High-Performance Keynote Speakers for Sales Kickoffs & Revenue Teams
A successful Sales Kickoff (SKO) sets the tone for your entire year — and the right SKO speaker can ignite the motivation, alignment, and momentum your sales organization needs to excel. SKO speakers specialize in energizing teams, reinforcing strategy, and transforming sales mindset. They help sales professionals embrace change, elevate performance, strengthen customer confidence, and adopt new tools like AI and sales technology to drive results.
Whether you're launching new initiatives, renewing your go-to-market strategy, or uniting a global sales force, our SKO speakers deliver high-impact messages on resilience, clarity, customer obsession, leadership, storytelling, and modern sales excellence. These speakers bring relatable experience, actionable insights, and the kind of real-world tactics revenue teams crave.
Top SKO Speakers Keynote Speakers 
Brent Adamson
- Highly Respected Researcher, Author, Speaker, Trainer, And Advisor In Revolutionizing the B2B And B2C Sales Industries.
- Co-author Of Best Selling Books "The Challenger Sale" And "The Challenger Customer"
- His Research Has Significantly Influenced The Way Business Approach Sales And Marketing
Travels From
District of Columbia
Kim Becking
- Founder of the Unstoppable Momentum™ Movement
- NYT Bestselling Author & Avid Researcher on Change, Adversity, Sales and Resilience
- Serial Entrepreneur who took a cancer diagnosis and turned it into a way to empower others
Travels From
Missouri
Juan Bendana
- High-Energy Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur, High Performance and Leadership Expert, & Best-Selling Author of Confident By Choice
Travels From
Florida
Matt Dixon
- Founding partner of DCM Insights, the Customer Understanding Lab
- Global Authority on Sales, Customer Service, and Customer Experience
- Author of The Challenger Sale which has sold over 1 Million Copies Worldwide, ranked as the number #1 sales book of all time
- Author of also The JOLT Effect, The Effortless Experience, and The Challenger Customer
Travels From
Maryland
Ryan Estis
- Business Performance Expert and Agent of Change
- Former Fortune 500 Chief Revenue Officer
- Bestselling author of Prepare for Impact: Driving Growth and Serving Others through the Principles of Human-Centered Leadership
- Helps organizations capitalize on the “era of the customer” and gives actionable advice on creating breakthrough sales & leadership performance
- Globally recognized Sales and Leadership expert
Travels From
Minnesota
Molly Fletcher
- CEO, Bestselling Author, & Former Sports Agent
- Hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” having successfully negotiated over $500 million in contracts
- With Molly as your guide, discover how to harness your inner drive, master the art of leadership, and achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of
Travels From
Georgia
Chad Foster
- Blind Harvard Executive who built billion-dollar strategies and CRM tech Oracle said was impossible
- Sales & Leadership Catalyst, helping teams own outcomes, drive growth, and perform under pressure
- Resilience Expert who turned adversity into advantage and helps others reframe challenges into catalysts for growth
- Trusted by Top Brands like Google, Salesforce, and ADP to ignite innovation, accountability, and business outcomes
Travels From
Georgia
Laura Gassner Otting
- Founder & Chief Catalyzing Officer of Limitless Possibility
- Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose
- Advises audiences how to get “unstuck”, increase confidence, and achieve extraordinary results
Travels From
Massachusetts
Phil M. Jones
- Master of Sales Psychology, Influence, and Persuasion
- Strategic Advisor to pioneering leaders of some of the world’s biggest brands
- Author of Seven Best Selling Business Books, One Children’s Picture Book, and Producer of “Most Listened To” Non-Fiction Audiobook of all time
- When you change your WORDS, you can change your WORLD
Travels From
New York
Alan Stein Jr
- Acclaimed Organizational Performance Coach
- Bestselling Author of Raise Your Game and Next Play (coming Nov 2025)
- Spent 15+ years working with NBA superstars on leveling up their mindset, focus, and discipline
- Helps organizations close performance gaps by building resilient leaders, cohesive teams, and winning routines
Travels From
Maryland
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