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Kevin spent 33 months in a federal prison for a crime he didn't knowingly commit... because he had blind spots.

Now he equips others to mitigate their blind spots?

Kevin McCarthy, CSP

Kevin's dynamic and engaging keynotes captivate audiences with a powerful blend of storytelling, actionable insights, and practical tools.

CSP Designation - Certified Speaking Professional -  the highest certification recognized globally by the speaking industry.

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Amazon #1 Bestseller

As he struggles to understand the complexities of his bad decisions, an ever-widening web of conspiracy and corruption is revealed. But it's not the legal conspiracy of the largest stock fraud in the history of Washington state, involving some of the biggest names in sports or the enigmatic FBU - it's a conspiracy of the mind. It's a battle with the most nefarious enemy of all: our own blind spots.

Blind Spots are hidden biases, limiting beliefs, and thinking errors that cloud perception, drive destructive behaviors, and impair decision-making.

"One of the best works of applied Psychology I've ever read."

Orvel Ray Wilson (co-author of the Guerrilla Marketing series)

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Popular Keynotes

Talent Powered Leadership - Transform Innate Talent into Peak Performance

Talent Powered Leadership is a leadership approach that thrives on the unique, innate abilities of individuals within an organization. Unlike skills and knowledge, which can be taught and acquired, talent is the natural aptitude or flair that each person brings to the table. This leadership style focuses on recognizing, nurturing, and leveraging these inherent strengths to drive exceptional performance and results. By empowering and optimizing talent, leaders can transform ordinary teams into extraordinary forces, creating a dynamic environment where both the leader and the organization achieve unparalleled success.

Participants will learn:

  • How to pinpoint the natural strengths within your team and unleash their potential to drive impactful outcomes.
  • How to gain a clear understanding of how innate talent differs from acquired skills and knowledge, and learn to leverage these differences for superior leadership.
  • To build and implement leadership strategies that place innate talent at the forefront of your organizational success.
  • How to cultivate an environment where recognizing and nurturing talent leads to sustained peak performance and team excellence.
  • How to master the art of transforming ordinary teams into extraordinary performers by empowering talent to flourish in every role.

Key takeaways: Harness and amplify innate talents for transformative leadership. Equip yourself with strategies for lasting impact and influence.

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You Can’t Read the Label from Inside the Jar
- Revealing Leadership Blind Spots that Impact Performance

It's a well-known adage that employees don't leave their jobs; they leave their bosses. To thrive, organizations must prioritize the growth and satisfaction of their good people.

Join us for a transformative keynote where we illuminate the path to exceptional leadership.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:

  • Insight into the Top Three Leadership Blind Spots that may be hindering your team's performance.
  • Strategies for Empowering and Inspiring Excellence in your team, motivating them to bring their best every day.
  • Techniques for Masterful Communication that can fast-track your team's results and foster a culture of collaboration.
  • The Critical Thinking Skill to navigate emotions and resolve conflicts, turning challenges into opportunities for growth.
  • A roadmap for evolving from an ordinary Manager to an Extraordinary Leader

Key takeaways: Leadership is relational. Leadership doesn’t stop with self-awareness. The manager is directly responsible for engagement or the lack thereof.

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Unleashing the Leader Within: Turning Potential into Performance.

We all carry them—hidden biases, limiting beliefs, and thinking errors that cloud our perception, drive destructive behaviors, and impair decision-making. These invisible barriers silently hold us back from reaching our full potential as leaders.

In this compelling keynote, Kevin delves into the core of Talent Powered Leadership, where true leadership is about unleashing the inherent strengths within yourself and those you lead. Kevin's powerful prison story serves as a backdrop, illustrating how even the darkest experiences can reveal the blind spots that hinder us from achieving greatness.

This fast-paced and transformative presentation will challenge your audience to embark on a journey of self-awareness and growth, empowering them to:

- Expose and eliminate the blind spots that obstruct peak performance.
- Communicate more effectively and reduce conflict to foster stronger, more productive relationships.
- Make clearer, more informed decisions by overcoming the biases that cloud judgment.
- Harness and optimize talent—both their own and that of their teams—to drive exceptional results.

Prepare to unlock your true leadership potential and transform it into performance that inspires and elevates everyone around you.

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Find Your Stride — How to Crush Your Blind Spots And Thrive!

How you move through the world reveals unseen influences that hobble your success. Just as biases impact your decisions, so do beliefs, environment and experiences. Kevin McCarthy spent 33 months in prison for a crime he didn’t knowingly commit.  In this humorous, enlightening and actionable program, he shares three critical insights he learned from his bunkies on the inside, who came out transformed.

Participants will learn:

  • Three secrets for changing your life
  • The key to garnering respect and influence
  • How to recognize and break self-destructive habits
  • How to become a leader that others will follow
  • How small changes have a big impact on your decisions, and your future

Key takeaways: Uncover and crush your blind spots to unlock your full potential. Learn transformative insights for impactful leadership and personal growth.

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Virtual and On-site Training

Awareness Advantage® Transformational Leadership Programs

John Maxwell once said, “What undermines leadership efforts, stalls team progress, and derails careers more than anything else? A lack of self-awareness.”

Our Blind Spots Leadership and Teamwork Programs equip leaders with the people skills to uncover and address their leadership blind spots. By enhancing self-awareness and emotional intelligence, these programs empower leaders to make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and build stronger relationships, ultimately boosting performance and productivity.

Through the Awareness Advantage programs, participants will:

  • Identify and mitigate leadership blind spots to enhance team performance.
  • Increase self-awareness for more informed decision-making.
  • Develop emotional intelligence to improve interpersonal relationships.
  • Transform communication skills for clearer and more effective interactions.
  • Strengthen team dynamics by fostering collaboration and reducing conflict.

These learning objectives help leaders build the necessary skills for driving both personal and organizational success.

Awareness Advantage programs can be delivered onsite in 1/2 Day, Full Day and Two Day sessions. It is also designed to be delivered virtually over five months with 20 weekly online lessons and 15 one-hour group coaching sessions via Zoom to minimize workplace disruption. Join a mixed cohort or create your own private cohorts.

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Custom Blind Spots Keynotes and Training Programs
for Leadership, Ethics, Teamwork, Sales, Relationships.

Programs are designed to improve communication, relationships, and decision-making by increasing self-awareness and emotional intelligence.

What people are saying...

 
 

"Kevin was the highest rated session of the conference. "

Jerome Bruce, Jerome Bruce, CAE, CMM, CMP, CEM
Assn of Government Accountants

"We hired Kevin to speak at both our annual leadership conference in Chicago and our national InspectionWorld conference in San Diego. I am pleased to recommend Kevin to any organizer looking to elevate their conference with a dynamic and inspirational speaker."

James Thomas
Executive Director, American Society of Home Inspectors

"Kevin's luncheon presentation was engaging and interactive….a wonderful component for an after lunch speaker! I wouldn't hesitate to invite him to speak again to another audience. "

Stacy Roth, Chairman TEXPO® 2018
AT&T Inc. | Corporate Treasury

"Kevin is a wonderful speaker with a compelling story and perspective that kept our audience engaged throughout. I highly recommend Kevin to open or close you event!"

Kassandra Roberts, Department of Internal Auditing
Georgia Institute of Technology

"Everyone loved your story. Your sincerity, and honesty allows each person to connect with you on many levels."

Susan Ross , MBA, CISA, CRISC
FedEx, Systems Advisor, Internal Audit Systems

"Best speaker of the day. Thanks for pointing out just some of my blindspots. Looking forward to the book."

Patty Burks
FedEx

"We all fall prey to blindspots. [Kevin] made us aware of ours, because we don’t know what we don’t know."

Sanitra Angram
Horizon First Bank

"Always refreshing to hear information that is highly effective to me both personally and professionally. Quality professional development at its best!"

Debbie Banks
City of Memphis

"Valuable for auditors and anyone in positions of influence and authority."

Nicki Stewart
PGN

"This presentation was great! It allowed me to put into words things I have been feeling throughout my life, but just didn’t know how to describe."

Golden Tawzer
City of Rexburg

"An engaging and lively presentation that got me thinking about my own biases. Helpful in both my professional and personal lives!"

Peter Soelter

"Thought-provoking! Be prepared to self-analyze."

Monque Hart
Piedmont Natural Gas

"Outstanding presentation! Great insights and engagement."

Kevin Ciccotti

"Great presentation! Your energy and sense of humor are great! If you capture that in your book it will be awesome! Can’t wait to read it!"

Lori Baumgartner

"Excellent speaker – stayed engaged in his entire presentation."

Sarah Meyer

Meet Kevin McCarthy

Author of the bestselling book, BlindSpots – Why Good People Make Bad Choices, and holds the highest certification recognized globally by the speaking industry, the Certified Speaking Professional.
An award-winning sales professional, he built one of the largest Century 21 offices in America, then developed and sold a dot-com startup. 
In 2004, his boss was arrested for the largest stock fraud in Washington State history. As a result, Kevin spent 33 months in federal prison for a crime he didn’t knowingly commit. There he studied Cognitive Psychology and recognized — then deeply researched — the blind spots that lead to his predicament.
Today, Kevin and his team empower leaders to uncover their blind spots, harness their innate talent, and drive peak performance through enhanced self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
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