Sam Silverstein
Founder of The Accountability InstituteTM
Sam Silverstein
Founder of The Accountability InstituteTM
Biography
Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and thrive at extraordinary levels. By challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate organizational culture, and inspire both individuals and teams to take ownership in fresh, results-producing ways, he helps companies dramatically increase productivity, profitability, and growth.
Sam has been inducted into the CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame, is a Past President of the National Speakers Association, and has been named by Global Gurus as one of the World’s Top Organizational Culture Professionals.
Sam is the founder of The Accountability Institute™—an organization that certifies advisors to work with leaders and organizations to build greater accountability and develop stronger leaders. He is the author of 12 books, including The Accountability Advantage, I Am Accountable, Non-Negotiable, No More Excuses, Making Accountable Decisions, No Matter What, and The Success Model.
As a former executive and owner, Sam successfully sold one of his businesses to a Fortune 500 company. Today, he writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to help them think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results. He works with entrepreneurs, multinational companies, corporations, and government agencies to drive increased accountability, engagement, and productivity.
Speaker Videos
Why Your Best People Are Leaving
Creating Space
Committing to Accountability
No More Excuses
Do You Know What You Believe
Character is Defined by Your Values
Speech Topics
The Highest Form of Leadership™
Today’s organizations want leaders who can innovate. Explore diversity. Cultivate creativity. Foster a culture of positive change. Nurture cohesiveness. Define accountability. And bring their highest and best selves to the table each day. When they do? Employee engagement soars. Exponential growth is possible. Collaboration gets exciting. And productivity and profitability skyrocket.
Business Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein shares game-changing strategies with audiences that help clearly define core values, connect them to every member of an organization, and make them the driving force behind every decision. Sam’s ability to help companies build rock-solid foundations and cut through the clutter and noise of distractions to provide crystal-clear vision for their future is part of why he gets invited back again and again.
It’s no longer enough to have a mission statement hung on a wall. Sam teaches business professionals from every level to take ownership of their company’s mission and vision and weave them throughout every facet of their company culture, business processes, customer connectivity, and communication. It is only when all of these components are working in tandem that a company can achieve their highest form of leadership™. Ready to take YOUR team to its highest level? Invite Sam in for your next event.
During this program, participants will learn how to:
- Leverage the power of cultural values
- Connect your culture to your people
- Use your values to drive all decisions
- Inspire accountability in your organization
- Develop an innovate approach to leading your culture
The Accountable Leader's Guide to Change
Change is an integral part of our world. The ability to get ahead of it, manage it, or initiate it for any organization falls squarely on the shoulders of leadership. Focusing on what people do won’t cut it anymore. Truly accountable leaders instead turn their focus on changing the way people THINK.
Business Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein shares groundbreaking insights and tools that allow leaders to strategically create a culture that values active and thoughtful change. He teaches them how to cultivate and develop leadership with every member of their team, how to communicate with purpose, motivate with mission, and empower every tier of their team to embrace change and use it to drive productivity and engagement.
With humor and heart, Sam brings audiences together to best understand what a powerful catalyst change can be for positively growing business, redefining relationships, and letting go of the status quo. Leaders who meet change head on and make it their partner, drive momentum and deliver results. Invite Sam in to your next event to show your leadership team exactly how they can do the same.
During this program, participants will learn how to:
- Become and develop Accountable Leaders
- Communicate more purposefully utilizing The Terms of Change™
- Identify the “Change Categories” all people fall into and how to motivate each person successfully
- Empower your team so that they drive change for you
- Master the one thing every leader must believe if they are going to effectively create an organization that thrives through change
The Art of Being Accountable
It’s time to show workplace excuses the door. Often people make excuses out of over-commitment, lack of understanding, or poor time management. In a world where there are more resources available than ever before – it’s time to get to the bottom line.
Business Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein, founder of the Accountability Movement™, brilliantly lays out the relationship between what we value and what we can control and illuminates the strategies, mindsets, and tools necessary to eliminate excuses from our lives personally and professionally.
Sam expertly helps audience members navigate change as they explore the old habits, patterns, and thought-processes that hold them back and set them up for excuses. Then he challenges them to create crystal-clear vision, values, and goals to better realize their full potential. Remove the obstacles and excuses for your team by inviting Sam in to speak at your next event.
Key Takeaways:
- Eliminate excuses and focus on results
- Discover their foundational, relational, professional and community values
- Connect their values to the art of living an accountable life
- Use their values to drive all decisions
- Expect more of themselves and deliver on their potential
The Power of Keeping Commitments… No Matter What™
What does it look like when EVERY member of your organization keeps their commitments? When truth and value are held in highest esteem? It looks like next level success. It feels like positive momentum. It lays the foundation for creativity and ground-breaking change.
It’s exactly what Business Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein delivers in this empowering session. In it, Sam shares truths about the most powerful change agent in existence, which has the capacity to transform your organizational culture, create accountability and help your team adopt the Highest Form of Leadership™.
You’ll walk away with highly effective tools to build trust, enhance leadership growth, develop more meaningful relationships, and truly come together as a cohesive team. There’s never been a more important time to create a shift in culture and commitment. If you’re ready to change the game for your organization, invite Sam in to speak at your next event.
During this program, participants will learn how to:
- Build massive trust through The Ten Commitments of Accountability
- Keep commitments and show others how to do the same
- Develop as an impactful leader
- Connect your values with your commitments
- Create a stronger culture based on commitments and values