Andy Cohen is a business practitioner, performer and educator. He actively works with the world best companies, while teaching at the world’s most respected universities. His motivational speeches are re-defining the meaning of the standard business keynote. Using magic as a metaphor, he reveals key concepts that empower new thinking and drive innovative business solutions in communications, leadership and management. His experiential approach in leadership communication guarantees 100% participation from the audience. This high level of immediate involvement generates instant action and leads to long-term, sustainable results. As a best-selling author and practitioner, Cohen has developed keen insights into what drives high-performing companies and what distinguishes their approaches to customers, employees and leadership. A respected marketing guru, Cohen has worked with some of the biggest names in business, including American Express, AOL, Charles Schwab, L'Oreal, Novartis, HSBC, Club Med, Merrill Lynch, P&G and Clorox. He has produced award-winning work, even picking up a coveted EFFIE award from the American Marketing Association for the highest excellence in combining creativity with results. Prior to his role as an innovation speaker, he founded Exposed Brick, an award-winning advertising agency that pioneers relationship marketing through electronic and digital media. Though a well-known marketing guru, Cohen is also a long-time practitioner of magic, something he has honed over the years to a professional level. He expresses this potent combination of business savvy and magic in his recent best-selling book, "Follow the Other Hand", which was nominated by the New York Times as a potential bestseller for 2007. Based in New York, Andy Cohen is a frequent keynote speaker for leading conferences around the world. He also serves on the adjunct faculty at NYU and Duke CE. As well, he is a guest business motivational speaker at prominent business schools, including The Stern School of Business at NYU and The Bauer College of Business at University of Houston. In his appearances as a corporate motivational speaker, Andy Cohen teaches company leaders how to think differently and grow their businesses as a result. His skill as a keynote speaker helps him to communicate to CEOs on how to build great teams and become more effective leaders. People who listen to Andy’s speeches learn several remarkable lessons about building successful businesses. Though simple on the surface, his ideas are ground-breaking in the way they challenge conventional business thinking. Titles Challenging Assumptions Why We Misdirect Ourselves Leadership Unleashed: The Six Rules to Engage Your Team to Listen and Act World's Greatest Secret: Discover the Magic within You Building Trust: Making Your Audience Part of the Act Follow The Other Hand: A Risk-Free Way to Challenge Assumptions, Change, and Innovate The Ultimate Engagement The Customer Experience Change and Innovation: Follow the Other Hand Leadership and Customer Engagement: Six Rules of Engagement Topics Creativity, Marketing, Change. Business. Branding, Sales Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State NY Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

"Andy Cohen is the Houdini of leadership and customer engagement" - Managing Director, Duke Corporate Education "Using magic as a metaphor not only makes the learning entertaining, it helps ensure the messages are memorable long after the programme." - Leadership Programmes Manager, Group Strategic Programmes, HSBC "Andy challenges the audience to "think out side the box" and proves his point in a MAGIC way." - Board of Directors, BAFT