High Stakes Leadership (C - Leadership & Achievement)

<p>When communication breaks down, performance suffers. When trust is missing, everything slows. Scott Tillema shows organizations how to fix both—fast.</p><p>A SWAT-trained hostage negotiator and FBI-trained crisis communication expert, Scott Tillema has spent over two decades navigating high-stakes, emotionally charged situations where every word matters.

Danny Goldberg is a workplace performance strategist, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker helping organizations build teams so strong, people don’t want to leave.

After building and leading an eight-figure global business with partners like Peloton, Traeger, and Gravity Blankets, Danny experienced a pivotal culture breakdown that reshaped his leadership philosophy: people don’t leave companies—they leave environments.

<p>David is a renowned keynote speaker who has spent two decades helping the world's largest organizations grow, decide, and lead through change.</p><p> He is direct, generous, and deeply human, bringing radical candor and the kind of practical wisdom you only earn by building companies and guiding leaders through the moments that define what comes next.

Rachel Botsman is a world-leading authority on trust in the digital age and how it shapes leadership, innovation, and the adoption of emerging technologies such as AI. Named one of the Thinkers50 Top 30 Management Thinkers and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, she helps organizations understand why trust is the hidden force behind successful ideas, strong cultures, and transformative change.

<p>As one of the world’s foremost business futurists—and an internationally bestselling author of four books including his most recent, <em>The Future of Competitive Advantage</em>—Doug Stephens decodes the forces reshaping commerce and translates them into strategic advantage.</p><p>Known as “the futurist that futurists follow,” Doug Stephens is the founder and CEO of Retail Prophet, where he is the go-to authority for global brands like IKEA, Nike, Coca Cola, and Louis Vuitton.

<p>Sylvia Baffour is a globally recognized emotional intelligence keynote speaker, leadership development expert, and creator of Street EI™—a powerful framework for applying emotional intelligence in real-time workplace moments.</p>

<p>Her journey began at 14 in a Zimbabwean boarding school, when a difficult conversation revealed a life-changing truth: impact matters just as much as intent. That moment sparked a lifelong commitment to understanding how our emotions, words, and behaviors shape the experiences of others.</p>

<p>Vanessa Priya Daniel is an award-winning leader for racial and gender justice who helps organizations rethink power, leadership, and impact in an era of rapid social and political change.

Garth has built his career leading in environments where mistakes are not an option and the stakes could not be higher. A former Special Forces officer, two-time Everest summiteer, and current airline Captain, he brings a rare combination of military leadership, safety-critical decision-making, and extreme performance experience to global audiences.

<p>Dr. Michelle Rozen is one of the most authoritative voices on human performance, change, and leadership in the world today.</p><p> A behavioral scientist, <em>USA Today</em> and <em>Success Magazine </em>bestselling author, and 3X TEDx speaker, she is the go-to expert for leaders at the world's most iconic organizations, including Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, and Bank of America. She consistently earns standing ovations and top speaker ratings from the most prestigious stages in the world.

<p>Sean Swarner empowers leaders and teams to confront uncertainty, embrace discomfort, and pursue bold goals with clarity and confidence—no matter the obstacles in their path.</p><p>Sean’s story begins with an 8-foot journey—crawling from a hospital bed to the bathroom after being told his physical limits due to cancer would define his future. Rather than accept that prognosis, he chose to redefine what was possible, setting his sights not just on recovery, but on greatness.