Your 2026 SKO Upgrade Is Here

Bring new energy to your next sales kickoff. These keynote speakers deliver a fresh take on the typical SKO experience sharing proven ways to handle pressure, build resilience, and find opportunity in the unknown.

Kaplan Mobray

Award-Winning Author, Motivational Speaker, and Career Consultant

• Stay positive and resilient under pressure with tactics to keep energy high, bounce back fast, and stay confident through sales challenges.
• Teams reported a 30% increase in sales growth using Kaplan's techniques and branding insights.
• 99% client satisfaction rating
• Elevate team performance with strategies to boost team motivation, build trusted customer relationships, and navigate change to deliver winning results.

BONUS: Kaplan plays the saxophone live on stage - watch him in action at the GDA office!

Rashmi Airan

Resilience Expert; Consultant; Unapologetic Truth-Teller; Author

• Transform leadership, sales, and growth by uncovering the hidden prisons that hold individuals and teams back.
• 95% of audiences report finding Rashmi's RISE™ framework immediately actionable.
• Identify performance gaps and fuel measurable change with Rashmi’s Resilience Brilliance Assessment.
• Extend impact beyond the keynote with interactive workshops that turn insights into real-world results.

BONUS: Earn accredited ethics CLE credits

Amanda Lindhout

New York Times Bestselling Author; Expert on Resilience & Extraordinary Mindset; Kidnapped in Somalia for 460 Days; Former Journalist

• Empower your team to meet challenges with Amanda’s 4 Foundational Pillars of Resilience.
• Maximize performance with the Extraordinary Mindset framework to navigate adversity and uncertainty.
• Be prepared for change with three key questions that separate what we can control from the things we can’t.
• Move beyond optimism and hope with practical steps to reach what’s next.

Suneel Gupta

Sell More Without Burning Out
Bestselling Author; Expert on Well-Being & Performance; Entrepreneur

• Master energy management, not just time, to stay consistent and hit ambitious goals.
• 97–100% favorability ratings, with audiences calling his sessions transformational.
• Turn pressure into momentum with practical, science-backed strategies to recover faster and perform stronger.
• Build resilience and productivity by reaching out for support instead of struggling in silos.

Justin "Hasard" Lee

#2 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author; Decorated F-16 and F-35 Fighter Pilot and Combat Veteran; Former Chief of Training Systems, U.S. Air Force

• Address the #1 threat to hitting your sales target - the internal friction that is killing your momentum.
• Close the "organizational white space" where deals are lost by transforming your team from task-focused individuals into mission-owners.
• 97% of leaders report their teams move with greater speed and ownership after Justin's keynote.
• Clients report a 30% reduction in the execution delays that stall revenue and give competitors an opening.

Dr. Jody Carrington

Renowned Psychologist; Human Connection Expert; Bestselling Author

• Reignite purpose and performance through learning how reconnection fuels culture, combats burnout, and drives lasting results.
• Clients reported 95.7% of their audience applied Jody's strategies leading them to feel more connected to their colleagues, family, and community.
• Lead with empathy and authenticity by building stronger teams through humor, honesty, and human connection.
• Thrive in times of uncertainty by embracing mental toughness and adaptability.

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