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Cy Wakeman

Cy Wakeman

Keynote Speaker: NY Times Bestselling Author, Drama Researcher & Founder of Reality-Based Leadership

Cy Wakeman Biography

Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, New York Times best-selling author, and 2023 World’s #1 Leadership Guru who is recognized for her Reality-Based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience partnering with top brands spanning all industries, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a modern approach to leadership in which employees and managers alike can deliver better results with less drama, higher engagement without entitlement, and more happiness in even the most challenging workplace realities.

Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace and the worldplace,” Wakeman empowers leaders to love their teams up while calling them up to greatness. Her client list includes Google, Meta, Viacom, NBC Universal, Keurig Dr. Pepper, NASA, Pfizer, CVS, Johns Hopkins, Stanford Health Care, Bank of America, among others.

As a highly sought-after conference headliner, Wakeman holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speaker’s Association, placing her within the top 3% of speakers worldwide.

Wakeman’s social platform audience has surpassed 250,000 followers. Her Reality-Based Leadership newsletter that often goes viral within organizations reaches over 25,000 raving fans who discuss and apply her modern leadership techniques each and every week.

She has published four best-selling books, the latest of which is “Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Things Don't Have to Be Perfect for You to Be Content” (2022). Wakeman also hosts the “No Ego” podcast that offers her latest insights into how to address the toughest leadership challenges of today.

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Cy Wakeman Speaking Topics

No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Most leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions - “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises. Rather than driving performance and creating efficiencies these programs fuel the Emotional Waste, Entitlement, and Drama that drags down organizations. This is backwards. And expensive.

Over the past three years, Reality-Based Leadership, in partnership with the Futures Company, conducted proprietary research in our client organizations such as Cisco, Medtronic, New York Presbyterian, The Nebraska Medical Center and Bayer. The findings affirm what we’ve observed in our 20+ years of experience doing RealityBased work in hundreds of organizations: when employees indulge in distracting drama, learned helplessness, low accountability, lack of self-awareness, and ego-driven behavior it comes at a significant cost to their organizations. We now know it can easily consume up to three months per year of each employee’s time — potentially billions of dollars annually in the U.S. alone. That's the Drama Quotient.

At Reality-Based Leadership, we propose a radically different approach to leadership. Changing the ways leaders think and the strategies they use in their work is a serious and critical economic issue. A leader’s role shouldn’t be — cannot be — to motivate employees. That is a choice employees make. Instead, a leader helps others develop the great mental processes they need to eliminate self-imposed suffering and choose to be accountable for driving results.

Program Objectives:

  • Discover strategies for eradicating entitlement with great tools such as the Engaged Action Planning Tool, and the Negative Brainstorming Tool which changes the energy of entire group meetings from “Why we can’t” to “How we could.”

  • Develop highly effective mental processes in their teams that hold all team members accountable to quality and excellence

  • Comprehend a list of questions that can be implemented immediately and used for self-reflection and awareness

  • Understand engagement from an entirely different perspective, one that is based upon listening to the highly accountable employees

  • Compelling research showing that current leadership strategic direction and foundational philosophies regarding change management, engagement, accountability and leadership development are flawed and causing significant waste in the workplace.

  • Uncover modern approaches to engagement and change management strategies.

It is time to redefine leadership with science and research, to teach leaders strategies and tools that will actually work in their modern workplace. Leaders and organizations deserve to have a new understanding of what greatness looks like and how it can be fueled. No Ego delivers that call to greatness for all. It provides the roadmap to thinking differently about leadership and employee roles and actually delivering results, not in perfect circumstances but in today’s world.

Reality-Based Leadership – Ditching the Drama and Turning Excuses into Results

We are certainly in challenging times in our business world today. We have been in challenging times in the past and we will be faced with challenging times again at some point in the future. Here’s the reality check - The fact that times are challenging is not the source of our pain. The source of our pain is the absence of great leadership based in reality.

We must become willing to admit that our way of leading is simply not working – not creating the results or the quality of life that we would like. These times are calling for a new type of leader. We need leaders who are willing and able to recreate mindsets - their own and the mindsets of others - in order to change circumstances and lead in a new and revolutionary way.

A Reality- Based Leader is one who is able to quickly see and radically accept the reality of the situation, conserve precious team energy, and use that energy instead to impact reality. Better yet, a great Reality-Based Leader anticipates the upcoming changes and capitalizes on the opportunity inherent in the situation without drama or defense. In this session, participants will be introduced to a new wave of leadership principles - Reality-Based LeadershipTM. Which include:

  • Reality Based Leaders Refuse to Argue with Reality.
  • Reality Based Leaders Know that the Stress in Life Is Caused by Thoughts, not Realities.
  • Reality-Based Leaders Greet Change with a Simple “Good to Know.”
  • Reality Based Leaders Value Action over Opinion.
  • Reality-Based Leaders Work with the Willing.
  • Reality Based Leaders Lead First, Manage Second.
  • Reality Based Leaders work to Bullet Proof Employees so that They Can Succeed, regardless of the Circumstances
  • Reality Based Leaders Make the News Rather Than Report the News.
  • Reality Based Leaders Are Very Careful About What We Think We Know for Sure.
  • Reality Based Leaders Work to Be “Happy” Rather Than to Be “Right.”

Program Objectives:

  • Develop and utilize metrics to evaluate leadership’s contributions to the achievement of the organization's strategic goals and objectives.

  • Identify the reasons the current leadership model is failing and provide professionals with an innovative and revolutionary new look at their roles in the organization.

  • Understand the principles of Reality-Based LeadershipTM and how to apply them in your work place and in your coaching opportunities.

  • Re-evaluate the work leaders have done to date in their companies so that they can transform their tools, programs, and philosophies into ones that actually work and that leaders will actually use.

Hardwiring Accountability into Your Workforce and Coaching for Great Performance

Everyone is talking about accountability, but few organizations are actually successful in ensuring that personal accountability is hardwired into their talent and everyday business operations. Accountability has been illusive for many organizations, as they have not yet come to understand how to calculate the true value of an employee, how to drive it through great leadership, and how to measure the results.

The true value of an employee is no longer determined just by their technical skills, expertise or current performance. The value proposition in our organizations today is far more complex in our new realities and must take into account one’s accountability level, one’s willingness to change and to align with the organization. Total value is determined by one’s current performance PLUS their future relevance MINUS their emotional expensiveness to the institution! In this session, participants will learn key strategies for getting the most out of this new value equation.

In order to ensure that all talent will remain relevant and accountable far into the future and that plenty of bench strength exists in the organization, leaders must renew their focus on the coaching and development of their people. True development is the result of an individual being called to greatness, given challenging experiences and provided with coaching, support and feedback throughout. In this session, participants will learn the key elements of development and coaching along with many strategies for fast- tracking the development of future leaders.

Join the Reality-Based Revolution as we break down the core competency of personal accountability and give you no nonsense, workable strategies to hire for, coach for, and develop for accountability in your workforce!

Program Objectives:

  • Learn how our Ego avoids accountability at all cost and how Ego responds in challenging times at work and cause us to step down and blame circumstances.

  • Discover techniques and strategies to bypass the Ego to get employees into self- reflection – the key driver of accountability.

  • Recognize that engagement alone does not drive results, accountability actually leads to engagement and results.

  • Understand the four factors that drive accountability (Commitment, Resilience, Ownership and Continuous Learning) and how to coach themselves and others through those four factors in the moment.

  • Learn how accountability is actually developed, sustained and hardwired.

  • Be equipped with accountable coaching tools and strategies to help people through the 'Change Sequence' and be able to recognize where individuals may step out of accountability and how to call them back to greatness.

Business Readiness: Ensuring Our Teams Are Ready for What’s Next

Are your employees still requesting time to 'grieve' when the organization makes necessary changes to stay competitive? Are they complaining of change fatigue? That change is too hard?

For over 30 years, leaders have been taught how to soften hard news to reduce resistance and get “buy-in” to key strategic initiatives. Perhaps you’ve felt compelled to apologize for the “all the change” that constantly rocks your organization. You’ve spent hours perfecting a process to approach, communicate and reinforce a new process, project or work situation, and yet our teams are at times battle fatigued, remaining unaligned with overall strategic objectives and ill-prepared to deliver on organization goals of the near future.

Resistance to change is among the top five generators of drama and emotional waste, and according to our research, it adds up to almost 2.5 unproductive hours per day per employee. To this, I issue a new call to greatness for readiness, which can be achieved by debunking the change myths that have fueled the need to sympathize with and coddle employees, preventing readiness for change.

So, what’s next? How can leaders stop making change least disruptive to their people and instead deliver up ready, willing and able teams who ensure that change is least disruptive to the business? How can leaders move their teams beyond surviving change and call their teams to thrive in changing times and fuel innovation? Abandoning “change management” and focusing on “business readiness” gets people fluent in the now and ready for what’s next – vital to creating and sustaining great results.

This high energy session will reveal the modern leader’s role to deliver teams and talent that are ready for what’s next. Leaders will walk away with simple tools and practical strategies to ensure their teams are able to greet change with a “good to know,” quickly adapt, and deliver on the needs of the organization to meet the competitive demands of the market and customers. After all, change isn’t hard – it’s only hard for the unready.

Program Objectives:

  • Modernize the leadership philosophy to focus on business readiness and dispel the myths and traditional theories of change management

  • Provide strategies to ensure that leadership focus is to ensure change is least disruptive to the business rather than attempting to make change least disruptive to the people

  • Embrace a “pyramid of readiness” – a game-changing approach to transforming cultures that respond well to adversity and drive innovation and results

  • Facilitate understanding of the causes and anecdotes to “change fatigue” and provide ways in which leaders can conserve team energy for highest possible ROI

  • Provide practical techniques and tools for leaders to incorporate in their daily practices to align their teams with organizational direction and shift energy from “why we can’t” to “how we could”

Employee Engagement is Broken: Unlocking the True Driver of Employee Performance

For years, our organizations have been investing time, money and energy into engaging our employees based on the promise that engagement drives results. But, many organizations report that despite their best efforts, engagement just hasn’t delivered as expected.

While engaging our employees is critical, it turns out that engagement isn’t enough. Engagement without accountability is chaos. It is the organizations that cultivate a culture of personal accountability who are truly winning. It’s when engagement and accountability meet that breakthrough performance occurs.

In this dynamic, provocative and groundbreaking presentation, you will learn to see the science of employee engagement in a completely new way. You will understand why the way we have historically measured employee engagement is fundamentally flawed. You will discover that many of the ways we have been working to drive employee engagement may be actually hurting the company’s performance. And, most importantly, you’ll learn what to do about it. You will be introduced to the concept of Reality-Based Engagement, where accountability and engagement intersect to produce awesome results. This will include some practical guidance for how to cultivate the power of personal accountability within your organization.

Program Objectives:

  • Uncover three key flaws in how the traditional employee engagement survey process is designed and implemented. Learn how these flaws are the reason that many company’s engagement efforts are not producing the desired results.

  • Discover that personal accountability is the true driver of both employee engagement and company results. Gain a deep understanding of the four factors that make up a personally accountable mindset.

  • Take away specific action steps for how to fix your employee engagement process by introducing a focus on the cultivation of accountability within your organization.

Cy Wakeman Videos

Leading Teams Beyond Ego with Less Drama | Interview with Cy Wakeman
Suffering Is Completely Optional l Through Cy's Eyes - YouTube
Cy Wakeman • "BMW Driving" & Engaging Employees

How do I book Cy Wakeman to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Cy Wakeman for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Cy Wakeman, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Cy Wakeman or any other speaker of your choice.

How much does it cost to book Cy Wakeman for a speaking engagement?

Speaking fees for Cy Wakeman, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Cy Wakeman are $50,000 - $100,000 for live events and $30,000 - $50,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Cy Wakeman, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.

What topics does Cy Wakeman speak about?

Cy Wakeman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Change Management, Personal Growth, Human Resources, Consulting, Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Culture and Leadership.

Where does Cy Wakeman travel from?

Cy Wakeman generally travels from Omaha, NE, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

Who is the agent for Cy Wakeman?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Cy Wakeman for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Cy Wakeman for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Cy Wakeman or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

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Cy Wakeman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Change Management, Personal Growth and Human Resources. The estimated speaking fee range to book Cy Wakeman for live events is $50,000 - $100,000, and for virtual events $30,000 - $50,000. Cy Wakeman generally travels from Omaha, NE, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cassandra Worthy, Shawn Achor and Michael C. Bush. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Cy Wakeman for an upcoming event.

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 02/07/2024.

Cy Wakeman Speaking Topics

  • No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

    Most leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions - “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises. Rather than driving performance and creating efficiencies these programs fuel the Emotional Waste, Entitlement, and Drama that drags down organizations. This is backwards. And expensive.

    Over the past three years, Reality-Based Leadership, in partnership with the Futures Company, conducted proprietary research in our client organizations such as Cisco, Medtronic, New York Presbyterian, The Nebraska Medical Center and Bayer. The findings affirm what we’ve observed in our 20+ years of experience doing RealityBased work in hundreds of organizations: when employees indulge in distracting drama, learned helplessness, low accountability, lack of self-awareness, and ego-driven behavior it comes at a significant cost to their organizations. We now know it can easily consume up to three months per year of each employee’s time — potentially billions of dollars annually in the U.S. alone. That's the Drama Quotient.

    At Reality-Based Leadership, we propose a radically different approach to leadership. Changing the ways leaders think and the strategies they use in their work is a serious and critical economic issue. A leader’s role shouldn’t be — cannot be — to motivate employees. That is a choice employees make. Instead, a leader helps others develop the great mental processes they need to eliminate self-imposed suffering and choose to be accountable for driving results.

    Program Objectives:

    • Discover strategies for eradicating entitlement with great tools such as the Engaged Action Planning Tool, and the Negative Brainstorming Tool which changes the energy of entire group meetings from “Why we can’t” to “How we could.”

    • Develop highly effective mental processes in their teams that hold all team members accountable to quality and excellence

    • Comprehend a list of questions that can be implemented immediately and used for self-reflection and awareness

    • Understand engagement from an entirely different perspective, one that is based upon listening to the highly accountable employees

    • Compelling research showing that current leadership strategic direction and foundational philosophies regarding change management, engagement, accountability and leadership development are flawed and causing significant waste in the workplace.

    • Uncover modern approaches to engagement and change management strategies.

    It is time to redefine leadership with science and research, to teach leaders strategies and tools that will actually work in their modern workplace. Leaders and organizations deserve to have a new understanding of what greatness looks like and how it can be fueled. No Ego delivers that call to greatness for all. It provides the roadmap to thinking differently about leadership and employee roles and actually delivering results, not in perfect circumstances but in today’s world.

  • Reality-Based Leadership – Ditching the Drama and Turning Excuses into Results

    We are certainly in challenging times in our business world today. We have been in challenging times in the past and we will be faced with challenging times again at some point in the future. Here’s the reality check - The fact that times are challenging is not the source of our pain. The source of our pain is the absence of great leadership based in reality.

    We must become willing to admit that our way of leading is simply not working – not creating the results or the quality of life that we would like. These times are calling for a new type of leader. We need leaders who are willing and able to recreate mindsets - their own and the mindsets of others - in order to change circumstances and lead in a new and revolutionary way.

    A Reality- Based Leader is one who is able to quickly see and radically accept the reality of the situation, conserve precious team energy, and use that energy instead to impact reality. Better yet, a great Reality-Based Leader anticipates the upcoming changes and capitalizes on the opportunity inherent in the situation without drama or defense. In this session, participants will be introduced to a new wave of leadership principles - Reality-Based LeadershipTM. Which include:

    • Reality Based Leaders Refuse to Argue with Reality.
    • Reality Based Leaders Know that the Stress in Life Is Caused by Thoughts, not Realities.
    • Reality-Based Leaders Greet Change with a Simple “Good to Know.”
    • Reality Based Leaders Value Action over Opinion.
    • Reality-Based Leaders Work with the Willing.
    • Reality Based Leaders Lead First, Manage Second.
    • Reality Based Leaders work to Bullet Proof Employees so that They Can Succeed, regardless of the Circumstances
    • Reality Based Leaders Make the News Rather Than Report the News.
    • Reality Based Leaders Are Very Careful About What We Think We Know for Sure.
    • Reality Based Leaders Work to Be “Happy” Rather Than to Be “Right.”

    Program Objectives:

    • Develop and utilize metrics to evaluate leadership’s contributions to the achievement of the organization's strategic goals and objectives.

    • Identify the reasons the current leadership model is failing and provide professionals with an innovative and revolutionary new look at their roles in the organization.

    • Understand the principles of Reality-Based LeadershipTM and how to apply them in your work place and in your coaching opportunities.

    • Re-evaluate the work leaders have done to date in their companies so that they can transform their tools, programs, and philosophies into ones that actually work and that leaders will actually use.

  • Hardwiring Accountability into Your Workforce and Coaching for Great Performance

    Everyone is talking about accountability, but few organizations are actually successful in ensuring that personal accountability is hardwired into their talent and everyday business operations. Accountability has been illusive for many organizations, as they have not yet come to understand how to calculate the true value of an employee, how to drive it through great leadership, and how to measure the results.

    The true value of an employee is no longer determined just by their technical skills, expertise or current performance. The value proposition in our organizations today is far more complex in our new realities and must take into account one’s accountability level, one’s willingness to change and to align with the organization. Total value is determined by one’s current performance PLUS their future relevance MINUS their emotional expensiveness to the institution! In this session, participants will learn key strategies for getting the most out of this new value equation.

    In order to ensure that all talent will remain relevant and accountable far into the future and that plenty of bench strength exists in the organization, leaders must renew their focus on the coaching and development of their people. True development is the result of an individual being called to greatness, given challenging experiences and provided with coaching, support and feedback throughout. In this session, participants will learn the key elements of development and coaching along with many strategies for fast- tracking the development of future leaders.

    Join the Reality-Based Revolution as we break down the core competency of personal accountability and give you no nonsense, workable strategies to hire for, coach for, and develop for accountability in your workforce!

    Program Objectives:

    • Learn how our Ego avoids accountability at all cost and how Ego responds in challenging times at work and cause us to step down and blame circumstances.

    • Discover techniques and strategies to bypass the Ego to get employees into self- reflection – the key driver of accountability.

    • Recognize that engagement alone does not drive results, accountability actually leads to engagement and results.

    • Understand the four factors that drive accountability (Commitment, Resilience, Ownership and Continuous Learning) and how to coach themselves and others through those four factors in the moment.

    • Learn how accountability is actually developed, sustained and hardwired.

    • Be equipped with accountable coaching tools and strategies to help people through the 'Change Sequence' and be able to recognize where individuals may step out of accountability and how to call them back to greatness.

  • Business Readiness: Ensuring Our Teams Are Ready for What’s Next

    Are your employees still requesting time to 'grieve' when the organization makes necessary changes to stay competitive? Are they complaining of change fatigue? That change is too hard?

    For over 30 years, leaders have been taught how to soften hard news to reduce resistance and get “buy-in” to key strategic initiatives. Perhaps you’ve felt compelled to apologize for the “all the change” that constantly rocks your organization. You’ve spent hours perfecting a process to approach, communicate and reinforce a new process, project or work situation, and yet our teams are at times battle fatigued, remaining unaligned with overall strategic objectives and ill-prepared to deliver on organization goals of the near future.

    Resistance to change is among the top five generators of drama and emotional waste, and according to our research, it adds up to almost 2.5 unproductive hours per day per employee. To this, I issue a new call to greatness for readiness, which can be achieved by debunking the change myths that have fueled the need to sympathize with and coddle employees, preventing readiness for change.

    So, what’s next? How can leaders stop making change least disruptive to their people and instead deliver up ready, willing and able teams who ensure that change is least disruptive to the business? How can leaders move their teams beyond surviving change and call their teams to thrive in changing times and fuel innovation? Abandoning “change management” and focusing on “business readiness” gets people fluent in the now and ready for what’s next – vital to creating and sustaining great results.

    This high energy session will reveal the modern leader’s role to deliver teams and talent that are ready for what’s next. Leaders will walk away with simple tools and practical strategies to ensure their teams are able to greet change with a “good to know,” quickly adapt, and deliver on the needs of the organization to meet the competitive demands of the market and customers. After all, change isn’t hard – it’s only hard for the unready.

    Program Objectives:

    • Modernize the leadership philosophy to focus on business readiness and dispel the myths and traditional theories of change management

    • Provide strategies to ensure that leadership focus is to ensure change is least disruptive to the business rather than attempting to make change least disruptive to the people

    • Embrace a “pyramid of readiness” – a game-changing approach to transforming cultures that respond well to adversity and drive innovation and results

    • Facilitate understanding of the causes and anecdotes to “change fatigue” and provide ways in which leaders can conserve team energy for highest possible ROI

    • Provide practical techniques and tools for leaders to incorporate in their daily practices to align their teams with organizational direction and shift energy from “why we can’t” to “how we could”

  • Employee Engagement is Broken: Unlocking the True Driver of Employee Performance

    For years, our organizations have been investing time, money and energy into engaging our employees based on the promise that engagement drives results. But, many organizations report that despite their best efforts, engagement just hasn’t delivered as expected.

    While engaging our employees is critical, it turns out that engagement isn’t enough. Engagement without accountability is chaos. It is the organizations that cultivate a culture of personal accountability who are truly winning. It’s when engagement and accountability meet that breakthrough performance occurs.

    In this dynamic, provocative and groundbreaking presentation, you will learn to see the science of employee engagement in a completely new way. You will understand why the way we have historically measured employee engagement is fundamentally flawed. You will discover that many of the ways we have been working to drive employee engagement may be actually hurting the company’s performance. And, most importantly, you’ll learn what to do about it. You will be introduced to the concept of Reality-Based Engagement, where accountability and engagement intersect to produce awesome results. This will include some practical guidance for how to cultivate the power of personal accountability within your organization.

    Program Objectives:

    • Uncover three key flaws in how the traditional employee engagement survey process is designed and implemented. Learn how these flaws are the reason that many company’s engagement efforts are not producing the desired results.

    • Discover that personal accountability is the true driver of both employee engagement and company results. Gain a deep understanding of the four factors that make up a personally accountable mindset.

    • Take away specific action steps for how to fix your employee engagement process by introducing a focus on the cultivation of accountability within your organization.

Cy Wakeman Videos

Leading Teams Beyond Ego with Less Drama | Interview with Cy Wakeman
Suffering Is Completely Optional l Through Cy's Eyes - YouTube
Cy Wakeman • "BMW Driving" & Engaging Employees
Cy Wakeman • Delivering Value

Cy Wakeman Reviews

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  • How do I book Cy Wakeman to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Cy Wakeman for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Cy Wakeman, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Cy Wakeman or any other speaker of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Cy Wakeman for a speaking engagement?

    Speaking fees for Cy Wakeman, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Cy Wakeman are $50,000 - $100,000 for live events and $30,000 - $50,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Cy Wakeman, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Cy Wakeman speak about?

    Cy Wakeman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Change Management, Personal Growth, Human Resources, Consulting, Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Culture and Leadership.
  • Where does Cy Wakeman travel from?

    Cy Wakeman generally travels from Omaha, NE, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
  • Who is the agent for Cy Wakeman?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Cy Wakeman for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Cy Wakeman for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Cy Wakeman or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.