Mike Abrashoff - Former Commander of USS Benfold | Author of It’s Your Ship | Leadership and Accountability Speaker

It’s Your Ship

Mike Abrashoff faced that challenge as commander of USS Benfold. By listening to his sailors, earning their trust, and giving them ownership of the ship’s success, he helped turn an underperforming crew into one of the Navy’s best. His story gives business audiences a memorable way to think about leadership, culture, and results. The Sweeney Agency

Why Book Mike Abrashoff?

Mike makes accountability feel achievable. His message starts with what leaders and team members can influence today: how they listen, make decisions, solve problems, and support one another.

Audiences hear the story behind It’s Your Ship and leave with practical ideas for building trust, empowering people closest to the work, and improving performance without waiting for perfect conditions.

What Makes Mike Different?

• A real turnaround story led by the same crew under intense operational demands
• A message that gives people at every level responsibility for results
• Leadership lessons grounded in listening, trust, and ownership
• Practical ideas for teamwork, change, and execution
• A keynote he can tailor to the audience’s priorities The Sweeney Agency

Why Is Mike Right for Your Audience?

Mike is a strong choice for leadership meetings, company conferences, sales kickoffs, and organizations that want people to take greater ownership of outcomes. His story speaks to executives and frontline teams alike because everyone has a role in improving how the team works.

Book Mike when your audience needs to:

• Build a culture of trust and accountability
• Give people more ownership over decisions and results
• Improve engagement
• Work together more effectively under pressure
• Focus on changes within their control
• Raise expectations of what the team can achieve

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Ready to ask better questions and listen to people closest to the work
• More willing to take responsibility for solving problems
• Equipped to recognize and use their team’s ideas
• Clearer on how trust and ownership support execution
• Motivated to improve results with the team they already have

Keynote Programs

It’s Your Ship: Achieving Breakthrough Performance

Mike shares how trust, engagement, and shared ownership helped transform USS Benfold. Audiences consider what they can change in their own teams to improve performance. Ideal for leadership, culture, accountability, and teamwork events.

No Limits: Don’t Let Goals Become Limitations

Mike challenges audiences to look beyond merely reaching an assigned target and question the limits they have placed on their own performance. Ideal for sales kickoffs and teams ready to raise their ambitions.

Go Deeper with the Leadership Roadmap

For groups that want to put the keynote into practice, half-day and full-day programs explore the habits of high-performing leaders, teams, and organizations. Ask about the format and facilitator for your event. The Sweeney Agency

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

Tell us what you want people to do differently after the event, and we’ll help you assess whether Mike’s message is the right fit. We can confirm his availability and current fee, discuss the best program and format, and help plan a presentation around your audience.

Is Mike Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the results you want to improve, and the leadership behaviour you want to encourage. We’ll help you assess the fit and plan the next step.

To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].

Shawn Achor: Bestselling Author of The Happiness Advantage | Positive Psychology Researcher | Speaker on Happiness, Resilience and Performance

Why Book Shawn Achor?

Shawn combines humor and storytelling with ideas audiences can explore in their daily routines. His message encourages people to build habits that support a more constructive outlook, recognize the importance of social connection, and consider how their behavior influences others.

Why Is Shawn Achor Right for Your Audience?

Shawn is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, company meetings, and employee engagement events. Consider him when an organization wants renewed energy and a practical discussion of mindset during demanding times.

Book Shawn when your audience needs to:

• Reconsider the belief that happiness must wait until a goal is achieved
• Bring a more constructive outlook to everyday challenges
• Strengthen relationships with colleagues
• Recognize small actions that support positive change
• Build confidence in their ability to contribute
• Connect individual habits with the wider team experience

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the relationship between mindset and performance
• Introduced to practical positive psychology habits
• More aware of the role of social support
• Ready to examine how their behavior affects colleagues
• Focused on a small action they can practice consistently

Keynote Programs

The Happiness Advantage

Shawn explores how cultivating a positive mindset can support performance and resilience. He introduces research and practical applications for approaching work differently. Ideal for leadership, sales, and broad employee audiences.

The Ripple Effect

Shawn examines how small changes in individual behavior can influence a team and help people move from awareness to action. Ideal for change, culture, and employee engagement events.

Resilient Optimism

Shawn explores ways to strengthen confidence in the value of individual action during uncertainty. Ideal for leaders and teams facing sustained challenges or transitions.

Is Shawn Achor Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the challenges your people face, and the energy you want them to bring to their work. We can help select Shawn’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

David Allen: Creator of Getting Things Done® | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Productivity, Focus and Managing Commitments

Why Book David Allen?

His approach gives people a practical way to reduce mental clutter and make clearer decisions about what to do next. Drawing on decades of developing and teaching GTD®, David connects everyday habits with the space people need for focused work, creative thinking and a greater sense of control.

Why Is David Allen Right for Your Audience?

David is a strong fit for leadership meetings, professional development events, association conferences and company gatherings. He is particularly relevant when people are juggling multiple projects, responding to constant incoming requests or struggling to keep track of everything they have agreed to do.

Book David when your audience needs to:

• Manage competing commitments with greater clarity
• Turn vague tasks into specific next actions
• Build a reliable system for tracking work
• Reduce the distraction of unfinished obligations
• Review projects and priorities more consistently
• Create more room for focused and creative thinking

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Familiar with the five GTD® steps: capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage
• Better able to define the next action on a project
• Ready to move reminders out of their heads and into a trusted system
• Clearer on why regular review supports effective decisions
• Equipped with practical habits they can begin applying at work and at home

Keynote Programs

Getting Things Done®
David introduces the principles behind his approach to productivity, explaining how people can organize commitments and choose their next actions with greater confidence. Ideal for audiences seeking practical ways to handle demanding workloads and maintain focus.

The presentation can provide a starting point for audiences new to GTD® or a deeper discussion of its principles for those familiar with the method. Tell us whether your priority is managing incoming work, clarifying projects or strengthening review habits so we can discuss the most relevant focus for your event.

Is David Allen Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the demands on its attention and the working habits you want people to improve. We can help discuss the presentation’s focus and format, and confirm David’s availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Lior Arussy: Customer Experience Strategist | Founder of Strativity Group | Speaker on Change and Employee Engagement

Make Change Matter to Customers and Employees

Lior Arussy helps leaders close that gap. As the founder of Strativity Group, he connects customer strategy to the actions employees take and the value customers experience. The Sweeney Agency

Why Book Lior Arussy?

Lior brings a practitioner’s view of change. He has worked with organizations on customer experience and employee engagement, and he shows audiences why a new strategy succeeds only when people can make it real in their work.

His keynotes challenge leaders to look beyond slogans and technology investments. Lior focuses on what customers value and how employees can deliver it consistently.

What Makes Lior Different?

• Experience helping organizations change customer and employee experiences
• A direct connection between culture, execution, and business results
• A human perspective on how AI is changing customer expectations
• Ideas that speak to leaders and customer-facing teams
• An emphasis on making change visible in everyday behaviour

Why Is Lior Right for Your Audience?

Lior is a strong fit for leadership conferences, customer experience events, sales and service meetings, and organizations working through transformation. He is particularly relevant when a team has an ambitious customer strategy but needs greater commitment and consistency across the organization.

Book Lior when your audience needs to:

• Build more valuable, lasting customer relationships
• Connect employee engagement to customer experience
• Respond to changing expectations in the AI era
• Turn a customer strategy into daily decisions and actions
• Strengthen adaptability during ongoing change
• Create a culture that supports exceptional performance

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Clearer about what makes a customer experience valuable
• Ready to identify gaps between their promise and their delivery
• Better able to involve employees in making change work
• Equipped to examine where digital tools help or hinder human connection
• Motivated to take ownership of the experience they create

Keynote Programs

The One and Only: The Gen AI-Empowered Customer

Lior explores how generative AI is changing customer expectations and the ways people engage with brands. He asks organizations to reconsider how they create relevant value for customers who expect more individual attention and choice.

Customer Experience as an Engine for Growth

Lior examines how organizations can make customer relationships a source of lasting business value. Drawing on successes and setbacks from real organizations, he connects customer strategy to execution and growth.

Change Resilience: The New Core Competence

Lior focuses on the human side of transformation and how organizations can become more capable of adapting as change continues. Ideal for teams facing a major strategic shift or repeated disruption. The Sweeney Agency

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

Tell us about the gap between your organization’s customer promise and what people experience. We’ll help you assess which of Lior’s programs fits your event, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and current fee.

Is Lior Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the change you are trying to make, and the customer or employee outcome you want. We’ll help you assess Lior’s fit and plan the next step.

To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].

Sarah Aviram: Change and Motivation Speaker | Former Fortune 500 HR Leader | Author of Remotivation

Help People Find Momentum During Change

Sarah Aviram helps leaders and teams find that momentum. Drawing on her HR leadership experience and her time working across 12 countries in 12 months, she shows audiences how to reconnect with what drives them and take ownership of their next steps. The Sweeney Agency

Why Book Sarah Aviram?

Sarah addresses a challenge leaders recognize: people may understand a change and still struggle to commit to it. Her Remotivation Method focuses on the internal drivers behind engagement, helping audiences identify what motivates them and what they can do when circumstances are uncertain.

Her sessions combine relatable stories with reflection and practical exercises. Audiences leave with a way to discuss motivation more openly and take useful action.

What Makes Sarah Different?

• Experience leading HR and talent development work in large organizations
• A practical framework focused on the drivers of motivation
• A personal story shaped by working across 12 countries in one year
• Interactive sessions that help attendees apply ideas during the event
• A message that speaks to leaders and individual contributors alike

Why Is Sarah Right for Your Audience?

Sarah is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee meetings, HR events, and organizations navigating restructuring, new technology, or shifting ways of working. She is especially relevant when people feel change happening around them and need to see where they still have agency.

Book Sarah when your audience needs to:

• Rebuild motivation during uncertainty
• Take greater ownership of choices and actions
• Help teams move from hesitation to commitment
• Understand what drives engagement and fulfillment
• Lead change with more empathy and clarity
• Create momentum without waiting for circumstances to settle

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the factors that motivate them at work
• Able to recognize where they have influence during change
• Equipped to use Sarah’s six-driver Remotivation Method
• Ready to take a practical step toward renewed momentum
• Better prepared to support colleagues through transitions

Keynote Programs

Get Remotivated: Navigate Change from the Inside Out

Sarah shows audiences how to activate personal agency and reconnect with the internal drivers that support commitment and performance. Ideal for teams facing transformation, disruption, or a demanding new chapter. Available as an interactive keynote or virtual presentation.

Get Remotivated: Team Activation Workshop

This hands-on follow-up gives teams time to apply the keynote’s ideas to their own challenges through exercises and discussion. Ideal for groups that want to turn insight into shared actions. Sarah Aviram

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

Tell us what changes your people are experiencing and what you want them to do afterward. We’ll help you assess whether Sarah’s approach fits, choose the right format, and confirm her availability and current fee.

Is Sarah Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the change it is facing, and where motivation or engagement needs support. We’ll help you assess Sarah’s fit and plan the next step.

To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].

Chris Barton: Keynote Speaker on Innovation, AI & Disruptive Thinking | Founder & First CEO of Shazam | Inventor | Tech Entrepreneur

Bring Impossible Ideas to Life. What if the idea everyone says is impossible is actually your biggest opportunity?

When Chris conceived the idea for Shazam, experts told him it couldn't be done. He refused to accept the assumptions defining what was possible. The result became one of the world's most recognizable technology platforms, with more than 2 billion downloads before being acquired by Apple.

Today, Chris shows organizations how to challenge conventional thinking, break through barriers and turn seemingly impossible ideas into reality.

Why Book Chris Barton?

Chris doesn't simply talk about innovation. He built something the experts said couldn't be built.

Shazam was conceived before smartphones and app stores existed. Creating it required Chris and his team to solve enormous technological, commercial and operational challenges while repeatedly finding ways around obstacles that could have ended the company.

Those experiences shaped Chris's “Start from Zero” approach to innovation—a way of challenging assumptions and returning to basic truths instead of automatically accepting how things have always been done.

His keynote combines a remarkable entrepreneurial story with practical thinking audiences can use to challenge the status quo and create breakthrough ideas of their own.

What Makes Chris Barton Different?

• Founder & first CEO of Shazam — created one of the world's most recognizable technology platforms
• AI pioneer — Shazam was an early mass-consumer application of artificial intelligence
• 2+ billion downloads — transformed an impossible-sounding idea into a global product
• Apple acquisition — Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2018
• 12 patents — inventor across Shazam, Google and Dropbox
• Google experience — was Google's first employee focused on mobile partnerships
• Dropbox experience — joined when it was still a rapidly growing startup
• Start from Zero thinking — gives audiences a practical framework for challenging assumptions
• Creative Persistence — demonstrates how imagination and tenacity combine to overcome barriers

Why Is Chris Right for Your Audience?

Chris is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to challenge conventional thinking, become more innovative and stop allowing assumptions to determine what's possible.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, AI and technology events, innovation summits, sales kickoffs and organizations navigating disruption.

Book Chris when your audience needs to:

• Challenge assumptions and conventional thinking
• Generate more innovative ideas
• Understand the possibilities created by AI and technology
• Turn ambitious ideas into action
• Overcome barriers without compromising the original vision
• Develop greater creative persistence
• Eliminate friction for customers and employees
• Become more comfortable pursuing ideas others don't immediately understand

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Thinking differently about what is possible
• Better equipped to challenge assumptions
• Understanding how first-principles thinking can unlock innovation
• More willing to pursue unconventional ideas
• Better prepared to creatively overcome obstacles
• Recognizing how unnecessary friction limits growth
• Inspired to combine persistence with imagination
• Ready to bring their own “impossible” ideas to life

Chris Barton Keynote Programs

Bring Impossible Ideas to Life. How do you create something that experts insist can't be done?

Technology and AI are rapidly changing the boundaries of what's possible. Chris takes audiences inside the remarkable creation of Shazam and the challenges involved in developing an idea years ahead of the technology ecosystem required to support it.

He shows audiences how questioning assumptions, thinking from basic truths and approaching obstacles differently can unlock entirely new possibilities.

Ideal for: AI conferences, innovation summits, leadership meetings and organizations pursuing breakthrough ideas.

Overcome Obstacles with Imagination. Persistence matters—but simply trying the same thing harder isn't enough.

Chris calls his approach Creative Persistence: combining determination with the imagination required to find another path when the obvious route is blocked.

Using extraordinary stories from Shazam's journey, he shows audiences how to challenge barriers, question conventional solutions and keep moving toward ambitious goals.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, entrepreneurial events and organizations navigating difficult challenges.

Eliminate Effort to Unlock Explosive Growth. Where is unnecessary friction making it harder for customers, employees or partners to say yes?

Shazam succeeded by making something incredibly complex feel effortless: hear a song, press a button and discover what it is.

Drawing on his experiences with Shazam, Google and Dropbox, Chris shows audiences how identifying and removing friction can create dramatically better customer and employee experiences.

Ideal for: Customer experience, sales, innovation, technology and growth-focused events.

Build the Vision You See, But Others Don't. What do you see that others can't see yet?

Breakthrough ideas often face resistance precisely because they're unfamiliar.

Chris shares the entrepreneurial lessons behind transforming Shazam from an idea many considered impossible into a product used by billions of people.

He challenges entrepreneurs and innovators to strengthen their conviction, prioritize what matters and find creative ways to turn vision into reality.

Ideal for: Entrepreneurs, founders, innovation teams and organizations building new products or businesses.

Why Book Chris Barton Through The Sweeney Agency?

Chris Barton combines an extraordinary entrepreneurial success story with practical frameworks for innovation, AI and breakthrough thinking—but the real value comes from connecting those lessons to the barriers and opportunities facing your organization.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Chris Barton's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Chris Barton keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your industry and event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Chris with other leading innovation, AI and technology keynote speakers

Is Chris Barton Right for Your Event?

Tell us the impossible idea, stubborn barrier or innovation challenge your organization is facing.

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

Planning an innovation summit, AI conference, leadership meeting or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Chris Barton as your keynote speaker.

Robyn Benincasa: World Champion Adventure Racer | New York Times Bestselling Author | Firefighter | Extreme Teamwork Expert

Make Winning Inevitable

Robyn Benincasa shows audiences how to become that kind of team. A World Champion adventure racer, veteran San Diego firefighter, bestselling author and founder of the Project Athena Foundation, she combines gripping stories, dramatic footage and practical strategies that help people collaborate, embrace change and perform under pressure.

Why Book Robyn Benincasa?

Robyn gives audiences more than temporary inspiration. She provides a memorable operating system for achieving difficult goals together.

Her lessons come from 17 years of expedition adventure racing, where every teammate had to reach the finish line together, and more than 23 years as a firefighter. Her energetic multimedia presentations make teamwork, resilience and leadership real, relevant and immediately useful.

What Makes Robyn Different?

• Extraordinary real-world credibility and a powerful stage presence
• Unforgettable stories that make business lessons easy to remember
• Practical habits audiences can apply immediately
• A message that connects departments, generations and leadership levels
• Customization around the organization’s challenges and objectives

Why Is Robyn Right for Your Audience?

Robyn is an excellent choice when an organization needs people to move beyond individual achievement and perform as one team. She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, association events and organizations navigating change.

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Ready to shift from “me thinking” to “we thinking”
• Equipped with practical habits for strengthening teamwork and trust
• Better prepared to turn pressure and setbacks into momentum
• Focused on the team’s most important finish line
• Inspired to lead with greater courage, empathy and determination

Keynote Programs

Adapt, Overcome and Win as One

Robyn shows teams how to move decisively through disruption, create stability in uncertain conditions and turn change into opportunity. Ideal for transformation, restructuring, rapid growth, AI adoption and competitive pressure.

Extreme T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K.

Audiences discover how trust, shared ownership and commitment to one another turn talented individuals into an exceptional team. Ideal for strengthening culture, collaboration and collective performance.

Why Winners Win

Created for sales and high-performance audiences, this keynote demonstrates how top performers can share knowledge, combine strengths and compete as one. Ideal for sales kickoffs, revenue teams and ambitious growth initiatives.

Inspiring Greatness Through G.R.I.T.

Robyn reveals how sustainable resilience grows from connection—to the mission, to teammates and to the leader we choose to become. Ideal for audiences facing setbacks, prolonged uncertainty or depleted morale.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

The right speaker must do more than impress. They must fit your audience, address the challenge behind the event and support the outcome you want to achieve.

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Eric Boles: Leadership & Performance Expert | President, The Game Changers, Inc. | Former NFL Player | Author of Moving to Great

Turn Potential Into Performance

Eric Boles helps leaders and teams close that gap.

President of The Game Changers, Inc. and a former NFL player, Eric combines powerful storytelling, high energy and practical strategies to help people strengthen accountability, embrace change and perform at a higher level.

Why Book Eric Boles?

Eric doesn't simply motivate people to do better. He challenges them to take greater ownership of how they think, lead and perform.

For more than two decades, Eric has worked with organizations including Starbucks, FedEx, Meta, Mayo Clinic, IBM, PwC, Alaska Airlines and the U.S. Air Force.

His message is straightforward: sustainable performance comes from clarity, accountability and consistent execution—not good intentions.

What Makes Eric Different?

• Former NFL player who understands high-performance environments
• More than two decades working with leaders and organizations
• Powerful combination of energy, humor and practical business insight
• Expertise in leadership, accountability, change and peak performance
• Challenges audiences without talking down to them
• Creates urgency around turning ideas into action
• Customizes his message around the organization's goals and challenges

Why Is Eric Right for Your Audience?

Eric is an excellent choice when an organization needs people to raise their game, embrace accountability and execute at a higher level.

He is particularly effective for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings, team events and organizations navigating significant change.

Book Eric when your audience needs to:

• Take greater ownership of results
• Move from intention to execution
• Raise expectations for themselves and others
• Navigate change with greater confidence
• Break through complacency and self-imposed limitations
• Strengthen teamwork and accountability
• Perform effectively under pressure

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Motivated to take greater ownership of their performance
• Better equipped to turn good intentions into action
• Ready to challenge habits that may be limiting results
• More confident navigating change and uncertainty
• Clearer about the role accountability plays in high performance
• Energized to raise their personal and professional expectations

Keynote Programs

Performance Catalyst™ Align, Elevate and Accelerate Performance

Eric challenges audiences to examine the behaviors that separate potential from sustainable performance.

He helps leaders strengthen alignment, accountability and execution while creating greater urgency around the actions required to achieve organizational goals.

Ideal for leadership conferences, executive meetings, sales kickoffs and organizations focused on accelerating performance.

Moving to Great: Unleash Your Best More of the Time

What keeps talented people from consistently performing at their best?

Eric helps audiences recognize the fears, habits and self-imposed limitations that can hold them back—and provides practical strategies for moving beyond them.

The result is a highly motivational presentation with a strong business message about personal responsibility, growth and performance.

Ideal for sales meetings, corporate conferences, recognition events and organizations looking to re-energize their people.

Leading Through Change

Change creates uncertainty—but it also creates an opportunity for stronger leadership.

Eric helps leaders understand how their mindset, communication and behavior influence the way people respond to change. He challenges audiences to move beyond fear, have difficult conversations, make decisions and create positive momentum.

Ideal for organizations experiencing transformation, growth or significant disruption.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

A high-energy keynote can create excitement. The right keynote can turn that excitement into action.

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• Confirm Eric's availability and current fee
• Determine which presentation best supports your objectives
• Discuss customization around your business challenges
• Explore keynote, breakout and leadership-development options
• Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit

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Dr. Travis Bradberry: Bestselling Author | Emotional Intelligence Expert | Speaker on Leadership and Performance

Make Emotional Intelligence a Daily Skill

Dr. Travis Bradberry helps audiences develop emotional intelligence they can use in real situations. Co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and author of The New Emotional Intelligence, he translates psychology into practical ways to improve self-awareness, manage reactions, read a room, and work more effectively with others.

Why Book Dr. Travis Bradberry?

Travis gives leaders and teams a clear path from understanding emotional intelligence to practicing it. Rather than treating EQ as a fixed trait, he shows how people can strengthen specific skills through attention and repeated action.

His message is especially useful for organizations where difficult conversations, rapid change, or the pressures of leadership make it important to respond thoughtfully instead of reacting automatically.

What Makes Travis Different?

• Co-author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence 2.0
• Author of The New Emotional Intelligence
• A background in clinical and industrial-organizational psychology
• Experience helping organizations apply EQ to workplace behavior
• Practical strategies organized around four core emotional intelligence skills

Why Is Travis Right for Your Audience?

Travis is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management development programs, HR events, and company meetings. He is particularly relevant when people need better communication and judgment in demanding situations.

Book Travis when your audience needs to:

• Recognize emotional triggers before they shape a response
• Stay more composed during pressure or uncertainty
• Understand how others experience their communication
• Handle difficult conversations with greater awareness
• Strengthen trust and working relationships
• Apply EQ skills to everyday leadership decisions

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the four core skills of emotional intelligence
• Better able to notice how emotions affect behavior at work
• Equipped with steps for improving self-management
• More attentive to the needs and reactions of others
• Ready to practice EQ in conversations and team interactions

Keynote Programs

Emotional Intelligence 2.0: Taking Your Game to the Next Level

Travis explains what EQ is, why it matters at work, and how people can develop it through a step-by-step process. Ideal for leadership audiences and teams seeking a practical introduction to emotional intelligence.

Potential Focus: The New Emotional Intelligence

Drawing on his newer book, Travis can explore self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, with attention to the habits that strengthen each skill. Ask us about shaping this focus for your audience.

Potential Focus: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Change

For leadership events, the discussion can focus on how managers use EQ when giving feedback, responding to pressure, and guiding people through change. Ask us about tailoring the session to your organization’s challenges.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

Tell us where stronger emotional intelligence would help your audience most: leadership, communication, change, or team relationships. We can discuss the right focus and format, then confirm Travis’s availability and current fee.

Is Travis Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the situations its members find challenging, and what you want them to handle differently afterward. We’ll help you assess Travis’s fit and plan the next step.

To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]

Dr. Gary Bradt: Keynote Speaker on Change, Leadership & Resilience | Clinical Psychologist | Bestselling Author | Business Transformation Expert

Turn Change Into Opportunity.  Change is inevitable. How your people respond to it isn't.

Gary helps leaders and employees navigate uncertainty, let go of what they can't control and focus their energy on the actions that move them forward. Combining psychology, compelling stories, humor and practical strategies, he turns the often-overwhelming subject of change into something audiences can understand—and act on.

Why Book Dr. Gary Bradt?

Gary doesn't simply tell people they need to embrace change. He helps them understand why change can be so difficult and gives them practical strategies for responding more effectively.

His background as a clinical psychologist gives Gary a distinctive perspective on the human side of organizational change—how people react when familiar routines disappear, expectations shift and uncertainty increases.

His presentations are engaging, relatable and highly practical, helping audiences move beyond resistance and focus on what they can control, what they can influence and what they can do next.

What Makes Gary Bradt Different?

• Clinical psychologist — brings a deep understanding of how people respond to change
• Bestselling author — recognized for his practical insights on change and resilience
• Change expertise — helps organizations address the human side of transformation
• Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can apply at work and in life
• Leadership focused — gives leaders tools for helping others navigate uncertainty
• Engaging and relatable — combines psychology, humor and real-world stories
• Business relevant — connects individual behavior directly to organizational performance

Why Is Gary Right for Your Audience?

Gary is an excellent choice when your organization needs people to stop fighting what they can't control and start taking ownership of what they can.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, association events and organizations navigating restructuring, transformation, growth or significant workplace change.

Book Gary when your audience needs to:

• Adapt more effectively to organizational change
• Build greater resilience during uncertainty
• Focus on what they can control and influence
• Move beyond resistance and take productive action
• Maintain performance during periods of disruption
• Lead others confidently through change
• Strengthen personal accountability
• Approach uncertainty with greater optimism and perspective

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better prepared to navigate uncertainty and change
• Understanding why people naturally resist disruption
• Equipped with practical strategies for responding more productively
• More focused on the actions within their control
• Better able to maintain perspective when circumstances become difficult
• Ready to take greater ownership of their response to change
• More confident helping others move forward

Dr. Gary Bradt Keynote Programs

Navigating Change: When circumstances change, you may not control what happens—but you can control how you respond.

Gary helps audiences understand the psychological realities of change and why uncertainty can trigger resistance, frustration and fear.

He then provides practical strategies for moving beyond those reactions, adapting more quickly and focusing energy on the choices and behaviors that create forward momentum.

Ideal for: Organizational transformation, corporate meetings, leadership conferences and organizations navigating significant change.

Leading Through Change: A leader's job isn't simply to announce change. It's to help people successfully move through it.

Gary gives leaders practical insights into how people experience change and what they need from leadership during periods of uncertainty.

Audiences learn how to communicate more effectively, maintain trust, encourage accountability and help teams stay focused on what comes next.

Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development, management conferences and transformation initiatives.

Resilience: Moving Forward When Things Don't Go as Planned: Resilience isn't about pretending everything is fine. It's about choosing a productive response when it isn't.

Drawing on psychology and decades of experience helping individuals and organizations navigate difficult transitions, Gary shows audiences how to regain perspective, manage uncertainty and continue moving forward.

Ideal for: Leadership, resilience, workplace wellbeing and high-performance events.

Why Book Dr. Gary Bradt Through The Sweeney Agency?

Gary Bradt's background in psychology and organizational change gives him a powerful perspective on transformation—but the real value comes from connecting his message directly to the change your people are experiencing.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Dr. Gary Bradt's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Gary Bradt keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's specific change or challenge
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Gary with other leading change, leadership and resilience speakers

Is Gary Bradt Right for Your Event?

Tell us what's changing in your organization—and how you need your people to respond.

We'll help you determine whether Gary 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 Dr. Gary Bradt as your keynote speaker.

Scott Burrows: Author of Vision, Mindset, Grit | Inspirational Speaker on Resilience, Change and Performance

Why Book Scott Burrows?

His keynote connects a powerful personal story with choices people face at work: maintaining perspective, taking ownership and continuing through discomfort. The presentation combines storytelling, video and a memorable live demonstration, giving teams a shared language for facing challenges.

Why Is Scott Burrows Right for Your Audience?

Scott is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company meetings and incentive events. Consider him when your audience needs renewed confidence and determination during change or after setbacks.

Book Scott when your audience needs to:

• Maintain a clear vision through difficulty
• Focus on actions within their control
• Respond constructively to unexpected change
• Build persistence when results take time
• Step beyond familiar routines
• Execute with greater composure under pressure

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the connection between vision, mindset and grit
• Ready to take a useful next step through adversity
• More willing to challenge self-imposed limits
• Equipped with questions that redirect attention toward action
• Encouraged to persist while adapting their approach

Keynote Programs

Stand Up to Any Challenge: Vision • Mindset • Grit
Scott’s signature keynote connects his personal journey with practical ideas for resilience and performance. Ideal for broad employee, leadership and sales audiences.

Is Scott Burrows Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the challenges it faces and the response you want to inspire. We can help select Scott’s most relevant program, discuss customization and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

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Virtual Events can:

1. Reach a wider audience
2. Offer a great experience at a much lower cost
3. Create long term impact with recorded elements that allow for content to be watched over a period of time
4. Have an increased impact over time, as viewers re-watch, discuss and connect over social media and other channels

And, most importantly: offer the ability for inspiring and impactful presentations to connect in a one-on-one way, directly to the attendee.

WHO is your audience?

Who are your virtual event attendees? Are they across a specific group within your organization, or are you serving clients across a wide range of levels? Determining who you are speaking to will help you determine a format for your event that will captivate your audience.

WHAT is your key message?

Are you focusing on change? Innovation? Leadership?

Creating a single focus or mission will allow you to hone in on the type of speaker(s) you need to engage your audience and help event producers to format the event into a dynamic program that balances inspiration with information and audience interaction.

WHAT type of event suits your audience?

• Virtual Conference
• Webinar
• Hybrid Event

Virtual event technology has come a long way over the last few months, offering a huge range of different options from pre-recorded webinars, to multi-day virtual conferences, to hybrid events with some attendees in the audience while the event is live streamed.

OUR ADVICE

A COMBINATION of live and pre-recorded elements will allow your virtual event to run smoothly and stay on time.

Many of our clients are also opting for multi-day virtual conferences with shorter segments spaced over a few days.

This allows some flexibility for attendees in different time zones and accommodates different teleworking situations for attendees, allowing them to tune in when it is convenient.

WHERE? It’s all about Tech.

Virtual meeting technology has exploded over the last few months as teleworking became the norm.

Consider your needs:

• Interactive elements like breakout rooms, polls & Q&A
• Seamless blend of live & pre-recorded elements
• Ability to replay segments
• Live tech support

If you plan for rain, it’s likely the sun will shine…

Tech isn’t perfect so don’t forget to test, rehearse and have a back up plan ready to go for your virtual event.

Pro Tip: Think of a virtual presentation like a podcast. Viewers can view the content multiple times and refer back to it.

  WHEN? A Date… or Dates?

As we have all noticed, our attention spans for meeting in real life versus meeting online are a lot longer.

When deciding on a date, consider spreading your virtual event out over a few days, with a variety of speakers, interactive elements and information.

The benefits of a multi-day format:

• Viewers watch content fresh for a short period every day
• Allows attendees in different time zones to stay on top of the content
• Attendees can review & re-engage with content

Virtual Event Checklist:

Is your event?

• Interactive?
• Informative?
• Able to be rewatched?

WHY? Pandemic 2020

Just because you are online instead of in person, it doesn’t mean you are missing out on connection.

Using the technology that we have become so accustomed to over the last few months, our keynote speakers have the ability to connect to your viewers one-on-one, in a way that was impossible in live events.

FIND YOUR WHY…

What do you want the audience to leave thinking at the end of the presentation?

Apply this question to all the presentations and segments in your event to create a cohesive, impactful virtual event.

  HOW? Virtual Event Checklist

To wrap it all up

• TECH: Find the right tech platform & don’t forget to test drive before your event
• AGENDA: Use a mix of live and pre-recorded segments, mixed with interactive elements, to ensure a smooth flow of events & audience engagement
• ANTICIPATION: Build up your event with emails, teasers and sneak peeks into what content will be offered
• NETWORKING: Create and encourage online chat functions, an event specific hashtag or even a dedicated event page to allow attendees to network virtually. Maximize the networking opportunities offered by your tech platform.
• EXTEND YOUR IMPACT: A dedicated social media page is a great place for attendees to connect after an event to discuss ideas and implement some of the learnings from the event.

Offer a password protected, limited time recording of keynote presentations to continue the conversation long after the virtual event has ended.

Continue the conversation with post-event touch points like emails or questions based on the key presentations.

To find a GREAT Speaker for your Virtual event, get in touch.

Daryl Conner: Author of Managing at the Speed of Change | Change Advisor | Speaker on Leadership, Transformation and Strategy Execution

Why Book Daryl Conner?

His work focuses on delivering the intended benefits of transformation. Daryl helps audiences consider resilience, commitment, culture and leadership responsibilities together, making him a useful choice when an organization needs a substantive discussion about how to execute difficult change.

Why Is Daryl Conner Right for Your Audience?

Daryl is a strong fit for executive retreats, transformation conferences, change management events and leadership development programs. Consider him when your audience is responsible for implementing strategic initiatives with significant consequences.

Book Daryl when your audience needs to:

• Understand why major change is difficult to absorb
• Clarify leadership responsibilities during transformation
• Build commitment beyond initial agreement
• Recognize how culture affects execution
• Strengthen resilience through demanding transitions
• Connect change practices with strategic results

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the dynamics that influence change execution
• Better prepared to examine leadership and sponsorship roles
• More aware of the conditions needed for commitment
• Ready to discuss resilience and organizational capacity
• Equipped with questions for strengthening transformation efforts

Keynote Programs

Managing at the Speed of Change
Daryl explores the dynamics of change, including resilience, commitment and organizational roles. Ideal for leaders and change practitioners.

Leading at the Edge of Chaos
Daryl examines the leadership demands of execution in a turbulent environment. Ideal for executive and transformation audiences.

Project Change Management
Daryl explores how change management and project management can support each other. Ideal for teams implementing complex programs.

Is Daryl Conner Right for Your Event?

Tell us about the transformation you are pursuing, who will attend and where execution is proving difficult. We can help discuss the most relevant program, customization and Daryl’s availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Dr. Mark DeVolder: Change Management Expert | Author | Speaker on Transitions, Leadership and Employee Engagement

Why Book Dr. Mark DeVolder?

Mark’s presentations combine audience interaction with practical discussion of how people move through change. He connects the broader transformation agenda with the questions employees face each day, helping teams think about uncertainty, communication, and their next steps with greater clarity.

Why Is Dr. Mark DeVolder Right for Your Audience?

Mark is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management meetings, and employee events during mergers, restructuring, growth, or digital transformation. Consider him when a change initiative requires people to understand what is happening and participate more confidently.

Book Mark when your audience needs to:

• Understand the stages of organizational transition
• Navigate uncertainty about changing responsibilities
• Build leadership habits that support adaptation
• Improve communication during transformation
• Reengage teams experiencing repeated changes
• Turn broad change goals into practical next steps

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• A clearer framework for understanding transitions
• More aware of their own reactions to change
• Better prepared to discuss uncertainty with colleagues
• Ready to identify behaviors that support engagement
• Focused on a practical action within their influence

Keynote Programs

Future Proof: Navigating Change with Confidence and Excitement

Mark introduces his Empowered Change approach to navigating transitions. Ideal for leaders and teams experiencing significant organizational change.

Harnessing the Hurricane: Leadership Secrets for Successfully Navigating Change

Mark explores the leadership mindsets needed during disruption. Ideal for managers building alignment and guiding teams through uncertainty.

On Fire! Energized Together: Everyone, Every Day

Mark examines behaviors that strengthen or weaken motivation, including clarity and appreciation. Ideal for organizations addressing change fatigue and employee engagement.

Is Dr. Mark DeVolder Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the transition underway and what your leaders and teams need to navigate it. We can help select Mark’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Erica Dhawan: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Collaboration & Connection | Bestselling Author | Workplace Communication Expert

Turn Better Communication Into Better Performance

In a world of hybrid teams, nonstop messages and constant change, how do you make sure people truly connect, collaborate and get things done?

Erica Dhawan is a bestselling author and internationally recognized keynote speaker on leadership, collaboration and workplace communication who helps organizations transform the way their people work together.

Why Book Erica Dhawan?

Erica addresses one of today's biggest workplace challenges: we have more ways to communicate than ever before, yet connection and collaboration are often harder than ever.

She gives audiences practical strategies to reduce communication friction, strengthen relationships and create the kind of collaboration that drives performance.

Her keynotes are energetic, highly relevant and actionable—giving audiences ideas they can immediately apply to meetings, emails, virtual communication and everyday teamwork.

What Makes Erica Dhawan Different?

• Leading authority on modern collaboration — practical insights for today's connected workplace
• Immediately actionable — strategies audiences can use the moment they return to work
• Highly relevant — addresses hybrid work, digital communication, trust and teamwork
• Research-driven — combines behavioral science with real-world business examples
• Broad audience appeal — valuable for executives, managers and employees
• Customizable — Erica can connect her message directly to your organization's priorities

Why Is Erica Right for Your Audience?

Erica is an excellent choice when you want your people to communicate more clearly, collaborate across silos and build stronger working relationships.

She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association events and organizations navigating hybrid work, transformation or rapid growth.

Book Erica when your audience needs to:

• Communicate more effectively across teams and functions
• Strengthen trust in hybrid and digital workplaces
• Break down organizational silos
• Improve collaboration and teamwork
• Reduce misunderstandings and communication overload
• Build stronger relationships across generations
• Turn better communication into better business results

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better equipped to communicate with clarity and intention
• Able to recognize digital behaviors that create unnecessary friction
• Ready to build greater trust across teams
• Equipped with practical strategies for stronger collaboration
• More confident communicating across different working styles
• Prepared to create more productive and connected workplaces

Erica Dhawan Keynote Programs

Digital Body Language:  How do you build trust when much of today's communication happens through a screen?

Based on Erica's bestselling book Digital Body Language, this keynote reveals how emails, texts, video meetings and digital interactions send powerful signals about trust, respect and inclusion.

Erica gives audiences practical strategies for communicating clearly, reducing misunderstandings and building stronger relationships in a digital-first workplace.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, hybrid workplaces, corporate meetings and organizations focused on communication and culture.

Get Big Things Done:  The biggest opportunities rarely happen because of one person—they happen when the right people connect and collaborate.

Erica shows audiences how to unlock the power of relationships and networks to solve problems, generate ideas and achieve results that individuals and isolated teams cannot accomplish alone.

Ideal for: Leadership, innovation, teamwork, transformation and collaboration events.

Leading Through Connection

Today's leaders must do more than communicate information. They need to create clarity, trust and connection across increasingly complex organizations.

Erica gives leaders practical tools for strengthening communication, breaking down silos and creating teams that collaborate more effectively—even when people work across different locations, functions and generations.

Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development programs and organizations navigating change.

Why Book Erica Dhawan Through The Sweeney Agency?

Finding the right keynote speaker isn't simply about choosing an impressive name. It's about finding the speaker whose message fits your audience, your business challenges and what you want people to do differently after the event.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Erica Dhawan's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Erica Dhawan keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Erica with other leading leadership, communication and collaboration speakers

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Cliff Eala: Behavioural Strategist | CEO of BS Works | Speaker on Decision-Making and Behaviour Change

Why Book Cliff Eala?

Cliff’s presentations focus on the gap between a stated intention and an observable behavior. Drawing on business experience and behavioural science training, he encourages leaders to examine friction, assumptions, and the environments that influence choices. His message is useful when a plan depends on people adopting new habits.

Why Is Cliff Eala Right for Your Audience?

Cliff is a strong fit for leadership meetings, transformation conferences, marketing events, and customer experience programs. Consider him when your organization wants to understand why a strategy is not translating into action and what could change that.

Book Cliff when your audience needs to:

• Turn strategic priorities into specific behaviors
• Recognize thinking traps in important decisions
• Understand customer choices and points of friction
• Examine the conditions that support employee retention
• Design interventions people can act on
• Evaluate progress through observable actions

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the role of behavior in strategy execution
• More aware of assumptions affecting their decisions
• Ready to define the actions a business goal requires
• Better prepared to examine friction in customer or employee journeys
• Equipped with ideas for testing a focused behavior change

Keynote Programs

Make Strategy Stick with 5 Powerful Behavioural Design Steps

Cliff explores how behavioural design supports execution. Ideal for leaders translating plans into action.

5 Steps to Beating Thinking Traps in Decision Making

Cliff examines assumptions, biases, and approaches to better decisions. Ideal for executives and managers.

AI and the Changing Consumer

Cliff considers evolving consumer journeys and opportunities to remove friction with behavioural insight and AI. Ideal for marketing, retail, and customer experience audiences.

Is Cliff Eala Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the behaviors you want to change and the business goals those changes should support. We can help select Cliff’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Jenny Evans: Resilience and Performance Expert | Author of The Resiliency rEvolution | Speaker on Stress, Energy and Change

Why Book Jenny Evans?

Jenny combines humor, audience involvement, and small practices she calls Micro Strategies. Her presentations encourage people to consider routines they can fit into a busy day and give leaders a starting point for discussing how sustained demands affect their teams.

Why Is Jenny Evans Right for Your Audience?

Jenny is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, employee events, and workplace well-being programs. Consider her when your audience feels stretched by continuous change and wants practical ideas for energy, recovery, and sustainable work habits.

Book Jenny when your audience needs to:

• Recognize how pressure affects their workday
• Develop routines that support energy and recovery
• Respond more thoughtfully to ongoing change
• Discuss workload and support needs more openly
• Make small practices easier to repeat
• Connect personal well-being with workplace effectiveness

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• More aware of their own responses to pressure
• Ready to try manageable practices during busy days
• Clearer on the importance of recovery and energy habits
• Better prepared to discuss the strain of repeated changes
• Equipped to choose a practical routine to test after the event

Keynote Programs

Resiliency Rx

Jenny introduces Micro Strategies for responding to stress and supporting resilience. Ideal for broad employee and leadership audiences.

The Neuroscience of Change: It’s Not What You Think

Jenny explores how people experience repeated disruption and how leaders can support them. Ideal for organizations navigating transformation.

Energy for Resilience

Jenny focuses on daily habits involving movement, recovery, and energy. Ideal for sales teams, managers, and audiences working under sustained pressure.

Is Jenny Evans Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the demands your people face and the work habits you want to help them strengthen. We can help select Jenny’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Keith Ferrazzi: Author of Never Eat Alone and Never Lead Alone | Executive Team Coach | Speaker on Collaboration and Teamship

Why Book Keith Ferrazzi?

Keith connects his work on professional relationships with the demands of organizational change. His presentations encourage leaders to examine how their teams collaborate, support one another, and make room for better ideas.

Why Is Keith Ferrazzi Right for Your Audience?

Keith is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, and transformation events. Consider him when important work depends on cooperation across departments or organizational boundaries.

Book Keith when your audience needs to:

• Break down silos around shared priorities
• Build more candid team conversations
• Strengthen mutual accountability
• Develop relationships before they are urgently needed
• Include more perspectives in important decisions
• Improve collaboration during change

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the difference between leadership and teamship
• Ready to examine team habits that restrict collaboration
• Better prepared to give and request support
• More aware of how relationships enable execution
• Equipped to choose a practical change in how their team works

Keynote Programs

The Future of Leadership Is Shifting to Teamship

Keith explores collective leadership, candor, and shared accountability. Ideal for executives and teams adapting to a more interdependent workplace.

A Journey from Never Eat Alone to Never Lead Alone

Keith connects relationship-building with the practices of effective teams. Ideal for leadership, sales, and professional development audiences.

Is Keith Ferrazzi Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the collaboration challenges your organization faces. We can help select Keith’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Tom Flick: Former NFL Quarterback | Leadership Expert | Speaker on Change, Teamwork and Execution

Why Book Tom Flick?

Tom’s presentations focus on clarity, trust, and purposeful action. He encourages audiences to think about how they lead others through uncertainty and create genuine commitment to the work ahead.

Why Is Tom Flick Right for Your Audience?

Tom is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, company events, and transformation programs. Consider him when your organization needs to unite people around shared priorities and stronger execution.

Book Tom when your audience needs to:

• Lead people through significant change
• Build commitment to shared priorities
• Improve trust and team alignment
• Replace scattered activity with focused action
• Strengthen leadership throughout the organization
• Create momentum around real opportunities

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on how leadership supports change
• Ready to communicate priorities more purposefully
• More aware of what helps teams stay aligned
• Equipped with ideas for building commitment
• Focused on action that advances a shared goal

Keynote Programs

Leading Change Forward

Tom explores how leaders guide people through uncertainty. Ideal for organizations pursuing transformation.

Creating Legacy Teams

Tom examines trust, shared standards, and commitment. Ideal for leaders strengthening teamwork.

True Urgency

Tom focuses on purposeful action and meaningful priorities. Ideal for audiences addressing complacency or overload.

Is Tom Flick Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, change priorities and the team behaviors you want to encourage. We can help select Tom’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

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Michelle Gielan: Positive Psychology Researcher | Author of Broadcasting Happiness | Former CBS News Anchor

Why Book Michelle Gielan?

Michelle brings research and practical examples into the discussion of how people respond to challenging circumstances. Her presentations encourage audiences to use more constructive language and look for actions that make progress possible.

Why Is Michelle Gielan Right for Your Audience?

Michelle is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company events, sales meetings, and workplace well-being programs. Consider her when teams need a constructive way to discuss uncertainty and maintain connection.

Book Michelle when your audience needs to:

• Communicate challenges without losing a sense of possibility
• Recognize the impact of everyday messages
• Strengthen constructive team conversations
• Build habits that support optimism during difficulty
• Identify practical responses to setbacks
• Support colleagues through uncertainty

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• More aware of the messages they share with others
• Ready to use more constructive language
• Clearer on how optimism can inform action
• Equipped with ideas for responding to difficult news
• Focused on a communication habit they can improve

Keynote Programs

Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tough Times

Michelle explores maintaining a constructive outlook during difficulty. Ideal for teams facing pressure or change.

Broadcasting Happiness

Michelle examines the influence of everyday communication. Ideal for leadership, sales, and broad employee audiences.

Is Michelle Gielan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, communication goals and the pressures your audience is navigating. We can help select Michelle’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Libby Gill: Leadership Expert | Author of The Hope-Driven Leader | Speaker on Change and Employee Engagement

Why Book Libby Gill?

Her perspective draws on communications leadership at Sony, Turner Broadcasting, and Universal, followed by work with leaders and organizations. Libby brings a practical understanding of how a shared vision becomes meaningful through everyday conversations and decisions.

Why Is Libby Gill Right for Your Audience?

Libby is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, women’s leadership events, and change initiatives. Consider her when managers need to rebuild confidence and help employees see their role in what comes next.

Book Libby when your audience needs to:

• Communicate a shared direction during uncertainty
• Connect optimism with concrete action
• Engage employees in meaningful goals
• Help emerging leaders develop confidence
• Identify obstacles to progress
• Support colleagues through organizational change

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on how hope can inform leadership decisions
• Ready to connect a goal with an actionable next step
• More aware of messages that build confidence
• Equipped to discuss change more constructively
• Focused on a leadership habit they can improve

Keynote Programs

Leading Through Change & Challenge

Libby explores how leaders can sustain engagement and create direction during disruption. Ideal for organizations navigating new priorities or difficult transitions.

Women Leading the Way Forward: Learn to Lift As You Climb

Libby focuses on developing leadership confidence and supporting the growth of others. Ideal for women’s leadership programs and emerging leader events.

Mastering the Clarify, Simplify, Execute Process™

Libby presents an approach to defining goals, identifying priorities, and moving into action. Ideal for teams seeking stronger focus and follow-through.

Is Libby Gill Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the changes your people face and the leadership behaviors you want to strengthen. We can help select Libby’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Sterling Hawkins: Author of Hunting Discomfort | Entrepreneur | Speaker on Commitment, Change and Growth

Why Book Sterling Hawkins?

Sterling draws on entrepreneurial experience and his own setbacks to make the message tangible. His presentations challenge leaders and teams to identify what they are willing to own, how they will seek support, and what they will do when a familiar approach stops working.

Why Is Sterling Hawkins Right for Your Audience?

Sterling is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, company meetings, and transformation events. Consider him when people need to move from agreement about a goal to a clearer commitment to acting on it.

Book Sterling when your audience needs to:

• Take greater ownership of important goals
• Respond constructively when plans become difficult
• Address uncomfortable conversations
• Support one another through uncertainty
• Challenge habits that restrict growth
• Connect stated commitments with visible actions

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a commitment they want to strengthen
• Ready to identify a difficult action they have avoided
• More aware of patterns that limit their response to change
• Equipped with language for discussing shared accountability
• Focused on following through under pressure

Keynote Programs

No Matter What: Become Who the Moment Requires

Sterling explores commitment and the choices required when familiar habits no longer serve a goal. Ideal for leadership, sales, and culture events.

The Threshold: Leading Through Uncertainty and Change

Sterling examines how leaders and teams approach disruption and the discomfort it creates. Ideal for organizations navigating transformation.

Is Sterling Hawkins Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the commitments your people need to make and the changes they need to work through. We can help select Sterling’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Phil M. Jones: Bestselling Author of Exactly What to Say® | Speaker on Sales, Influence and Persuasive Communication

Why Book Phil M. Jones?

Phil makes his ideas immediately useful. He works through language audiences can apply in sales conversations, leadership meetings, customer interactions, and follow-ups. His presentations can be tailored to the situations your audience faces every day.

Why Is Phil M. Jones Right for Your Audience?

Phil is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, customer-facing teams, and company events where important conversations affect performance. He is especially valuable when talented people know their products or goals but need more confidence and precision in what they say next.

Book Phil when your audience needs to:

• Ask questions that open productive conversations
• Respond more effectively to hesitation and objections
• Explain value without overwhelming a customer
• Guide discussions toward a clear next step
• Give feedback and create buy-in with greater care
• Make everyday communication more intentional

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• More aware of how small word choices affect a conversation
• Equipped with phrases and questions they can adapt to their work
• Better prepared for common sales or leadership objections
• Ready to make requests and next steps clearer
• Focused on improving the conversations that matter most to their results

Keynote Programs

Exactly What to Say® – The Magic Words for Influence and Impact
Phil’s signature keynote explores how the words people choose can change the direction of a conversation. He applies examples from his bestselling book to the audience’s business situations, helping participants approach important discussions with greater confidence and purpose. Ideal for sales, leadership, and broad business audiences.

Exactly What to Say® When Your Customer Is More Informed Than Ever
Today’s customers arrive with research, comparisons, and questions. Phil helps sales and client-facing professionals use language that acknowledges that knowledge, builds trust, and guides a decision without sounding pushy. Ideal for sales and customer success events.

Lead With Language: Exactly What to Say® to Inspire Action
Phil focuses on the conversations leaders use to create clarity, ownership, and momentum. He offers practical ways to frame feedback, address resistance, and invite people into action. Ideal for management and leadership conferences.

Is Phil M. Jones Right for Your Event?

Tell us which conversations your audience finds most challenging and what outcomes you want to improve. We can help choose Phil’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Nataly Kogan: Founder of Happier | Author of The Awesome Human Project | Speaker on Reinvention, Emotional Fitness and Leadership

Why Book Nataly Kogan?

Nataly makes space for honest conversations about difficult emotions, self-expectations, and identity. Her message encourages people to examine habits that no longer serve them and take purposeful steps toward a different approach.

Why Is Nataly Kogan Right for Your Audience?

Nataly is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, women’s leadership programs, and organizations navigating reinvention. Consider her when people need encouragement to approach change with greater self-awareness.

Book Nataly when your audience needs to:

• Reconsider habits that limit growth
• Respond more thoughtfully to difficult emotions
• Build a more supportive inner dialogue
• Navigate transitions with greater intention
• Connect personal values with daily choices
• Make room for a new direction

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a pattern they want to change
• Ready to take a manageable step toward reinvention
• More aware of their response to pressure
• Equipped with questions for reflecting on purpose
• Focused on supporting themselves through change

Keynote Programs

The REINVENT•ABLE™ Mindset

Nataly explores the beliefs and actions that can support reinvention. Ideal for audiences navigating transitions or rethinking how they work.

Unleash Your Awesome Human!

Nataly connects emotional fitness with everyday challenges and leadership. Ideal for teams seeking a more sustainable, intentional working experience.

Is Nataly Kogan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the transitions your people face and the personal or leadership changes you want to support. We can help select Nataly’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Polly LaBarre: Management Thinker | Author | Speaker on Innovation, Reinvention and the Future of Work

Why Book Polly LaBarre?

Polly brings examples and questions that move the conversation beyond a general call for change. Her presentations encourage audiences to examine how work is organized and where a different approach could make experimentation and learning more possible.

Why Is Polly LaBarre Right for Your Audience?

Polly is a strong fit for executive retreats, innovation conferences, leadership meetings, and transformation programs. Consider her when an organization wants to rethink the practices behind its culture and performance.

Book Polly when your audience needs to:

• Question management habits that slow adaptation
• Give more people a voice in improvement
• Make experimentation part of everyday work
• Recognize barriers to employee initiative
• Approach reinvention with greater curiosity
• Translate change ambitions into organizational choices

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a practice worth reconsidering
• Ready to ask better questions about how work happens
• More aware of ideas beyond traditional hierarchies
• Equipped to identify a manageable experiment
• Focused on making adaptation a shared responsibility

Keynote Programs

Roll With Change

Polly explores approaches to reinvention and resilience. Ideal for leaders and teams responding to changing demands.

Leading in the New Work Order

Polly examines the organizational choices that shape how people contribute. Ideal for leadership audiences reconsidering management and workplace practices.

Is Polly LaBarre Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the organizational practices you want to rethink and the changes your leaders need to enable. We can help select Polly’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Dr. Janet Lapp: Keynote Speaker on Change, Leadership & Resilience | Psychologist | Author | Workplace Transformation Expert

Change Your Thinking. Change What's Possible: When change is constant, how do you keep people positive, adaptable and focused on moving forward?

Combining behavioral science, powerful storytelling, humor and practical strategies, Janet helps people rethink how they respond to uncertainty. Her high-energy presentations show audiences how to move beyond resistance, take ownership of their response and approach change with greater confidence and optimism.

Why Book Dr. Janet Lapp?

Janet understands that successful change isn't just about strategy. It's about people.

Even the best transformation plan can struggle when employees feel overwhelmed, uncertain or resistant to what's happening around them. Janet helps audiences understand the attitudes and behaviors that can hold them back—and what they can do differently.

Her presentations are positive, energetic and practical, giving audiences tools to shift their thinking, increase adaptability and become active participants in creating what's next.

What Makes Janet Lapp Different?

• Psychology-based approach — helps audiences understand the human response to change
• Change expertise — extensive experience helping organizations navigate transformation
• High-energy delivery — engaging, optimistic and entertaining on stage
• Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can use right away
• Personal accountability — encourages people to focus on what they can influence
• Broad audience appeal — relevant to leaders, managers and employees
• Global perspective — a message designed to connect across industries and cultures

Why Is Janet Right for Your Audience?

Janet is an excellent choice when your organization needs people to move beyond resistance, become more adaptable and take greater ownership of change.

She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, association events and organizations experiencing transformation, restructuring, growth or cultural change.

Book Janet when your audience needs to:

• Adapt more positively to organizational change
• Build resilience during uncertainty
• Move beyond negativity and resistance
• Take greater ownership of their response to change
• Maintain energy and performance during disruption
• Develop a more adaptable mindset
• Improve attitudes toward new initiatives
• See opportunities within changing circumstances

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better prepared to respond positively to change
• More aware of how mindset influences behavior and performance
• Equipped with practical strategies for navigating uncertainty
• Ready to focus energy on what they can control and influence
• More resilient when circumstances don't go according to plan
• Motivated to take greater personal responsibility
• Prepared to become active participants in organizational change

Dr. Janet Lapp Keynote Programs

Dancing With Tigers: How to Embrace Change and Thrive. Change can feel threatening—but it can also create extraordinary opportunities for growth.

Janet helps audiences understand why people resist change and how they can consciously choose a more productive response.

Using psychology, humor and practical strategies, she shows people how to move beyond fear and uncertainty, become more adaptable and approach changing circumstances with greater confidence.

Ideal for: Organizational transformation, corporate meetings, leadership conferences and organizations navigating significant change.

The Psychology of Change: Organizations don't change until people do.

Janet explores the attitudes, behaviors and thought patterns that influence how individuals respond to disruption.

Audiences learn how to recognize unproductive reactions, shift their mindset and take greater ownership of their role in creating successful change.

Ideal for: Leadership, culture, transformation and employee-engagement events.

Leading Positively Through Change: During uncertainty, people look to their leaders for more than information—they look for confidence, clarity and direction.

Janet gives leaders practical strategies for helping teams remain focused, optimistic and productive when circumstances are changing.

Leaders learn how their own attitudes and behaviors can influence engagement, resilience and the willingness of others to move forward.

Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development and organizations undergoing transformation.

Why Book Dr. Janet Lapp Through The Sweeney Agency?

Janet Lapp's combination of psychology, energy and practical change strategies makes her particularly effective for organizations navigating transformation—but the right fit depends on what your people are experiencing and what you need them to do differently.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Dr. Janet Lapp's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Janet Lapp keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's change initiative
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Janet with other leading change, leadership and resilience speakers

Is Janet Lapp 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 Janet 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 Dr. Janet Lapp as your keynote speaker.

Josh Linkner: Entrepreneur and Investor | Author of Big Little Breakthroughs | Speaker on Creativity, Innovation and Resourcefulness

Why Book Josh Linkner?

Josh connects ambitious outcomes with smaller acts of experimentation. His message encourages teams to move beyond the assumption that innovation requires a rare genius or a dramatic invention, and to look for opportunities to improve what is already in front of them.

Why Is Josh Linkner Right for Your Audience?

Josh is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, innovation events, and company meetings. Consider him when an organization wants more people to contribute ideas and act resourcefully.

Book Josh when your audience needs to:

• Build greater confidence in creative thinking
• Look for small opportunities to improve
• Question familiar approaches to business problems
• Develop ideas through manageable experiments
• Use constraints as prompts for resourcefulness
• Make innovation part of everyday work

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on an opportunity for a small breakthrough
• Ready to question a familiar assumption
• More aware of their own capacity to contribute ideas
• Equipped to discuss a practical experiment
• Focused on turning creativity into useful action

Keynote Programs

Find A Way™

Josh explores resourcefulness and creative problem-solving. Ideal for teams facing obstacles that require a different approach.

Big Little Breakthroughs

Josh examines how smaller innovations can contribute to meaningful progress. Ideal for leadership and employee audiences seeking wider participation in improvement.

Is Josh Linkner Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the problems your audience needs to solve and the innovation habits you want to encourage. We can help select Josh’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.