Execution & Strategy

Here at The Harry Walker Agency, we’re proud to work with the best business strategy speakers as they make significant impacts on audiences across industries. Our accomplished roster of motivational experts includes renowned politicians, titans of global business, and individuals who’ve made a lasting impact on our shared sense of heroism and leadership. Charting the course for continued growth during times of crisis takes courage and strategy – qualities our business strategy speakers embody and inspire in audiences of all kinds.

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David McRaney

  • Internationally Bestselling Author, Podcaster, and Expert in the Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making
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Christine Simmons

  • Fmr. COO of the Academy of Motion Picture (First Woman & Black Person in the Role); Fmr. President & COO of WMBA LA Sparks
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Judit Polgár

  • Chess Grandmaster & Best Female Chess Player of All Time
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Kim Scott

  • Expert on Leadership & Culture; NYT & WSJ Bestselling Author, 'Radical Candor' & 'Radical Respect'
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Bozoma Saint John

  • Forbes' "#1 Most Influential CMO"; Author of Motivational Memoir: 'The Urgent Life'
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Michael Nutter

  • Former Mayor of Philadelphia, Senior Fellow with Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Urban Policy Innovation Advocate
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Richard Thaler

  • Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Field-Defining Pioneer of Behavioral Economics, and Bestselling Author
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

  • Inventor of the World Wide Web & Leader in Future of Tech
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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

  • White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025); Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (2014-2017); Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Matt Abrahams

  • Stanford University Professor on Organizational Behavior, Strategic Communications Expert, & Podcast Host, 'Think Faster, Talk Smarter'
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Wendy K. Smith

  • Organizational Psychologist, Leading Expert on the Power of Paradox, and Author of Business Bestseller 'Both/And Thinking"
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Stacey Abrams

  • Political and Nonprofit Leader, NYT Bestselling Author, & Serial Entrepreneur
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Michael Eisner

  • Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company (1984-2005); Business Leader, Entertainment Innovator, and Digital Entrepreneur
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gmoney

  • Futurist. Disruptor. Ape.; Famed NFT Collector, Investor, and Thought Leader
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David Gelb

  • Creator of Netflix's Award-Winning 'Chef's Table'; Director, Producer, and Co-Founder of Supper Club
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Scott Drew

  • Head Men's Basketball Coach, Led Baylor to Win the 2021 National Championship, and Two-Time Big 12 "Coach of the Year"
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Lindsay Gottlieb

  • Groundbreaking Basketball Coach, Head Coach for USC Trojans Women's Basketball Team
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Karl Rove

  • Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Sr. Advisor to President George W. Bush; MSNBC, FOX News, WSJ Contributor; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Courage and Consequence'
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William J. Bratton

  • Former Commissioner of New York City & Boston Police Department; Former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
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Howard Dean

  • DNC Chairman (2005-2009), Governor of Vermont (1991-2003), and Leading Democratic Commentator
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Phil Elwood

  • Washington PR Operative, Author, ‘All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians’
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Keechant Sewell

  • SVP of Security & Guest Experience for The Mets and 45th NYPD Police Commissioner
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Anita Dunn

  • Fmr. Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden; President Obama's White House Communications Director
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Stephen Dubner

  • Bestselling Author of the 'Freakonomics' Series, Host of the 'Freakonomics Radio' Podcast, and Award-Winning Journalist
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Ken Langone

  • Co-Founder of The Home Depot, Author of a Business Bestseller, and Philanthropist
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Marcus Buckingham

  • Strengths Assessement Pioneer; 10x NYT & WSJ Bestselling Author on Strengths, Leadership, & High Performance: 'First, Break All the Rules' & 'Now, Discover Your Strengths'
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Michael Mignano

  • Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Co-Founder of Anchor, and Angel Investor & Advisor to 50 Companies
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David Plouffe

  • Fmr. Obama White House Senior Advisor; 2x NYT Bestselling Author: 'The Audacity to Win' & 'A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump'
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Karen Hughes

  • One of the World's Foremost Communication Strategists, PRWeek Hall of Famer, and Counselor to President Bush
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Sheena Iyengar

  • Columbia Business School Professor, Director, Global Leadership Matrix, Author, 'Think Bigger' & 'The Art of Choosing'
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Jimmy Wales

  • Founder of Wikipedia; Internet Entrepreneur; Wiki Pioneer
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Erica Keswin

  • Workforce Culture & Organizational Behavior Expert; WSJ Bestselling Author of 'The Retention Revolution' & more
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Capricia Marshall

  • Chief of Protocol of the United States (2009-2013)
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Michael Chertoff

  • Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity Expert and Founder of the Data Equilibrium Project, Co-Founder of The Chertoff Group
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Sully Sullenberger

  • Miracle on the Hudson' Captain; Fmr. UN Aviation Ambassador; #1 NYT Bestselling Author: 'Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters'
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Simon Sinek

  • Renowned Leadership Expert and Author of Numerous Global Bestsellers
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Indra Nooyi

  • Fmr. Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo; Board Member: Amazon & Philips; NYT Bestselling Author: 'My Life in Full'
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Jim Messina

  • Renowned Campaign Manager, National Chair of Organizing for Action, and Expert in Blockchain Regulation
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L. Jon Wertheim

  • Renowned Sports Journalist
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Joe Plumeri

  • CEO & High-Energy Motivational Speaker for Teams & Individuals

Zahra Al-Harazi

  • Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Purpose-Driven Leadership Expert

Tobias Moskowitz

  • Dean Takahashi Professor of Finance, Yale University School of Management

Hana Ben-Shabat

  • Founder of Gen Z Planet, Author of 'Gen Z 360', Expert on Gen Z and its Effect on Culture, Work, and Commerce

Merline Saintil

  • Co-founder of Black Women on Boards; Lead Director of Rocket Lab; Fortune 500 Board Director

Tamika Tremaglio

  • Managing Director of Secretariat, Former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board at Think 450

David C. Edelman

  • Senior Lecturer in Marketing at HBS, Advisor on AI, Digitization, Go-To-Market Strategy, Marketing Organization, and Agile Operations

Rasmus Hougaard

  • Creating A More Human World of Work; Founder and CEO of Potential Project; Bestselling Author of HBR book 'Compassionate Leadership'

Nataly Kogan

  • Happiness Expert, Venture Capitalist & Successful Tech Entrepreneur; Author of Happier Now

Gary Swart

  • Former CEO of Odesk, world's largest online martketplace ; Venture Capitalist

Garrison Wynn

  • Influence Expert

Dave Zilko

  • CEO, FUEL Leadership

Tan Le

  • CEO and Founder of Emotiv; Innovative Technology Entrepreneur

Robin Lewis & Michael Dart

  • Robin Lewis Michael Dart

Isaac Lidsky

  • Transformative CEO, Leadership Expert, Tech Startup and Government Advisor

Muhammad Yunus

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist and Author

Nido Qubein

  • President of High Point University

Sally Hogshead

  • Business, Professional, and Personal Branding Expert

Michele Rigby Assad

  • Former CIA Counterintelligence Specialist

Charlotte Jones

  • Owner, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer, Dallas Cowboys

The Passing Zone

  • Corporate Entertainers & Speakers on Collaboration, Teamwork and The Power of Partnership

Shane Feldman

  • Founder & CEO of Count Me In; Leadership Keynote Speaker

Kindra Hall

  • Strategic Marketing Storytelling Expert

Jeff Rohrs

  • Technology Futurist, Social Media Expert, Marketing, Relationship & Branding Thought Leader

Sheila Heen

  • CEO, Triad Consulting

Peter Sheahan

  • Bestselling Author and World Renowned Speaker on Exploiting Business Trends and New Market Opportunities

Jeff Haden

  • Leading Speaker on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development

John Foley

  • Keynote Speaker to over 1500 Organizations Worldwide

Lionel Barber

  • Editor, Financial Times (2005-2020)

Daniel Hoffman

  • CIA Russian Operations Expert, Former CIA Senior Executive, Expert in Cyber Security and Counterterrorism

Jon Gordon

  • Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker

Mitch Lowe

  • Co-Founding Executive of Netflix; CEO of Movie Pass; Former President of Redbox

Robert Pozen

  • New York Times Best-Selling Author of Extreme Productivity

Anil Gupta

  • Leading Expert on Strategy, Globalization and Emerging Markets

Mark Jeffries

  • Communication Consultant, Presentation Coach, Emcee and Moderator

Jeremy Siegel

  • Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Authors of Scorecasting

  • Co-Authors of the Bestselling Book, Scorecasting

Thomas Kolditz

  • Brigadier General (Ret.); Executive Director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University; Behavioral Psychologist and Extreme Leadership Expert

Michael Bergdahl

  • Author of 'What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World'

James D. 'Murph' Murphy

  • Founder & CEO of Afterburner, Inc.

General John 'Jay' Raymond

  • United States Space Force General, Ret. (2019-2022), Commander of the United States Space Command (2019-2020)

Daniel Burrus

  • Global Technology Futurist, Business Strategist, Bestselling Author, and Disruptive Innovation Expert

Tony Alessandra

  • Behavioral and Communication Expert

Kaihan Krippendorff

  • Top Business Strategist; Founder, Outthinker, Growth Consulting Firm

Amanda Gore

  • Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker

Dan Mulhern

  • Co-Founder LeadingX2

Mark DeVolder

  • Global Change Management Expert, Transformation Thought-Leader, Award Winning Top 10 Speaker in Change Management

Erik Wahl

  • Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist

Steve Jones

  • Best-Selling Author and Worldwide Speaker

Vinh Giang

  • Personal Development Speaker with a Magical Twist

Greg Norman

  • Golf’s “Great White Shark," Lead Analyst for Sirius XM's Masters, and Entrepreneur

Michael Veltri

  • Business Transformation Expert, Experienced Leader & Author

Evan Wolfson

  • Marriage Equality Advocate

Kelly McDonald

  • Customer Trends, Marketing, and Sales Expert

Joe McCannon

  • Expert in Large-Scale Social Change

Leo Tilman

  • Executive Chairman, Capitol Peak Asset Management

Jeff DeGraff

  • "The Dean of Innovation"; Business Professor and Author

Gary Bradt

  • Psychologist

Gary Pisano

  • Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Ed Mylett

  • Entrepreneur; Author: '#Max Out Your Life' & 'The Power of One More'; Podcast Host: 'The Ed Mylett Show'

Vernice Armour

  • America's First African-American Female Combat Pilot; Former Marine & Cop; Author 'Zero To Breakthrough'

Seth Mattison

  • Workforce Strategist and Management Trendspotter, Author of 'The War at Work' Editors Pick for Favorite Speakers by MeetingsNet

Ozan Varol

  • Global authority on Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Innovation

Paul Assaiante

  • Winningest Coach in College Sports History

Daymond John

  • Visionary Entrepreneur

Ryan Estis

  • One of the “Best Keynote Speakers Ever Heard” (Meetings & Conventions Magazine)

Doug Lipp

  • Former Head Trainer, Walt Disney University

Dov Seidman

  • Expert on Leadership, Principled Performance, & Business Ethics; Author, and Founder of LRN

Erika Karp

  • CIO at Pathstone and Expert on ESG Investing, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, LGBTQ Inclusion in Finance

Ben Casnocha

  • Award-Winning Technology Entrepreneur and Executive

Bill Wooditch

  • Renowned Sales Authority

Anthony Bourke

  • CEO and Founder, Mach 2 Consulting

Matthew Luhn

  • Former Pixar Story Artist

John Izzo

  • Leading Business Strategy Expert

Garry Kasparov

  • Highest-rated Chess Player in the World

Bill Benjamin

  • Performance, Leadership, and High Pressure Environment Expert

Robin Lewis

  • Co-Author, The New Rules of Retail

Lisa Caputo

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Travelers

Aaron Ross

  • Bestselling Author of Predictable Revenue; Business growth and sales expert

David Nour

  • Social Networking Strategist

Marc Randolph

  • Co-Founder and Former CEO, Netflix

Mark Thompson

  • Authority on Leadership & Business Strategy

Robert Kriegel

  • Commentator, NPR’s Marketplace

Jerry Michalski & April Rinne

  • Jerry Michalksi: Futurist & Thought Leader on Trust and Sensemaking

Ryan Leak

  • Author of 'Chasing Failure' and CEO of The Ryan Leak Group

Katica Roy

  • CEO and Founder of Pipeline, Award-Winning Gender Economist, Programmer and Data Scientist

Fotini Iconomopoulos

  • Expert on Communication and Persuasion

Heather E. McGowan

  • Future of Work Keynote Speaker, Innovation Thought Leader, Bestselling Author of 'The Adaptation Advantage' and 'The Empathy Advantage'

Bruce Tulgan

  • Founder & Chairman of RainmakerThinking Inc.

James Clear

  • New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Atomic Habits', Founder of Habits Academy

Neil Pasricha

  • Positive Mindset Expert and Author of Five #1 International Best Sellers

Marc Polymeropoulos

  • Distinguished 26 Year CIA Veteran with Operational Assignments Covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia and CounterTerrorism

Marcus Lemonis

  • Serial Entrepreneur, CEO of Camping World, TV Personality and Star, and Philanthropist

Shep Hyken

  • Customer Service and Customer Experience Expert

Jim Carroll

  • The Futurist that CEOs Trust

Byron Reese

  • Influential Futurist and Technologist

James Canton

  • Futurist

Steve Rizzo

  • The Attitude Adjuster

Tomas Pueyo

  • Engineer, Data Analyst and Silicon Valley Executive

Frank Weisser

  • Decorated U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot; Two-Time Blue Angels Pilot; Stunt Pilot in Top Gun Maverick

Dr. Luana Marques

  • Global Speaker, Executive Coach, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Author

Edward Fishman

  • Leading Authority on Economic Statecraft, Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare', Former Top Sanctions Official at the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

Michael Ventura

  • Founder of Sub Rosa; Accomplished Leader, Practitioner, and Educator; Author, 'Applied Empathy'

Waldo Waldman

  • Decorated Fighter Pilot & Leadership Consultant

Gail Evans

  • Author of Play Like a Man, Win Like A Woman and She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know

Matt Mayberry

  • Peak Performance Specialist and Former NFL Linebacker

Mike Abrashoff

  • Former Commander, USS Benfold

Robert Cialdini

  • Internationally Recognized Authority on the Psychology of Influence

Carey Lohrenz

  • US Navy Fighter Pilot, Leadership Speaker & Author

Susan Cain

  • Expert on Leadership and Innovation

Greg McKeown

  • CEO, THIS Inc.

Molly Fletcher

  • CEO, Keynote Speaker, Author

Margie Warrell

  • Bestselling Business Book Author, Leadership Courage Expert

Keith Ferrazzi

  • Chairman, Ferrazzi Greenlight

Adrian Gostick

  • Bestselling Business and Leadership Author

Bill Taylor

  • Co-Founder of Fast Company and Three-Time Bestselling Author

Nick Jankel

  • Thought Leader on Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA)

Blake Morgan

  • Customer Experience Futurist

Deborah Rosado Shaw

  • Award-Winning Entrepreneur & Author. and Fortune 50 Trusted Advisor

Lisa Wardell

  • Chairman and Former CEO of Adtalem Global Education, and Advocate for Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to Education

Ram Charan

  • Acclaimed Business Advisor

Scott McKain

  • Best Selling Business Author

Andrew Winston

  • Green Business Expert

Mike Walsh

  • Futurist & Bestselling Author

Josh Linkner

  • Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Venture Capital Investor

Juan Manuel Santos

  • President of Colombia (2010-2018), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2016), and Advocate for ESG Investing & Sustainable Development

Scott Steinberg

  • Keynote Speaker, Strategic Consultant, Best-Selling Author, Tech Futurist

Liz Wiseman

  • CEO of Wiseman Group, NYT & WSJ Bestselling Author, and Executive Strategy & Leadership Expert