Mike Abrashoff – Leadership Expert
Abrashoff is a transformational leader with a valuable insight—he took one of the worst-performing ships in the US Navy, the USS Benfold, and single–handedly turned it into its best operating ship overnight without changing a single crew member. When Mike got the Benfold, retention was non-existent, morale was low, and performance was sorely lagging behind peers. Within 12 months, the ship achieved almost all naval performance metrics by radically redefining leadership benchmarks and bringing the ship’s performance to the highest levels through his unconventional leadership style of moving toward greater empowerment, accountability, and trust in his crew.
His command motto was “It’s your ship,” and he always focused on ground-level involvement where sailors not only had a say in running the vessel but were made responsible too. This approach yielded city-wide results such that operational costs were reduced by 25%, and employee turnover ratios lowered while performance skyrocketed, leading to a monument spending change. It set a paradigm across all sectors, from corporate America to education and healthcare, proving that prioritizing people works.
Mike is also a renowned author of It’s Your Ship, with over 1.4 million copies sold. It is a staple book for leaders globally. His subsequent works, It’s Our Ship and Get Your Ship Together, seek to advance his goal of making leadership more human, impactful, and driven by results.
Before taking command of Benfold, Abrashoff served as Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and was deeply involved in crafting military strategy during the Persian Gulf conflict. Today, through his consulting firm, Aegis Performance Group, he helps organizations apply his naval insights to modern business challenges—especially in the realms of culture transformation, employee engagement, and high-performance team building.
As a speaker, Mike is direct, inspiring, and deeply practical. He doesn’t just talk about leadership—he shows audiences how to implement it. His keynotes are packed with stories, strategies, and lessons that empower individuals to lead with purpose and drive collective excellence.
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Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour – America’s First Combat Pilot
When Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour takes the stage, the energy shifts. Being the first black female combat pilot in the US makes her more than just a first, she’s a pioneer in the world of transformational leadership. Her history is an account of persistence and focus—she overcame adversity time and time again.
This former police officer and entrepreneur turned motivational speaker expertly blends empowerment and tactical clarity. Drawing from her experiences flying combat missions in Iraq, Armour makes a case for action. In her sessions, FlyGirl challenges each team to look beyond organizational barriers and take ownership of their responsibilities. Her customized programs for organizations and teams pushes them to exude urgency and breakdown cultural silos.
Her audiences are not only inspired to drive performance under pressure; they are offered a practical and result-oriented roadmap. FlyGirl guarantees sharper mental agility, bolder decisive actions, and faster execution. If that’s not enough, she promises breakthrough results and ‘afterburners’ on demand.
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Shawn Achor – Positive Psychology Researcher
Outside of Harvard, Shawn Achor has spent decades researching how happiness and success collide. In fact, he’s one of the leading experts in the field. With leading bestselling books such as The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential, Achor changes the way not just companies but educators and leaders measure performance and well-being. His critical understanding? Happiness is not a reward for success; it is a precursor for achieving it. This claim has data from over 50 countries and work with organizations like NASA, the NBA, and the U.S. Army. Shawn’s keynotes are both eye-opening and wildly engaging. He uses science, humor, and storytelling to show how positivity can be a performance multiplier.
From boosting productivity and resilience to rewiring workplace culture, his strategies are proven, practical, and contagious. If your goal is a team that’s not just high-achieving but thriving, Shawn brings the formula to make it happen.
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Jennifer Azzi – Olympic Gold Medalist
Athletes, executives, and high-performance teams all have one thing in common – needing a coach to guide them toward unparalleled success. For Jennifer Azzi, an Olympic gold medalist, this guidance comes from her championship mindset that transcends the sport. As a celebrated Hall of Fame coach, Azzi has perfected the skill of cultivating “performance-first cultures” that prioritize resilience, leadership, and accountability as non-negotiables.
Drawing upon her rich experiences, Azzi goes beyond the athletic realm to teach top-tier executives to overcome adversity, remain focused under extreme pressure, and unite toward a common goal. Her methodologies are rooted in overcoming challenges and facing them head-on, with authenticity being the key. Such approaches, Azzi argues, enable sustainable success in any high-finance, high-stakes industry.
Be it cultivating winning psychology or turning disparate teams into cohesive units, Azzi has emerged as a go-to figure for organizations intent on elevating their competitive edge.
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Rasmus Ankersen – High-Performance Anthropologist
Athletes and organizations have what Rasmus Ankersen describes as a “gold mine” lying idle deep beneath layers composed of untold potential yet to be harnessed. As a high-performance anthropologist, he has devoted extensive periods of his life towards understanding what sets extraordinary performers apart from the good – A question he aims to solve with his entity Unlock.
In his keynotes, Rasmus tells the story of how legendary athletes and highly successful sports teams have unearthed their reservoirs of unpolished talent while he works closely with organizations as a mentor to help build long-lasting systems that facilitate sustainable peak performance, collective and not individual.
Rasmus’s evidence-based approach challenges conventional wisdom and equips organizations with the tools to raise their own bar, empowering them to stay ahead of the competition and foster innovation.
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Dr. Thom Mayer – NFLPA Medical Director
High-stakes environments–from NFL sidelines to a national health crisis–have served as the backdrop for Dr. Thom Mayer’s emergency response exercises. Identified as the Medical Director for the NFL Players Association and one of the nation’s leading voices in crisis management, Dr. Mayer is well-versed on the high-pressure situations that require clear, calm direction.
Employing strategies on everything from core medical leadership to organizational structure, Dr. Mayer helps organizations learn how to preserve their calm and make effective and timely decisions under pressure. His focus in keynote addresses is on why moral courage, teamwork, and communication are crucial to effective leadership during crises.
In times of pressure and chaos, Dr. Mayer crafts the narrative, providing pro-level guidance to leaders looking to elevate their experience.
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Alison Levine – Team Dynamics Expert
When it comes to facing physically demanding challenges, few people have achieved goals like Alison Levine. Having summited Everest and skied to both poles, Alison goes beyond the title of an adventurer. In fact, her real identity is an operational guide, skillfully navigating high-risk domains for individuals and organizational entities. Her unparalleled, outlandish adventures serve as a testament to her ability to teach essential leadership principles like risk-taking, facing adversity head-on, and dealing with the unknown.
From guiding in the demands of unforgiving and dynamic settings to confronting daily challenges in the workplace, Alison equips every team with the skills needed to pivot on the spot during stressful situations in her keynotes. With her compelling storytelling and actionable insights, she inspires teams to embrace the unknown and lead with confidence.
Alison’s experiences prove that leadership is not about avoiding adversity—it’s about mastering it.
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Zahra Al-Harazi – Purpose-Driven Leadership Advocate
Standing as a change-maker in today’s age, Zahra Al-Harazi exemplifies self-driven empowerment from her early childhood days in the disrupted Yemen to now running her own internationally recognized platforms as an award-winning speaker. Zahra commands international appreciation as an inclusive leadership speaker and for her perspectives on resilience and complexity.
As a founder and assisting innovator, touring internationally to empower leaders to confront struggles, she inspires entrepreneurs to take advantage of adversity and consider it as their allying force. Purpose provides performance while challenges help build fuel according to purpose-driven entrepreneurship and Zahra’s statement. Aligning employees around purpose offers Zahra an opportunity to light positive change and drive longevity on impact.
A teacher underscores the language of leadership. Zahra teaches on purpose, fostering performance-driven teams, while colleagues forge purpose-aligned outcomes to activate impactful synergy that fosters achievement.
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David Allison – Founder of Valuegraphics
David Allison’s new material and frameworks on how an employee or customer interacts with an organization’s brand redefine established standards that define engagement, demonstrating a claim-driven, value-driven capture approach.
Revolutionary tasks unlock purposeful thinking with the help of value-based thinking in employee engagement while reshaping understandings around driving people who are motivated by purpose.
This transformative work enables organizations to become customer and employee champions by focusing on where motivation meets the real purpose of inspired change and value.
Align purpose with employees acting on purpose to benefit the organization, shifting focus to achieve through engagement motivating capture, contexts and demystifying head.
Settings towards pre-defined old gaps frameworks helping participants set gaps construct powerful change advocating motivation where employees purposefully engage by offer is.
For companies looking to future-proof their leadership strategies, David offers invaluable insights into how understanding and aligning values can revolutionize engagement.
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Jon Acuff – Bestselling Author for Modern Teams
Jon Acuff’s unique blend of humor and deep insight makes him a standout speaker on team dynamics and personal growth. He specializes in helping people overcome self-doubt, build momentum, and achieve their goals. With a knack for reframing failure as a learning opportunity, Jon teaches teams how to push through obstacles and stay focused on what really matters.
His practical, actionable advice is tailored for organizations that want their teams to not just survive but thrive. Jon’s talks leave teams energized and equipped to turn ambition into tangible results, all while maintaining a positive, growth-focused mindset.
Jon shows that success isn’t about avoiding mistakes—it’s about how you recover, learn, and keep moving forward.
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Isabel Aguilera – Transformation Leader
Isabel Aguilera has made an indelible mark in the tech world, leading transformative change at Google and General Electric. With her unique combination of executive leadership and human-centered innovation, Isabel is an expert at helping organizations navigate complex change. She offers invaluable insights into digital transformation, agile leadership, and the strategies needed to scale and grow in a globalized market.
Her talks explore how to align teams with a shared vision for success, using cultural intelligence and emotional intelligence to lead with authenticity and strategic clarity. Isabel’s approach ensures that leadership is not only about driving change but also about managing it with empathy and precision.
Isabel’s wisdom empowers leaders to understand that transformation is not a one-time event but an ongoing journey, requiring constant adaptation and growth.
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Carlos Alvarado Quesada – Former President of Costa Rica
Under the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada, he steered the country into Costa Rica’s unprecedented efforts in climate policy, education reform, and digital transformation. While the youngest president in Latin America, Carlos, meshed visionary leadership with actionable change simultaneously. In his keynotes, he highlights the importance of leaders having a social impact, taking care of the environment, and fostering economic development.
Carlos is passionate about the responsibility businesses have towards climate change and how climate leadership can be integrated into corporate strategies. His focus is on purpose-driven organizational paradigms that lead with vision and create a positive change that impacts society.
He believes that responsible power should advocate for purpose and climate action leadership in businesses to make a better world for everyone.
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Dan Abrams – Legal Journalist, Entrepreneur
An expert in journalism, law, and business, Dan Abrams’s career spanning decades makes him remarkably qualified to help organizations navigate the modern age of communication, which poses a unique challenge. Be it crisis communications, ethical actions, or reputation management, his expertise arms organizations with the help they need during the digital age.
He draws upon his experiences to show how strategies taught are directly applicable to communicative handiwork among forward-thinking industry leaders. Dan’s deep understanding of media and ethics makes him an invaluable resource for leaders looking to maintain trust and credibility in an era where reputation is everything.
Dan’s focus is on empowering leaders to use communication as a tool for building strong, ethical relationships with stakeholders and the public.
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Harvey Alston – Motivational Educator
Harvey Alston epitomizes a motivational educator. In his captivating manner, he has impacted thousands of people by helping them realize their potential individually and as groups through his decades of experience. His approach revolves around personal and organizational excellence, constructing environments where setting lofty goals and incessant improvement are standard.
From implementing Harvey’s keynotes, one is guaranteed to learn powerful and effective lessons on resilience, mindset, and defining purpose. These lessons enable leaders to build an unparalleled culture of excellence that yields results and enduring success.
In teaching, Harvey emphasizes that true excellence, unlike the commonly associated perception of it, is always being the endpoint, requires relentless maintenance and nurturing every single day.
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Marcus Aurelius Anderson – Grit Expert
Marcus Aurelius Anderson’s story is one filled with extraordinary resilience. After being left paralyzed during military training, he was told he’d never walk again. In his journey, Marcus has turned an unimaginable setback into unparalleled strength. To this day, Marcus travels the world sharing his life-changing story and teaching others how to turn adversity into fuel for unstoppable growth, success, and momentum.
As a leader equips him/herself with the skills that enable overcoming barriers, practicing grit, and being resilient, Marcus inspires through **Keynotes**. His framework for adversity teaches leaders how to harness pain, turn it into power, and lead with unshakable determination.
Marcus’s philosophy is simple: challenges are inevitable, but how you respond to them defines your success.
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