Jay Acunzo is one of the world’s most sought-after business storytellers and showrunners.

He’s worked in marketing roles at Google, ESPN, HubSpot, and the VC firm NextView, and both billion-dollar brands and brand new startups have turned to him to develop original podcasts and documentaries to shape their markets. As a consultant, he’s helped teams at Salesforce, the performance coach for Kobe Bryant, and authors of global bestsellers to help them develop stronger, more differentiated IP.

Jay is the author of the book Break the Wheel and host of the award-winning podcast How Stories Happen, as well the cofounder of the Creator Kitchen, a mastermind for content creators. His grandest aspiration (though he’ll call it his biggest delusion) is to be the Anthony Bourdain of business storytelling.

Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour:  Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Courage & High Performance | America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot | Former U.S. Marine | Author

Break Through Barriers. Take the Gutsy Move. What could your people accomplish if they stopped letting fear, uncertainty and obstacles determine what was possible?

As America’s first Black female combat pilot, Vernice knows what it takes to break through barriers, perform under pressure and take decisive action when the stakes are high. Her dynamic keynotes challenge audiences to move beyond excuses, embrace bold action and develop the mindset needed to accomplish ambitious goals.

Why Book Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour?

Vernice doesn't simply talk about courage and performance. She has lived them in one of the world's most demanding environments.

From breaking barriers in military aviation to flying combat missions, Vernice learned that success requires more than talent. It requires preparation, confidence, teamwork and the willingness to act when circumstances are uncertain.

She translates those lessons into a powerful business message that helps audiences move from thinking about what they should do to actually doing it.

Her combination of extraordinary stories, practical strategies and contagious energy makes Vernice especially effective when you want to energize a room and inspire immediate action.

What Makes Vernice Different?

• Barrier-breaking combat pilot — America's first Black female combat pilot
• Battle-tested leadership — lessons developed in demanding, high-pressure environments
• High-energy delivery — brings exceptional enthusiasm and presence to the stage
• Action-oriented message — challenges audiences to move from ideas to execution
• Powerful business relevance — connects aviation lessons to leadership, sales and performance
• Courage under pressure — helps people act confidently despite fear and uncertainty
• Broad audience appeal — connects with executives, leaders, sales teams and employees
• Memorable storytelling — combines inspiration, humor and practical lessons

Why Is Vernice Right for Your Audience?

Vernice is an outstanding choice when you need your audience to raise their energy, take greater ownership and act more decisively.

She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, women's leadership events and organizations pursuing ambitious growth or transformation.

Book Vernice when your audience needs to:

• Take bold action instead of waiting for perfect conditions
• Break through barriers and limiting beliefs
• Perform confidently under pressure
• Strengthen accountability and personal ownership
• Turn strategy into execution
• Navigate uncertainty with courage
• Build stronger teamwork and trust
• Raise expectations for what's possible

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• More confident taking action despite uncertainty
• Better prepared to push through obstacles and setbacks
• Understanding why courage is essential to leadership
• More willing to take ownership of results
• Equipped with a stronger mindset for high-pressure situations
• Ready to turn intentions into action
• Energized to make their own “gutsy moves”

Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour Keynote Programs

Get Gutsy: Make the Gutsy Move. What happens when you stop waiting for circumstances to be perfect and start taking action?

Vernice challenges audiences to identify the barriers standing between where they are and where they want to go—and then make the courageous moves necessary to break through them.

Drawing from her experiences as a combat pilot, she shows how preparation, mindset and decisive action can help people move forward even when uncertainty is high.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, transformation events and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.

Zero to Breakthrough. Breakthrough performance starts when people take ownership of creating a different result.

Vernice helps audiences move beyond excuses, obstacles and limiting assumptions and focus on the actions that can move them forward.

Her message encourages people to clarify their goals, identify what's holding them back and take practical steps toward achieving meaningful results.

Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, high-performance teams, leadership meetings and organizations focused on execution.

Leading From the Cockpit. When the pressure rises, leadership becomes visible.

Drawing on lessons from military aviation, Vernice explores how effective leaders build trust, communicate clearly, make decisions and keep teams focused on the mission.

She translates the discipline and teamwork of the cockpit into practical leadership lessons audiences can apply in their own organizations.

Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development, teamwork and high-performance audiences.

Is Vernice Armour Right for Your Event?

Tell us the breakthrough you need your people to make—and what's standing in their way.

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

Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour as your keynote speaker.

Cam Awesome: Motivational Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Mindset & High Performance | Champion Boxer | Team USA Captain

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

What could your people accomplish if setbacks stopped being reasons to quit and became reasons to grow?

Cam Awesome is a champion boxer, former Team USA captain and dynamic motivational keynote speaker on resilience, mindset, overcoming adversity and high performance.

Why Book Cam Awesome?

Cam delivers something every event planner wants: a motivational keynote that's inspiring, entertaining and genuinely useful.

His story isn't about winning every time. It's about learning how to respond when you don't.

Cam shows audiences that resilience isn't something you're born with—it's something you develop by changing the way you interpret setbacks, failure and discomfort.

His energetic and often hilarious delivery gets audiences laughing while challenging them to take greater ownership, become more resilient and stop allowing fear of failure to limit their potential.

What Makes Cam Awesome Different?

• Champion athlete — brings real lessons from elite-level competition
• Former Team USA captain — understands leadership, accountability and teamwork
• Powerful resilience story — demonstrates how setbacks can become catalysts for growth
• Exceptionally entertaining — uses humor to make serious lessons memorable
• Authentic and vulnerable — openly shares both victories and failures
• High-energy delivery — immediately engages and energizes a room
• Practical mindset strategies — gives audiences ideas they can apply immediately
• Broad audience appeal — particularly effective for sales, leadership and employee events

Why Is Cam Right for Your Audience?

Cam is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to increase their resilience, become more comfortable with discomfort and take action despite the possibility of failure.

He is particularly effective for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings, association events and teams working in competitive or rapidly changing environments.

Book Cam when your audience needs to:

• Bounce back faster from setbacks
• Become more comfortable taking risks
• Stop allowing fear of failure to limit performance
• Build greater confidence and resilience
• Maintain motivation when results don't come immediately
• Take greater ownership of their attitude
• Approach challenges with a stronger mindset
• Bring more energy and optimism to their work

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Thinking differently about failure and setbacks
• Better prepared to respond when things don't go according to plan
• More willing to step outside their comfort zone
• Equipped with practical strategies for strengthening resilience
• Understanding how mindset influences performance
• More confident taking action despite uncertainty
• Energized and ready to approach their next challenge differently

Cam Awesome Keynote Programs

Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. Growth rarely happens inside your comfort zone.

Cam shares the lessons he learned from years of elite competition and the setbacks that threatened to derail his ambitions.

He challenges audiences to rethink their relationship with discomfort and recognize that difficult experiences can become opportunities to learn, adapt and improve.

Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings and organizations navigating change.

The Awesome Mindset. You can't control everything that happens. You can control what you do next.

Cam shows audiences how changing their perspective can change the way they respond to pressure, disappointment and adversity.

Using humor, personal stories and lessons from competitive boxing, he demonstrates how people can develop a mindset that helps them recover faster and continue moving toward their goals.

Ideal for: High-performance teams, sales organizations, leadership events and employee meetings.

Turning Failure Into Fuel. What if failure wasn't the opposite of success—but part of the process required to achieve it?

Cam challenges the fear of failure that often prevents people from taking risks, pursuing opportunities and reaching their potential.

His experiences demonstrate how setbacks can provide the lessons, perspective and motivation needed to come back stronger.

Ideal for: Sales teams, emerging leaders, high-performance cultures and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.

Why Book Cam Awesome Through The Sweeney Agency?

Cam Awesome combines championship-level experience, powerful resilience lessons and exceptional humor—but the real value comes from connecting his message directly to the challenges your audience is facing.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Cam Awesome's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Cam Awesome keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Cam with other leading motivational, resilience and high-performance speakers

Is Cam Awesome Right for Your Event?

Tell us where your people need greater resilience, confidence or motivation.

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

Planning a sales kickoff, leadership conference or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Cam Awesome as your motivational keynote speaker.

Kristel Bauer is a keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and award-winning author who helps leaders and teams thrive in demanding environments while strengthening resilience, engagement, and sustainable high performance. She is the founder of Live Greatly and was recognized as a 2026 Top Impact Speaker by Real Leaders Magazine.

Known for delivering energizing, research-backed keynote experiences, Kristel equips audiences with actionable strategies to elevate performance, navigate change effectively, and sustain success over the long term. Kristel brings a distinctive perspective to the stage shaped by her background in healthcare. She practiced as a Physician Assistant in Integrative Psychiatry and completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, experiences that give her unique insight into the science of stress, resilience, behavior change, and human performance.

Kristel is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business), where she introduces her signature Work-Life Tango Framework — a modern approach to helping professionals manage competing demands, strengthen well-being, and sustain high performance in today’s fast-paced world.
Kristel is also the host of the Live Greatly Podcast, ranked among the top 1.5% of podcasts globally, where she shares conversations and insights focused on leadership, resilience, wellbeing, and sustainable success. Her work has been featured in NBC, ABC, FOX, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and other prominent media outlets.

Blending behavioral science, positive psychology, leadership research, and engaging storytelling, Kristel helps organizations cultivate healthier, high-performing cultures where people can perform at a high level, navigate change more effectively, and sustain success without sacrificing well-being.

Jack Becker: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Accountability & High Performance | Former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot | Founder of Supersonic Success

Bring Fighter-Pilot Precision to Business Performance

What could your team accomplish if they prepared, communicated and executed with the discipline of elite fighter pilots?

Jack Becker is a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and dynamic keynote speaker on leadership, accountability, teamwork and high performance.

Why Book Jack Becker?

Jack doesn't simply tell exciting fighter-pilot stories. He translates the disciplines of military aviation into practical strategies business teams can use.

His message focuses on the behaviors that drive consistent performance: preparation, accountability, communication, execution and learning from every experience.

For organizations looking to improve performance rather than simply motivate people for an hour, Jack delivers a keynote designed to help audiences turn lessons into action and action into better results.

What Makes Jack Becker Different?

• Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot — brings lessons from an elite performance environment
• Business-focused message — translates aviation principles into workplace strategies
• Accountability driven — encourages people to take ownership of their performance
• Execution focused — helps close the gap between strategy and results
• Practical debriefing approach — emphasizes learning and continuous improvement
• Team performance — demonstrates why trust and communication matter under pressure
• High-energy delivery — engages audiences with compelling aviation experiences
• Actionable takeaways — gives teams concepts they can apply immediately

Why Is Jack Right for Your Audience?

Jack is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to improve execution, strengthen accountability and work together more effectively.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, management events and organizations focused on operational excellence.

Book Jack when your audience needs to:

• Turn strategy into consistent execution
• Strengthen personal accountability
• Improve communication across teams
• Build greater trust and collaboration
• Prepare more effectively for important opportunities
• Learn quickly from wins and mistakes
• Perform more consistently under pressure
• Create a culture of continuous improvement

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Understanding how preparation improves execution
• More willing to take ownership of results
• Better equipped to communicate when the stakes are high
• Recognizing the importance of effective debriefing
• More focused on learning rather than assigning blame
• Better prepared to collaborate across teams
• Ready to apply continuous improvement to everyday performance

Jack Becker Keynote Programs

Supersonic Success: What can business teams learn from the way fighter pilots prepare, execute and improve?

Jack takes audiences inside the world of military aviation to demonstrate how high-performing teams prepare for demanding missions and execute when the pressure is on.

He then translates those lessons into practical business strategies that can help organizations improve communication, accountability and performance.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, management teams and organizations focused on execution.

The Fighter Pilot Mindset: High performance doesn't happen by accident.

Jack explores the habits and disciplines that help elite performers stay focused, make decisions and deliver results in demanding environments.

Audiences learn how stronger preparation, clearer expectations and personal accountability can improve performance across an organization.

Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, leadership meetings and high-performance teams.

Debrief to Win: What happens after the mission may be just as important as what happens during it.

Jack demonstrates how effective debriefing can help teams identify what worked, understand what didn't and continuously improve without creating a culture of blame.

Applied to business, this approach can strengthen communication, accelerate learning and help teams perform better on the next mission.

Ideal for: Leadership teams, sales organizations, project teams and companies building a culture of continuous improvement.

Why Book Jack Becker Through The Sweeney Agency?

Jack Becker combines fighter-pilot experience with practical business strategies for improving execution, accountability and teamwork—but the real value comes from connecting those lessons to the performance challenges facing your organization.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Jack Becker's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Jack Becker keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Jack with other leading leadership, teamwork and high-performance speakers

Is Jack Becker Right for Your Event?

Tell us where your team needs to improve execution, accountability or collaboration.

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

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

The driving force behind the Unstoppable MomentumTM Movement, Kim Becking is changing the way we think about change and resilience in a rapidly changing world that NEVER SLOWS DOWN. An engaging, high energy and impactful international keynote speaker, New York Times Bestselling Author, human behavior expert and change and resilience researcher, Kim’s strategic insights and practical solutions have been utilized by hundreds of organizations ranging from Fortune 50 companies to associations and organizations around the world.

Kim’s expertise on reframing change and redefining resilience is regularly featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, People, Good Morning America, USA Today and Harvard Business Review. Kim has helped companies and organizations around the world empower their leaders, teams, and communities to redefine resilience, reframe change, and understand what it truly means to lead, live, and lean into a rapidly changing, ever-evolving world that never slows down. Her mission is to inspire everyone she meets to be more adaptable, more resilient, and better equipped to own what’s now and embrace what’s next with a deep breath and a big cup of Bring It On.

Using humor and vulnerability, Kim has the ability to connect with her audiences at a deeper level. Her authentic, engaging, humorous, and empowering messages of extraordinary resilience, conquering change, and creating success regardless of your circumstances have made her a favorite among her audiences.

She has boosted communication, collaboration and consensus building capabilities for companies, associations, government, and non-profit organizations. And coached Fortune 500 CEO’s and C-Suite leaders, association executives and government leaders to accelerate their success and momentum.

Kim knows a thing or two about change and challenges through her own experiences in business and life. As a “recovering” attorney, serial entrepreneur running 2 successful businesses, communications and public affairs strategist and “recovering” political consultant, Kim has conquered the ever-changing tough worlds of business, government, and politics. She’s also conquered life challenges - as a breast cancer thriver, mom of 3 with a blended family, caregiver with aging parents and many other unexpected changes.
Kim has spent decades discovering research-based strategies, tools and the Unstoppable MomentumTM Framework, rooted in positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and communications - and then proving them in her life and in the work she has done with hundreds of organizations..

Unstoppable Momentum is the power to use any change or challenge as a catalyst to bounce forward—not just bounce back—no matter what. Fueled by emotional intelligence, a Momentum Mindset, and intentional action, it is the fastest way to build sustainable resilience and adaptability in this ever-evolving world where change is happening at breakneck speed.

After hearing Kim, leaders leave with the framework, mindset, and tools to revolutionize their approach to change, challenges, and obstacles, embrace the power of possibility, and use any change or challenge as rocket fuel for forward growth, transforming their lives, leadership, and your organization.

Kim resides in Columbia, Missouri, and delivers programs as a keynote speaker, consultant and executive coach both in-person and virtually throughout the world.

To understand JJ Birden’s story, you must understand the odds.

Less than 6% of high school seniors play college football. Less than 1% make it to the NFL. The average career lasts under two years. The average player stands 6’2”, 245 pounds.

JJ Birden was 5’10”, 157 pounds.

Despite being the #1 high school wide receiver in Oregon, JJ received no Division I football scholarship offers. He earned a track scholarship to the University of Oregon, then walked onto the football team, starting at the bottom of the depth chart. Within 3 years, he worked his way into a starting role.

His journey was anything but smooth. Injuries and limited production followed, but his speed, preparation, and persistence earned him an invitation to the NFL Combine, where he stood out among the nation’s top prospects. He was selected in the 1988 NFL Draft, but what followed tested him even more.

In one of the toughest stretches of his career, JJ was released by four NFL teams in five days due to injuries and failed physicals. For most, that would have been the end. For JJ, it became a turning point.

He committed to mastering the details, outworking the competition, and finding ways to win. That mindset led to a nine-year NFL career, far exceeding the average, and competing successfully against players nearly 100 pounds heavier.

What separated JJ was not just talent, but preparation, discipline, and the ability to perform under pressure. He approached every day like game day.

Today, JJ Birden is a keynote speaker, performance coach, and author of Beat the Coverage: Six Strategic Steps to Win in Business and Life. He helps organizations build high-performance teams that execute under pressure and deliver results when it matters most.

Through his Beat the Coverage framework, JJ translates lessons from the NFL into practical strategies for leadership, execution, and resilience. His message equips leaders and teams to identify opportunities, prepare with purpose, and consistently perform at a high level.

JJ has worked with organizations such as Bank of America, Hershey’s, Aflac, Orangetheory Fitness, and O’Reilly Auto Parts.

Amy Blankson is the only person to be named a Point of Light by two Presidents (President Bush and President Clinton). She received a Presidential appointment to serve a five-year term on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National Service, and was one of the youngest delegates to the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future.

Amy received her BA from Harvard and MBA from Yale School of Management. She went on to co-found the Future of Philanthropy Conference at Yale University, and in 2007, joined GoodThink on the ground floor to develop and scale the company as it sought to bring the science of happiness to life.

Drawing on over 17 years of management and consulting experience with businesses, foundations, and nonprofits, Amy Blankson brings both passion and practicality to GoodThink. She is currently doing research in partnership with Google to determine how to make positive psychology strategies stick and create sustainable positive change.

Amy is the author of The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era (2017), and the award-winning children’s book Ripple’s Effect (2012), and has three beautiful daughters who teach her about the joy of positivity and the importance of gratitude on a daily basis.

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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• 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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• Anthony talks about how the difference between the winners and the "also rans" comes down to execution.

• Audiences leave equipped with simple, actionable tools to improve execution and drive better results as individuals and as teams.

• He is a highly accomplished and decorated F-16 fighter pilot, founder, President & CEO of Afterburner, author & keynote speaker on Peak Performance.

• Past clients include: Ernst & Young, GE, Cisco, Boeing, Bridgestone, AT&T, Charles Schwab and The Home Depot

Major Anthony “AB” Bourke is a highly accomplished and decorated F-16 fighter pilot who flew tactical missions in service to our country all over the world. He has accumulated more than 2,700 hours of flight time in various high performance aircraft - and was one of the first pilots to fly an F-16 in homeland defense efforts over New York City in the aftermath of September 11th.

Following his impressive military career, AB applied the tools and techniques that made him one of our nation's premier fighter pilots to the competitive world of business. He ascended rapidly to become the top producing mortgage banker in the Western U.S. for a prominent lending institution. His success in the mortgage banking industry led to an opportunity with a California based start-up - where his team dramatically grew annual revenue from $500,000 to $65M in just three years.

Following these two endeavors, AB combined his love of business with his passion for tactical aviation to build Afterburner Seminars, a global training company based on the lessons he learned in the military. While President & CEO, Afterburner grew into a best-in-class training company that was twice named one of Inc. magazine's 500 fastest growing companies.

Currently AB serves as CEO & Founder of Mach 2 Consulting - and has shared his message of peak performance to more than 100,000 people in twelve different countries. AB brings his tactical knowledge and business acumen to the forefront of the management training world - to share how fighter pilots, and other organizations where performance truly matters, can develop a feedback system to ensure continuous improvement and peak performance. His wealth of experience and ability to connect with audiences landed AB in Inc Magazine’s 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference.

Under AB's leadership as CEO - Mach 2 Consulting consistently delivers dynamic keynote speeches on leadership, communication, sales and teamwork to Fortune 1000 corporations around the globe. AB is a motivational dynamo with a proven ability to energize, enlighten and enrich your team’s experiences - to ensure a successful engagement for you and your client.

AB’s keynotes typically align to the following groups:

• Fortune 1000 organizations
• Sales meetings - speeches that extend into actual training
• Annual meetings - for various organizations such as Trade and Professional Associations
• Management Retreats - to give your leaders an opportunity to step out of the box and think differently
• Company off-sites - where teams are looking to improve communication and alignment

AB continues work on his book The Art of the Debrief . A business and leadership book about the significance of how business people can use Debrief to drive continuous improvement in any organization. Anticipated for release late 2019, keep an eye for the release of AB's first book - apt to captivate all!

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• Travis talks about how leaders can learn to capitalize on their emotional intelligence to develop new and powerful ways to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.

• Audiences learn how our brains are hard-wired to make EQ a critical skill and how to increase your EQ using a step-by-step process.

• Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the co-founder and President of TalentSmart, as well as a a world-renowned expert in emotional intelligence who will inspire your audience, spark discussion - and motivate change.

• Past clients include:  Intel, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Boston Scientific, NY Life, Fortune Brands, Salesforce, and Fortune Magazine.

Dr. Travis Bradberry, Ph.D. is an internationally renowned speaker on today’s competitive world, where each of us is looking for new and powerful ways to manage, adapt - and strike out ahead of the pack. He empowers audiences and leaders to do so by capitalizing on emotional intelligence - a skill set that’s responsible for 58 percent of job performance. Dr. Bradberry is a world-renowned expert in emotional intelligence who will inspire your audience, spark discussion - and motivate change.

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the co-founder and President of TalentSmart® - the world’s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His best-selling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries.

Dr. Bradberry is a LinkedIn Influencer and a regular contributor to Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, The World Economic Forum, and The Huffington Post. He has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, Time, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Fast Company, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review.

Jack Canfield is founder and former CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul™ Enterprises, which encompasses licensing, merchandising - and global publishing activities around the globe. With more than 250 titles and over 500 million copies sold in 43 languages, Jack is a world-renowned expert at warming hearts and changing lives.

But behind the billion-dollar brand Time Magazine called the “publishing phenomenon of the decade” - is America’s leading expert in creating peak performance for entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, managers, sales professionals, corporate employees and educators.

Jack is an in-demand speaker who has brought stadiums of 50,000+ to their feet, cheering his message of The Success Principles - inspiring them to achieve greater success in everything they do by taking on greater challenges, upleveling their efforts, strategic alliances, relationships, attitudes, behaviours, and more.

If more success, career fulfillment, and personal achievement is what you seek as a result of your next meeting – Jack Canfield can help.

James Clear is a writer and keynote speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. His book, Atomic Habits, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, has been translated into more than 60 languages and was the #1 best-selling book of 2021 and 2023 on Amazon and #1 audiobook on Audible. Clear is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured in publications such as Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning and Today Show Australia. He is a MasterClass instructor, alongside the world’s top experts such as Serena Williams, Neil Gaiman and Gordon Ramsay. His popular “3-2-1” email newsletter is sent out each week to more than 3 million subscribers.

James doesn’t merely report the research of others. He tries out the concepts for himself as he experiments with building better habits as an entrepreneur, writer, and weightlifter. In the end, his talks end up being one-part storytelling, one-part academic research, and one-part personal experiment, forming a colorful blend of inspirational stories, academic science, and hard-earned wisdom.

Some of James’ engagements include Fortune 1000 and strategic clients such as Amazon, KPMG, Microsoft, A&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, DellTechnologies, Facebook, Google, Liberty Mutual, Pfizer, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Procter & Gamble, Adobe, Cisco, Lockheed Martin, and Wells Fargo.

James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. In his book Atomic Habits, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible.

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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.

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Andy Core is a credentialed, award-winning thought leader on increasing employee engagement, productivity, and wellness motivation. His talent lies in helping hard-working, conscientious adults thrive at work and in their personal lives.

He has a master’s degree in the science of human performance and has spent the past 15 years researching ways to become better equipped to thrive in today’s hectic society. Thus helping organizations build teams that cost less, have better attitudes, and accomplish more.

Author of several books including Change Your Day, Not Your Life, Healthy Motivation, and Master Your Body, Andy has also received numerous awards and recognition on his work. He was also the Co-host of the PBS affiliate television show “Fighting Fat”.

Dr. Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, bestselling author, and keynote speaker. Her writing, research, teaching, and speaking focus on presence and performance under stress, the causes and outcomes of feeling powerful vs. powerless, prejudice and stereotyping, nonverbal behavior, the delicate balance of projecting trustworthiness and strength, and most recently, the psychology of bullying, bystanding, and social bravery.

After earning her Ph.D. at Princeton University, she was a professor at Harvard Business School (2008-2017) and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management (2006-2008). Throughout her academic career, she’s been honored with some of the highest commendations for both her teaching and her research, including the Excellence in Teaching Award from Harvard University (2018) and the Scientific Impact Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (2022) for her extensive research on intergroup conflict. She continues to teach as a guest lecturer in Executive Education at Harvard Business School and at UCLAAnderson School of Management.

Her 2012 TED Talk, “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are,” is the second-most popular of all time, with more than 70 million views. Her NYT bestseller, Presence, described in the NYT Sunday Book Review as “…concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious - above all, truly powerful,” has sold more than half a million copies and been published in 35 languages. In 2025, she will publish her next book, Bullies, Bystanders, & Bravehearts (HarperCollins), on the psychology of bullying among adults — and how we find the courage and tools to stop it. She’s also an avid roller skater and skier, live-music lover (actually, a devoted Deadhead!), adventuring partner to her husband Paul, and hype mom to her son, Jonah, a guitarist, producer, songwriter, and student at Berklee College of Music. She lives in Venice, California.

IMPROVISE...ADAPT...OVERCOME... These three words – a mantra Paul de Gelder learned in the Australian Army as a young Paratrooper – resonated with him the first time he heard them. Paul de Gelder chased adventure wherever he could find it, from his wild ride as a teen and his whirlwind lifestyle working in clubs and the music industry to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the Australian Defense Forces as an Army paratrooper and then Navy bomb disposal diver.

In February 2009, Paul's adventurous life took a dramatic turn when a 10-foot bull shark attacked him during a routine Navy dive, severing his hand and leg. Rather than succumbing to despair, Paul channeled his indomitable spirit, fought through excruciating pain, and reclaimed his life. Drawing on everything his eventful life had taught him, Paul left nothing to chance, conducting his own rehabilitation. He fought through excruciating pain, smashing challenge after challenge whilst excellent the medical staff and the public with his will to succeed, and returned to full-time Navy service after only six months.

His journey from trauma to triumph is extraordinary, marked by resilience and determination. His inspiring story, vividly chronicled in his autobiography "Uncaged," takes "Never Say Die" to a new level.

In the years since the shark attack, Paul's life has changed in every aspect. Having left full-time Navy service in August 2012, after continuing to instruct Navy Divers for a further three years, Paul has traveled the world as a top motivational speaker, passionate environmentalist, adventurer, and mentor to school kids. He has spoken at venues across the globe, from the United Nations in New York to conferences across the U.S., China, London, Vietnam, and New Zealand.

Paul has also been a guest on major TV talk shows and starred as a guest trainer twice on the Biggest Loser Australia. He has hosted over 25 documentaries for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, where he learned to hand-feed bull sharks, hammerheads, and blue sharks and dive with tiger sharks and even Great Whites without the protection of a cage. Megastar Will Smith featured Paul in his Facebook series “Bucket List” as his shark diving mentor, UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey was taught how to hand-feed bull sharks by Paul, and most recently, Iron Mike Tyson became Paul’s shark diving student. Paul also became part of an anti-poaching team in Africa to film the excellent work the Rangers did for FEARLESS, which aired on NatGeo.

Paul has been touted as one of the top 15 inspirational Australians and top 10 speakers, and now, based in Los Angeles, he is preparing to film yet more documentaries. Looking to expand his repertoire, Paul completed a lead acting role for a six-part miniseries for a major cable network and has since appeared in several commercials and short films.

An incredible life and an incredible story.

Over 15 years ago, working in public education, Alisha De Lorenzo was charged with helping her failing school district improve culture and performance. A challenge that would pave the way for her to guide industries, organizations and individuals to solve seemingly intractable problems through a deceptively simple approach - Positive Deviance, which stands on one belief, in every organization there are people whose outlier practices are generating remarkable outcomes despite facing the same barriers and obstacles as everyone else. With their innovative ways living outside of the conditioned, cultural norms of the community, their solutions remain hidden in plain sight.

After years of experiencing burnout and the isolation that comes from challenging conventional thinking, Alisha recalls the feelings of hope and aliveness that came from being given the agency to discover and scale the solutions that mattered most. This changed EVERYTHING about how she viewed problems, their solutions and how to engage people in a way that brings them alive.
While Alisha’s efforts went on to transform the system of education across NJ, her influence began to spread across industries. In 2019 she was invited to speak to corporate audiences to help address the toxic work cultures, escalating mental health issues, disengagement, siloed innovation, resistance to change and ineffective leadership strategies that were plaguing companies.
Leaning on more than 20 years of combined experience as a speaker, high-performance coach, educator and therapist, Alisha shares a proven framework to help leaders uncover and scale positive disruption.

Her riveting keynote speeches and workshops provide the tools and frameworks to help teams infuse aliveness back into their work, revolutionize corporate culture and amplify the solutions.

George Dom is a former Navy jet pilot, Top Gun instructor, flight leader of the Blue Angels, and Carrier Air Wing Commander. More recently COO of ACI Jet. Now a sought-after keynote speaker, he teaches leaders how to build high-trust cultures, drive strategic clarity, and unlock peak personal performance. His engaging presentations inspire audiences to lead authentically and achieve lasting significance.

George grew up in western Pennsylvania, attended college at Duke University in the Naval ROTC program, and completed graduate education at the National Defense University. During his 26-year Navy career, George was a leader of various high performance teams, including: Instructor Pilot at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (“Topgun”), Commanding Officer of a combat F/A-18 squadron [deletion], Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron (“Blue Angels”), and Commander, Carrier Air Wing Seven on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS John F. Kennedy.

Flying combat missions in the skies over Libya, Iraq, and Serbia, his awards include the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Distinguished Flying Cross (with “Combat Valor”), several Air Medals, and other individual and unit awards.

George’s final military assignment was in the Pentagon in Washington, DC coordinating strategic military planning and policy development on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Connor Fields is a three-time Olympian, a two-time World Champion, and the only American to win a Gold Medal for the United States in BMX Racing. He is also the only Olympic athlete who has both won the Olympics… and nearly died while competing during the games.

As one of the world's all-time greatest BMX racers, Connor has represented the United States over 50 times in more than 25 countries across the globe. In 2016, he reached the pinnacle of success for an Olympic athlete, coming home with a Gold Medal to show for his unrelenting dedication.

At the 2021 Tokyo Games, Connor was the number one seed in his semi-final when a mid-race collision sent him into the track at 40 miles per hour, recounted as one of the worst accidents in Olympic history. Instead of defending his title, he found himself fighting for his life. He laid unconscious in a hospital bed for 5 days, ultimately diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) including life-threatening hemorrhages to four different parts of his brain, along with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and torn shoulder and bicep ligaments.

After a grueling year of rehabilitation, Connor jumped on his bike the very first day he was cleared to ride, determined to go out on his own terms.

Since retiring, Connor has become the Emmy Nominated host of PBS's Outdoor Nevada and provided commentary for the Emmy-Winning NBC broadcasts during the 2024 Summer Olympics. He serves on the boards of USA Cycling and USABMX, coaches the next generation of riders, and travels the country presenting his keynote, "Now What?" inspiring others to keep moving forward after wins, losses, and even a brush with death.

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• Molly shares stories from her experiences as one of the only female sports agents in the industry as well as lessons from some of the top athletes and coaches in the game in her inspiring keynote.

• Audiences leave with Molly's  5-step process to unleashing your potential and achieving peak performance.

• Molly is hailed by CNN as hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” and spent two decades as one of the world’s only female sports agents. She is also a best selling author of four books, and agent to some of the world's top athletes.

• Past clients include: AT&T, Cox Communications, ITA Group, Kraft, Morgan Stanley, and Porsche.

Hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, Molly Fletcher made a name for herself as one of the first female sports agents. During her almost two-decade career as President of CSE, Molly negotiated over $500 million in contracts and represented over 300 of sports' biggest names, including Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, PGA TOUR golfer Matt Kuchar, broadcaster Erin Andrews and basketball championship coaches Tom Izzo and Doc Rivers.

Today she is one of the most booked female speakers in the world. Her TED Talk, “Secrets of a Champion Mindset,” has more than one million views. She is the author of multiple books, including The Energy Clock, Fearless at Work, and A Winner’s Guide to Negotiating. Her latest book, Dynamic Drive, is a #1 USA Today Bestseller.

Molly is the founder and host of the Game Changers with Molly Fletcher podcast, where she interviews experts and celebrities in every field including Troy Aikman, Sue Bird, Glennon Doyle,
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Matthew McConaughey, and Simon Sinek. Molly’s insights have been featured in prestigious media outlets, including CBS, CNN, Fox, ESPN, Forbes, Fast Company, InStyle, and Sports Illustrated.

A world-renowned speaker, Molly has delivered inspiring keynotes to some of the world’s most admired brands. She talks on leadership, mindset and peak performance. Molly understands the importance of putting someone in front of your people, and trusting that they deliver. That’s why she takes the time to customize every keynote to meet your goals. Whether she’s commanding the stage at a global conference for 50,000 leaders or inspiring a room of 75 top sales performers at a sales summit, Molly gets rave reviews and repeat bookings.

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Michelle Gielan, founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research, researches the science of positive communication and how to use it to fuel success. She works with Fortune 500 companies and schools to raise employee engagement, productivity and happiness at work. Michelle is a partner at GoodThink, a positive psychology consulting firm, and she holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michelle is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS, and she formerly served as the anchor of two national newscasts at CBS News. Her research and advice have received attention from Forbes, USA Today, CNN, FOX and NPR.

• 25-year entrepreneur & senior executive for multinational firms

• Uses his piano to reveal the habits of virtuoso musicians and apply them to business and life

• Inspires organizations to unleash individual and collective virtuosity

• Fun, immersive, multi-sensory, music-filled keynote experience; Has spoken in 33 countries on five continents

• Author of two books on exceptional performance

We call a supremely talented person in the arts and sports a virtuoso. Keynote pianist Felipe Gomez believes the term also applies to business. Felipe has an impressive decades-long business history as an entrepreneur and senior executive in multinational firms, but his passion has always been music. Obsessed with learning the habits of virtuoso musicians, Felipe believes applying the virtuoso mindset is the key to achieving breakthrough success in business and life. In 2014, Felipe combined his business experience with his passion for music and began his speaking career full time. He has gained worldwide recognition, inspiring audiences on five continents and in 33 countries with his dazzling musical interpretation of the traits that define a virtuoso. Charismatically commanding the audience from his grand piano, Felipe’s presentations are fun, interactive, and deliver great content in both English and Spanish. The author of two books on exceptional performance, Felipe uses his music and business insights to help unleash the individual and collective virtuosity in organizations.

Born in Colombia, Felipe began playing piano at the age of four. He came from a musical family – there was always music in the house. After graduating Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Felipe pursued a career in business, becoming known for his strategic vision and ability to innovate across diverse industries.

At Compass Group, the world's largest food-catering company, Felipe served as the Managing Director for the operation in Colombia. There he led initiatives that not only tripled the division’s revenue but also increased operating profits by 130% through keen strategic acquisitions and a focus on operational improvements and innovation. He later served as the Innovation and International Business Development Director for Latin America.

Felipe led the launch of Farmacity in Colombia, establishing it rapidly as a dominant force in the pharmacy retail sector by opening 12 stores in just 20 months and positioning the brand as a leader in the market.

He co-founded Azurian, a pioneering internet consulting firm in Latin America, guiding its expansion into seven countries and driving its rise as a significant regional consultancy firm.

Beyond his corporate success, Felipe founded Allegro, a non-profit organization that brings therapeutic live music to hospital settings like ICUs, delivery rooms, and cancer treatment areas.

Combining his corporate and entrepreneurial experience with his passion for music is Felipe’s greatest joy. He has a gift for empowering individuals and organizations to transform their behaviors, embrace risk, learn from failure, and achieve mastery.

Felipe has spoken at prestigious management and leadership conferences around the world, including TED, the Global Peter Drucker Forum, WOBI, the Oslo Business Forum, the World Business Forum, and many more. He has appeared at over 1,000 presentations for corporate, association, and global leadership events and consistently delivers unforgettable experiences that leave lasting impact.

Felipe’s first book, published in 2019 is Attitude-E, a bestseller that introduces a powerful framework for success through an entrepreneurial mindset, anchored in six levers: Envision, Energy, Endurance, Ensemble, Elasticity, and Engagement.

His second book, Bitacora De Una Pandemia En Quince Conversaciones, was published in Spanish in 2020 and is a collection of conversations he had during the pandemic with a number of thought leaders in different fields.

Felipe is now writing his third book, Virtuoso.

Felipe currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his family and holds an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, where he also completed a program on Leading Digital Business Transformation.

• Talks about customer service, management, and employee engagement, and how the human factor drives bottom-line results in business.

• Audiences learn how to operate in a way that makes the most impact on customers and colleagues and ultimately, the most money, your culture must excel in three critical areas: the way people think, the way they lead, and the way they serve.

• Author of The Wealthy Franchisee: Game-Changing Steps to Becoming a Thriving Franchise Superstar

• Past clients include: McDonalds, Great Clips, Anytime Fitness, GNC, Wyndham Hotel Group, National Shoes Retailers Association, Re/MAX, Lyft, Columbia Sports Wear,  Principal Financial Group, National Property Management Association.

At the core of every thriving business lie the human elements of leadership, culture, and employee engagement. Scott Greenberg is the catalyst for a new kind of business transformation—one that balances the scales between strategic prowess and human empathy, the interconnectedness of profit and people.

Author of Stop the SHIFT SHOW and The Wealthy Franchisee, Scott delves into the human factors of business that directly impact performance. He helps leaders think at a higher level with a peak performance mindset that keeps emotions in check and yields the clearest, most productive perspective possible for business growth. He helps them lead more effectively so they can hire, train and develop their teams into a high-performance workforce. Improving business from the inside out, he co-created an innovative management diagnostic and leadership tool, 30-Second Leadership™, that enhances employee mindset, skillset and performance.

As a former multi-unit, international award-winning franchise owner for best management and customer service, Scott’s programs are a harmonious blend of wit, business acumen and human-centric leadership. He stands at the intersection of hard strategy and emotional intelligence, offering a holistic approach to business transformation that is practical and relatable.

Scott’s books, keynotes and online trainings aim to elevate not just the metrics, but the people behind them. As a sought-after author and international speaker, Scott ignites audiences with engaging, high-energy and customized programs that leave audience members with proven strategies and long-lasting inspiration. He is the expert organizations call on to boost performance and elevate their teams.

Suneel Gupta: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, High Performance & Wellbeing | Bestselling Author | Harvard Medical School Faculty | Entrepreneur

Perform at Your Best—Without Burning Out

How do you sustain high performance when the pace of work never seems to slow down?

Suneel Gupta is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and sought-after keynote speaker on leadership, performance and wellbeing who helps people bring greater energy, focus and resilience to their work—without sacrificing their wellbeing.

Why Book Suneel Gupta?

Suneel addresses one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today: how to maintain high performance when people are stretched, distracted and increasingly exhausted.

Rather than asking people to simply work harder, Suneel shows them how to manage their energy, reconnect with purpose and build sustainable habits that improve both performance and wellbeing.

His warm, engaging style combines research, storytelling and highly practical ideas, creating a keynote experience that inspires audiences while giving them clear strategies they can put into action.

What Makes Suneel Gupta Different?

• Performance without burnout — a timely message for today's demanding workplace
• Research-backed strategies — practical ideas grounded in behavioral science and real-world experience
• Immediately actionable — tools audiences can begin using right away
• Engaging storyteller — combines business insights, personal stories and memorable examples
• Relevant across organizations — ideal for leaders, teams and high-performance cultures
• Customizable — Suneel can connect his message directly to your organization's priorities

Why Is Suneel Right for Your Audience?

Suneel is an excellent choice when you want your audience to leave energized, focused and equipped to perform at a higher level without running themselves into the ground.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, healthcare events, association conferences and organizations navigating demanding periods of growth or change.

Book Suneel when your audience needs to:

• Sustain energy in a high-pressure environment
• Improve focus and overcome distraction
• Build resilience without accepting burnout
• Reconnect daily work with a stronger sense of purpose
• Create healthier approaches to high performance
• Strengthen engagement and motivation
• Turn good intentions into consistent action

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better able to manage their energy throughout demanding days
• Equipped with practical strategies for sustainable high performance
• More focused on the work that matters most
• Better prepared to recognize and address burnout
• Ready to build habits that support performance and wellbeing
• Inspired to bring greater purpose and momentum to their work

Suneel Gupta Keynote Programs

Momentum: How to Sustain High Performance: What if the secret to getting more done isn't managing your time—but managing your energy?

Suneel challenges traditional ideas about productivity and shows audiences how to build the energy and momentum needed to perform consistently. Drawing from his bestselling work, he shares practical techniques for overcoming exhaustion, improving focus and sustaining performance.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and high-performance teams.

Everyday Dharma: Finding Purpose in What You Do: Purpose doesn't have to mean changing careers. It can mean changing the way you approach the work you're already doing.

Suneel helps audiences reconnect who they are with what they do. He shares practical strategies for discovering greater meaning in everyday work and using that sense of purpose to strengthen motivation, resilience and performance.

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

Wellbeing Is the New Leadership Advantage

Today's leaders face a difficult challenge: delivering ambitious results while creating an environment where people can continue performing at their best.

Suneel explores how leaders can create the conditions for sustainable performance by paying closer attention to energy, purpose, resilience and human connection.

Ideal for: Executive audiences, leadership meetings, healthcare organizations and organizations focused on culture and employee performance.

Why Book Suneel Gupta Through The Sweeney Agency?

Choosing the right keynote speaker is about more than finding an impressive name. The speaker needs to connect with your audience, understand your objectives and deliver a message that supports what you want people to do differently after the event.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

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

Is Suneel Gupta Right for Your Event?

Tell us what your people are facing—and what you want them to think, feel or do differently after the keynote.

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

Planning a leadership conference, corporate meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Suneel Gupta as your keynote speaker.

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• Dr. Heidi Hanna talks about redefining how we perceive stress using a new framework built upon recent neuroscience research.

• Audiences leave understanding the different types of stress and stress reactions, and the techniques needed to train whole-brain skill sets that transform experiences of stress.

• Best-selling author on stress mastery and brain-based health and performance.

• Past clients include: Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, WD40, the PGA Tour, the National Football League

Dr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, a former instructor at Harvard Extension, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress. She is a NY Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What’s So Funny About Stress?

Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour, and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won’t admit she’s funny.

Erin Hatzikostas is a former corporate CEO turned authenticity aficionado. Working at a Fortune 50 company, she became, at age 42, the CEO of its $2 billion AUM subsidiary, PayFlex, and in just three years tripled earnings and sent employee engagement skyrocketing, using a strategy she had unknowingly relied on her entire career: authenticity.

Today she is the CEO and founder of b Authentic Inc., a sought-after keynote speaker, the award-winning author of You Do You(ish) and The 50% Rule, and co-host of the hit podcast b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck. Her TEDx talk was among the top 20 most-viewed TEDx talks worldwide in 2021, and her thought leadership has reached hundreds of thousands. She has been featured by ABC, CBS, Business Insider, and Fast Company, and her company is behind a groundbreaking national study on authenticity's impact in the workplace. Erin helps audiences see that authenticity is a much more nuanced and powerful concept than simply “being yourself,” built around her proprietary H.U.M.A.N.S. framework: the Six Principles of Strategic Authenticity.

Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Leadership, Stress & High Performance | Bestselling Author | Stress Physiologist

Turn Fear Into Fuel. Pressure Into Performance.

What if the instincts designed to protect us are actually holding us back?

Rebecca Heiss is a dynamic keynote speaker, stress physiologist and bestselling author who helps leaders and teams perform at their best when pressure is high, change is constant and fear threatens to get in the way.

Combining science, humor, powerful storytelling and practical strategies, Rebecca shows audiences how to rethink stress, overcome instinctive reactions and turn uncertainty into an advantage.

Why Book Rebecca Heiss?

Rebecca doesn't just motivate audiences—she helps them understand why they think, feel and react the way they do and how to change those responses.

Her science-based approach to resilience, leadership, stress management and high performance gives audiences practical tools they can immediately use at work and in life.

Energetic, entertaining and highly relatable, Rebecca delivers the kind of keynote that gets people thinking differently—and gives them something useful to do differently the next day.

What Makes Rebecca Heiss Different?

• Science meets motivation — research-backed insights delivered with energy and humor
• Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can put to work right away
• Highly engaging — an entertaining keynote experience that keeps audiences involved
• Relevant to today's workplace — especially powerful during change, uncertainty and pressure
• Broad audience appeal — ideal for leaders, sales teams and high-performance organizations
• Customizable — Rebecca can connect her message directly to your event objectives

Why Is Rebecca Right for Your Audience?

Rebecca is an excellent choice when you want more than an inspirational keynote. You want your audience to change how they respond to pressure, uncertainty and opportunity.

She is particularly well suited for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, association conferences and organizations experiencing significant change.

Book Rebecca when your audience needs to:

• Perform confidently under pressure
• Build resilience during uncertainty and change
• Turn fear into productive action
• Make stronger decisions in stressful situations
• Break through limiting beliefs and behaviors
• Take greater ownership of their performance
• Approach challenges with courage and confidence

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Understanding how biology influences behavior and performance
• Better equipped to manage stress rather than simply avoid it
• Able to recognize instinctive reactions that may be holding them back
• More confident making decisions despite uncertainty
• Equipped with practical strategies for resilience and high performance
• Ready to turn fear, pressure and change into opportunities for growth

Rebecca Heiss Keynote Programs

Fear(less) Leadership

What could your leaders accomplish if fear stopped making their decisions?

Rebecca reveals how deeply rooted biological instincts influence leadership, decision-making and behavior. She gives leaders practical strategies to recognize fear-based reactions, make more intentional choices and move forward confidently despite uncertainty.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, executive meetings, management events and organizations navigating change.

Stress Better

The goal isn't to eliminate stress. It's to get better at using it.

Rebecca challenges conventional thinking about stress and shows audiences how understanding their biological responses can transform pressure into energy, resilience and better performance.

Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, corporate conferences, high-performance teams and workplace wellbeing events.

The Biology of Belief

Your brain wants to keep you safe. But safe doesn't always lead to growth.

Rebecca explores how unconscious beliefs and deeply programmed instincts shape decisions and behavior. Audiences discover how to challenge limiting patterns, rethink their assumptions and create better outcomes.

Ideal for: Leadership, culture, transformation and personal-performance events.

Why Book Rebecca Heiss Through The Sweeney Agency?

Choosing a keynote speaker is about much more than finding someone with an impressive presentation. The right speaker needs to be right for your audience, your objectives and this particular moment in your organization.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Rebecca Heiss's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Rebecca Heiss keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization and how Rebecca can connect her message to your event
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Rebecca with other leading resilience, leadership and motivational speakers

Is Rebecca Heiss Right for Your Event?

Tell us what you want your audience to think, feel or do differently after the keynote.

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

Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Rebecca Heiss as your keynote speaker.