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Simon T. Bailey ignites audiences with a spark of their own brilliance, leaving them feeling empowered and uplifted, ready to embrace and showcase their unique talents to the world.

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Discover transformative keynote experiences.

Each topic is designed to build upon the three fundamental pillars of Brilliance, Resilience, and Thriving, empowering audiences to unlock their potential, bounce back stronger, and ignite their inner brilliance for success.

experience One

The Power of Better Managers: Igniting Brilliance for Culture Excellence

This keynote experience, grounded in Simon’s extensive work with over 2,300 organizations in 54 countries, emphasizes the vital role of managers in fostering team well-being and innovation. It outlines the crucial traits of exceptional managers: knowing their team members, embracing creativity, fostering growth, and actively listening, all contributing to a thriving and flourishing workplace culture. The experience illustrates how better management can transform organizational success through relationship-building, collaboration, innovation, and growth.

- Uncover the five most important skills that extraordinary leaders and managers use to nurture ideas and foster an environment of well-being.
- Understand how to be perpetually present by embracing and empowering team members.
- Master how to lead remote and hybrid teams that collaborate despite the physical distance that separates them.
- Coach individuals to their fullest potential by extracting the brilliance that resides within the recesses of each employee’s being.

experience two

Resilience@Work: How to Coach Yourself into a Thriving Future

Drawing from his personal reinvention and the themes of his book Resilience@Work, Simon's keynote delves into the story of four professionals – Hurry, Worry, Ready, and Steady – facing AI integration and uncertain futures. This narrative showcases resilience as a crucial skill in the modern corporate world, emphasizing the need to embrace change, overcome adversity, and navigate toward a thriving future. This presentation is not just a parable but a motivational call to action, inspiring attendees to harness their resilience as a beacon of hope in their professional journeys.

- Leverage resilience as your superpower to transform adversity into opportunity.
- Learn three game-changing questions from the four archetype personality types to outperform your competition and emerge stronger in rapidly changing realities.
- Embrace a self-coaching mindset to take charge of your own destiny.

experience three

Spark Loyalty: Mastering the 5 Platinum Principles of Service Excellence

Based on the principles outlined in his book Be the Spark, Simon’s keynote experience explores how organizations like T-Mobile, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and Delta Air Lines have achieved remarkable productivity and success by implementing a service-focused framework. This keynote experience emphasizes transforming customer interactions into deep, meaningful relationships while nurturing a culture of care within organizations to foster customer loyalty and create unforgettable service experiences.

- Discover a framework that ignites passion, cultivates devotion, and breeds unwavering customer loyalty.
- Transform customer transactions into lasting connections.
- Create a paradigm shift in management by nurturing genuine care for employees.
- Unleash “emotionologists” who create memorable moments for customers.

experience four

Release Your Brilliance: Forget Your Title and Transform Your Job

A shocking majority of the global workforce is quietly quitting. Some employees have reached their breaking point, actively seeking to sever their ties with their employers. Still, some employees have untapped potential, and their brilliance is concealed. However, some are not waiting for management to nurture and empower them. They’ve unleashed their potential by leading without a title and propelling the organization to new heights. This keynote teaches you how to become a Thriver by working with the organization instead of against it and transforming your job from the inside out.

- Learn the five imperative skills that empower team members to thrive instead of just survive.
- Learn how to positively influence the fence sitters on the team and quiet quitters to be accountable by adding value.
- Push open the door to your potential, embrace your strengths, and move yourself, your department, and the organization into a brighter future.

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"On behalf of New York City SHRM, I highly recommend Dr. Simon T. Bailey!”

“Select Dr. Simon T. Bailey as your keynote speaker! Simon presented the closing keynote, “Shift Your Brilliance: Navigating and Flourishing in the Evolving Workplace”, at New York City SHRM’s Annual HR Conference, Navigating NEXT. His message was timely, powerful, and inspirational! His presentation style was engaging and energetic. Add to that a very joyful, infectious laugh and you have presentation gold. On behalf of New York City SHRM, I highly recommend Dr. Simon T. Bailey!”

Janet Hoffmann
President of HR Aligned Design
"Simon is one of the most gifted and charismatic speakers I’ve ever met. "

“His sole purpose in life is to improve the lives of others and bring them to live lives of true brilliance & passion, operating from levels higher than they ever thought possible. He was the keynote speaker for our first-ever True to You Leadership Summit and had everyone in the room engaged and eager for more. His larger-than-life energy engulfed the room and made you feel like he was sharing his wisdom directly with you. Simon is a difference-maker with a very special set of skills. Thanks, Simon for all you do to make us brilliant.”

Camye Mackey
Chief People Officer, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena
"He set the perfect tone for our conference.”

“It was terrific to have Simon as the host and a keynote speaker at our virtual annual conference. His positivity, joy, and sense of humor are contagious. He’s an energizing speaker with a natural curiosity and he set the perfect tone for our conference.”

Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE
Chief Executive Officer at American Health Information Management Association
"Simon delivered the opening Keynote for our ESPA Conference and what a great start!"

“This was a virtual event so we needed someone with positive energy and enthusiasm to get everyone inspired and capture people’s attention and Simon’s talk certainly accomplished this. Simon was careful to incorporate direct references, tips and take-aways for our industry which was a great strength of the program. He earned great ratings from our attendees. I will definitely consider him for other event opportunities and I highly recommend him for program content on business, communications and leadership topics.”

Lynn McCullough
Executive Director and Meetings Manager of CMA Association Management
"I’ll start with one word, people. Simon invests in people."

“He dedicates his time, his life, and his talents, to developing leaders around the world. We are so blessed to have a relationship with Simon, and what I will say about Simon is he connects with people because of the work he puts in to get to know them. When we first met Simon, he asked about our organization, he asked about our culture, he asked about the needs that our people had. He built a relationship from the beginning so he could connect to the culture and the team within the organization.”

Bill Luth
Executive Vice President, Signet Jewelers
"Simon really nailed all of the things that were important to us."

“After not having a conference for 2 years, I needed someone that was motivational, but on point with what we’re focused on. Our focus right now is about enhancing and elevating our customer experience for our client’s customers, and everything in Simon’s message is what we need our network to hear about sparking that customer experience. Simon really nailed all of the things that were important to us, whether it was communication or the passion that you need to have in customer service.

Larry Thomas
Global President of Platform Solutions, Crawford & Company
"He’s always willing to share all of his experiences, his wins, his challenges."

“The bottom line is Simon is brilliant, and he brings out the brilliance in other people by being 100% present, and he’s always willing to share all of his experiences, his wins, his challenges that he had and has overcome. He shares all of it with you with one purpose. To bring out the brilliance in other people. So, Simon, you know that I admire you, and I am just honored that every time we have a conversation it’s compelling and it helps to bring out the brilliance in me so that I can turn around and give it away.”

Mary Katherine Morales
Speaker and Author
"Simon T. Bailey knocked it out of the park! He received a standing ovation."

“We just ended our huge annual event and Simon T. Bailey knocked it out of the park! He received a standing ovation. People hung around afterward to shake his hand and meet with him, and he reached our audience and connected with them when you can make them laugh and cry and not hear a pen drop, you know you have a winner with Simon.”

Sandra Samargis
Director of Business Strategy at BCEN
"It’s always uplifting to hear Simon’s positive insights!”

“After listening to Simon, I felt stronger to thrive in my circle of resilience. I exist now because I’m needed now- open to new ideas and to celebrate, not just tolerate others. I will take my M.E.D.S. as well as read, write, and reflect every day. I will ensure I made a difference and added value today. What a wonderful speaker! It’s always uplifting to hear Simon’s positive insights!

SHRM Conference Attendee
"His delivery was honest, engaging and personal."

“This session was inspiring because of not only Simon’s messaging, but his delivery which was honest, engaging and personal. He was also able to connect the audience to each other doubling the impact of his message. Align yourself within so that you can embrace change with positivity.”

SHFM Conference Attendee