Heather McGowan Shares the Future of Human Work in the Age of Machines

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What is the fate of human workers in a world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robots? What will we do when robots are replacing factory workers and algorithms can do our taxes better than accountants? Future of work expert Heather McGowan says the future isn’t bleak. Yes, machines will replace repetitive and routine tasks. However, if we want to stay on top we will all need to focus on human skills, adopt a flearning mindset, and learn to unlearn.

To learn more how you can stay on top read the article “Why learning how to handle failure is the key to career success.”

Or order a copy of Heather’s new book The Adaptation Advantage.

The Academy Forgot a Lot of Invitations at This Year’s Awards

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Last night, we saw a powerful use of keynote speaking that reminded us why we are so proud to be in the industry. The 2020 Academy Awards list of nominees looked…traditional…and by traditional we mean white. However, the overall tone of the 92nd Academy Awards—from opening sketches to closing acts and the speeches and performances in between—was critical of the lack of diversity in the nominee selection.

The beauty of keynote speaking is how each individual uses his or her platform to tell a story. The most impactful moments on stage are the ones where an unseen story is brought to light by a powerful, authentic voice.

Janelle Monae shocked our systems with an opening tribute to the extravagance of the movies this year. With dancers dressed as characters from The Joker, Midsommar, Dolemite Is My Name, Us, and Queen and Slim surrounding Monae, she set the tone for the evening. Monae said, “Tonight, we celebrate the art of the storyteller; those voices long deprived.”

From there, Chris Rock and Steve Martin took over with a bit of comedy. They called out every way the Academy blew it—from deciding not to nominate any woman for Best Director to only having one black nominee in all the categories. In a moment of poignancy, Martin asked Rock what the difference was between this Academy Awards ceremony and the very first ceremony in 1929. The answer: In 2020, we now have ONE black nominee. “Amazing growth,” Martin added sarcastically.

 

Once the awards started flowing, we saw a few notable winners use their 45 seconds to leave a lasting impact on the audience. Hair Love, the Oscar recipient for Best Short Animated Film on its own was a testament to the importance of diversity in media and film. This animated short follows an African-American father attempting to style his young daughter’s hair. When the executive producer Matthew A. Cherry received his award, he explained the purpose behind his film was to promote diversity, especially in animated films. Since children are viewing animated movies in their formative years, he wants everyone to grow up with self-love in their hearts.

Cherry also encouraged his audience to explore the Crown Act and get behind the cause. After a quick Google search, it’s clear how closely-knit his film and the Crown Act are. The Crown Act would outlaw housing and employment discrimination based on hair. It encourages people of all races to embrace their natural hair without penalty of discrimination based on race or ethnicity.

From there, we saw a strange mix. Actors celebrating the few diverse members of the award ceremony while others speaking about the lack of diversity tried to detach themselves from the embarrassment of the award ceremony. Taika Waititi, a native Maori from New Zealand (and director of Jojo Rabbit), called on other indigenous people and people of color to tell their story because they are the original storytellers.

In times of such drastic exclusion, we admire those who use the art of keynote speaking to shed light on the issue. As Diversity Expert Risha Grant explains, “Diversity is who you invite to the party; inclusion is who you ask to dance.”

Looking at this year’s list of nominees, it is clear the Academy did not have diversity and equal representation in mind when it sent out invites. But through the performances and winner’s speeches, we see a glimmer of hope. People in the film industry (and maybe outside of the Academy) are looking to include new dance partners who can teach us all some new steps.


Jessica Welch is a freelance writer, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature and Anthropology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her business thought articles often appear on Business 2 Community, Born 2 Invest, and YF Entrepreneurs.

Top Christian and Faith Keynote Speakers

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Are you searching for a famous Christian speaker or business leader to share the effect faith has played in their lives? Is your audience interested in exploring spirituality as part of a larger mind/body/soul awareness? Or do you want to motivate the congregation at your fellowship retreat or engage the soul of corporate leadership?

If you’re seeking the passion and conviction of true Christian speakers and faith-based keynote speakers, BigSpeak’s top Christian speakers will uplift and inspire your audience.

Bob Goff

Bob Goff is a top Christian keynote speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of Love Does, as well as an attorney who founded Love Does, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India, Nepal, Iraq and Somalia. Bob is a sought after speaker for leadership, church and university events, inspiring current and future influencers to get to the ”do” part of life.

Janine Turner

Janine Turner is a Christan and faith keynote speaker, bestselling author, and Emmy and three-time Golden Globe-nominated actress known to millions of fans for her role as Maggie O’Connell in the CBS hit, Northern Exposure. Janine is also the host of God on the Go podcasts and has inspired thousands with her talks on faith, inspiration, and overcoming defeat.

Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Hamilton has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith, and hope. During a surf in 2003, Bethany was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark, which bit off her left arm. But one month after the attack, Bethany returned to the water and just over a year later she won her first national title. Bethany’s story has been told in the New York Times bestselling autobiography, Soul Surfer, and in the 2011 film with the same title. Bethany is a strong Christian and faith speaker. She is also involved in numerous charitable efforts, including her own foundation, Friends of Bethany, which reaches out to encourage amputees and youth by offering hope to overcome through Jesus Christ.

Jade Simmons

Jade Simmons is a top faith, motivational, experiential keynote speaker, in addition to being a rockstar concert pianist and best of SXSW performer. Jade uses her storytelling and music to bring breakthroughs and inspiration to her audiences who are seeking a renewed sense of purpse.

George Foreman

George Foreman was first recognized as a champion boxer who worked his way up from a difficult and disadvantaged childhood. Only to lose it all. He went from broke and disheartened to fight again, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. He ventured on to become the wildly successful businessman behind the George Foreman Grill, a preacher, best-selling author, and motivator. He went from broke and disheartened to fight again, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. He ventured on to become the wildly successful businessman behind the George Foreman Grill, a preacher, best-selling author, and keynote speaker.

Adam Christing

Adam Christing is an interactive entertainer, comedian, and magician. His keynotes are a unique mix of leadership, humor, and creative communication. Adam also has a clean comedy routine that “replaces vulgarity with variety” so that you don’t have to worry about embarrassing your organization or upsetting your company’s HR department. Adam is also the author of Comedy Comes Clean: A Hilarious Collection of Jokes, Quotes, and One-Liners; and Your Life is a Joke.

Cookie Johnson

As a Christian and faith speaker, Cookie Johnson speaks on the subject of family, marriage, and keeping faith during difficult times. As the wife of NBA star Magic Johnson, Cookie famously stood by Magic’s side during the very public announcement of his HIV diagnosis–at the time she was pregnant with their first child. Magic often cites Cookie as the source of love and strength that holds the family together. From Magic’s HIV diagnosis to accepting their eldest son coming out as gay, Cookie’s newest book, Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith reveals the wisdom that Cookie and the Johnson family relied on to stay strong and work together during the difficult times. Magic Johnson is also a seasoned keynote speaker

Doc Hendley

While bartending to pay the bills, Doc Hendley noticed the men and women sitting on the stools seemed to want to be part of something bigger and was hit with an idea. He began hosting wine tasting events where people could donate money that would go to charities providing people with clean drinking water, and that’s how Wine to Water got its start. By using wine events to raise money and awareness about the lack of clean drinking water in the developing world, Doc Hendley has harnessed a powerful social force and multiplied the generosity of many. Doc Hendley’s keynote speeches center around the values of charity, community, humility, and generosity.

Inquoris “Inky” Johnson

Fulfilling his childhood dream, Inquoris “Inky” Johnson played college football at the University of Tennessee. One game changed his life forever when a routine tackle turned into a life-threatening injury that paralyzed his right arm. While the injury ended Johnson’s football career, it did not kill his spirits. A man of faith, Johnson is gripped by the promise that God has plans far beyond our own. His book, Inky: An Amazing Story of Perseverance and Faith, details his amazing story and steadfast faith. As a keynote speaker, Inky’s keynotes brings together the topics of faith, perseverance, leadership, and football.

Ken Blanchard

Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. He is a prominent author, and leadership and faith speaker, Ken Blanchard is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management. Dr. Ken Blanchard is the co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California.

Paul Moya

Paul Moya is the CEO of Millennial Labs–a global consulting firm focused on segmentation, marketing, and generational behavior. Millennial Labs uses data to interpret behavior in the workplace, marketplace, and voting booth. Paul is a Harvard graduate who grew up on a farm in New Mexico. Nicknamed the ‘Harvard Cowboy’ by clients and friends, Paul blends Harvard Strategy with Cowboy Practicality to present viable solutions that deliver quantifiable results. His research takes insight from psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and plain old-fashioned ‘cowboy wisdom’ to close the gap between the big-data strategies he gained at Harvard and the “no fluff solutions” he mastered atop a Chestnut horse named ‘Frisky.’ Paul is also a Christian and faith keynote speaker.

Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner’s rise to football success is one of the sport’s more fascinating stories. Bypassed by the big Division I colleges, and at one point working the graveyard shift stocking shelves at a supermarket so he could stay in football shape during the day, Warner, a 28-year-old no-name back-up, catapulted to stardom in 1999, driving the Rams to Super Bowl Victory and winning MVP along the way. That same year, Warner was named the NFL and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and stood out as the spiritual leader of the Championship team. In 2001, Kurt and his wife Brenda established the First Things First Foundation, a non-profit public charity dedicated to impacting lives by promoting Christian values, sharing experiences.

Nick Vujicic

Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs. He has had to learn to adapt to this, and he has learned to become almost entirely independent. He loves to swim, fish and play soccer. Nick has brought back that refreshing positive focus to many employees of companies who value the importance of keeping their team motivated. He has spoken at annual conferences and at business-related seminars. He is also a powerful Christian and faith speaker and has spoken at churches across the country. Nick Vujicic shares the key turning points in his attitude from depression to joy to truly inspirational. Nick is the author of Life Without Limits, and the founder of Attitude Is Altitude and Life Without Limbs.

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Top Leadership and Teamwork Speakers

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Companies led by strong leaders outperform competitors and dominate industries. But being a strong leader takes more than a fancy title and loud voice. It takes vision, understanding, listening, and empathy. Fortunately, anyone can learn leadership skills if they take the time. That’s why executives and businesses around the world seek insights from the top leadership experts.

From NFL stars to military leaders to highly acclaimed authors, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau has the most experienced and impactful leadership keynote speakers. These leaders can provide your company with valuable lessons to help you and your business grow.

BigSpeak’s top leadership and teamwork speakers are

Robyn Benincasa

Robyn Benincasa is a top speaker on inspired leadership and teamwork, CNN Hero, adventure racing world champion, San Diego firefighter, founder of Project Athena, and bestselling author. Her entertaining keynotes teach audiences the foundations of inspired leadership and how to win as a team.

Mitch Lowe

Mitch Lowe is a top business and leadership speaker, CEO of MoviePass, and co-founding Executive of Netflix. Lowe uses his experience from working with successful startups like Netflix, Redbox, and MoviePass to teach entrepreneurs how to simplify their business and create a winning culture.

Robert Sutton

Robert Sutton is an organizational change expert, Stanford professor, and bestselling author of Good Boss, Bad Boss. His funny and frank talks provide lessons on leadership, workplace dynamics, and organizational change.

Thomas Kolditz

Retired Brigadier Gen. Tom Kolditz is a leadership expert and author of In Extremis Leadership: Leading as if Your Life Depended on It. Thomas shows how extreme life-and-death situations can offer profound lessons for leaders in any setting.

Jocko Willink

John “Jocko” Willink is a top leadership speaker. After two decades of service as a Navy SEAL, John knows a thing or two about leading people in trying situations. He provides unparalleled insight into leadership, team management and more.

Lisa Bodell

Lisa Bodell is an expert on innovation and leadership and the bestselling author of Kill The Company. Bodell gives straight talk to help organizations eradicate workplace complexity that is killing their ability to be agile, fast and innovative.

Alden Mills

Alden Mills is a motivational leadership and teamwork speaker, a former Navy Seal Commander, and founder of Perfect Fitness. Alden Mills uses spellbinding storytelling to entertain and educate business audiences.

Steve Donahue

Steve Donahue is a change expert and leadership speaker, storyteller, and bestselling author of Follow Your Compass. Telling the tale of his daring desert odyssey—Steve Donahue unpacks the secrets of the Epic Story as a leadership tool.

Waldo Waldman

Waldo Waldman is a retired Lt. Col Airforce pilot, executive coach, Hall of Fame speaker, and author of the New York Times bestseller Never Fly Solo. He helps organizations build collaborative cultures of trust, courage, and commitment in order to adapt to change, break performance barriers, and overcome adversity.

Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning is a two-time, Super Bowl-winning quarterback and humanitarian. He entertains and delights audiences with leadership lessons he learned while suffering setbacks in his NFL career.

Vernice Flygirl Armour

Vernice is an inspirational leadership speaker and the first African-American female Marine combat pilot. Her moving and exciting talks inspire audiences to take ownership of their own work and lives.

Afterburner

Afterburner offers high-performance training by elite fighter pilots. The pilots teach audiences how to build a culture of learning, accountability and proven execution using the model of Flawless Execution.

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The content writers at BigSpeak Speakers Bureau are Experts on the Experts. They hold doctoral, masters, and bachelors’ degrees in business, writing, literature, and education. Their business thought pieces are published regularly in leading business publications. Working in close association with the top business, entrepreneur, and motivational speakers, BigSpeak content writers are at the forefront of industry trends and research.

How to Get What You Want in 2021 (Using the Producer’s Perspective)

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Resolutions may be tough, but the new year is the perfect time to take stock of what is working and shed anything dragging you down. The key to meeting your goals in 2021 could be looking at things from a new perspective.

Marketing expert Dean McFlicker‘s TEDx Talk, “How To Get What You Want” lays out an evocative and informative how-to guide to getting great results in life and business.

McFlicker is an award-winning producer and director of television marketing at NBCUniversal where he has created campaigns for some of the most successful shows on TV, including This Is Us, The Voice, America’s Got Talent and all of NBC’s live musicals. As an SVP and Creative Director for NBC Marketing’s Original Production Group, Dean has a unique role that combines creativity and executive leadership. As a speaker, he uses his insider insight to translate techniques from film, TV, and Broadway into practical business tools applicable to any industry.

In his TEDx Talk, he shares his approach to problem-solving as a methodology called the Producer’s Perspective:

“In life, you can produce the story you want to unfold by filtering situations through a lens at specific areas of film production. Regardless of what business you’re in, you can use the Producer’s Perspective to help decision-making and for organization and efficiency.”

As we begin 2021, it’s an interesting point of view because if all the world’s a stage, your life hack may be to think like a producer.

Get Motivated: Bill Benjamin

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“Accountability is not about setting goals and holding people’s feet to the fire. It’s about getting other people to own it in the first place, so it’s theirs.”

— Bill Benjamin, Performance and Leadership Expert

Bill Benjamin is an emotional intelligence expert who helps leaders perform better under pressure. Bill has contributed to the New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Performing Under Pressure, co-authored by IHHP’s JP Pawliw-Fry and noted psychologist Hendrie Weisinger. He is a regular contributor to CEO magazine, Training Magazine as well as other leadership publications.

Popular Keynote Speakers With Fees $10,000 and Under

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Not all top keynote speakers will cost your firstborn child. Some established and up-and-coming speakers provide great value for modest fees. Whether you’re looking for someone to keynote your event or just lead a productive workshop, these speakers all have rave reviews from audiences and clients. These keynote speakers under $10,000 can motivate, inspire, and teach you how to be more productive, lead better, and provide excellent customer experience.

Barb Stegemann

Barb Stegemann is a motivational speaker, social entrepreneur and Founder of 7 Virtues perfumes who will fill your audiences with confidence in their lives.

Bill Benjamin

Bill Benjamin is an emotional intelligence, performance, and leadership expert who can help companies perform and lead better under pressure.

Danny Bader 

Danny Bader is an inspirational speaker who teaches audiences the principles for leading more purposeful and productive lives.

Dave Mochel

Dave Mochel is an expert in well-being and mindfulness who helps companies foster more positive personal and cultural practices.

Elise Mitchell

Elise Mitchell is a leadership speaker, bestselling author, and C-Suite consultant who was named a Top Speaker to See by The Huffington Post.

James Lloyd

James Lloyd is a motivational humorist and customer experience expert who uses his insight and knowledge to engage audiences and train teams.

Jane Chen

Jane Chen is a social-good entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise that aims to help the 15 million premature and low birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer.

Janelle Shane 

Janelle Shane is a machine learning expert and artificial intelligence humorist. In 2019, she was named one of Fast Company’s 100 most creative people in business.

Jones Loflin

Jones Loflin is a change management speaker who teaches practical solutions to inspire individuals and change unproductive organizational behaviors.

Mark Allen

Mark Allen is a motivational speaker, six-time Ironman world champion, and the co-author of the award-winning book Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You.

Max Brown 

Max Brown is an “all-star” keynote speaker and leadership coach who runs high-rated leadership programs.

Michael Lombardi

Michael Lombardi is a leadership expert, media analyst, and former NFL executive of Super Bowl winning teams who teaches companies how to win together.

Mike Hourigan

Mike Hourigan is a much sought-after and entertaining negotiation, safety and change management expert.

Nagin Cox

Nagin Cox is a Spacecraft Operations Engineer for NASA/JPL who is a leading speaker on science, technology, and women empowerment.

Paul Krismer

Paul Krismer is a positive psychology expert who teaches the practical application of positive emotions as a means of achieving corporate and personal excellence.

Patrick Houlahan 

Patrick Houlahan is a former US Marine fighter pilot and motivational speaker who helps teach audiences the leadership principles necessary to succeed.

Rennie Curran 

Rennie Curran is a former NFL player and CEO of Game Changer Coaching who teaches clients how to improve their leadership, career performance, and personal branding.

Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao (aka “Srini”) is a branding and creativity speaker and host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative, where he’s interviewed over 700 extraordinary people ranging from bank robbers to billionaires.

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Top Branding and Marketing Keynote Speakers

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Companies don’t become “brands” because of high-quality products. Top companies become brands because they offer something that goes beyond product. Meet the top branding and marketing keynote speakers in the world who launched brands, helped turn struggling brands around or made brands into international phenomenons.

Our top marketing and keynote speakers are former CMOs, VPs, PhDs, and thought leaders who can help your company find its niche and dominate its industry. Contact BigSpeak Speakers Bureau today to book one of these exciting brand keynote speakers.

Ken Schmidt

Ken Schmidt is widely known as one of the business world’s most outspoken and provocative thought leaders on how to create brand loyalty. He’s credited with turning Harley-Davidson’s fortunes around in the 80s and creating a tattoo-worthy brand

Omar Johnson

Omar Johnson is a marketing and branding keynote speaker, former CMO at Beats by Dre, and former VP of Marketing at Apple. For turning Beats Electronics startup into an international brand,  Adweek named Johnson a “Brand Genius” in 2013.

Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of the popular podcast The Unmistakable Creative. As a consultant and speaker, he helps companies find out what is truly unique about their product or service.

Marcus Collins

Marcus Collins is an award-winning advertiser and a Marketing Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He helps companies create contagious marketing ideas that extend across both the online and offline worlds of “social.”

Jackie Huba

Jackie Huba is a strategic marketing executive with expertise in citizen marketing, customer evangelism, and creating monster loyalty.

Larry Gulko

Larry Gulko is a brand architect and strategist, CEO whisperer, and keynote speaker. Larry has a track record positioning an eclectic range of brands to compete more effectively in today’s rapidly evolving global business environment.

Cynthia Johnson

Cynthia Johnson is a global entrepreneur, marketing professional, author and keynote speaker who was listed as one of the top personal branding experts in 2017 by Entrepreneur.

Carmen Simon 

Carmen Simon, Ph.D. is a cognitive neuroscientist who helps some of the world’s most visible brands craft memorable messages by focusing on how the brain works.

Bethenny Frankel 

Bethenny Frankel is an entrepreneur speaker, reality TV star, and bestselling author, who turned Skinnygirl into an international brand through strategic marketing and personal branding.

Tien Tzuo

Tien Tzuo is a marketing keynote speaker, the CEO and founder of Zuora (NYSE: ZUO), former CSO of Salesforce, and the chief evangelist of the subscription economy.

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Top Emotional Intelligence Speakers

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Emotional intelligence has become the most desired skill set in the workplace as we collaborate more and more. When working together, employees, team leaders, and managers need to engage not only their heads but their hearts. To be successful, you must develop the tools to not only understand and manage your own emotions but also to understand and appreciate the emotions of others.

If you’re looking to increase your emotional intelligence skills, consider booking one of these top emotional intelligence speakers.

1. Jia Jiang

2. Soulaima Gourani

3. JP Pawliw-Fry

4. Bill Benjamin

5. Dr. Travis Bradberry

6. Stephen M.R. Covey

7. Jones Loflin

8. Erica Dhawan

 

Becoming Resilient 

Jia Jiang is a resilience expert, TED speaker, and author. His experiences with handling rejection were documented in his funny and inspiring TED talk “What I learned from 100 days of rejection,” which has over 3 million views, and in his book Rejection Proof. In his talks, Jiang shows audiences how he desensitized himself to rejection while also discovering that by asking for what you want, you can open up new possibilities.

Emotional Intelligence Skills

Soulaima Gourani is an emotional intelligence expert, author of Courage to Succeed, and in 2016 made the ‘Inspiring Fifty’ European list for inspiring role models. Her talks range from how to handle change, creating work-life balance, and becoming more emotionally intelligent as you can see in her talk “Why Emotional Intelligence Will Become Your Most Valuable Skill at Work.”

Managing High Pressure

JP Pawliw-Fry is an internationally renowned thought leader in emotional intelligence and managing under pressure, as well as the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Performing Under Pressure. In his talks, Pawliw-Fry shows how successful leaders are those who learn to push through anxiety and discomfort in order to approach the difficult and do the right thing.

Practical Strategies

Bill Benjamin is an emotional intelligence expert and a contributor to the New York Times bestselling book Performing Under Pressure. Benjamin has 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader and is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and training company. In his talks, Benjamin teaches his audiences how emotions drive behavior, how to coach more effectively, and practical strategies for managing emotions during pressure moments.

Leadership

Dr. Travis Bradberry is a world-renowned emotional intelligence expert and award-winning co-author of the #1 best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0. Bradberry is also the co-founder of TalentSmart—a consultancy that serves more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies, which has become the world’s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training. His talks focus on helping leaders increase their emotional intelligence skill sets and job performance.

Trust

Stephen M.R. Covey is a top emotional intelligence speaker and bestselling author. His New York Times bestselling book Speed of Trust teaches the tools of building trusting relationships. He is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, the largest leadership development company in the world. Covey’s talks focus on how to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders.

Time Management

Jones Loflin is an expert on emotional management and time management and the author of the books Getting to It and Juggling Elephants. In his books and talks, Loflin delivers practical solutions for workplace challenges, such as increasing motivation, dealing with change, mastering time management, finding work/life balance, and being more productive. All talks are customized to the client’s specific needs and objectives.

Connectional Intelligence

Erica Dhawan is an expert on connectional intelligence and co-author of Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence. Connectional Intelligence is the ability to form and use the power of relationships and networks. Her talks focus on how to build a Connectionally Intelligent Organization in order to accelerate and sustain the capability of your business to drive breakthrough innovation and results.

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The content writers at BigSpeak Speakers Bureau are Experts on the Experts. They hold doctoral, masters, and bachelors’ degrees in business, writing, literature, and education. Their business thought pieces are published regularly in leading business publications. Working in close association with the top business, entrepreneur, and motivational speakers, BigSpeak content writers are at the forefront of industry trends and research.

6 Essential Emotional Intelligence Facts (You Probably Didn’t Know)

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The phrase Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ) gets thrown around a lot, but could you tell your friend what it means at a party? In this short intro to the subject, you will learn the meaning of Emotional Intelligence, the twelve elements of being emotionally intelligent, the top educational materials on the subject, and the foremost EQ thought leaders, so you can amaze and entertain your friends with your EQ expertise.

Origin

The term “emotional intelligence” was coined in 1990 by Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer.

Definition

According to Psychology Today, “Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others.”

It is generally said to include three skills: emotional awareness; the ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problem solving; and the ability to manage emotions, which includes regulating your own emotions and cheering up or calming down other people.

The 12 elements of emotional intelligence

According to Daniel Goleman and Richard E. Boyatzis of the Harvard Business Review, there are four domains and 12 competencies of emotional intelligence you can master or work on. See the handy chart below to learn where to invest your efforts.

emotional intelligence graph

Top book on emotional intelligence

Daniel Goleman wrote the book on emotional intelligence. Literally. In 1995, his mega-bestseller Emotional Intelligence redefined the way the world defined intelligence. Intelligence was no longer just abstract problem solving, but also involved understanding ourselves and social situations.

Goleman’s book is filled with entertaining case histories about emotional intelligence that help demonstrate the importance of learning to manage our emotions and to understand the emotions of others.

Top video on emotional intelligence

With almost two million views, you can learn a thing or three about emotional intelligence and compassion in Daniel Goleman’s TED Talk: Why aren’t we more compassionate? Or if you want to work on some of your EQ skills, check out these 5 TED talks on emotional intelligence.

Top leaders with emotional intelligence

What does an emotional leader look like? Look no further than Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, or Howard Schultz of Starbucks, who are just three great examples of leaders with emotional intelligence.

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Kyle Crocco is the Content Marketing Coordinator at BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, and the lead singer of Duh Professors. He regularly publishes business book reviews and thought articles on Medium, Business 2 Community, and Born 2 Invest.

How Coronavirus Will Affect Your Business and Industry?

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Coronavirus has become a threat to public health and world economy. While it’s unlikely the virus will pose a risk to your immediate health in the United States, there will be some effects on your travel and business due its spread in China. To learn the four ways Coronavirus will affect the world, read the blog “Coronavirus” by geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan.

Peter Zeihan is the author of the forthcoming book Disunited Nations.

 

Get Motivated: J.P. Pawliw-Fry

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“You can lose. You can get close and lose. But you don’t want to leave with regret, thinking I played small. I didn’t go for it.”

— J.P. Pawliw Fry, Bestselling Author of Performing Under Pressure

J.P. Pawliw-Fry is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When it Matters Most, published in 65 countries with multiple translations. As a provocative and highly captivating speaker and thought leader, J.P.  challenges groups to think differently about human behavior, leadership and how to manage the pressure that is overtaking so many organizations and individuals today.