Speaking

Bring the 10 Secrets
to Your Organization

Keynotes, workshops, and executive retreats built on three decades of turning strategy into results. Not theory — practice.

Formats
Choose the Right Format
45–60 Minutes

Keynote Address

A high-energy presentation that introduces the 10 Secrets framework and challenges your audience to rethink how they approach execution. Heavy on stories, light on slides.

Ideal for: Conferences, annual meetings, leadership summits
Half Day or Full Day

Executive Workshop

An interactive working session where your leadership team takes the 30-Question Assessment, diagnoses your execution gaps together, and builds a 90-day action plan before leaving the room.

Ideal for: Leadership teams, strategic planning retreats, board sessions
Multi-Session

Workshop Series

A deep dive across multiple sessions — one per phase of the 10 Secrets. Each session combines teaching, assessment, and implementation planning. Your team builds the system as they learn it.

Ideal for: Organizations serious about transformation, management training programs
Signature Talks
Popular Presentations

The 10 Secrets of Execution

Why less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed — and what to do about it.

The flagship presentation. Scott draws on 30+ years and 200+ strategic plans to reveal the ten principles that separate organizations that execute from organizations that just plan. Built around the three phases — Strategic Clarity, Execution Mechanics, and Cultural Transformation — and anchored by the Memorial Health turnaround story.

  • Why your strategic plan is probably too big — and how to fix it in one meeting
  • The 3-3-6 Execution Cycle that turns quarterly reviews into weekly discipline
  • How to build an accountability system that doesn't require policing
  • The one question that unlocked $2M in annual savings with zero capital expenditure

Five Words or Less

How mission statements become competitive advantages — when people actually know them.

Most organizations have mission statements. Almost none have mission statements that employees can recite, let alone use to make daily decisions. Scott tells the story of two organizations — one where the CEO could recite the mission from a badge in his pocket, and one where the words "We help people feel better" transformed a hospital's culture. A powerful closer or standalone talk.

  • The mission statement litmus test your organization is probably failing
  • Why five words beat fifty
  • How to connect every employee's job to organizational purpose

The Innovation Myth

Your best innovations aren't in the boardroom. They're on the front lines.

Most organizations look to leadership for innovation. The 10 Secrets approach flips that assumption. Scott shares how a simple one-question survey pushed to front-line employees generated millions in savings and transformed the culture of innovation — without a single capital expenditure request.

  • Why top-down innovation programs usually fail
  • The one question that unlocks front-line innovation
  • Three real innovations that saved $2M annually — all from people who'd never been asked
"Execution is not a project. It is not a phase. It is not something you get to after the strategy is done. It is the strategy."
— From The 10 Secrets of Execution
Audience Fit
Who Books Scott
C-Suite & Executive Teams Healthcare Leadership Industry Conferences Strategic Planning Retreats Board Meetings Management Training Programs Professional Associations University Executive Education
What's Included
Every Engagement Comes With
◆
Pre-Event Call A planning conversation to tailor content, stories, and examples to your industry and audience.
◆
Customized Content Every presentation is adapted to your organization's context. No canned talks.
◆
Audience Assessment For workshops, your team takes the 30-Question Assessment and receives their scored results.
◆
Free Workbooks Every attendee receives a copy of the Companion Workbook with all 12 execution tools.

Book Scott for Your Event

Tell me about your event and audience. I'll follow up with availability, format recommendations, and pricing.

I respond to all inquiries personally within two business days.

Inquiry Received

Thank you for your interest. I'll review your event details and respond personally within two business days with availability and a proposal.