Promenade leadership speakers draw from a wide range of backgrounds and specialties. What should you look for when booking a leadership speaker whether in-person or virtual?

Demonstrated success as senior executive – ideally relevant to your industry, organization size, audience composition, challenges, opportunities. Not so much that they have worked in the same industry – often there are valuable lessons from other fields.

• Speaking, Training, Advisory, Coaching experience in your industry.
• Ability to translate & tailor accomplishments and lessons learned to your group.
• Strategy vs execution, people vs process. What matters to you most?
• Comfort with your session format – keynote, half-day workshop, full-day workshop, facilitation. Large vs small group.
• Background, public persona likely to resonate with your group – whether similar or different.
• An excellent presenter!
• Willingness to confer with event organizers/senior management beforehand and onsite.
• Diversity in all its forms.
• Have they founded organizations?
• Discretion when addressing sensitive or confidential topics.

We work with 100’s of leadership keynoters. Here is a representative sampling:

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   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.

Dorie Clark – Author of The Long Game and Stand Out. Lauded by Thinkers50 and Marshall Goldsmith as a Top Communication Coach

 Leanne Meyer – Author of Climbing the Spiral Staircase, 30 Years of Fortune 100 Executive Coaching.

  Cassie Kozyrkov – CEO of Kozyr, AI Luminary, Former Chief Decision Scientist at Google, and Pioneer of Decision Intelligence

   Justin Forsett – CEO, Co-Founder of Hustle Clean. Shark Tank Contestant, NFL Pro Bowl Running Back.

 Andrea Flack-Wetherald – Social Worker Turned Comedian, Speaker & Bestselling Author of Mindful Improv Thinking™? 

 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.

Graphic Recorders, Visual Storytellers and Visual Note-Takers

   Daymond John – CEO & Found of Fubu, Co-Star of SHARK TANK

   Liz Wiseman – Author of Rookie Smarts, Thinkers 50 Authority

    Kristi Hedges – Author, The Inspiration Code on Leadership Influence

 Zack Kass – AI Futurist, former Head of Go To Market at OpenAI

   Adam Weiner – 14 Years in Navy SEAL Leadership, Subsequent Financial Services & Automotive Executive Roles

 Alana M. Hill – International change leadership expert, Author of What’s Your Catalyst, engineer, passionate energy industry veteran who has paved the way for Women leaders in tech.

   Friederike Fabritius – Author of The Wall Street Journal Bestselling Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay and of the award-winning book The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier.

Cassandra Worthy – Thrive in the face of merger, acquisition, and significant disruptions like COVID-19 from the world’s leading Change Enthusiast

 Terence Mauri – Global Disruption Thinker, Founder, Hack Future Lab, Partner, MIT Solve, Inc. Columnist, Thinkers50 Keynote Speaker, Amazon Bestselling Author, Advisor to Fortune 500 CEO’s.

Jez Rose – Behaviour Insight Advisor to most of the Fortune 500 and executive leadership performance coach, Author of Flip the Switch.

  Lindsay McGregor – Co-author of Primed for Performance. Data-Driven Culture Expert.

   Robyn Hatcher – Magnetic Leadership Communications

   Al Dea – Career-building and workplace trends expert with specialty serving Associations & Higher Education.

 Julie Smolyansky – Youngest Female CEO of a publicly held firm, Lifeway Foods.

   Diana Kander – Curiosity’s Contribution to Innovation, Author of The Curiosity Muscle.

 Jean Marie DiGiovanna – Author of Stop Talking, Start Asking. Global Leadership Speaker.

   Patty Azzarello – Tech CEO before 40, Author of Move and Rise on Leading Business Transformation

   Peter Sheahan – Innovation Strategist and author of Flip, Making it Happen and Matter

   Robin Benincasa – Firefighter, Adventure Athlete, Bestselling Author, Leads World-Class Teams

Geoff Colvin – Senior Editor-At-Large, Fortune and Bestselling Business Author, Premier Moderator and Host

Daniel Levitin – Neuroscientist, Author & Musician with one of most viewed TED Talks

Janine Driver – Author of You Can’t Lie to Me, over 16 years as a federal law enforcement officer who now shares her people-reading skills

Cy Wakeman – Drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership

Majora Carter – Sustainable Bronx Founder, MacArthur Fellow, Urban Revitalization Strategist.

   Tony Kitchens – Entrepreneur, Philanthropist who rose from humble beginnings in Chicago’s South Side to Build a 100 Million Dollar Tech Business. Shares his success mindset, driven by mental toughness.

  Dan Heath – Co-author of Made to Stick, Switch, Upstream, The Power of Moments.

Celeste Headlee – NPR Journalist whose TEDx Talk earned 30 Million views: Better Conversations

   Jon Levy – Behavioral Scientist, Author of You’re Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence

Juliet Funt – Whitespace Evangelist, Business Culture Speaker, Building Creativity, Engagement and Productivity

Christopher Littlefield – Employee Appreciation & Remote Team Leadership

Deborah Rosado Shaw – Former SVP, Chief of Global Diversity & Equity, PepsiCo.

   Sally Helgesen – Women’s Leadership Author, Co-author of How Women Rise.

   Simon T Bailey – Former Disney Institute Exec on Leading Change and Customer Experience

Carey Lohrenz – First Female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in North America, Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, CEO, Board member, Leadership Expert

Melissa Majors – The 7 Habits of Inclusive Leaders

Dr. Natalie Stavas – Boston Marathon Hero & Physician, Mentor

Walter Bond – Former NBA Pro Inspires Your Team to Greatness

   Pernille Spiers-Lopez – Former IKEA North America President, Admired for CSR/Sustainability

   Dr. Tiffany Jana – Author of Erasing Institutional Bias, TEDx Speaker

Michelle Gielan – Bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change. HBR Top 10 author on resilience

   Laura Schwartz – Clinton Administration White House Director of Events. Author of Eat, Drink & Succeed!, TV Personality and Emcee.

   Michelle Stacy – Gillette, P&G, Keurig, Inc. Leader on World Class Cultures and Global Brands

Jon Dorenbos – Former NFL Player, Magician, TV Personality, Author & Motivational Speaker

Beau Lotto – Neuroscientist, 3-Time TED Mainstage Speaker & Author of Deviate

   Robert Cialdini PhD – Preeminent Expert in Persuasion and Influence, Author of Pre-Suasion

   Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone Author counsels top enterprises on how to dramatically accelerate the development of business relationships to drive sales, spark innovation, and create team cohesion.

   Jon Gordon – Author of the Wall Street Journal Best Sellers “The Energy Bus”, “The Carpenter” and “The Power of Positive Leadership”.

Dr. Jason Carthen – Former New England Patriots player, an accomplished executive, bestselling author and speaker on Leadership, Motivation and Business Growth.

Todd Henry – Author of four books (The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, and Herding Tigers) on Leading Creative Professionals, Everyday Brilliance.

   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

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