Key Note Speaking

As a consultant, Kevin Heaney is a trusted Strategic Advisor and Mentor to organizations in North America and Europe. With over three decades of experience and entrepreneurial leadership, Kevin Heaney has developed a systematic approach to business that is simple, executable and repeatable. Kevin assists organizations in the area of Vision, Strategy, Sales & Distribution Effectiveness and Organizational Design.

Kevin is an enthusiastic and passionate key note speaker on virtually any business-related subject.  Kevin believes in customizing any address to the desired outcome of the organization who engages him. In this way a tailored message will resonate deeper with audiences as it is relevant to their industry or discipline. Following is a sample of topics and content previously addressed:

Personal & Team Motivation

Kevin truly believes that the only sustainable competitive advantage in business today is people. Kevin uses his wide range of experience in developing people and building high performance work teams to inspire individuals to find their personal "optimum performance range". Kevin uses real life examples from business and as a volunteer in the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary. He also lays the foundation for taking a group of individuals and building them into a team that will be the envy of anyone`s competitors. This powerful address is appropriate for any employee group.                                                                                                  

The One Hour MBA

At it`s very core, business is not really that complicated. Kevin has been using a simple mathematical equation to run his business's for over 25 years. It addresses how to approach the major stakeholder groups in any business regardless of industry. It works equally well in charitable, NGO or government organizations.  This proven formula has been at the heart of all Kevin's business successes in North America and abroad. Although almost everyone can get some benefit from this discourse, it is especially topical to supervisors, managers, executives and HR personnel.

STOP SELLING!! The Secret to Exceptional Revenue Growth

Kevin challenges many of the traditional sales techniques that have been taught for decades. Kevin's belief and experience shows that there is a better way. It all starts at the philosophical level with how we look at the customer and the sales process. Far from being a simple tutorial, it is a two-way, fully-engaged conversation and debate with the audience. As an example, Kevin challenges the most common sales training idiom, "always be closing", with his thought-provoking, "never be closing" approach. This highly-charged address is specific to anyone in a sales or sales management role. It has also been of benefit to the marketers of progressive companies who want to find a different way of positioning their company and products to an increasingly discerning customer.

Rags to Retirement at 51!

Coming from a less-than-privileged background, Kevin has an emotional and inspiring story to tell. Joining the workforce as a teenager with virtually no skills or experience whatsoever, Kevin was determined to make a better life for himself and his family. Armed with nothing more than common sense, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn, Kevin navigated his way through his first career, which lasted 21 years. Advancing from the very front lines of Canada’s Loomis Courier Service to his role as Pacific Region Vice President, Kevin’s story of hard work, perpetual learning and sacrifice is a blueprint for all young people entering the workforce today. Undertaking considerable risk Kevin left the comfort of a company and industry in which he had grown up, to take on a new  high technology industry challenge. His growth in the North American and European high tech sector enabled him to attain the envious position of reaching retirement at age 51. This uplifting and educational address is appropriate for any employee group.