"Your insights were exceptional, and I appreciated the research you did and the focused attention you gave to our particular needs. Your content was spot on for this audience of global leaders and I sincerely enjoyed our time together and received many comments on the value you brought to our global managing partners meeting."
-Deloitte"Sheahan was the best outside speaker we have had at this conference in 10 years. He added real value and he was able to put into words, what I have been feeling. His presentation was literally perfect."
-United Technologies"You've been an absolute wonderful partner, adjusting to our transitions and pivots along the way. Brilliant. Agile. Trusted. Confidant. Integrity. Inspiring. These are some of the attributes I use when describing your contribution to AT&T. Thank you for what you have brought us... It is corporate life changing for us and you have left a lasting impression on the leaders of AT&T!"
-AT&T"Peter was fantastic, one close customer said to me after "this is the most on-point keynote I have heard at an IT event in ages!" My comment to Peter once he left the stage was "I don't think you charged me enough." He was terrific, thanks for the recommendation. Please continue to keep us in mind for our 2018 event next September."
-Autotask"Your Keynote was fabulous and provided key takeaways for the attendees to use right away, but also got them emotionally connected with your stories like the one about you and your wife in the car. Your ending ‘mantra’ about as individuals we need to love, serve, add value, and have fun was just fantastic and I heard & saw many attendees (including myself) agreeing and nodding their heads vigorously when you presented that. It was even more obvious during the photo opp & meet and greets (with that HUGE line) that our attendees really related to you and just absolutely loved you overall!"
-Annual Administrative Professionals Conference (APC)"He was awesome!!! Such a lovely person and our attendees really enjoyed his presentation. I have heard nothing but good buzz. "
-Society for Human Resource Management"Peter’s bright and energetic communication style, coupled with his use of case studies and a few key themes, resonated with our metro region’s top leaders. And through much feedback, I have learned he motivated many to want to move to the next level."
-Charleston Regional Development Alliance"Peter went ‘above and beyond’ to engage his audience and facilitate meaningful discussion. He truly is hard to beat."
-Corporate Talent Discoveries, Inc. on behalf of The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG)"Peter Sheahan was a big hit among the group! He obviously did his homework and understood the opportunities within our business. The energy is still high throughout our organization. "
-Domtar"We really enjoyed Peter’s company at the conference. The people he was able to interact with really enjoyed their time and sharing information. Thanks again for all your patience. It was a big change for us to go with more content than high profile, but I think we all agreed it was a good choice."
-Shell Oil Company"He was FANTASTIC! And he REALLY impressed (probably surprised) our guests! "
-Roanoke College"Just wanted to take a moment to say how great Peter was. He really brought it all together and impressed this audience. Hopefully we will get some more out of this. "
-Charm City Events, LLC"You know I’m a tough audience and not easily impressed. Peter was wonderful. He ranks as one of my favorite Success Forum speakers of all time. His remarks were brilliant, relevant and timely. He invested himself in the day and wove content from the day’s programming and other speakers into his keynote. We all had fun and learned a lot."
-Women's Vision Foundation"Peter wowed our audience and received glowing feedback in our post-event surveys. He went above and beyond and connected with the group in way that's going to be hard for anyone to follow. As one attendee put it, 'Are there no other ratings ABOVE excellent?? This was the best and most riveting speaker we have seen in awhile. He is a genius and can relate to our business, as well as any other. I give him a rating of 15 on a scale of 1-10!'"
-Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services"His presentation received very positive reviews. His personal energy, content and thought provoking style were all very attractive. I highly recommend Peter Sheahan. I am impressed with his grasp of key business issues and the freshness of his thinking on embracing change. "
-Memorial Blood Centers"First off, thank YOU. Our group LOVED YOU! You are awesome—personally, a delight and a gentleman, and professionally, the real deal. Your content, delivery, and engaging manner was just what the doctor ordered for day two of Summit. Thank you so much!"
-The Nielsen Company"Everyone thoroughly enjoyed and benefited fromyour presentation and it gave all of us some new perspectives and stimulated some new ideas. "
-Prudential Real Estate Services"From the creatives in the editing rooms of LA, to the Chairman himself in New York, Peter has had a profound impact on this company. It is very rare, to find someone who is both engaging and whose work is clearly based on groundbreaking research and genuine insight into what makes a business and its leaders successful in today's uncertain marketplace. I have no hesitation recommending Peter to any organization looking to drive innovation deeper in their company and wanting to inspire their leaders to think differently and take the necessary risk to future-proof their business."
-News Corporation"On behalf of myself, and my colleagues at AECOM, may I express our sincere thanks for an excellent presentation which was right on message as far as our development towards a Great Place to Work and in particular seeking and developing our future leaders. As you would imagine the feedback which I am sure you partly received whilst with us has been tremendous. "
-AECOM"Peter Sheahan is one of the best presenters to a business audience I have ever seen. He is a master of his topic and he delivers his presentation with great style and passion, captivating the entire audience with excellent humor, appropriate anecdotes, memorable metaphors and authentic sense of purpose. "
-Merryck & Co. (A Global Networking Company)Turn Challenge Into Opportunity and Change Into Competitive Advantage
As we continue to navigate supply chain constraints, talent and labor shortages, and the onslaught of technological disruption, now, more than ever, we need to build resilient leaders, agile organizations, and high performing teams – no matter the uncertainty.
In this hard-hitting and highly directive keynote, your leaders will learn to:
1. Increase agility by telling themselves the truth and take ownership in the new reality. There is no going back and there will be no more certainty.
2. Differentiate between temporary and permanent change and respond accordingly.
3. Turn a burning platform into a burning ambition that inspires people to continue to give their discretionary effort.
4. Accelerate change without burning their teams out by eliminating friction and increasing alignment.
5. Embrace progress over perfection to avoid paralysis as they do their best to manage ambiguity.
Accelerating Growth Through Transformation
To meet growth expectations, we must transform ourselves and our teams at a faster rate than the external environment is changing or else we risk a slow decline into irrelevancy. Given change isn’t slowing down, this is harder to do today than ever before. The path forward is to build organizations and teams capable of risk-taking, letting go of past successes in pursuit of a new, more vibrant future, and successfully navigating the business from one competitive advantage to the next.
In this engaging, case-study rich session, we will unlock the keys to accelerated transformation and growth by helping your leaders understand that:
1. Increasing agility is not about force or more communication, but about compressing the time between awareness of change and acceptance of change.
2. Creating a burning ambition over a burning platform is the key to sustained investment of their teams’ discretionary effort.
3. Successful transformation is not a by product of ambition and strategy, but of alignment. Leaders must change first because as goes their behavior so goes the rest of the organization
4. Culture is a science, not an art and that they must intentionally pull the levers that create a growth-enabled culture defined by innovation, excellence, and accountability.
5. They must create the psychological safety that encourages risk-taking and helps their teams embrace progress over perfection.
Winning on Value Not Price
As the pace of commoditization accelerates and the emergence of technological disruption threatens our existing business models, we must find ways to remain relevant and differentiated in the hearts and minds of our customers! This inspiring, case-study rich session will show you how to find opportunity in disruption to reverse the downward spiral of commoditization, move beyond the competition, and become the obvious choice for your customers.
This journey will require that you:
1. Move from a mindset of value extraction to one of value creation.
2. Learn at the edge of disruption and embrace the opportunities for differentiation that exist there.
3. Frontrun your customers by beating them to the future in the Five Critical Dimensions that they value most during times of rapid change.
4. Elevate your reputation competing on expertise and positioning yourself as a trusted adviser for your clients.
5. Act in a way worthy of your desired leadership position rather than race your competitors to the bottom
After decades of standing in the fire with leaders of high-performing organizations, Peter Sheahan has come to believe that an organization will only go commercially where its leaders first go personally.
Having grown his own companies by accelerating the growth and transformation for clients that include: Apple; Chick-fil-A; DeBeers; and AT&T -- Peter will provoke you to get bigger, by getting better! When leaders are true to their purpose, they gravitate towards doing work that matters and solving higher-order problems. The journey to get there requires that they have the courage to tell themselves the truth, take intelligent risks, and assume ownership for driving the alignment necessary to build an organization which behaves in ways worthy of its leadership position.
In being true to his own ambitions and relentless pursuit of growth, Peter has published seven books, built three global companies and delivered more than 2,500 presentations in 40+ countries. Today, he is focused exclusively on inspiring leaders to do the hard work required to accelerate growth and transformation.