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Keynote SpeakerKevin Allen

Expert on emotional intelligence and its practical application in the workplace.

Kevin Allen is Founder & CEO of EI Games LLC, creator of award-winning online Emotional Intelligence learning games for companies and higher education, and business development company re:kap Inc., counting Google, Cisco, Burberry, Expedia and Rovio’s Angry Birds among its global clients. He is recognized as one of the world’s... Read more

Biography

Kevin Allen is Founder & CEO of EI Games LLC, creator of award-winning online Emotional Intelligence learning games for companies and higher education, and business development company re:kap Inc., counting Google, Cisco, Burberry, Expedia and Rovio’s Angry Birds among its global clients. He is recognized as one of the world’s most accomplished business growth professionals and expert on emotional intelligence and its practical application in the workplace.

After a highly successful 30-year advertising career atop global industry giants The Interpublic Group and McCann Ericson, with highlights like the “Priceless” campaign for MasterCard, Kevin now consults and develops learning programs for global companies and lectures at Columbia University, Harvard, Miami Ad School, Queen Mary University and Regents University London.

He is author of Wall Street Journal bestseller The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following, and The Case of the Missing Cutlery: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star, which has been featured on BBC Radio.

"He was not only the best speaker I've seen since joining Google, it's possible he may have been the most engaging speaker I have ever listened to" Google
"Inspiring workshop- truly a breakthrough in going beyond numbers and facts to core human values.” Oracle
​"The secret to winning new business." Forbes

Popular Talks by Kevin Allen

  • Flex Your EQ

    Kevin delivers three key elements in all his engagements:

    • Inspire: To galvanise people to action.
    • Encourage: To make people believe that they can.
    • Equip: To give people the tools they need to succeed.
  • Leadership: “Defining Moments”

    A journey of motivation, resilience, and triumph.

    Topics: Self-awareness, setting an emotional ambition, establishing a belief system, overcoming resistance, the power of motivating language.

    Tools: Real ambition, Credo, Core, The Four Faces of Change, The Hero’s Journey.

  • Selling: “Winning with E I”

    From the pages of a highly successful agency pitch man comes the emotional intelligent techniques of winning.

    Topics: Tapping the emotional motivation, understanding personality, creating a winning argument, commanding the call, presence and persuasion.

  • Diversity: “Belonging… As the Person You Are"

    An Emotional Intelligent approach to Diversity from the first openly gay member of the McCann Erickson worldwide board.

    Topics: Belonging, Psychological Safety, Unconscious Bias, Privilege.
    Tools: The Seas Model; Self Awareness, Empathy, Accountability, Solidarity.

  • Emotional intelligence in the workplace