Management Keynote Speakers
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Management keynote speakers understand challenges, creating winning strategies, leading and managing others, and building a thriving career and workplace environment. These speakers offer up proven methodology and industry experience to help leaders inspire and energize their workforce. GDA has a world-class roster of management keynote speakers to address your corporate culture in order to attract and retain the best talent, suggest innovation, and yield radical results.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 4 Videos: 12
Mike Abrashoff
Former Commander, USS Benfold and Author, It's Your Ship Helping Leaders & Organizations Become More Resilient, Innovative & Inspiring
Mike Abrashoff took command of the Navy’s near-worst performing ship. In twelve months it became the Navy’s best ship – using the same crew. “I created a culture where people felt safe, empowered, and supported. My crew did the rest.” Mike’s book, It’s Your Ship, sold over 1 million copies.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 1 Videos: 4
Bill Benjamin
Emotional Intelligence, Performance and Leadership Expert, Thought Leader on Performing Under Pressure
As a math and computer science guy, Bill discovered the power of managing emotions while he was working in the technology industry. Bill spends time working with senior leaders and their teams at Fortune 500 companies to help overcome barriers and obstacles.
Keynotes: 13 Books: 2 Videos: 5
Lisa Bodell
Founder and CEO of FutureThink, Bestselling Author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins
Lisa Bodell is an award-winning author and CEO of futurethink. As a futurist and expert on change management, she has helped thousands of senior leaders ignite innovation at Google, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, and more.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 1 Videos: 7
Tony Brigmon
Ambassador of FUN: Live and Virtual Presentations
Tony Brigmon was the face of Southwest Airlines as their "Ambassador of Fun" both internally to employees, and externally to civic groups. Southwest focused on fun because fun created serious results, and Tony brings those proven best-practices and ideas to every event that he speaks to live and virtual.
Keynotes: 7 Books: 2 Videos: 8
Regina Calcaterra
New York Times Best-selling Author / Speaker
Regina is a NYT best-selling author, speaker and recognized trauma informed attorney. She co-founded Calcaterra Pollack LLP, a diverse 100% women owned firm early in the pandemic. As a survivor of childhood sexual and physical assault she represents adult survivors of childhood sexual assault and other abuse survivors.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 0 Videos: 12
Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer at Cohesity Board Member and Advisor
As Former SVP & CHRO @Symantec, Amy led the Global HR, Workforce Planning and Real Estate organizations. As a speaker and coach for C-Level executives, Amy focuses on talent as the key driver of business growth. Amy brings data, research and proven best practices to all of her presentations.
Keynotes: 10 Books: 6 Videos: 5
Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
New York Times Bestselling Author and most-cited social psychologist in fields of influence and negotiation
Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career conducting scientific research on what leads people to say “Yes” to requests. The results of his research, his ensuing articles, and New York Times bestselling books have earned him an acclaimed reputation as a respected scientist and engaging storyteller.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 4 Videos: 13
Geoff Colvin
Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine, and Bestselling Author Arming Leaders to Confront Disruptive Change and Win
Experience counts! Fortune veteran Geoff Colvin gives audiences critical information and insights they need to win. The rules have changed. Winning demands courage to confront reality faster than the competition. Transformation, innovation, and reinvention are on every leader’s mind. Colvin identifies what top companies and leaders are doing to adapt.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 1 Videos: 0
Jeff DeGraff
"The Dean of Innovation," Business Professor and Author
Jeff DeGraff is referred to as the “Dean of Innovation.” His expertise has been shared globally at top innovation incubators and think tanks such as the Aspen Institute and with companies that include Eaton, GM, SPX, 3M, Apple, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 2 Videos: 4
Dr. Mark DeVolder
The Change Specialist
Dr. Mark DeVolder is recognized as one of today's original thinkers and motivators on transitions. His high-energy, content-rich and humor-filled presentations teach people how to be bold, flexible and innovative in face of constant change.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 2 Videos: 4
Todd Dewett, PhD
Inspiring Authenticity in Leadership, Sales, Innovation, Culture, and Customer Experiences
Dr. Dewett is an Inc. Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, TEDx speaker, a decorated professor, and two-time #1 global author for millions through Lynda.com at Linkedin.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 5 Videos: 6
Amy Edmondson
THE Authority on Psychological Safety and Team Learning in the Workplace; Best-selling Author, “The Fearless Organization”; Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 2 Videos: 3
Tasha Eurich
Organizational Psychologist, Researcher, and New York Times Best-Selling Author
Blending scientific savvy, hands-on tools, and powerful stories of leadership transformation, Tasha's programs are packed with interactive discussion, real-world application, and experiential activities. Audiences don’t just walk away inspired and entertained—they are ready to transform.
Keynotes: 2 Books: 2 Videos: 12
John Foley
Former Lead Solo Pilot of the Blue Angels
John is the former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels, a Sloan Fellow at Stanford School of Business and an expert in the how of high performance teams. His exciting, rare journey inspires awe, triggering individuals to take action and rethink what they believe is possible.
Keynotes: 0 Books: 1 Videos: 6
Dennis Ford
Author #1 Bestseller "Monetize Your Culture"
Dennis Ford is Founder and President of Quantum Leap Productions, an innovative and wildly creative corporate messaging company. He realized there was a common denominator that every leader in every company talked about but, literally, not one addressed effectively...their company culture.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 2 Videos: 11
Matt Granados
Top Rated Speaker | Trainer | Author | Entrepreneur
40% of managers are not confident about managing remote workers and are skeptical that staff can stay motivated over the long term. Life Pulse’s Keynotes and Workshops deliver the linkage needed by integrating Intention and Structure to power both corporate and personal performance no matter the circumstance (Internal or External)
Keynotes: 5 Books: 3 Videos: 2
Dan Heath
NY Times Best Selling author, Decisive, Switch and Made to Stick
Dan Heath is a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good. He is the co-author of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists
Keynotes: 1 Books: 2 Videos: 3
David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE
CEO, Trust Edge Leadership Institute
The #1 question everyone is thinking about you and your company is, "Can I trust you?" A lack of trust is your biggest expense because for the trusted brand, people pay more, come back and tell others. Learn how to create a high-performing, high-trust culture.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 4 Videos: 2
Nathan Jamail
Best Selling Author and Expert Speaker on Sales & Leadership
Nathan is a best selling author & expert speaker on sales & leadership; he has over two decades of incredible experience. He has four published books and works with companies such as Cisco, State Farm, Georgia Pacific, Sprint & hundreds more.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 1 Videos: 8
Jessica Kriegel
Workplace Culture Strategist, Doctor of Leadership & Management, Fortune 100 Thought Leader
Jessica guides global, national, Fortune 100 and other organizations across finance, technology, real estate and healthcare industries on creating intentional cultures that accelerate performance. Her Culture Equation - a tested model where strategy combined with 8 tangible and measurable ‘Culture Dynamic Drivers’ empowers your people to deliver consistent results.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 1 Videos: 12
Polly LaBarre
Co-author, Mavericks at Work; Co-founder, Management Lab; Founding Writer, Fast Company
Polly LaBarre helps leaders create change-ready cultures that learn almost as fast as change itself. She arms audiences with a maverick manual – tools to break rules, harnessing the human element by inspiring, unleashing, and amplifying creativity, passion, and resourcefulness. Polly unpacks real-life lessons from her research and consulting.
Keynotes: 7 Books: 2 Videos: 3
Jason Lauritsen
Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture Expert
Far too many people are suffering through bad experiences at work. I was one of them. After years of frustration, I discovered that it didn’t have to be this way. That is when I realized my calling: to make work human.
Keynotes: 2 Books: 1 Videos: 2
Steve McClatchy
Leadership and Performance; NY Times Best Selling Author
New York Times Best Selling Author and speaker for over a decade on the topics of Leadership, Performance, Personal Growth, and Work/Life Engagement. Steve is the Founder of Alleer Training & Consulting, a firm focused on helping companies and individuals improve performance and achieve outstanding results.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 5 Videos: 3
Lisa McLeod
Leading, Selling and Performing with a Noble Purpose
Lisa McLeod has rocked the house for giants like Google and Roche, as well as franchises, non-profits, and associations around the world. She has delivered programs in over 25 countries. She is a bestselling author and has been featured on NBC Nightly News and The Today Show.
Keynotes: 15 Books: 4 Videos: 2
Jacob Morgan
Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, & Futurist
Jacob is a globally recognized keynote speaker, best-selling author, and futurist. He literally wrote the book on the future of work and employee experience.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 4 Videos: 12
Dambisa Moyo
International Economist & Author who Analyzes the Macroeconomy and Global Affairs
Dr. Moyo's work examines the interplay of international business and the global economy, while highlighting the key opportunities for investment; capitalizing on her rare ability to translate trends in markets, politics, regulatory matters and economics into their likely impact on global business.
Keynotes: 11 Books: 1 Videos: 1
Mel Parker
President and Chief Executive Officer, Take The Limits Off, LLC
Mel Parker is the best-selling author of The Parker Principles: 10 Leadership Force Multipliers and is a highly sought after Educator and Motivational Speaker. Mel has conducted dozens of seminars, training sessions and keynotes in the areas of leadership, trust, culture, productivity and success.
Keynotes: 6 Books: 1 Videos: 3
Jon Picoult
Customer Experience & Leadership Expert; Trusted Advisor to CEOs
If you’re aspiring to satisfy your customers, then you’re aspiring to mediocrity. That’s the philosophy at the heart of Jon Picoult’s work, because building brand loyalty requires impressing customers, not just satisfying them.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 1 Videos: 4
Robert Richman
Expert on Employee Culture
Robert Richman is the author of the Culture Blueprint a systematic guide to building the high-performance workplace. He was a manager and culture strategist at Zappos.com and co-founded Zappos Insights, an innovative program focused on educating companies on the secrets behind its game-changing employee culture.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 2 Videos: 4
Sara Roberts
Advisor and Coach to C-suite, Author, Leadership, Transformation, Purpose, and Culture
Sara Roberts is a leading authority and “go-to” expert on organizational transformation, culture, and building purpose-led companies. She’s been an advisor to dozens of Fortune 500 and start-up leaders, a sought-after keynote speaker, and an entrepreneur.
Keynotes: 1 Books: 3 Videos: 2
Kim Malone Scott
Co-founder and CEO of Radical Candor, Author
Kim Scott is the co-founder and CEO of Radical Candor, Inc which builds software tools for managers. She is the author of a book called Radical Candor: How To Be a Kickass Boss without Losing your Humanity, to be published by St Martin’s Press next year.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 1 Videos: 4
Curt Steinhorst
Author of 'Can I Have Your Attention?'
As the founder and CEO of Focuswise, Curt Steinhorst is dedicated himself as a leading voice on strategic communication. Curt speaks about the most important currency in today's economy: our attention. Focus is possible!
Keynotes: 4 Books: 4 Videos: 3
Robert I. Sutton
Organizational Change Virtual Keynote Speaker, Stanford Professor, Bestselling Author
Robert is a top organizational change speaker, Stanford Professor, and the NYT bestselling author. He also speaks about and is working on The Friction Project - why organizations make right things too hard to do, twrong things too easy, and how leaders and organizational designers can avert and overcome these obstacles.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 7 Videos: 4
Bruce Tulgan
Founder & CEO, RainmakerThinking, Inc.
Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 3 Videos: 8
Steven Van Belleghem
Customer Focus Expert, Author, Keynote Speaker
Steven is an expert in customer focus in a digital world. He is a popular international keynote speaker. In his keynote presentations, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way.
Keynotes: 9 Books: 8 Videos: 6
Kate Vitasek
World’s Authority on Highly Collaborative Relationships That Drive Innovation; Faculty University of Tennessee
Kate Vitasek is an internationally recognized innovator in the practice of supply chain management and outsourcing. She first attained prominence with her visionary call for more efficient outsourcing practices and with her work in the Aerospace and Defense Industry on performance-based logistics.
Topic Index
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- 24 Artificial Intelligence
- 24 Big Data
- 72 Branding / Marketing
- 110 Business
- 139 Business Growth / Strategy / Trends
- 43 CEO
- 136 Change Management / Organizational Change
- 106 Communication
- 13 Conflict Resolution
- 58 Corporate Culture & Governance
- 24 Corporate Social Responsibility
- 63 Customer Relations
- 27 Disruption
- 2 Distribution / Supply Chain Management
- 62 Diversity and Inclusion
- 35 Emotional Intelligence
- 93 Employee Engagement
- 103 Entrepreneur
- 30 Ethics / Values
- 61 Futurists / Trends
- 5 Hospitality
- 60 Human Resources / Workforce Issues
- 50 Influence
- 151 Innovation / Creativity
- 25 IT
- 274 Leadership
- 36 Management
- 36 Moderator / Facilitator
- 19 Negotiation
- 19 Networking
- 28 Productivity
- 1 Real Estate
- 9 Risk Management
- 12 Safety
- 87 Sales
- 35 Social Media
- 34 Storytelling
- 19 Stress Management
- 15 Sustainability
- 114 Teamwork / Teambuilding
- 78 Thought Leader
- 13 Trust / Honesty
- 322 Virtual
- 54 Work-life Balance