Eileen McDargh

When it comes to hiring speakers for an event, Eileen MUST be your go-to person. From employee development forums through C-level client audiences, Eileen's will customize her programs to inspire an audience to break all boundaries, strengthen organizations, and bottom line, change lives. After working with many professional speakers over a 20 years, the events that I worked on with Eileen remain the high points of my career!

Eileen has been an incredible asset to our team. As a newly established group, we started to hit roadblocks in our ability to work well together and become the high performing team we saw possible. Eileen joined us for an intense two-day offsite to really identify, through the DiSC assessment, what makes each other ‘tick’, how we can communicate better and more effectively to the intended audience and ultimately get the results desired. Coming out of this workshop, we are now having more open dialogue and pulling in the previously unrecognized strengths of the individuals to work better as a team. Eileen is so engaging and energizing! She also taught us how to have ‘real’ conversations to move us forward in our business. Individually, Eileen has helped me become a better leader to my organization and provided the tools for success.

“We were very excited that Eileen McDargh was available to speak at our all-employee meeting. From start to finish, she was full of energy and delivered just the right message and then some -- and with such candor, compassion and a sense of humor. Eileen has a way of making you feel like she’s known you all of your life. The event was a huge success! Eileen made a real connection with our group and her messages have continued to resonate around the office. I believe her core concepts and strategies will be revisited and refreshed for the long-term by our employees as important life tools. We would definitely recommend Eileen to other groups for speaking and consulting engagements.”

It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I am writing to endorse Eileen McDargh. As a keynote speaker for the annual Fusion conference, with over 1700 in attendance, Eileen was a dynamic speaker who inspired and encouraged attendees from The Institute of Financial Operations with an energetic speech on time management, personal enrichment, and taking control of technology. Her highly personalized keynote, sprinkled with details about the people she had met at the conference and interactions she had observed, received a standing ovation. In her keynote address, Eileen stated that it's about the choices we make and that we should replace "have to" with "choose" and see how it changes our outlook. She also said that all leadership starts from the inside out and you have to have energy to live and lead. She urged the audience to scope out things that suck up their time, encouraging each member of The Institute to become a "push-back zealot" instead of just blindly accepting work assignments or other instructions that don't immediately make sense. Based upon the feedback from the attendees and my first hand experience I would highly recomend Eileen as a speaker for your organization.

Eileen’s resiliency model, her colorful and poignant stories and insights and tips were so well received by our 1,300 member leadership team. And her time with us will help our leadership team be even stronger. She is an energetic positive force who knows how to make an audience listen, and learn. I would recommend Eileen to any organization that is interested in straightforward, meaningful ways to face and even thrive in a changing environment.

We had the pleasure of having Eileen McDargh present "Cultivating Radical Resiliency: Leadership Skills for Changing Times" to our healthcare leaders. It's rare to find someone with her amazing energy, engaging presentation skills and highly relevant content. From the first interaction to the end of the day, Eileen worked closely with us to provide just the right content, customized to the needs of our leaders, and delivered in a way that was engaging, humorous and highly applicable.

Eileen is absolutely amazing! She was a speaker at the National Business Aircraft Association Leadership Conference this week in San Diego. Eileen spent time with our group and was able to tie into her presentation personal stories and information from the other speakers. Being able to celebrate her mother's service to our country was inspiring to all. We laughed with Eileen, we cried with Eileen and all 450 people gave this awesome woman a well-deserved standing ovation! Thank you, Eileen, for adding such passion to our conference. WE LOVE YOU!

Awesome. Dynamic. Memorable. Impactful. Strategic. Energetic. Passionate… I could go on and on to describe the motivational speeches and workshops by Eileen McDargh. Eileen has the extraordinary skill of delivering key messages that are tailored to meet the unique needs of her audience…She does this through truly getting to know the organization and the audience well in advance and intense preparation to understand the objectives of her clients. I was impressed by how she weaves in references specific to the client audience in her speeches that make the audience really feel she knows and understands their needs. Eileen’s key note speech themes are current, provocative and agile to help small and major businesses manage organization changes, understand dynamics of industry business challenges and develop better people management skills. She is a dynamic key note speaker and I have seen her first hand in front of small groups of 50 -100 as well as larger 500 audience where she holds the attention of everyone in the room. That is no easy task in this current multi-device need-it-now culture! At our organization we were so impressed with Eileen’s key note speech, we invited her back to develop and tailor smaller workshops for our individual business units and employee relations groups to help us effectively integrate and manage people through organizational matrix and break down vertically-managed businesses. Eileen McDargh is a partner that an organization or group should utilize beyond her dynamic and effective key note speeches - she can be a partner to help in people development and foster organizational effectiveness and growth.

Eileen McDargh: A Difference-Maker Few speakers have the ability to reach into the souls of an audience and favorably impact their thinking, their commitment, and their quest for improvement. Eileen McDargh has that gift. Upon engagement, she will study and know your organization - its culture, its goals, its opportunities. And when she speaks, she has a mesmerizing effect, blending humor, passion and information that makes personal lives and professional performance better. Our associates catch her enthusiasm, her drive, and her will to win, and it shows.

Eileen's presentation on Burnout to Breakthrough could not be more timely. Working with the Community College system Faculty, Deans, Directors, Program Directors Managers, and our Students have all experienced being pushed to their limits. Having to adjust to new learning delivery, work and school balance, social distancing, and social unrest have placed us all in a state of crisis fatigue, as Eileen explained. These two sessions provided conversations that needed discussion. The attendee's engagement shared that the first session provided insight and the opportunity to look at themselves and where they are at in the spectrum of burnout. Gaining tools to engage in their daily work activities allows change and permits them to take time for themselves. The second session, Courageous Conversations, provided a follow-up to the first session, allowing shared insights, aha, and motivations to care for self and each other. Overall feedback from attendees was positive, thought-provoking, timely, and insightful. It provided community and acknowledgment that we are not in this alone. Highly recommend a session with Eileen. She provides insight, shares stories and practices, but yet makes it about you, the attendee. I not only contracted a great presenter, but I have also made a friend in the process. Thank you, Eileen, for your partnership in this webinar series, thank you for your ear, thank you for a new friend.

YOU KILLED IT!!! You are being talked about around the globe!!!!!!!! Everyone has loved you, slide or not, video and live!!!!

I want to thank you again for making Assistance League National Conference such a great success. What outstanding presentations! You left our attendees energized, excited and with a fresh perspective for looking at their life and volunteer work. The information you provided was practical, thought provoking, and immediately useful-just what we were hoping for! The attendee's evaluations rated both of your presentations as excellente and included overwhelmingly positive written comments. One knows that the speaker is a success when one reads comments such as "Eileen McDargh is a perfect fit for Assistance League. She inspires just the spirit we need to encourage our members and in our leaders." "What a spark plug!" "Eileen alone was worth the trip." You successfully engaged the audience and inspired all. I appreciate the time and effort you put forth toward personalizing the sessions to our organization and for your prompt response to all my queries. It has been a pleasure working with you, and I thank you for your professionalism and your ability to challenge our volunteers. We will certainly recommend your presentation to others and look forward to working with you again in the future. Again, many thanks.

On behalf of the over 1,700 women and men who attended the Annual Joint Women's Leadership Symposium, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for your participation. This year's symposium was the largest ever nationwide gathering of women in uniform! Your "Radical Resiliency" session was inspiring and informative. The reaction from our attendees has been overwhelmingly positive, and you have made a difference in their professional lives. As we continue to grow, please know that your support of this conference is crtical to the success of this mission. Your participation is try appreciated.

On behalf of the Visiting Nurse Associatios of America (VNAA) membership and the VNAA Education Committee, we thank you for presenting at our 28th Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. We appreciate the time and effort that was involved in tailoring your presentation to our audience. Your keynote session inspired attendees to open their minds to change rather than viewing challenges negatively and attendees approached the following days of the conference with a fresh perspective to improve their personal lives and enhance their professional services. I would like to thank you for going above and beyond to spend time with VNAA members and attend GSK's booth. The time you spent meeting members and sponsors was incredibly valuable and shows your dedication to supporting the nonprofit home healthcare community. Your presentation helped ensure the success of the VNAA 28th Annual Meeting. Again, thank you for your support and commitment to the VNAA mission.

Eileen WOWed the officers and senior enlisted from the US Navy, US Marines, US Air Force and US Coast Guard. Her diligence, research, and creativity created a program that was BRILLIANT. Our client wanted someone who was relate-able, an expert on work/life balance and who was able to facilitated discussion among several hundred career officers (all women). SHE WAS PERFECT! She kept everyone (in our office and with the client) in the loop, she did a tremendous amount of research and then followed up with the client and our office. I HIGHLY recommend her!

Eileen is one in a million. She focuses on her client and their environment and creates custom recommendations to fit their personal needs. She is energetic and creative --bringing out the hidden "spots" that sometimes are held close to the vest. She listens and takes action. She is incredible in her attention to detail and follow up. She is personable and easy to talk with, making the engagement process simple and direct. She is a straight shooter...she's going to tell you what you don't want to hear, but need to hear. She can turn a cold room into a warm home. A TRUE GEM!

I love Eileen McDargh! She is an extraordinary professional speaker who motivates, inspires, and touches the hearts and souls of her audience. In her fun and memorable style, she shares relevant up-to-date information that the audience can put to work right away to become more productive, less pressured, and more joyful people in their jobs and with their families and friends. Eileen always...always...does an excellent job and is often invited back to speak again for my Clients. I highly recommend Eillen McDargh!

Eileen is an outstanding speaker who brings a wealth of knowledge, understanding, and insight into the importance of personal resilience. She artfully touched the hearts and minds of our leaders while offering practical skills and guidance on how to grow forward in a fast paced ever-changing world.

Hi, I'm David Seiler and I'm the Executive Vice President of Trinity Property Consultants. We're here in Vegas doing our conference and we had the pleasure of having Eileen come and talk and give a motivational speech. I will tell you out of fifteen years of doing this event for our managers throughout the country and bringing them here all to Vegas this is by far the best presentation and right in line with our company culture, right in line with the message for the conference and I'm real excited to see everybody get excited about the presentation as well.

Many thanks for your wonderful presentation! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I may be in touch in 2019 as I plan the Signature Flight Support Leadership Conference. We bring in our leaders (approx 300) from around the world for a 3-day meeting with expert speakers. Wishing you the best and speak soon!

Eileen you are the best! I love your new book - got it as soon as it came out. Your stories and insights that you shared with me in the interview for my Capstone project have stuck and I share you and your wisdom often. When I see your posts on LinkedIn promoting some of these conferences - I've signed up for them and always tune into your session even when I can't make all of the sessions. Thank you again and again - know that I hold your wisdom close to my heart and it ripples out from my corner of the world. You fill me up with positive energy. I so appreciate the connection to you.

I would like to personally thank you for the amazing inspiration you gave us all today!! Thank you for being such a wonderful source of inspiration, perspective, positivism and knowledge and expertise! I really enjoyed listening to you!

Dear Eileen, It was fabulous, very instructive and inspiring! Yes we did see you too. Once again thank you so much. It was an absolute pleasure getting you on board. Thank you for stepping up and doing this for us and our attendees. We highly appreciate your participation and as you said, "we are all into this together".

Eileen McDargh came to our back to school faculty meeting and she is amazing. For almost three-hours, she kept us focused and engaged on our desire to create a cohesive vision for 2020. Not only is her content on being resilient in the face of change readily usable, but her infectious, feel-good energy is stunning. She brought the best out in the group as we discussed how to embrace change to improve our School of Nursing relationships and adopt nursing curriculum changes. There was a clear movement in building our team in positive way. All attendees left with energy flowing and a commitment to truly "live" a resilient approach for ongoing improvement with commitment, passion and fun! Highly recommend—your team will learn pearls of wisdom they won't soon forget and you'll see them practicing those pearls immediately!