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.
Speaker By Last Name
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39Speakers.
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
In Person-Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
District of Columbia
Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour
- America's First Black Female Combat Pilot
- Former Marine & Cop
- Author, Zero to Breakthrough
- Consultant to Business
In Person-Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
Georgia
Simon T. Bailey
- Leadership Imagineer
- Resilience Advocate
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Florida
Alex Banayan
- Author of the #1 international bestseller The Third Door: The Mindset of Success
- Expert on exponential growth, perseverance, and high performance
- Interviewed Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Steve Wozniak, Larry King, Jane Goodall, and dozens more of the world’s top performers
- Known for his high-energy keynotes, geared to motivate and fuel bold thinking through his “There’s Always a Way” framework
- One of the most acclaimed keynote speakers in America, with more than a decade of experience presenting to Apple, Nike, Google, IBM, Mastercard, Disney, and more
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
California
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
In Person-Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Missouri
Juan Bendana
- High-Energy Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur, High Performance and Leadership Expert, & Best-Selling Author of Confident By Choice
In Person-Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Florida
Bill Benjamin
- Partner, Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP)
- Emotional Intelligence, Performance, and Leadership Expert
- Helping people and teams overcome the barriers that often hold them back from reaching their full potential
In Person-Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Illinois
Rich Bracken
- Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, & Leadership Speaker
- Award Winning Sales & Consulting Executive
In Person-Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Missouri
Jesse Cole
- Owner of Savannah Bananas
- Founder of Fans First Entertainment
- Author of Fan's First & Find Your Yellow Tux
In Person-Fee:
$100,000 - $200,000
Virtual Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Travels From
Georgia
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
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
Maryland
Kevin Elko
- Nationally Renowned Sports Psychologist
- Author of Nerves of Steel: A Powerful Life-Management Program
Travels From
Pennsylvania
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
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
Minnesota
Keith Ferrazzi
- Executive Team Coach: 20+ years coaching Fortune 500 companies, startups, and governments through Ferrazzi Greenlight
- Research Leader: Heads Greenlight Research Institute focused on team transformation; founded Radical Innovators Collaborative for peer learning
- Best-Selling Author: #1 NYT author of Never Eat Alone, Leading Without Authority, and Competing in the New World of Work; latest book Never Lead Alone based on 3,000+ organizational assessments
- Thought Leader: Regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, WSJ, Fortune, Fast Company, and Inc.
- Award Winner: 2024 Coaches 50 Award recipient, recognized among world's top executive coaches
- Innovation Focus: Co-founder of Radical Innovators Collaborative, a community that builds authentic connections for visionary leaders of the world’s most innovative companies to ignite transformative change
- Impact Driven: Active philanthropist and strategic investor focused on societal improvement
In Person-Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
California
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
In Person-Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
Georgia
John Foley
- Former Lead Solo Pilot for the Navy's elite Blue Angels
- Stanford Fellow, Bestselling Author, and ‘Gratitude Guru’
- Takes you on an energizing journey toward excellence, teamwork and transformation
Travels From
Idaho
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
In Person-Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
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
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Travels From
Massachusetts
Jon Gordon
- One of the most influential and sought after leadership speakers today
- Author of 32 books including 18 best sellers and 5 children’s books
- Consultant to numerous leaders, CEO’s, NFL, NBA, and MLB Coaches
- Developing Positive, Engaged People, Leaders and Teams
In Person-Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
Florida
Kindra Hall
- Captures Attention, Closes Sales, and Increases Influence through the Art of Strategic Storytelling
- Storytelling World Award recipient
- Author, Speaker, and Communication Expert
In Person-Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
New York
Jesse Itzler
- Serial Entrepreneur and Endurance Athlete
- Co-Founder of Marquis Jet & Zico Coconut Water; and Co-Owner, Atlanta Hawks
- NY Times Bestselling Author of 'Living with a SEAL'
In Person-Fee:
$50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Travels From
Georgia
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