"Cheryl Cran was our keynote speaker and workshop facilitator for our Calgary Stampede Leadership Summit. Her keynote: Future Ready Teams – How to Create Agile, Adaptive and Future Ready Teams was phenomenal and very engaging for our people leaders. During the workshop, many of our people leaders text Cheryl during the keynote and were very complimentary about her thorough explanation and genuine responses. Our people leaders were excited about the content and eager to apply what they were learning to their roles. Cheryl’s time and care in preparing and ensuring she was in tune with our group was greatly appreciated including her pre-survey to attendees, interactive polling during the keynote as well as the text message of questions. Cheryl modeled what it looks like to leverage technology while engaging and inspiring people to go from ‘me to we’. Cheryl provided excellent insights into future trends affecting business and she gave some creative ideas on how we can leverage our success. Cheryl’s approach is intuitive, research based and highly interactive which was the perfect fit for our discerning group of leaders."

"Cheryl Cran was a hit at our ISBN conference. Cheryl’s content was perfectly timed for our group of C-Level executives as it helped them organize a conference full of ideas into a concrete strategy to move their organization forward. Our group is very discerning and can be critical of speakers outside of the salon and spa industry, but Cheryl’s keynote dynamic and was right on the money. Cheryl customized her keynote for our group, The Future of Work Is Now – Is Your Salon Ready? and her message was the perfect balance of research, relevant ideas, enlightening looks into the future as well as preparing for future disruptions. Unlike most keynotes, Cheryl proactively offered teaser materials, including a video a blog and also offered to survey the attendees as well as conducting live polling engagement and including their feedback in her keynote. We also had Cheryl facilitate a mastermind discussion on attracting top talent and her group was standing room only. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to others."

"Cheryl was our keynote speaker at the UVA Wise Economic Forum and she presented 'The Future of Work is Now – Are You Ready?' The response from our audience included comments such as: 'Fantastic and inspirational view of the future'; 'Loved the blend of practicality along with a push to help us be more innovative'; 'Phenomenal ideas on how we can innovate and increase real time creativity for future success'; 'Excellent research and statistics on the future of work and its relevance to both education and business'; and 'Inspired by Cheryl Cran'. We would definitely have Cheryl back to provide more insights on the future of work, innovation and change leadership."

"Cheryl Cran was our keynote speaker at our recent MISA BC conference for municipal IT professionals – Cheryl’s keynote was a hit with our group! I appreciated a number of items with Cheryl’s keynote – there was the perfect balance of content, research and ideas along with inspiration. Feedback from our attendees was phenomenal and they were grateful for the ability to text questions to Cheryl and her candid responses along with the polling to engage the group. Attendees left Cheryl’s keynote feeling energized, inspired and ready to take ideas and action back to the workplace and put into place right away for increased success. Cheryl exceeded our expectations!"

"Cheryl Cran was our keynote speaker at our leadership conference and her keynote titled: 'The Art of Change Leadership – Make it Happen Make it Matter' was a great success with our store leadership team. At Rubicon we are growing and experiencing lots of internally driven change and externally imposed change. Cheryl’s research and customization for our group made an impact with us. We appreciated the texting, polling and interaction along with the usable content, actionable ideas and follow up responses to the groups text questions. Cheryl delivered on our objectives and helped our store leadership team to think in new and elevated ways about change, integration of business and future success."

"Cheryl Cran is the Genuine ‘Real Deal’. There is no better motivational speaker, generational psychology expert, and change leadership mentor than Cheryl Cran. Cheryl is totally credible, sincere, transparent, and endearing as she relates her life experiences to today’s business and work situations. I have no reservations in recommending her to any Fortune 100 company who is dealing with radical change in their workforce. The world would be a much better place if they followed Cheryl’s advice and recommendations on hope to relate to others and how to cope."

"Cheryl Cran was our keynote speaker for our annual leadership event and in a word she was outstanding. Cheryl’s unique perspective on the future of work and what is needed for companies to be on the leading edge brought tremendous value for our group. She spent time consulting with myself and the leadership team on our distinct culture and how to leverage what we were already doing well. Our leaders gave two thumbs up for Cheryl’s delivery style which was fast paced, direct and dynamic. In addition, the leaders really enjoyed that Cheryl joined us for our evening social. What I found very valuable as CEO of the company was the survey before event that she incorporated into her keynote as well as the real time polling and texting which really engaged our discerning group of leaders. Cheryl didn’t just talk about the future and trends she actually gave us the change leadership tools to create our next level of success."

"Cheryl Cran was our opening keynote speaker at the CSU Facilities Management Conference and she was outstanding! Her message on change, courage and collaboration was exactly what our group needed to hear. The future is not to be feared when one realizes you are the architect. She shared usable tools that all of us can take back and apply right away for increased team success. Cheryl’s use of texting with audience and polling was greatly appreciated and our group actively engaged with her using these tools. I loved how Cheryl willingly answers ALL text questions including the challenging ones. Texting questions encouraged the public expression of heartfelt concerns. Many attendees reported through text and Twitter that Cheryl’s dynamic opening keynote set the tone for a very successful two-day conference."

"Cheryl was our opening keynote speaker for our annual AGA National Leadership Training and she was phenomenal! Her keynote was titled, 'The Art of Change Leadership – How to Flex in Flux' and her message was truly timely and of high value to our participants. We received overwhelming positive feedback from our group about Cheryl’s dynamic delivery style, the polling and Q&A interaction, and the survey she sent to participants to get to know her audience and customize her presentation. Cheryl’s opening keynote started our conference off with huge energy – we loved the videos and the music that got everyone excited for the rest of the day."

"Cheryl’s keynote The Future of Farming is NOW! was a major success with our audience of discerning dealers and customers in the agriculture industry. Her direct yet engaging style and thought provoking research created quite the buzz with our group. Cheryl provided insights on the future of leadership and how leadership is evolving in response to increasing technology and demographic changes. She challenged the group to evolve their leadership skills by upgrading their ‘operating systems’ which includes being more creative, innovative and increased abilities to lead multi generational teams. Her strategies on recruiting and retaining were eye opening and we loved that she provided ‘calls to action’ for the audience to take back to their workplaces. Cheryl was a major hit with our group!"

"On behalf of the Legal Innovation Zone and LexisNexis Canada, I would like to thank you for your keynote presentation at our Innovation Summit on Monday. The feedback we have received about the event and your keynote, in particular, has been nothing but positive. Your presentation was the perfect way for us to recap the day, contemplating innovation in a broader sense."

"We had Cheryl present, “Transformational Leadership – Breaking Down Silos” at our PRSM national conference and she was a hit with our discerning group of attendees. In the retail facilities profession, many of our association members are challenged with how to collaborate, innovate and lead at higher levels. Cheryl’s session provided research on the future of work, provocative insights on the leadership needed, and insightful ideas on how to bridge silos and build a more collaborative and creative culture. Her style of high energy and use of fun interaction, movie clips and video insights was impactful. Cheryl provided calls to action and examples of ‘how to’ be a transformational leader who can lead change now and into the future of work. As a result of Cheryl’s solid content and high ratings, we decided to bring her back to present at our Mid-Year Conference."

"Cheryl’s keynote, 'Leading In The Currents Of Change' was perfect for our group of educators. Cheryl prepared by surveying our attendees ahead of time and she customized her talk to address our unique needs and context. Conference delegates were appreciative of this tailored approached. Cheryl’s keynote challenged our thinking on how we need to develop innovation mindsets as change leaders and how we need to prepare continuing education students to be ready for the work of the future. Cheryl’s models on the change cycle and on the four stages to upgrade leaderships were very useful tools that we could take away and apply right away. We valued her collaborative approach towards making our conference a huge success."

"Cheryl Cran was the closing keynote speaker for our Worker Experience Tour in Atlanta and Chicago, and she was phenomenal! Great energy to close the day and leave attendees inspired to take action. Cheryl’s future of work research highlighted the need for a focus on worker experience as a means to creating a great customer experience. She provided both ideas and solutions for leaders to be future of work ready. Feedback from attendees was excellent and they loved how Cheryl really made them think! Cheryl was a true team player. Our events were a huge success, and we thank her for her part in that."