Steven Gaffney

Steven Gaffney

CSP

VA, US
Leading expert on open, honest communication, influence, and leadership.

Would you believe that the most common obstacle holding businesses back from their true potential is open, effective honest communication?

No one knows this better than Steven Gaffney, who, for two decades, has been the leading expert on the subject of honesty and communication, specializing in managing change to drive team performance, collaboration, and revenue through honest communication.

Mr. Gaffney's inability to speak due to hearing impairments as a child forced him to learn at a very early age the importance of effective communication. This problem stimulated Steven's desire to help individuals transform the quality of their professional and personal lives through honest and open communication, and is what drove the foundation of Steven Gaffney Company.

Steven is the respected author of five publications: "Just Be Honest," "Honesty Works!" "Honesty Sells," "Guide to Increasing Communication Flow Up, Down, and Across Your Organization," and "21 Rules for Delivering Difficult Messages."

Mr. Gaffney's tools and strategies have proven to increase collaboration and communication within Fortune 500 companies and many other organizations, and he has become a major strategic partner in encouraging positive organizational change.

Steven Gaffney's work has been sought out by a diverse range of leaders including military officers and chief executives of multinational corporations such as Marriott, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BP, SAIC, Citigroup, Allstate Insurance, Defense Logistics Agency, Northrop Grumman, Best Buy, NASA, American Cancer Society, the U.S. Navy, American Express, General Dynamics, the U.S. Marine Corps, Barrick Gold Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, and many others.

Mr. Gaffney has been interviewed and featured in several major media networks and publications including CBS, NBC, FOX, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, and The Washington Business Journal. In addition, he has made special guest appearances on numerous national and local radio programs across the country.

Steven Gaffney is a Certified Speaking Professional™ and a highly respected member of the National Speakers Association, and his programs consistently receive high ratings with attendees and participants reporting immediate, sustainable results. He is also a former adjunct faculty member of The Johns Hopkins University, as well as former board member of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Sales and Marketing Executives International. Thousands of people across the globe credit Steven Gaffney's speaking engagements, seminars, television and radio appearances, books and multimedia products with making immediate and lasting positive changes in both their organizations as well as their personal lives.

Would you believe that the most common obstacle holding businesses back from their true potential is open, effective honest communication?

No one knows this better than Steven Gaffney, who, for two decades, has been the leading expert on the subject of honesty and communication, specializing in managing change to drive team performance, collaboration, and revenue through honest communication.

Mr. Gaffney's inability to speak due to hearing impairments as a child forced him to learn at a very early age the importance of effective communication. This problem stimulated Steven's desire to help individuals transform the quality of their professional and personal lives through honest and open communication, and is what drove the foundation of Steven Gaffney Company.

Steven is the respected author of five publications: "Just Be Honest," "Honesty Works!" "Honesty Sells," "Guide to Increasing Communication Flow Up, Down, and Across Your Organization," and "21 Rules for Delivering Difficult Messages."

Mr. Gaffney's tools and strategies have proven to increase collaboration and communication within Fortune 500 companies and many other organizations, and he has become a major strategic partner in encouraging positive organizational change.

Steven Gaffney's work has been sought out by a diverse range of leaders including military officers and chief executives of multinational corporations such as Marriott, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BP, SAIC, Citigroup, Allstate Insurance, Defense Logistics Agency, Northrop Grumman, Best Buy, NASA, American Cancer Society, the U.S. Navy, American Express, General Dynamics, the U.S. Marine Corps, Barrick Gold Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, and many others.

Mr. Gaffney has been interviewed and featured in several major media networks and publications including CBS, NBC, FOX, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, and The Washington Business Journal. In addition, he has made special guest appearances on numerous national and local radio programs across the country.

Steven Gaffney is a Certified Speaking Professional™ and a highly respected member of the National Speakers Association, and his programs consistently receive high ratings with attendees and participants reporting immediate, sustainable results. He is also a former adjunct faculty member of The Johns Hopkins University, as well as former board member of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Sales and Marketing Executives International. Thousands of people across the globe credit Steven Gaffney's speaking engagements, seminars, television and radio appearances, books and multimedia products with making immediate and lasting positive changes in both their organizations as well as their personal lives.

Getting to the Honest Truth

A key problem organizations often face is not what people say, but what they don't say. Our cornerstone seminar, "Getting to the Honest" enables leaders to proactively and effectively address this issue.


One of the top problems in the work place today, based on over a decade of research, is the failure to distinguish what is "noticed" (the facts of the situation) from what is "imagined" (opinions, thoughts, evaluations, conclusions). This may sound simple, and it is, but just...

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Plan, Execute, and Implement Organizational Ideas

This session focuses on increasing the overall effectiveness and efficiency of an organization to improve the bottom line and maximize business growth. In this day and age with limited resources, organizations need to move on ideas with velocity because often, whoever implements first will win. There is no longer time for endless discussions or focus groups to seek perfection on every organizational idea or initiative before taking action.


Participants will use our...

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Influencing With or Without Authority

Everyone needs to know how to influence and sell. Why? Because, on a daily basis, there are opportunities for virtually everyone in an organization to directly or indirectly influence the health, growth and success of your organization. Many of these opportunities in today's fast-paced, extremely competitive environment are there one minute, and gone the next. It is crucial to learn how to survive in a matrix organization where leaders do not own the resources that the need to accomplish...

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Leading Through Times of Change

Research has shown that as much as 70% of changes
attempted within an organization fail. What can be done about it? Steven Gaffney Company has identified four
essential keys to successfully lead through any change within your organization.


In this session, leaders will learn critical skills for managing and leading through any change, no matter how unpredictable or uncertain the environment may be. Change also frequently reveals more problems that have been...

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