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Keith is amazing, he is a great partner – I wish I could work with him on every event! His content was fantastic, just what we had hoped for and matched very well with the audience. His presence was powerful, his purpose defined, his presentation relevant?and I know the audience walked away with action items and renewed focus on the importance of mentoring, leading and managing. I have worked with Keith on several projects and he continues to bring inspiration, powerful examples, and an infectious love for the people side of the business to an audience of high-level seasoned executives. Repeat and new participants from our audience have had this to say about him: “One of the most understandable & reliable conversations on leaders yet”; “A pro! Inspiring!”; “Excellent presenter, data and thoughts”; “Practical and impactful”; “Exceptional!”; “Best presentation of the event!”
Felicia Davis
Conference Director for Corporate
Learning Week
“Powerful”, “Dynamic” and “Engaging” are just three terms that characterize Keith’s speaking abilities. As a speaker at the Executive Leadership Council’s 20th Annual Mid-Level Managers’ Symposium, Keith delivered a clear and tailored message to aspiring and high potential executives. He was easy to work with and he clearly came well prepared for and knowledgeable of his audience. Keith’s delivery culminated in consistently high speaker ratings that earn his place on our short list of speakers who are tapped to return for additional speaking engagements.
Steven Williams, Ph.D., SPHR
Director, Institute for Leadership Development and Research
Executive Leadership Council
At the CVMSDC 2014 Business Opportunity Conference, Keith Pigues was the Keynote speaker for our General Session. Keith again set a standard hard to beat, in delivering a very salient presentation. Our theme was Innovation. Keith, who is a natural progressive thinker, nailed all aspects of “Supplier Development Innovation”. His ability to resonate with the audience of Corporations/Private members, along with MBEs, set everyone up for embracing “Affective Behavioral Change” towards moving Supplier Development forward NOW!
Eric Watson -President and CEO
Carolinas-Virginia
Minority Supplier Development Council
Keith is a dynamic speaker with a powerful message and approach to helping organizations truly win with their customers. The unique combination of his innovative approach to creating and capturing customer value and inspirational delivery made a significant contribution to our global leaders meeting.
Jerome Peribere - CEO
Chip Cook - Corporate VP Customer & Sales Operations
Brian Clark - Global Vice President - Commercial Excellence
Sealed Air
Keith provided my team with a compelling message and a workshop chalk full of great information and concepts. When Keith got to the ideas on Customer Value Creation and the Differential Value Proposition light bulbs were going on all over the room. Keith is an engaging speaker who brings the materials to life in unique and energizing ways. In the end, the team took away many practical ideas that help us drive our business forward.
Steve Yager
Vice President, Technical Support (Americas)
Cisco
Keith delivered a dynamic keynote address at the Sodexo Diversity Business Leadership Summit. His presentation was inspirational and packed with valuable content that can be implemented immediately to help organizations win with their customers and employees. He provides a unique perspective as a business and academic leader, author and coach. Sodexo leaders and our clients received great value from Keith's keynote address and I highly recommend him.
Rohini Anand
Senior Vice President & Global Chief Diversity Officer
Sodexo
D. Keith Pigues was a frequently requested speaker by Professional Pricing Society members for our conferences and we were honored when we delivered a keynote address at our 25th Annual Spring Pricing Workshops & Conference. Keith’s discussion of analyzing your customer’s profitability as a function of your company’s goods and services was very pertinent to our audience and he received excellent speaker feedback and ratings across the board. He delivered a great talk for our members and gave them lots to think about as they work to improve their business acumen.
Kevin Mitchell
President
Professional Pricing Society
I first met Keith in 2011 after introducing myself to him onsite following his fantastic presentation in Chicago. Wow! What a terrific energy, and fantastic, no-nonsense approach to customers and business growth. We engaged him to keynote the Business Marketing Association conference in Southern California. The passion he has for "Winning with Customers"; and the insights he delivers throughout his talks as well as in his co-authored book of the same title, are timeless and invaluable. Keith is a seasoned corporate marketer whose wisdom and thought leadership truly resonate not only with the C-suite but with all, company-wide.
Luz Marina
President, Business Marketing Association
Southern California
One of our sales teams invited Keith to speak on understanding and quantifying our value propositions during a global key customer review meeting. His personal energy and actionable suggestions motivated Sales Management to re-look at our customer strategies and improve our key account management process.
Rebecca S. Williams
VP, Global Marketing and Business Development
LORD Corporation
Powerful connection with the audience. An evangelical yet very practical
message. Backed with the experience of a seasoned chief marketing officer,
whose practice spans a broad range of industries. Keith Pigues keynoted the
second day of our recent ISBM members meeting – and blew everyone away. His
new approach on “winning with customers” provides new tools and techniques
for better understanding, creating, and harvesting value. Keith can speak
on a wide range of topics, from his experience at Honeywell, CEMEX, Ply Gem,
and the work he’s done with the academic and research community.
If you’re looking for someone who can motivate, spark ideas, create great
discussion, and provide “nuggets” of take way that can be used immediately –
you can do no better than Keith. His ratings at our recent ISBM members
meeting were spectacular.
Ralph A. Oliva
Executive Director
Institute for the Study of Business Markets
Keith spoke on two occasions for our team at Kimberly Clark. His message was very impactful and his delivery was very engaging. The attendees received meaningful and practical information they could put into practice immediately in the business. Keith's presentation was a great mix of valuable content and engaging delivery that moved us to action.
Sue Sears
Vice President, Global Market Development
Kimberly-Clark Professional
Keith was a keynote speaker at a recent CMO CLUB Summit with over 100 Heads of Marketing in the room. His style and substance around the shift from company profitability to customer profitability was excellent and extremely valuable and inspiring. Keith's passion, intelligence, and focus on the customer is unique and a breath of fresh air.
Pete Krainik
Founder and CEO, The CMO CLUB
www.thecmoclub.com
Keith is the rare keynote speaker whose message transcends titles and has the ability to motivate, inspire and encourage action at every level of an organization. His background gives him undeniable credibility and when combined with his thorough research, subject mastery and his authentic delivery of content, audiences are inspired to commit or recommit to the path of personal and professional development necessary in order to become an outstanding leader. If you are looking for a keynote speaker that leaves you with more than fleeting inspiration but instead creates a paradigm shift, that enables audiences to reconsider what success and leadership is by leveraging sound business experiences and relevant anecdotes, then Keith Pigues is the speaker you are looking for.
Alex Merritt
Continuos Improvement Internal Consultant
General Mills
We appreciate the knowledge Keith shared with our CMEDI (Charlotte Minority Economic Development Initiative) group, which included national corporations and Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) located in the greater Charlotte Region. The group found this session to be thought-provoking, challenging and practical - with value for the national corporations and MBEs. Keith helped us set the stage for the new year by challenging the participants to explore "if the customer is at the center of our business?
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Priscilla Wallace
Vice President
Charlotte Minority Economic Development Initiative (CMEDI)
Keith led a very dynamic, engaging session with our mid-level managers and directors within our organization and exceeded our expectations on every level. Keith was able to read the group and adjust the working session to create an environment of candor, address barriers, and inspire the group toward active leadership of the next generation of our company. His solutions were rooted in real examples and research providing the perfect balance of inspirational yet very pragmatic food for thought. If you are ever looking for a dynamic speaker with the business experience and theories, look no further than Keith Pigues.
Melva Holt
General Mills
Black Champions Network T2 Chair
Keith did a great job at our intelligence event and received very high scores from our attendees. He's a very dynamic, high energy speaker with lots of take home value. If you're a marketing or customer centric organization you'll really appreciate his presentation. The huge gap between a company's perceived value of its products and the customer's perceived value is quite profound. His presentation really changed the way I think about our competitive advantages and vulnerabilities.
Brandon Eyerly
Education Chair
Pennsylvania Young President's Organization (YPO)
Keith delivered a dynamic keynote address at the Sodexo Diversity Business Leadership Summit. His presentation was inspirational and packed with valuable content that can be implemented immediately to help organizations win with their customers and employees. He provides a unique perspective as a business and academic leader, author and coach. Sodexo leaders and our clients received great value from Keith's keynote address and I highly recommend him.
Rohini Anand
Senior Vice President & Global Chief Diversity Officer
Sodexo
Keith conducted two Professional Development Workshops for my company. Our employees provided great feedback regarding his level of engagement, professional leadership, enthusiasm and the immediate takeaways from the sessions. If you are looking to seriously engage your teams relative to personal accountability for career management, leading effectively without a title, and the positive impacts of building a strong professional brand, Keith would be a great addition to your efforts.
Kimberly Woods-Whitaker
Executive Director, CEO
Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
I have seen Keith not only deliver some of the most dynamic speeches, but also witnessed his unique ability to mentor executives in the art of customer focused business initiatives. Keith is all about the customer and how to best serve the customer which translates into how to best serve your own company. Keith has found the perfect balance between encouraging coach and wise business advisor - this perfect formula is expressed in his Customer Game Plan and breakthrough “Differential Value Proposition” methodology featured in his book, Winning with Customers. Pigues is the ultimate coach for anyone striving to reach their goal of living a fulfilled life both personally and professionally.
Nanette {Nan} J. Bulger
HAVI Global Solutions
Keith delivered a dynamic keynote address at our member meeting. His engaging presentation on "Living Your Dream" provided the audience with the rare experience of feeling both inspired and challenged. Our members gave high praise of Keith’s presentation as it provided immediate and lasting value. We are excited for the release of his book,"Get More Out of Work and Life." It will be a valuable resource as we continue the daily challenge of being true to the life we envision for ourselves. I highly recommend Keith as a speaker. Your audience will thank you for it.
Anna Lockhart
Executive Director
Triangle Area Hotel Motel Association
We were very fortunate to have Dean Pigues accept our invitation to speak at this year’s Annual UMA meeting. The University Managers Association established in 1983 provides a forum for the exchange of information relevant to management to encourage productive interaction among our members. His topic “Winning with Your Customers” sparked many conversations and added encouraging “aha” moments for many during his dynamic speech as we continue in our efforts to recognize the importance of B2B operations. A very powerful speaker who delivers the message extremely well.
Sharon Holding
President
University Managers Association
Keith Pigues is one of the best speakers I have heard, and one of the best speakers we had this year at NCPRSA. We immediately invited him to speak again in the future. He balances practical and inspirational information, which can be a difficult task. He is dynamic and interactive, yet very approachable and down to earth. I'm sure my entire organization would benefit from hearing more of his talks.
Eva R. Hornak
President 2012
North Carolina Chapter
Public Relations Society of America
We had the pleasure of hearing Keith Pigues deliver the keynote at one of our programs. Not only was he extremely engaging, but his points were tailored to the audience in a captivating and relevant manner. Our membership of 350 responded very positively to his delivery and the impactful content of his presentation. Attendees left the event feeling enlightened and recharged as a result of Keith's passionate and knowledgeable address. There were take-aways that could be immediately applied.
Joey Powell
Chair, Programs Committee
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Young Professional's Network
Keith is one of the most inspirational speakers I've seen. The substance of his messages provide immediate take-home value for your business and your life.
Jeff King
Young Presidents Organization
Keith Pigues was a keynote presenter at the 2010 Business Marketing Associations Annual Conference. He delivered true value, sharing inspirational insights from his vast experience. His fresh approach, actionable ideas and engaging presentation style made him one of our best-rated speakers ever. I highly recommend Keith! A guaranteed hit for any conference program.
Patrick Farrey
Executive Director
Business Marketing Association
Keith Pigues held our Executive MBA students in rapt attention, as he described the three stages of a fascinating career. He demonstrated strength of vision, passion of purpose, and commitment to success, both in his stories and in his poised delivery. Keith gave the audience a clear picture to learn from, and the confidence to succeed. At once, he showed a hard charging audience the way to success and gives them two hands up in the journey towards their futures. Masterful, and motivating!
Hugh O'Neill
Professor of Strategy and Associate Dean of MBA for Executives Program
UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School
Keith has been a speaker at several of our Executive MindXchanges and consistently has been the highest rated of all of the speakers. He continues to bring innovative and relevant knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to our participants. His inspirational presentation style never fails to insight the audience and provides participants indispensable key takeaways they can return to their organizations with and implement immediately. He is a valuable asset to any conference agenda.
Caryn Brown
Frost and Sullivan
Keith spoke at our monthly luncheon. His presentation and delivery kept the audience interested and engaged. Our attendees left with valuable information that they could use immediately in their own organizations.
Christian Riepe
BMA Houston
Chair of Programs
Keith Pigues presented a simple question with intense power, energy, and passion. As an individual or as an organization, he asked— Do your current actions really match your long-term goals? The answer forces you to re-think the direction of your life, career, or organization. In an auditorium filled with students and faculty, Keith’s delivery created such a focused environment--you could actually “hear a pin drop!
Wanda F. Lester, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
School of Business & Economics
NC A&T State University
