McDonald's, Verizon Wireless, Google, Best Buy, Merrill Lynch and Hyatt.

Candid. Passionate. Relevant. Doug Lipp is on a crusade to help organizations strengthen their corporate culture, boost business performance, and unapologetically, have fun while doing it.

Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. His latest book is the best-selling Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees.

At age 29, Doug’s celebrated talent catapulted him to the helm of the legendary Disney University training team at Walt Disney corporate headquarters.  Fluent in Japanese, Doug also helped Disney open its first international theme park as a member of the Tokyo Disneyland start-up team.

Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Doug inspires and challenges hundreds of organizations worldwide. In presentations, he shares how Disney overcame spectacular strategic challenges to unleash one of the most improbable success stories in corporate history.

Through riveting examples and powerful, relevant stories about innovation, service, value and leadership, Doug pulls back the curtain and reveals the behaviors, tools and attitudes that are representative of cultural excellence at Disney and other great institutions. He also discusses common organizational traps that undermine companies and impede their ability to build a thriving and sustainable culture.

Carey Lohrenz knows what it takes to win in one of the highest pressure, extreme environments imaginable: in the cockpit at Mach 2. The same challenges are found in business: markets change, customer needs evolve and if you do not adapt quickly your company is at risk.

Carey is a powerhouse in the field of delivering engaging leadership, high performing organizations and diversity training - that directly impacts a company’s ROI and bottom line. Her experience in the all-male environment of fighter aviation and her ability to pass on the lessons learned in her career allow her to deliver insight and guidance from a credible platform on women’s leadership issues.

Carey has been requested by name from some of the top Fortune 100 businesses. Her ability to connect with both an audience and on a one-on-one level, coupled with her knowledge and experience in leading high-performing, diverse teams, has made her highly sought after as a business consultant and speaker.

As the first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, having flown missions worldwide as a combat-mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Lohrenz is used to working in fast moving, dynamic environments, where inconsistent execution can generate catastrophic results.

In her motivating and engaging keynote presentations, Carey shares her fascinating experiences operating in one of the world's most challenging environments - an aircraft carrier. She is uniquely qualified in the fundamentals of winning under pressure, reducing errors and overcoming obstacles. Her mastery of these fundamentals can help your team triumph in this high-risk, time crunched world.

Carey Lohrenz's timely message about high performing teams and developing a culture of learning is based on the best-practices of high reliability organizations. The process 'prepare, perform, prevail' helps businesses manage risk while becoming a high performing organization. This message resonates with diverse audiences at every level of the company.

Carey has delivered her leadership and strategy experience to such companies as Cisco, Dell, TEVA, Deloitte, Underwriters Laboratories, Verizon, AT&T, Kimberly Clark, State Farm Insurance and Sea Ray Boats, to name a few.

Carey graduated from the University of Wisconsin where she was a varsity rower, also training at the pre-Olympic level. After graduation, she attended the Navy’s Aviation Officer Candidate School before starting flight training and her naval career. She is currently working on her Master’s in Business Administration in Strategic Leadership.

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: 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 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 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 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.

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.

James D. Murphy is the Founder and Managing Partner of Afterburner Capital and the Founder and Chairman of Afterburner Inc., a global leadership and consulting firm built on elite military expertise. A former U.S. Air Force F-15 Fighter/Instructor Pilot, he has spent nearly three decades advising senior executives and boards on strategy, execution, and performance.

Murphy is the creator of the Flawless Execution® methodology, a proven framework adopted by 85% of the U.S. Fortune 50 and Global 1000 companies across 24 countries to drive alignment, accountability, and results. Under his leadership, Afterburner has been recognized six times on Inc.’s fastest-growing companies list and named to Forbes’ Small Giants.

A seven-time author and globally recognized thought leader, Murphy has been featured in top-tier media, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg. He is also Co-Founder and former Chairman of Advanced Care Partners and an active investor and board member, currently focused on scaling impact through private equity with Afterburner Capital.

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.

Clint Pulver is an Emmy Award winner, Hall of Fame Speaker, Pro Drummer and one of the world’s leading voices on employee retention and organizational culture. He’s the bestselling author of the book titled I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave and was named one of Business Q Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 for his groundbreaking research as the Undercover Millennial.

As founder and president of The Center for Employee Retention, he has helped organizations like the NBA, Microsoft, Red Bull, and NASA create engaged, loyal, and thriving workplaces. He’s also appeared on America’s Got Talent, acted in feature films alongside stars like Jack Black and Jon Heder, is an avid helicopter pilot, and—fun fact—is a proud member of the R2D2 Builders Club. He is also the president and founder of Dream Machines, a foundation that gives children with disabilities the gift and magic of flight.

Clint strongly believes that a single moment in time can change a person’s life. He has traveled the world speaking to a wide spectrum of diverse audiences, challenging them to dream, excel, connect, and believe--both in themselves and in the power of others. His mantra? “It’s not about being the best in the world…it's about being the best FOR the world.”

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For 25+ years, leadership, culture, and teamwork expert Mike Robbins, CSP, has helped some of the world’s most respected organizations build environments where people perform at their best because they feel safe, valued, connected, and inspired to contribute at their highest level.

He’s the author of five books, We’re All in This Together, Bring Your Whole Self to Work, Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Already Taken, Nothing Changes Until You Do, and Focus on the Good Stuff, which have been translated into fifteen languages.

He hosts the popular podcast, We're All in This Together, and has delivered three TEDx talks viewed more than 2.3 million times. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, ABC News, NPR, and other national media outlets.

Trusted for his expertise and partnership, Mike has delivered more than 2,000 keynote speeches and workshops around the world. His extensive client list includes organizations such as Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Walmart, and the NBA. More than 70% of his engagements are repeat business. His approach blends emotional intelligence with practical business insight, helping organizations strengthen human connection and turn values like trust, authenticity, appreciation, and connection into tangible business results.

A rare combination of data, story, and soul, Mike moves audiences from aha moments to next-day action, delivering real-world strategies they can use immediately. His warmth and authenticity invite genuine connection, whether he’s addressing a few dozen senior executives or thousands at a global conference. He has spoken in 17 countries across four continents and has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA), a distinction held by fewer than 10% of professional speakers worldwide.

Before starting his company in 2001, Mike was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees but chose instead to play baseball at Stanford University, where he pitched in the College World Series. After Stanford, he played professionally in the Kansas City Royals organization. Although injuries ended his athletic career early, the lessons he learned about mindset, teamwork, resilience, and leadership continue to shape his work and philosophy today.

After his playing career, Mike worked in sales and business development for two internet startups before discovering his deeper passion: helping people and teams fulfill their potential.

Since then, Mike has combined those early lessons with decades of research, experience, and real-world business insight to help leaders and teams create cultures of trust, authenticity, appreciation, and belonging where people thrive and performance follows.

Mike holds a degree in American Studies from Stanford University, with a specialization in race and ethnicity, and has completed extensive professional and personal development training, including with the Coaches Training Institute.

• 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.

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 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:  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. 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.

• 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.

With his contagious energy and actionable System, ALEX WEBER immediately impacts audiences and ignites record-breaking achievements! Alex is an Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, Champion Coach, Acclaimed Author, TV Host for NBC, and competitor on American Ninja Warrior. Alex is also the only person ever to Host and Compete on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior!
Alex helps you lead beyond changes, overcome challenges, and unlock new levels of achievement!

Alex connects so well with audiences because of his genuine openness about the challenges, self-doubt, and uncertainty that we all face — and how you can overcome it! As a professional entertainer, US Lacrosse Coach of the Year, and acclaimed Author, Alex is highly sought after for his unique ability to engage, empower, and transform audiences. Alex has positively inspired over 5.5 million people worldwide, and worked with major companies like Xerox, Apple, Fidelity, Amazon, Under Armor, LinkedIn, RE/MAX, The Los Angeles Lakers, Stanford Business and many more!

With his inspiring stories, captivating energy, and actionable takeaways, Alex empowers you to lead beyond changes and conquer challenges, so you can accomplish your biggest goals in your career, your relationships, and your life! Now is the time to unlock The Unstoppable You™!

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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.

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.

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.

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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