Planning an executive retreat, leadership retreat, leadership offsite, board meeting or client advisory board? The guest speaker and facilitator caliber is of vital importance. Below you’ll see our top resources, with parameters to consider when choosing a professional speaker or facilitator.
- Working knowledge of your industry gleaned from ownership, startup, executive, advisory and speaking experience.
- No hidden agendas to sell their products or services to your company or risk of backing out at relative last minute (e.g. “free” speakers from vendors, sponsors or customers).
- Strategic, futurist outlook.
- Deep Experience with complex business issues.
- Can apply insights from outside your industry.
- Proven ability to influence senior executives, founders, board members with power, strong personalities.
- Superior Conflict management capabilities, able to move a group towards outcomes.
- Experience operating in longer form, small group, interactive settings.
- Customized content.
- Willingness to provide adequate pre-meeting interviews, conduct primary/secondary research.
- Comfort interfacing with homogenous and heterogenous groups.
- Agility: addressing shifting meeting objectives, other parameters after contracting.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
- ICF certified coach or trained facilitator (more important for facilitation).
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Note – Where pricing is noted, it is posted by each speaker and may not be current. It typically reflects standard keynotes – not more labor intensive executive retreats and board meetings:
Leadership, Strategy, Teamwork, Engagement, Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion, Productivity, Uncertainty/Change, Crisis Management, M&A Integration, Culture, Governance, Transformation:
Rhonda Vetere – Seasoned C-suite technology executive, Author and global leader with 25+ years of experience managing large, global teams, M&A and Digital Transformation.
Andrea Flack-Wetherald – Social Worker Turned Comedian, Speaker & Bestselling Author of Mindful Improv Thinking™?
Cassie Kozyrkov – CEO of Kozyr, AI Luminary, Former Chief Decision Scientist at Google, and Pioneer of Decision Intelligence
Timothy Papandreou – Global thought leader on emerging technologies, moonshots, smart cities and the future of life & work.
Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi AI & Workforce Transformation Strategist | Global Speaker | Executive AI Advisor Founder & CEO, The International Social Impact Institute® Board Member & Chair, Ethics & Responsible AI Committee, American Society for AI Award-Winning Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Center for Global Affairs
Ginger Hardage – A foremost global authority on building and sustaining organizational culture. Responsible for the activities at Southwest Airlines that nourished the culture and the internal and external communications function.
Michele Wucker – Author of The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore.
Dr. Ruth Gotian – Weill Cornell Medicine’s Chief Learning Officer, Author of The Success Factor and other Books on High Achievers, Mentorship and Leadership Development.
Patrick McAndrew – Global Expert on Productivity & Performance
Graphic Recorders, Visual Storytellers and Visual Note-Takers
Zack Kass – AI Futurist, former Head of Go To Market at OpenAI
Leanne Meyer – Author of Climbing the Spiral Staircase, 30 Years of Fortune 100 Executive Coaching.
Jez Rose – Behaviour Insight Advisor to most of the Fortune 500 and executive leadership performance coach, Author of Flip the Switch.
David Allison – Consumer behavior expert, whose Valuegraphics Database helps organizations create exponentially better customer engagement.
Lindsay McGregor – Co-author of Primed for Performance. Data-Driven Culture Expert.
Naveen Agarwal – InsureTech, AI and Digital Transformation Speaker. Board Advisor, Former C-Suite Executive in Multinational Public Firms.
Jay Baer – Hall of Fame Business Growth Speaker, NY Times Best-Selling Author, Internet Pioneer, Serial Entrepreneur, Tequila Influencer.
Henna Pryor – Workplace Performance Expert, Former Staffing Sales Star, 2x TEDx speaker, Good Awkward Author.
Jessica Encell-Coleman -Creator at The Magic of Human Connection
Vito Di Bari – Futurist, Author, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Speaker.
Dr. Bertice Berry – Sociologist, best-selling author, lecturer, educator, and political analyst
Diana Kander – Curiosity’s Contribution to Innovation, Author of The Curiosity Muscle.
Tucker Bryant – Former Googler and Stanford poet shares creative tools everyone can use.
Natalie Nixon, PhD – Strategy, Foresight, and Innovation Expert, Award-winning Author, Creativity Guru, Global Keynote Speaker
Alex Goryachev – WSJ Bestselling Author, LinkedIn AI Top Voice Forbes, Entrepreneur and Fast Company Contributor.
Jean Marie DiGiovanna – Author of Stop Talking, Start Asking. Global Leadership Speaker.
Justin Jones-Fosu – Leveraging leadership experience with three Fortune 500 companies. Passionate Productivity, Everyday Diversity, and Leading through Respect.
Julie Holmes – Inventor, Enterprise Software Exec on Innovation & Thriving Amid Change
Sarita Maybin – Author, Say What You Mean in a Nice Way – Communicating with Kindness and Compassion
Kristi Hedges – Author, The Inspiration Code on Leadership Influence
Beau Lotto – Neuroscientist, 3-Time TED Mainstage Speaker & Author of Deviate
Jon Levy – Behavioral Scientist, Author of You’re Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence
Deborah Rosado Shaw – Former SVP, Chief of Global Diversity & Equity, PepsiCo.
Patty Azzarello – Tech CEO, Author of Move and Rise – on Leading Business Transformation
Christopher Littlefield – Employee Appreciation & Remote Team Leadership
Nick Webb – Futurist, Healthcare Inventor, Technologist and Innovation Expert
Ram Charan – World-Renowned Business & Board Advisor, Execution Expert, and Best Selling Author
Dr. Tiffany Jana – Author of Erasing Institutional Bias, TEDx Speaker
Jenn Lim – Co-founder and CEO of Delivering Happiness; Founder of BEYOND HAPPINESS. Pivotal leadership role in the early years of Zappos’ world-renowned workplace culture.
Riaz Meghji – The 5 Habits of Human Connection That Build Extraordinary Relationships
Pernille Spiers-Lopez – Former IKEA North America President, Admired for CSR/Sustainability, Retail Leadership
Robert Cialdini, PhD – Pre-Suasion Author, Preeminent Influence & Persuasion Expert
Neel Doshi – Co-author of Primed for Performance. Data-Driven Culture Expert
Liz Wiseman – Author of Rookie Smarts and Multipliers
Dr. Joan Pastor – Leading in Times of Massive Disruption, Leadership EQ
Alden Mills— Speaks from the intersection of CEO and Navy SEAL – profile being updated.
Dan Chuparkoff – Bringing Innovation to Non-Tech Teams. Former Google Exec shows how to make sense of AI and Harness the Power of Technology.
Simon T Bailey – Former Disney Institute Exec on Leading Change and Customer Experience
Lisa Bodell – Author: Why Simple Wins, Kill the Company
Dr. Tracey Wilen – Impact of technology on society, work and careers. Author/coauthor of 13 books.
Mark Schulman – World-Class Drummer for Beyonce, PINK, Foreigner on Performing Under Pressure
Dr. Daniel Kraft – TED Speaker, Digital Health Futurist, Physician.
John Rossman – Former Amazon Executive, Author and Expert on Digital Disruption
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Futurists, AI, Big Data, Tech & Trends:
Clara Durodié – A technology strategist specializing in the business and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services.
Nikolas Badminton – Futurist with Extensive Corporate Tech and Executive Experience, Author of Facing Our Futures: How Foresight, Futures Design and Strategy Creates Prosperity and Growth.
Rohit Talwar – AI Expert and Futurist – The Future of Financial Services and Insurance as well as many other sectors.
Asha Saxena – AI & Big Data Advisor, Columbia University Business School Professor
Jack Shaw – One of the world’s Top 5 Technology Futurists and Long-time Business Advisor to a Wide Industry Range
Jim Carroll – Global Futurist & Author with Proven Virtual Skills and Pro-Caliber Studio. Rapid business model change, business transformation in a period of economic uncertainty and fast paced innovation
Mike Walsh – Leading authority on Digital Business Transformation, author of The Algorithmic Leader
Tom Koulopoulos – Tech Entrepreneur, 11 Books on Digital Business Ecosystems, Cybersecurity
Anders Sorman-Nilsson – Swedish/Australian Futurist and Innovation Strategist
Sales, The Consumer, Marketing, Business Growth:
Bridget Brennan – Author, Why She Buys on the Female Consumer
Innovation, Contrarian & Creative Thinking:
Alana M. Hill – International change leadership expert, engineer, passionate energy industry veteran who has paved the way for women leaders in tech.
Poet Ali – Keynoter on The Human Spirit whose 2014 TEDx Talk has over a million views.
Maria Konnikova – New York Times best-selling author, Professional Poker Player and Journalist
Matthew Mueller – Author of The Mindful Innovator, columnist for Innovation Leader and a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert working with some of the world’s biggest retail and CPG brands.
Matthew Luhn – Acclaimed Pixar Creative on Winning Business Storytelling
Peter Sheahan – Innovation Strategist and Author Flip, Making it Happen, Matter
Nicholas Webb – Inventor, Best-selling author, one of the most popular innovation, healthcare, future trends, and customer experience speakers
Ozan Varol – Think Like A Rocket Scientist Author on Innovation and Critical Thinking
Peak Performance:
Dr. Rick Jensen – Pro Sports Performance Coach, Author of Drive to the Top
Mark Schulman – World-Class Drummer for Beyonce, PINK, Foreigner on Performing Under Pressure
Startup/Entrepreneurship:
Linda Rottenberg – Entrepreneur’s Advocate, Author of Crazy is a Compliment
Healthcare:
Jeff Bauer – Internationally respected futurist and Healthcare-focused economist
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