Planning an executive retreat, leadership retreat, offsite, board meeting or client advisory board? Whether in-person, hybrid or virtual, the guest speaker 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, 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:
Michele Wucker – Author of The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore.
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.
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Kim Perell – Expert on Successful Execution
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.
Dr. Natalie Nixon – Applied creativity for business growth and consistent innovation
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
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
Frans Johansson – Author, The Click Moment & The Medici Effect: Seize Opportunity in an Unpredictable World/Breaking Down Silos
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.
Jamie Metzl – Technology & Geopolitical Futurist, Hacking Darwin Author
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.
Daniel Burrus – Best-Selling Author, Innovation Expert & Tech Futurist, Entrepreneur
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:
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 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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