Cy Wakeman

Harness the power of a reality-based mindset with Cy Wakeman. Her acclaimed philosophy transforms workplace dynamics.

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“Cy’s virtual presentation was a gift to our very exhausted audience of nurse leaders. Her message was spot-on, providing pearls of wisdom and actionable tools that participants could immediately begin using in their day-to-day work as they press on through such challenging times. We could not have asked for a better speaker for a virtual format where our audience felt as though they were in the same room with her and each other.”

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Why you should book Cy Wakeman for your next event

Transform workplace culture with Cy Wakeman's reality-based leadership, fostering innovation and accountability.
She shows how changing mindsets to focus on personal accountability will lead to greater engagement. She does this by revealing how to get rid of the ‘drama’ and use that energy in productive ways.
Harness over 25 years of expertise as Cy transforms workplace dynamics for Fortune 500 companies.

Unlock unparalleled business success with Cy Wakeman, a visionary leader shaping the future of workplace dynamics. As a global thought-leader and CSP-designated speaker, she propels organizations, including Google and NASA, to new heights. Embrace a reality-based approach, eliminate workplace drama, and witness a transformation in leadership. Voted a top influencer for 7 consecutive years, Cy Wakeman delivers keynote experiences that redefine leadership excellence. Discover the power of No Ego and drive innovation, accountability, and profound business results.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: No Ego: How leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement & Drive Big Results

Recent research conducted by Cy Wakeman in conjunction with the Futures Company, has discovered that rather than driving performance and creating efficiencies for the organization, conventional leadership strategies and philosophies are actually fueling drama in the workplace. In fact, research indicated that under currently prescribed leadership philosophy and strategic best practices, up to three months per year of each employee’s time – potentially billions of dollars annually in the U.S. alone – is wasted in drama.

In this session, Cy proposes a radically different approach to core leadership philosophies such as engagement, change management, and accountability. Join Cy as she calls leadership professionals to redefine HR and leadership with science and research and to teach leaders strategies and tools that will actually work in their modern workplace.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: Reality-Based Leadership™: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace & Turn Excuses into Results

These are challenging times in our businesses today. In leadership, we must become willing to admit that the ways in which we have taught leaders to lead over the years is simply not working. These times are calling for a new type of leader, one who can bring peace, sanity, and results back to the workplace!

In this session, Cy rocks audiences as she teaches the key principles of her new wave of Reality-Based Leadership™.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: Business Readiness – Ensuring Our Teams are Ready for What’s Next

In this high energy session, Cy Wakeman will help leaders understand their heightened responsibilities in delivering teams and talent that are ready for what’s next along with strategies to ensure that teams able to quickly adapt and change and deliver on the needs of the organization to provide relevant, high- value, services in even mature markets. After all, change is only hard for the unready.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: Hardwiring Accountability into Your Workforce

Everyone is talking about accountability, but few organizations are actually successful in ensuring that personal accountability is hardwired into their talent and everyday business operations. Join Cy as she breaks down the core competency of personal accountability and gives you no nonsense, workable strategies to hire for, coach for, and develop for accountability in your workforce!

After all, personal accountability is the foundation of Reality Based Leadership™ – a revolution in leadership.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: Employee Engagement is Broken: Unlocking the True Driver of Employee Performance

For years, our organizations have been investing time, money and energy into engaging our employees based on the promise that engagement drives results. While engaging our employees is critical, it turns out that engagement isn’t enough. Engagement without accountability is chaos.

In this dynamic, provocative and groundbreaking presentation, you will be introduced to the concept of Reality-Based Engagement, where accountability and engagement intersect to produce awesome results. This will include some practical guidance for how to cultivate the power of personal accountability within your organization.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: FOR LEADERS: Leading in Uncertainty and Crisis

Many of us are focused on how to “get through” the current pandemic so we can get back to business as usual. For Reality-Based leaders, the work at hand is about greatness – how to not only survive the daily in these times but to ensure that your team comes through this crisis better for it, evolved by it, and changed from it.

What you will take away from this session:

This session will outline the role of a leader in profound uncertainty, capturing hearts and minds, keeping teams and individuals focused on the work at hand, all the while ensuring that the forces that will evolve your team and team members is not curtailed.
Cy will interrupt your current thinking and provide tips and techniques to make sure that your team is impacted – but not traumatized – by recent events and that you are leveraging current times to build resilience in your teams and to recreate the way you work in the future.

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Keynote by Cy Wakeman: FOR TEAMS: Finding Peace, Happiness, and Greatness in Transformative Times

In the midst of extreme challenges and disruption, peace, happiness, or greatness quickly start to seem like an impossibility. As humans, we quickly fall prey to the belief that we can’t succeed in circumstances like these and many buy in to the belief that our new normal is one of stress, anxiety, conflict, and suffering. We throttle down to settle for just “getting through” and surviving until things get back to the way things were before.

But what if we had the power to invoke another side of our uniquely human nature? And that part of our human nature is evolution. What if it didn’t have to be a time of stress and anxiety but instead a time of peace, reflection, growth, and adaption? Good news – it can be different. Even better news, at Reality-Based Leadership we know how to make it different.

We all have far more power over our experiences than we claim. Even in the toughest situations each of us can determine whether we are impacted or traumatized and whether our approaches and responses help or hinder our desired results. In fact, how one person experiences these times has a lot more to do with their mindsets, skillsets, habits, and strategies they are deploying than the actual circumstances we are facing.

What you will take away from this session:

This session is designed to help each participant take a quick inventory of their current experience and learn new techniques, strategies, and concepts that are easy to implement and can immediately shift mindsets to one of peace in the present, and resilience in the future. If you are wondering how you can best support your teams through this crisis, here is a unique reminder of just how much positive impact they can have to succeed despite the challenging reality at hand.

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Customer Reviews

CEO Synova Associates LLC

“Cy provided incredible value to our leaders during her virtual session. Her reality-based philosophies are always relevant, but particularly useful as we navigate the challenges of leading at a distance.”

Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield

“Thank you for the impact you have had on me. Last year at Herman Miller, Inc. the East delivered a record year. My team is stronger and better leaders as a result of me working on my leadership… with you! Thank you. I also wanted to share how helpful your podcasts and YouTube videos are to create the adjustment in my thinking when I digress. I had a week this week where I did not step up, so I spent the morning re-watching your work. I am back thinking of the all possibilities of creating great and enabling my team to share in that work.”

Vice President Sales-East HermanMiller

“What a privilege to have you in Charlotte last week! Your message of ditch the drama, your ego is not your amigo, and how to check our stories was so impactful to our teams. The group you spoke to is highly diverse and yet your message resonated in a uniform and profound way. A ‘home run’ said one of my key teammates. I am grateful you made the trip and that you seamlessly wove the issues we are facing into your discussion. Onward we go…but in REALITY!”

Head of Wholesale Credit Bank of America

“This is the most effective, productive and practical solution any business leader would want. I cannot tell you how much money, time and emotional waste has been saved because of Cy’s philosophy. She can transform any culture to help the willing revolutionize consistent and constant change.”

CEO Anaplan, Former CFO Red Hat and Cisco

“The response from our HR community has been overwhelming. They loved your message, and I think the whole experience provided a much-needed energy boost. The day exceeded my expectations, and it was the perfect launch to my new role – setting a new tone for our HR community.”

CHRO NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Cy Wakeman

Mastering Reality-Based Leadership

As a motivational speaker, Cy Wakeman's impact reverberates far beyond the stage. Her philosophy, lauded as the secret weapon to restoring sanity in the workplace, is a testament to her ability to turn leadership challenges into triumphs.

Book Cy Wakeman for your event, and you invite a seasoned drama researcher and New York Times best-selling author into your narrative. With over 25 years of experience, Cy's reality-based approach offers more than a keynote—it's a catalyst for organizational evolution. As she shares insights cultivated by steering giants like Google, NASA, and Pfizer, your team gains invaluable tools to navigate our ever-evolving professional landscape.

In the theater of corporate life, Cy Wakeman emerges as the maestro, guiding executives and employees alike to shift their focus inward. By sharpening personal accountability and discarding workplace drama, Cy empowers individuals to uncover their innate capacity for innovation.

Cy's credentials, including the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation and topping the Global Gurus list, solidify her status as a sought-after influencer. This isn't just a keynote; it's an investment in a dynamic speaker whose insights have been featured on major platforms, including the TODAY Show and The New York Times.

Secure your organization's future by booking Cy Wakeman, an opportunity to rewrite your narrative with a motivational speaker who brings clarity, accountability, and profound business results to the forefront.