Electrify your venue with an award-winning

Keynote Speaker

Simon T. Bailey ignites audiences with a spark of their own brilliance, leaving them feeling empowered and uplifted, ready to embrace and showcase their unique talents to the world.

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Discover transformative keynote experiences.

Each topic is designed to build upon the three fundamental pillars of Brilliance, Resilience, and Thriving, empowering audiences to unlock their potential, bounce back stronger, and ignite their inner brilliance for success.

experience One

How to Lead Your Team into a Thriving Future

Empower High-Performance Teams: Cultivate resilience through targeted mindset, skillset, and willpower development. Equip your workforce with adaptive tools to meet evolving market demands and drive sustainable growth swiftly.

Process
- Leverage research from the State of Working America – Thriving in Resilience and Brilliance
- Agile Coaching: Deliver targeted insights to boost motivation and engagement
- Well-being Focus: Maximize productivity by optimizing team health and potential
Payoff
- Skill Empowerment: Equip teams with critical abilities to excel in dynamic environments
- Personalized Engagement: Tailor approaches to drive individual buy-in and performance
- People-Centric Execution: Achieve results through consistent, collaborative, human-focused strategies

experience two

Resilience@Work - Thriving in Selling

Supercharge your sales career by mastering the art of resilience-driven selling. Learn to leverage empathy and authenticity to boost performance and enrich your life, regardless of economic conditions.

Process:
1. Dive into expert strategies for resilience-based selling
2. Collaborate with a dynamic peer group of 3-5
3. Uncover your unique personality archetype for sales success
Payoff:
1. Skyrocket your confidence and customer rapport
2. Harness your authentic self to close more deals
3. Transform customers into lifelong brand advocates
Elevate your game. Be the sales pro who doesn't just sell products but creates customers for life.

experience three

Spark Customers for Life

In today's oversaturated market, average service is extinct. Simon reveals the transformative insight from his seven years as a Disney cast member and sales director of the Disney Institute that elevates customer experiences from mundane to magical.

Process
- Cut through digital noise with emotional connections
- Turn every interaction into a "wow" moment
- Harness the power of being a “plus in a minus world" creates viral, organic growth
- Engage customers' heads, hearts, and hands for unshakeable loyalty
Payoff
Simon's unique "Spark" method doesn't just satisfy customers—it creates passionate brand advocates. Elevate your competitive edge in a world driven by recommendations and reviews.
Discover how one simple principle, Simon's 'Spark' method, can revolutionize your business, customer service, and approach to life. Once learn it, you'll see its potential everywhere, transforming not just your business, personal interactions and life.
Transform your team. Electrify your brand. Spark customers for life.

"On behalf of New York City SHRM, I highly recommend Dr. Simon T. Bailey!”

“Select Dr. Simon T. Bailey as your keynote speaker! Simon presented the closing keynote, “Shift Your Brilliance: Navigating and Flourishing in the Evolving Workplace”, at New York City SHRM’s Annual HR Conference, Navigating NEXT. His message was timely, powerful, and inspirational! His presentation style was engaging and energetic. Add to that a very joyful, infectious laugh and you have presentation gold. On behalf of New York City SHRM, I highly recommend Dr. Simon T. Bailey!”

Janet Hoffmann
President of HR Aligned Design
"Simon is one of the most gifted and charismatic speakers I’ve ever met. "

“His sole purpose in life is to improve the lives of others and bring them to live lives of true brilliance & passion, operating from levels higher than they ever thought possible. He was the keynote speaker for our first-ever True to You Leadership Summit and had everyone in the room engaged and eager for more. His larger-than-life energy engulfed the room and made you feel like he was sharing his wisdom directly with you. Simon is a difference-maker with a very special set of skills. Thanks, Simon for all you do to make us brilliant.”

Camye Mackey
Chief People Officer, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena
"He set the perfect tone for our conference.”

“It was terrific to have Simon as the host and a keynote speaker at our virtual annual conference. His positivity, joy, and sense of humor are contagious. He’s an energizing speaker with a natural curiosity and he set the perfect tone for our conference.”

Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE
Chief Executive Officer at American Health Information Management Association
"Simon delivered the opening Keynote for our ESPA Conference and what a great start!"

“This was a virtual event so we needed someone with positive energy and enthusiasm to get everyone inspired and capture people’s attention and Simon’s talk certainly accomplished this. Simon was careful to incorporate direct references, tips and take-aways for our industry which was a great strength of the program. He earned great ratings from our attendees. I will definitely consider him for other event opportunities and I highly recommend him for program content on business, communications and leadership topics.”

Lynn McCullough
Executive Director and Meetings Manager of CMA Association Management
"I’ll start with one word, people. Simon invests in people."

“He dedicates his time, his life, and his talents, to developing leaders around the world. We are so blessed to have a relationship with Simon, and what I will say about Simon is he connects with people because of the work he puts in to get to know them. When we first met Simon, he asked about our organization, he asked about our culture, he asked about the needs that our people had. He built a relationship from the beginning so he could connect to the culture and the team within the organization.”

Bill Luth
Executive Vice President, Signet Jewelers
"Simon really nailed all of the things that were important to us."

“After not having a conference for 2 years, I needed someone that was motivational, but on point with what we’re focused on. Our focus right now is about enhancing and elevating our customer experience for our client’s customers, and everything in Simon’s message is what we need our network to hear about sparking that customer experience. Simon really nailed all of the things that were important to us, whether it was communication or the passion that you need to have in customer service.

Larry Thomas
Global President of Platform Solutions, Crawford & Company
"He’s always willing to share all of his experiences, his wins, his challenges."

“The bottom line is Simon is brilliant, and he brings out the brilliance in other people by being 100% present, and he’s always willing to share all of his experiences, his wins, his challenges that he had and has overcome. He shares all of it with you with one purpose. To bring out the brilliance in other people. So, Simon, you know that I admire you, and I am just honored that every time we have a conversation it’s compelling and it helps to bring out the brilliance in me so that I can turn around and give it away.”

Mary Katherine Morales
Speaker and Author
"Simon T. Bailey knocked it out of the park! He received a standing ovation."

“We just ended our huge annual event and Simon T. Bailey knocked it out of the park! He received a standing ovation. People hung around afterward to shake his hand and meet with him, and he reached our audience and connected with them when you can make them laugh and cry and not hear a pen drop, you know you have a winner with Simon.”

Sandra Samargis
Director of Business Strategy at BCEN
"It’s always uplifting to hear Simon’s positive insights!”

“After listening to Simon, I felt stronger to thrive in my circle of resilience. I exist now because I’m needed now- open to new ideas and to celebrate, not just tolerate others. I will take my M.E.D.S. as well as read, write, and reflect every day. I will ensure I made a difference and added value today. What a wonderful speaker! It’s always uplifting to hear Simon’s positive insights!

SHRM Conference Attendee
"His delivery was honest, engaging and personal."

“This session was inspiring because of not only Simon’s messaging, but his delivery which was honest, engaging and personal. He was also able to connect the audience to each other doubling the impact of his message. Align yourself within so that you can embrace change with positivity.”

SHFM Conference Attendee