Keynote

The Transformation Playbook: 8 Steps to Business Transformation

Duration: 60 min
Category: Leadership | Growth & Development

We are in a world where markets, technologies, processes, and more are changing at a rapid rate. Transformation is a necessary part of true business growth in markets that are constantly changing.

The world of business is like a kaleidoscope – the picture’s never the same for very long. Not just keeping your company alive through all the changes, but actually using challenges as opportunities, usually requires business transformation. But how do you know when you need to do something different, and how do you actually make the pivot?

Brendan has spent more than two decades leading business transformation both as CEO and with clients. Throughout that time, he’s developed a proprietary 8-step playbook that can be applied anywhere for business leaders who recognize that things are changing, and desire to lead their companies to thrive through change. These companies have three choices – stay the course, evolve, or disrupt. Taking your company to the next level can be daunting, but it’s doable. Any business and any leader can do it. Work with Brendan as he takes you behind the scenes to identify opportunities for transformation and disruption through the transformation playbook

Keynote

Revving Up Your Growth Engine Through Relationship Management

Duration: 60 min
Category: Communication

Many of us value our relationships. However, many business leaders don’t take the time to fully capitalize on their business relationships to drive business growth—especially on sales teams.  Throughout our business careers, we have heard about the three most important things of getting ahead in the business world: network, network, network. While the delivery of this advice is helpful, there is not much value until we learn a process and plan for how to effectively network and maintain those relationships. 

In business and in life, companies and individuals strive to be unique and create a differentiator between themselves and others. The truest way to execute this is to build long-lasting relationships, and the right ones. This leads to a few questions — are you invested in the right relationships? And I mean really invested? 

Brendan will help you find the courage to sidestep the excuses of “I don’t have time” and “I am so busy” and help you to identify the power of relationships and 8 ways to manage the ones that matter.

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The Fastest Way to Sustainability in Your Company

Duration: 60 min
Category: Business Insights

The business buzz around environmental, social and governance (ESG) — that is, how a company approaches protecting the planet, supporting communities, and adhering to beneficial regulations — is louder than ever.

With the high demand for real ESG results, and with employees, investors and customers all getting burned on the quest for ethical results, the big question is clear: How can your company actually walk the walk with ESG so profits merge with making a real difference?

ESG experts agree electrification is one of the quickest and easiest routes to sustainability. For many though, what is less clear are the incremental steps you need to take to get there. Join Brendan as he identifies what ESG is and the surprisingly easy steps you can take now to put your ESG plan in motion.

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On Being an Entrepreneur—32 Lessons from My Non-Traditional Entrepreneurship Journey

Duration: 60 min
Category: Growth & Development

Leadership in many ways is an entrepreneurial journey. Leadership is a journey, not a destination. There are many different paths we can take to get to where we want to be and not one is better than another. What is important to recognize is what you learned along the way and let that shape you.

Many leaders are seeking someone they can emulate when it comes to leadership. Brendan is a highly sought-after mentor and coach who share through personal experience and practical processes his learnings and findings on how to succeed in entrepreneurship, and in leadership.

Hearing the stories of others can help to inspire the journey you are on. Join Brendan as he shares a very non-traditional entrepreneurship journey and discover ways to jumpstart yours.

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Winning in a SHITTY Environment – Overcoming Any CRISIS in Your Business – The Tough Times Playbook

Duration: 60 min
Category: Business Insights

As the CEO of a large corporation, Brendan is relied upon for emotional intelligence, quick decision making and leadership.

Throughout his career, he has been at the helm of large corporations when crises have struck. Those were the Tech-Bubble Bursting, the 9-11 Tragedy, the 2008 recession, the global pandemic known as COVID, supply chain and other economic and social challenges. While it’s not an easy task to lead through crisis, with a playbook to rely on, it can be a great one to really show your strength and leadership.   Knowing that everyone works well with a plan, he developed a playbook to communicate with the leadership team, the employees and the clients, make sense and allow for some comfort in a time that feels uncomfortable. The Tough Times Playbook has been an anchor for Brendan at the onset of a crisis. In this keynote, learners will go through the 7 plays and discover how they can when any crisis strikes—big or small.

Keynote

The Future of Transportation—Using Innovative Thinking to Capitalize on What’s Coming

Duration: 60 min
Category: Business Insights

Transportation supports just about every business that operates today. Even some digital, service-based organizations have workers that need to commute to the office, and virtually all product-based companies need cars and trucks to get supplies or deliver orders.

But like many other things in the business space, vehicles are changing. If you’re a savvy leader, then you should be asking yourself what the future of transportation will be so you can create a realistic, affordable, and fearless plan to stay on the road.

With that, the evolving energy landscape provides an opportunity for disruption in many industries. Learn how Brendan led a company to disrupt a market to put them on a journey towards the future of transportation.

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Becoming More Innovative – Innovative Thinking for the Common Person

Duration: 60 min
Category: Growth & Development

Many companies claim to be innovative, but not many have a structured approach to teaching and executing true innovation. The best out there do.

Innovation leads to positive change that will fuel your company’s growth and your growth as a professional too. One way to look at innovation is to break it down into BIG “I’s” and Little “i’s”.  A Big “I” is a larger scale change that might lead to breakthroughs or disrupt a current model, while a Little “i” being a smaller change that can improve a current process or service and have great impact.

Hear from a six-time president and CEO about his ability to break ideas into BIG “I’s” and Little “i’s” and the steps needed to turn them into a reality.