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TJ Sweet

Keynote Speaker, Author, and Podcast Host

TJ Sweet helps leaders succeed at work without losing what matters most at home. He blends neuroscience and real-life experience to prove you don't have to sacrifice who and what means the most to you to succeed in business. He helps audiences find personal fulfillment while achieving business success.

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TJ Sweet is a keynote speaker, author, and podcast host who helps leaders succeed in business while maintaining the relationships and connections that matter most.

With over 20 years of leadership experience and specialized training from the NeuroLeadership Institute, TJ addresses the challenge facing today's high-achievers: the false choice between professional success and personal fulfillment. Through compelling storytelling rooted in his own "moments of impact", including surviving a near-fatal car crash, losing his best friend, and pushing through extreme adversity, TJ delivers a combination of research-backed strategies and vulnerable life experiences that prove you don't have to sacrifice meaningful relationships to build a successful career.

TJ is the author of three books: "Grateful Leadership," "Practice Gratitude: Find Joy," and "Gus the Grateful Golden." His podcast, Living the Sweet Life, reaches audiences in 48 countries with over 267,000 engagements and 14,000 plays, establishing him as a trusted voice for leaders navigating the tension between ambition and connection.

His signature keynotes, "The Gratitude Effect," "The Connection Effect," "Living with Purpose," and "Master Your Mindset", blend neuroscience, vulnerable storytelling, and practical frameworks that transform how leaders show up in both their professional and personal lives. From large conference stages to executive retreats, TJ's message resonates because it speaks to the whole person, not just the leader, but the parent, partner, and individual seeking a life of meaning and impact.

TJ's client list includes MU Health Care, Centene Corporation, EMC Insurance, Veterans United Home Loans, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Central Bank, Shelter Insurance, the Association for Talent Development, and the Missouri Bar. His dynamic delivery and actionable insights help organizations elevate engagement, strengthen culture, and inspire intentional leadership...without burnout.

TJ's work empowers leaders to move from overwhelmed to intentional, from disconnected to engaged, and from surviving to thriving at work and at home.

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Featured Keynote

Living with Purpose: The Power of Intentional Living
Align priorities, decisions, and daily habits with what matters most.

Busy isn’t the goal…meaning is. This keynote helps leaders and teams cut through noise, clarify what matters, and make intentional decisions that drive performance without losing themselves in the process.

Audience Impact:
- Clarify the “why” behind priorities and re-align time, attention, and energy
- Make better decisions under pressure using a simple intentionality filter
- Create follow-through habits that turn goals into consistent actions
Best fit for: Leadership development, culture and engagement, change and growth seasons

The Gratitude Effect: Elevating Connection and Engagement
The Gratitude Effect: Elevating Connection and Engagement
Turn recognition into a culture advantage that fuels morale and retention.

Gratitude isn’t a personality, it’s a practice. This keynote shows how leaders use specific, timely recognition to strengthen belonging, increase engagement, and build teams that perform with more joy and less burnout.

Audience Impact:

Increase engagement through recognition that’s specific and meaningful

Build stronger relationships and reduce burnout through presence and appreciation

Create a culture where effort is seen and excellence becomes contagious

Best fit for: Engagement initiatives, retention challenges, culture building, appreciation events
The Connection Effect: Building Trust and Collaboration
The Connection Effect: Building Trust and Collaboration
Build trust faster, repair trust quickly, and scale collaboration across teams.

Trust is a performance system. This keynote equips leaders with practical conversation tools to reduce friction, strengthen psychological safety, and improve cross-team execution, especially in high-pressure environments.

Audience Impact:

Create clearer expectations and cleaner handoffs that reduce rework

Address tension early with respect and accountability

Coach in the flow of work to build ownership and retain talent

Best fit for: Team collaboration, accountability, employee engagement, frontline leadership
Master Your Mindset: Reframing Challenges into Opportunities
Master Your Mindset: Reframing Challenges into Opportunities
Shift from stress and overwhelm to clarity, resilience, and action.

Your mindset is your leadership ceiling. This keynote teaches a practical reframe process that helps people regulate stress, interrupt unhelpful stories, and convert setbacks into focused next steps.

Audience Impact:

Reduce reactive decision-making with simple regulation and reset tools

Reframe challenges into opportunities for learning and leadership

Build resilient momentum with one actionable next step at a time

Best fit for: Change management, resilience and well-being, high-performance teams, sales pressure

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We really enjoyed having TJ speak with us during our Leadership Week. He did a nice job listening to us to better understand what we would like to hear and then left it up to him to deliver his message. His message was just right as we were all still navigating Covid, the uncertainty we were all dealing with and everything going on in society. His message resonated with many and would be welcome most anywhere as gratitude is contagious and something everyone can use.

Jay MacLellan, Shelter Insurance

TJ Sweet can bring immediate positivity and lift to your organization! Whether in business or personal reflection, TJ nails it with simple concepts that work. Transforming organizations, mindsets and conflict management are critical areas of success that are addressed with purpose and ideas to reach intended outcomes. We work in a competitive environment. Gratitude for the basics allows your unique differences to separate yourself. This amongst many others are key themes discussed in his riveting presentation that you won't want to miss.

Melissa Mason GM/Vice President – GE Healthcare

I had the pleasure of hearing and getting to know TJ early this month at the Eagle Summit in Chesterfield, Missouri. TJ Sweet is an exceptional speaker and coach whose message of mindset, gratitude, and purposeful leadership resonates deeply with audiences of every background. He has a rare ability to connect authentically, challenge assumptions, and inspire lasting personal and organizational growth. Whether guiding teams through change or helping individuals rediscover their focus and motivation, TJ delivers both practical strategies and genuine human connection. Anyone looking to strengthen their culture, leadership, or resilience would be well served by bringing TJ into their organization. I, for one, will stop seeing my business travel as a burden, but rather a necessary experience that brings me to the work I love. Change your focus and it just might change your attitude, outcomes, and overall success.

Robert J. Darling LtCol USMC (ret), Author of 24 Hours Inside the President's Bunker, 9/11/01: The White House

TJ Sweet's message truly resonates with me. Having lived through difficult moments that forced me to rebuild and rediscover life, his focus on gratitude, purpose, and connection offers a perspective that feels both grounding and hopeful. His words help me look past the hurt, embrace the lesson, and take meaningful steps forward.

Theresa Spilker, Manager of Learning & Development at TreviPay

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation for the incredible impact you made during your visits to North Carolina. Your authentic style, genuine passion for your work, and on-point messaging resonated deeply with our executive leadership team. Your ability to connect with the audience was truly remarkable. The way you delivered your speeches on "Leading with Purpose" and "Embracing Change Through a Growth Mindset" was not only inspiring but also thought-provoking. You managed to engage and captivate everyone in the room, leaving a lasting impression that will undoubtedly influence our approach to leadership and change. Thank you for sharing your insights and for being such a dynamic speaker. It was a pleasure to have you with us, and I look forward to the opportunity to work together again in the future.

Troy Hildreth President and CEO WellCare of North Carolina

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Living with Purpose: The Power of Intentional Living

The Gratitude Effect: Elevating Connection and Engagement

The Connection Effect: Building Trust and Collaboration

Master Your Mindset: Reframing Challenges into Opportunities

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