Casey Sykes

Developing a champion mindset that overcomes obstacles, perseveres through change and adversity and consistently achieves success through individual intention and team collaboration is absolutely necessary in an increasingly complex and fast-moving world. Leadership is a higher calling that is a chance to make organizations better. Every single person has the potential for leadership greatness; Learn the skills and strategies it takes to develop effective managers that better engage multiple generations for increased collaborative productivity and sustained high performance. This important program unravels outdated management systems that aren't working in today's culture of relentless change, complexity and uncertainty. Champion Leadership is learned - It starts with a champion mindset that leads from important core values and harnesses the power to re-frame and reinvent their approach to work and live with more confidence, clarity and composure. Overcome the barriers that stand in your way to better manage conflict, overcome doubt and transform the way you speak up for yourself, accept feedback, demonstrate judgment, take ownership and build trust for stronger connections. This dynamic keynote reveals the non-negotiable core values leadership must embolden to significantly improve performance, improve relationships at work, home and within oneself, to create better connections for a better life. In a constantly changing world, the key to sustained joy and success lies in your belief system. Change your beliefs in order to change your life. This keynote, speech is for anyone who commands teams, leads people, influences others.

Women have been heroines in stories for centuries. Women Who Lead and Empower is a powerful mix of personal stories of courage and resilience: loss and triumph, perseverance and success and fortitude and reinvention. The world needs more women to rise in leadership and share stories of being underestimated, undervalued and underutilized. Yet, strong women rise, and give other women, and men, permission to be authentic, and succeed. Learn the core values that drive success, sustain performance and how to empower others. This keynote is the "Little Black Dress" of success for women. The LBD is a timeless symbol of universal beauty and success. This high-energy keynote emboldens women to lead authentically with confidence, clarity and composure.

Great companies are built by Great people. Hiring, Onboarding and Retaining strong managers is the most important process of building a great organization. Learn interviewing techniques to hire the right candidate, strategies to retain high performers and the universal, time-tested leadership skills and tools that are most impactful to creating high-performing teams. Casey has over twenty years of full-cycle recruiting experience as a Talent Acquisition Strategist and Advisor working with start-up companies to build high performing teams that sustain optimal performance. She works with small to medium start-up offices and Fortune 500 leaders identifying top-tier talent for hire, development and retention of high-performing individuals and aligning them in the right role for maximum impact.