Leadership & Culture Transformation

Don't just give attendees tools and techniques to increase their skills!
Empower and equip them to create capability at every level of the organization!

When you book Amir, you can expect that your attendees will have one of the most impactful, transformative, and entertaining experiences of their personal and professional lives...and that they will barely be able to contain their enthusiasm afterwards! Amir combines a high energy stage presence with an abundance of practical insights on topics relevant to the specific occasion, delivering a compelling message presented with a knowing sense of humor that ensures participants remain engaged throughout and leave inspired to get in action.

Amir is also one of the most "low maintenance" and self-sufficient speakers you will ever engage. He knows that event planners have a huge workload in making sure everything comes together at the event and has always received high marks from planners for not requiring a lot of attention or having special requests.

Don't take our word for it though; take a look at the testimonials below and see what past event planners and attendees have said!

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“Your words and enthusiasm made my day...maybe even my year! Thank you for your powerful conversation with all of us.”
~𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗠𝗦𝗠, 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗖, 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻

“Amir was our No. 1 rated keynote presenter at [our international conference]. His
message on ‘Leveraging Culture to Transform Organizations,’ really resonated with our audience.
His delivery and content was exceptional.”
~𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲

“Amir clearly demonstrated he is one of the foremost leadership development specialists in the
industry and left my team overwhelmed with confidence and insight into the personal
responsibilities they have a leaders. Mr. Ghannad left the presentation with my staff wanting more -
which is an abnormality for most speakers. [...] It was excellent!”
~𝗜𝘇𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗦𝗗𝗔

“I can’t begin to tell you how impressed I was with your depth of knowledge of transformative leadership, but equally enthralled with your presentation style. A winning combination that even keeps someone of my vintage engaged and wanting for more. I have to admit, I was a bit apprehensive about the thought of sitting through yet another leadership presentation at this point in my life, all the while thinking, “What more do I have to learn about leadership” that would benefit me in my somewhat limited working future…yet I learned a lot! Thank you.”
~𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗠, 𝗩𝗣, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

“As a conference producer it is my responsibility to identify thought leaders and persuade them to
share some of their experience and expertise with a room full of strangers. Amir Ghannad is among
the best, brightest, friendliest, and most enthusiastic speakers I have ever had the pleasure of
working with. Amir's dedication to personal and professional self-improvement as a vehicle to drive successful outcomes is both inspirational and empowering. His ideas about leadership as the root cause for achieving goals really do get to the heart of how people and organizations think, how they change,
and how they grow. He's a clear communicator with a can-do attitude who loves what he does and is
happy to share what is working for him with others. It is my pleasure to recommend him in very
strong terms to anyone who has managed to read this all the way to the end: Please do take the
opportunity to work with Amir; you will not regret it!”
~𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀

“If I had a dollar for every time somebody told me what a wonderful job you did, I could buy an island!”
~Cheryl Allen, VP of HR | Kaplan

“I had the privilege of working with Amir on our association flagship event of the year, ASCM 2019, with over 2,000 attendees from around the globe. He presented a session on ‘How Transformative Leaders Create Sustainable Culture Transformation’ for our attendees which ranked as one of the best sessions of the event. We have received very positive feedback on his session including but not limited to ‘Awesome message! Thank you so much for some practical and thought-provoking information that I look forward to putting into action’ and ‘This session was the absolute best so far. I’m excited to bring these ideas back to my company.’ As a conference planner, through the months of preparation and also during the conference, I was very impressed with Amir’s communication skills, responsiveness and professionalism. It was an absolute pleasure working with him and I look very forward to our paths crossing again!”
~Helli Hendesi, CSCP, Manager of Conference Content | ASCM, Formerly APICS

“I’m delighted to recommend Amir Ghannad, author of the Transformative Leader. His message resonated with the wardens of our transformational leadership program, the Warden Exchange. His approach, insight, humor, and humility fostered a deep connection with our participants; many of whom cited him by name when asked, ‘What speakers stood out or were of the MOST VALUE to you?’ – out of over 50 speakers for the year. It’s also been a personal pleasure to get to know him better this year.”
~Bill Waddington, Consultant, Prison Fellowship Ministries

“Amir is one of the most insightful leaders I have ever met. He is engaging and draws in his audience with the most incredible stories. I will definitely call on Amir again the next time we need leadership training. Some of our team has also used Amir's one on one mentoring and they speak very highly of this time.”
~Brenton Briggs, PMP LSS MBB, Founder & Director | The Eden Project, A Warrior Support Foundation

AUDIENCE MEMBERS:

“Excellent practical principles”
“Sincere, engaging, helpful. Woke me up!”
“One the best sessions I have ever attended related to cultural transformation.
Very practical, relatable, and relevant. Great mix of case study results and
actionable takeaways.”
“Great presentation, took ideas/methods that I feel like I can take back and
apply within my company.”
“This session was the absolute best so far. Amir was speaking directly to me.”
“Lots of good ideas and more importantly ideas that are applicable to any
Industry.”
“Exceptionally good session. Thought provoking and pragmatic! Look forward to more sessions from Amir at the next conference”
“Great message delivered passionately and professionally. Thought provoking
and inspiring. There is no selling involved when you believe in your product.
In this case the product is an ideal and a standard that we should commit to
building within our own organizations.”
“Outstanding session!!”
“Very engaging! Informative, inspiring and yet funny speaker!
“Great information, lots of take aways to help with overall moral both at a
management level and employee level.”
“Amir Ghannad is a very excellent speaker. He drew in the room and held everyone's attention. His presentation was inspirational because all of the things he talked about were things that I, or anyone, could actually do.”
“Amir was awesome!! Captivating and inspirational!”
“Extremely strong and uplifting presentation for personal aspirational growth minded people.”
“Above and beyond my expectations. Left feeling energized and exhilarated with the possibilities to transform.”
“Loved your energy and your delivery was electrifying and entertaining, while your storytelling allowed me to live life right beside you despite you being from Iran and me being from NY. Really well done. Thank you for what you do.”

Amir Ghannad, is a leadership development specialist with over three decades of hands-on experience in leadership and organizational development, and author of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, which has been purchased and used by leaders in over 30 countries. He is the principal author of the The Transformative Leader Blog, and host of The Transformative Leader Podcast.

Amir’s corporate career began at Procter and Gamble, where he held a variety of manufacturing leadership positions in the US, Southeast Asia, and Europe. He also served as Plant Director at Sunny Delight Beverages Company, where he led the Atlanta plant operations and the company’s Workplace Excellence efforts, before taking on leading the Global High Performance Organization initiative at Campbell Soup Company. Amir transitioned from his corporate career to his leadership development consulting practice, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, in December 2016.

As a Registered Corporate Coach and an accomplished trainer of courses such as Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, The Speed of Trust, The Mind Gym, and many others, Amir has designed and delivered numerous customized sessions that have helped organizations successfully achieve results in a variety of business situations.

In addition to designing and conducting training sessions, and facilitating numerous workshops in various locations in the US, Asia, and Europe, Amir has effectively led multi-national and multi-functional teams in delivering superior results through his ability to rally teams around a common vision. Having had extensive hands-on leadership experience in a variety of business situations, Amir is proficient in using an array of tools and methodologies to facilitate teams through the process of strategy development and deployment, organizational assessment and design, high performance organization development, transition management, and leadership development.

As a sought-after keynote speaker, Amir has had the pleasure of speaking on the topic of leadership effectiveness and culture transformation at conferences held in the US and abroad, where he is consistently rated the highest-ranked speaker at the event.

Amir holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a MBA from Wilmington University. He is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), as well as a member of the NSA Million Dollar Speaker Group.

I work with each event planner to customize each presentation to the specific needs and goals of the audience. I also follow-up with event planners after the event to ensure that they and their audience receive as much return on investment as possible from engaging my serves as a speaker.

Note that due to my active and engaging presentation style, I prefer to use portable microphones, such as lapel mics or over-the-ear mics.

If anyone intends to create a recording of my speaking, I ask that they contact me beforehand so that we discuss the use and distribution rights of that recording.