The questions every event planner should be asking before booking a sales keynote speaker, answered by someone with 40+years on stage. Read More
What 40 Years on Stage Has Taught Me About Salespeople
What 40 Years on Stage Has Taught Me About Salespeople
After 40 years as a sales keynote speaker, I've learned that stronger relationships, better communication, and greater confidence lead to better results. Read More
What Great Leaders Do to Get Their Teams All In
What Great Leaders Do to Get Their Teams All In
Buy-in, trust, and real team momentum all start in the same place. Here's what the best leaders know that others don't. Read More
Why Right Now Is Exactly the Right Time to Invest in Resilience
Why Right Now Is Exactly the Right Time to Invest in Resilience
The noise is relentless. The pace is punishing. And the pressure on leaders and their teams? Unlike anything most organizations have faced in a generation. Read More
The Science Behind Why Audiences Need to Laugh Before They Can Learn
The Science Behind Why Audiences Need to Laugh Before They Can Learn
Humor + psychology = transformation. Here's why the speakers worth booking deliver both — and how to tell if yours does. Read More
Quit Trying to Make Everyone Happy
Quit Trying to Make Everyone Happy
Great leaders don’t chase happiness—they build resilient, purpose-driven teams with clear goals, respect, and accountability. Read More
Leading Through the Uncertainty: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
Leading Through the Uncertainty: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
Unlock breakthrough performance by mastering the psychology of leadership—build resilience, adapt to change, and inspire your team to new heights. Read More
Why Humor Plus Psychology Make for an Amazing Audience Experience
Why Humor Plus Psychology Make for an Amazing Audience Experience
Why Organizations Hire Speakers Who Help Audiences Both LAUGH and LEARN By Keynote Speaker and Human Behavior Expert Connie Podesta People often ask me how I came to incorporate so much humor into my keynotes and I tell them that I trace it back to the fact that I came into a new high school when I was 14. I would always see the "popular" kids eating in the cafeteria and longed to be a part of that group. One day, one of the head cheerleaders asked me to a party at her house out of the blue. I was so surprised--and SO happy. Later that day I was changing clothes in the girls' locker room Read More
Get Your Team Out of the Funk!
Get Your Team Out of the Funk!
Wondering how to infuse your team with a little humor and insights that can help break the tension and turn up morale and productivity? I've got you! Read More
Delivering the Content People Need Right Now
Delivering the Content People Need Right Now
By Hall of Fame Speaker Connie Podesta Change is tough. Change on a global scale that has literally hit home and business in every conceivable way? Can stop people – teams – and companies in their tracks. So, how do we get people to lean into their inherent resilience? To get out of fear that is playing in their heads and back to leading, servicing, connecting, selling, and communicating in new and adaptive ways? We add a little psychology into the mix. We teach them that change is what we do – and do well – as human beings. We gift them with tools and insights and strategies that Read More