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Having sat through numerous boring presentations, Marc believes no one should have to endure a tedious keynote, seminar, or training. And he believes that, since people are investing their time and money, they should leave with practical actions they can actually take. So if you’re interested in booking a boring, low-energy speaker, sorry, he’s not a good fit for your event.But if you want a high energy presenter who can connect with your audience, give them inspiration and extremely practical tools to use, let’s explore working together!
Leadership is hard, but that doesn’t mean the trainings and talks have to be. Because leadership is also incredible. And life-giving. And there are very practical things each of us can do to be more effective and lead with less stress.
Leaders share a common journey, but most think they are the only ones experiencing what they experience. So leaders lose confidence as they struggle with all the competing demands, thinking they’re “making it up as they go” rather than being the effective leader they want to be. The reason for the struggle? They don’t realize there’s a map!
In this inspiring talk, Marc shares the complete map and gives strategies for growing into a focused leader.
Available as a keynote speech, 2-3 hour masterclass or full day workshop.
Leadership is hard. With so many conflicting demands on leaders, words can be even harder to find. Especially the right words. Never mind the right words at the right time! In this interactive session, leadership coach Marc A. Pitman will share the 5 golden phrases every leader needs to say every day. Whether you’re dealing with a disgruntled employee or trying to make a sale from a hard-to-reach prospect, you’ll never be at a loss for words again. Because after this session you’ll know exactly what to say.
If you or your team find yourselves walking into the same objection – time – after – time, you’ll love this session. You’ll learn how to professionally answer objections…even before they have normally come up! How questions help you work in-the-moment with objections. And two questions to help you overcome objections you know you don’t have an answer to.
Do you ever find it scary to ask for money for a nonprofit cause? Perhaps you’re on the nonprofit’s board. Or you work at a nonprofit. The mission is exciting. So should the fundraising.
Based on Marc’s bestselling book Ask Without Fear!®, this talk frees you up to ask. , He shares how to get the money your nonprofit needs, while doing it in ways your donors will love. He even shares exact phrases to say when asking—whether or not you know specifically how much the prospect might give.
Available as a keynote speech, 2-3 hour masterclass or full day workshop.
Marc is the founder of Concord Leadership Group and has served as its CEO for 20 years. In that time, he has presented trainings and keynotes to over 25,000 participants in North America, Europe, Mexico, and New Zealand; coached more than 120 CEOs, C-suite executives, directors, and owners; and in the last two years has certified an additional 29 Quadrant 3 Leadership Coaches, who have gone on to coach and train more than 14,290 leaders in corporations, government, associations, and nonprofits. Marc holds his masters in organizational leadership from Regent University.
He is a Certified Franklin Covey Coach, a Certified Speaking Professional of the National Speakers Association, and president of the South Carolina chapter of the International Coaching Federation. He has appeared in or been recognized by media outlets and publications including NBC, Fox News, Al Jazeera, Success magazine, Real Simple, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Marc is the author of Ask Without Fear!®, which has been translated into Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Mandarin. His latest book is The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be. Marc speaks nationally and internationally on leadership, influence, storytelling, and fundraising and is the voice behind FRC, one of the longest-running blogs in the nonprofit sector (est. 2003). He is executive director of The Nonprofit Academy; an advisory board member of innovative fundraising platform Pennybridge in Orebro, Sweden; and a former advisory panel member of the Rogare Think Tank at Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
He is married to his best friend and is the father of three amazing kids, who, if he’s belting ’80s tunes, will deny they know him.
