Cy Wakeman Speaking Fee: $30,000 to $50,000
Travels From:
OMA - Omaha, NE
Primary Topic Category:
Company Culture / Employee Engagement / Teamwork
Secondary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management
Cy Wakeman Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author of Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by 20 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward.
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