The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
Whether your company is buttoned-up or start-up, five employees or thousands, our corporate culture speakers provide ideas for achieving better balance, motivating staff, and promoting a healthy, happy, and profitable workplace.
Nike's Former Chief Marketing Officer | Author of Emotion by Design
Great brands don’t simply reach customers: they create real emotional bonds with them.
CEO of Mansueto Ventures | Former Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company
Any company can become a Fast Company by pushing their creative boundaries.
Author of Grit, the #1 New York Times bestseller | Pioneering researcher on grit, perseverance, and the science of success
Grit, more than talent, IQ, looks, or wealth, is a powerful indicator of success.
Author of The End of Bias | Award-winning science and culture journalist
Bias has a real cost for your organization. Fighting it is your greatest superpower.
Founder of theBoardlist | Former president of StubHub | CEO OF XERO | Author of Choose Possibility
In a volatile world, our biggest opportunity lies in revolutionizing our relationship with risk.
Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management | Author of The 360° Corporation
Corporate social responsibility is our generation’s biggest innovation challenge.
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND NEURAL SCIENCE AT NYU | AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Power of Us
We gain so much more from working together than apart.
Empathy expert | Author of The War for Kindness | Director of Stanford's Social Neuroscience Lab
Our empathy is a vital tool for workplace success—one that we can all strengthen through practice.
Digital workplace expert | Author of Remote, Inc.
Building a thriving hybrid culture is essential for success in the new workplace.
Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University | Faculty Director of Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative | Author of Edge
Are you looking for an edge to help you succeed? Guess what—you've already got one.
Founder and CEO of Tala
Radical trust is the currency driving the future of our financial institutions.
Founder and CEO of Hedley & Bennett | Author of Dream First, Details Later
Overthinking kills innovation. You need to dream first, and worry about the details later.
Curiosity Expert | Author of Seek | Fellow at U.C. Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center | Lecturer at The University of Texas
Curiosity isn't just a personality trait—it's a skill. When you learn how to practice it, you unlock greater problem solving, stronger teams and powerful leadership.
Co-Founder of Innosight | Author of Lead from the Future and Reinvent Your Business Model
The future is eminently knowable—through visionary thinking.
Psychotherapist | New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Revealing the truth of who we are is the glue that binds us together.
Prof. of Social Psychology & Organizational Behavior at Stanford | Director of the Polarization and Social Change Lab
Trying to get someone to see your side? Start by connecting it to their underlying moral values.
Author of The Battle For Your Brain | Legal scholar & ethicist | Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Technology is converging with our bodies, even our minds. What are the dilemmas and opportunities?
Co-Author of Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
Immense complexity means our systems—from the macro to the domestic—are prone to collapse.
Author of Rage Becomes Her | Award-winning journalist | Co-Founder and Director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project
Our emotions aren't weaknesses. They're tools that we can use for greater personal and organizational success.
Bestselling author of The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters | Journalist
In times of great challenge, search for meaning, not happiness.
Author of New York Times Bestseller The Sum of Us
Racism has a cost for everyone—but there are ways we can prosper together.
World Renowned Expert on Innovation | Former Chief Disruptor at Autodesk | Author of The Future of Making
An era of continuous disruption is changing, forever, how we design, manufacture, and consume.
Author of Shoot Like a Girl | Leadership Speaker | Foreign Policy 100 Leading Global Thinker
If they’re telling you it can’t be done, prove them wrong.
Award-Winning Expert on Self-Leadership, Mental Health, and The Conscious Mind | Bestselling Author of Chatter | Faculty lead at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center
Leading others starts with leading yourself. You can turn your inner voice from your worst critic into your best coach.
Anti-ageism activist | Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ageism is prejudice against our future selves. What if we were free of it?
Award-winning author of Black Food | James Beard Leadership Award Winner | Founder of 4 Color Books
We need to open a transparent dialogue about food insecurity, structural racism, and poverty.
Positive psychologist | Instructor of NYU’S “The Science of Happiness”
Want to thrive in your career? Create your own definition of success—based on happiness.
Author of The Big Thirst and One Giant Leap
Innovation on demand? Creative leadership? NASA's moon landing got there first.
The first Latina in space | Former NASA Director
Astronaut, inventor, and NASA director, inspiring young people from every background to aim for the stars.
Director of the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Leadership LAB | Deep canvassing pioneer | Community and political activist
There is a method to reducing prejudice. 15,000 conversations showed us how.
Performance psychologist | Former Director of Mental Conditioning for the New York Giants | Author of Life as Sport
From star athletes to office workers—to achieve success, you first have to visualize success.
Assistant professor at the Kellogg School of Management | Speaker on Grit
Few of us are born with unwavering grittiness. Thankfully, grit can be built in anyone, at any time.
Negotiations Expert | Co-Author of The Chairs Are Where the People Go
Virtual environments aren’t the end of human connection—as long as we communicate effectively.
A Motivational Speaker on Grit and Performance
Resilience, commitment, teamwork. That’s how ordinary people achieve extraordinary successes.
Expert in the psychology of persistence | Assistant professor of developmental psychology at University of Texas, Austin
We can foster the motivation needed to be lifelong learners, at school, at work, and in life.
CEO of Trend Hunter | New York Times bestselling author of Create the Future
Out of chaos winners emerge—and they’ll be bigger, better, and faster than ever before.
INSEAD professor | Author of The Culture Map and No Rules Rules
How can we navigate—and make the most of—complex cultural differences in the workplace?
Psychologist and Author of The Village Effect and The Sexual Paradox
Even in our digital world, human connection is the key to learning, happiness, resilience, and longevity.
Author of Sidetracked and Rebel Talent | Behavioral Scientist | Harvard Business School Professor
Want your company to thrive? Let your employees be themselves—and break the rules.
Author of The Boldly Inclusive Leader | Co-Author of The Psychological Safety Playbook | Former VP of Engineering Practice, Autodesk
If you want to create a culture where diverse teams flourish, you need boldly inclusive leaders.
Leading Expert on Adolescence and the Parent-Child Relationship | Award-Winning Psychologist | Author of You and Your Adult Child
Being the parent of an adult child is more complicated than ever. But you can learn and adapt—and grow with your child.