Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
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Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
Maria Franzoni on Bookability and Leading in the Speaking Industry
Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract
40 minutes 54 seconds
5 months ago
Maria Franzoni on Bookability and Leading in the Speaking Industry
Maria Franzoni has booked Neil Armstrong and Liza Minnelli—and mentored hundreds of speakers in between. In this episode of Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract, she explains what separates the truly bookable speaker from the rest, and how those same principles apply to leadership, business, and long-term impact.
We explore how speaker bureaus are evolving in an AI-enabled world, what event organizers actually want, and why celebrity status means far less than clarity, value, and being frictionless to work with. Maria also walks through her new model, The Bookability Formula, and why the most successful speakers aren’t always the most famous—they’re the most useful.
This is a masterclass in leadership positioning disguised as a conversation about keynote speaking. If you want to lead with more presence, pitch with more purpose, or build influence that lasts, you’ll want to listen through to the end.
Learn more:
Maria Franzoni: https://www.mariafranzoni.me
Dan Pontefract: https://www.danpontefract.com
Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract
Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
