Andy Cohen is a business practitioner, performer and educator. He actively works with the world best companies, while teaching at the world’s most respected universities. His motivational speeches are re-defining the meaning of the standard business keynote. Using magic as a metaphor, he reveals key concepts that empower new thinking and drive innovative business solutions in communications, leadership and management. His experiential approach in leadership communication guarantees 100% participation from the audience. This high level of immediate involvement generates instant action and leads to long-term, sustainable results.
Andy Cohen is widely recognized as an idea and innovation marketing guru, as well as a best-selling author. He has been a driving force behind the success of some of the world's leading brands, providing strategic advice and leadership motivation to senior executives and their teams. Through his talent as a motivational speaker, he has helped these corporate executives to craft innovative business solutions and generate a billion dollars in measurable sales.
As a best-selling author and practitioner, Cohen has developed keen insights into what drives high-performing companies and what distinguishes their approaches to customers, employees and leadership. A respected marketing guru, Cohen has worked with some of the biggest names in business, including American Express, AOL, Charles Schwab, L'Oreal, Novartis, HSBC, Club Med, Merrill Lynch, P&G and Clorox. He has produced award-winning work, even picking up a coveted EFFIE award from the American Marketing Association for the highest excellence in combining creativity with results. Prior to his role as an innovation speaker, he founded Exposed Brick, an award-winning advertising agency that pioneers relationship marketing through electronic and digital media.
Though a well-known marketing guru, Cohen is also a long-time practitioner of magic, something he has honed over the years to a professional level. He expresses this potent combination of business savvy and magic in his recent best-selling book, Follow the Other Hand, which was nominated by the New York Times as a potential bestseller for 2007.
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When the main character of Andy’s book is faced with the challenge of growing a family company, a colleague suggests a session with Merlin the magician, who slowly reveals that the secrets behind his famed magic tricks are the same ones that drive business forward. Along the way, the young man learns not only key lessons in strategy, but also some of the secrets behind the success of such great companies as OnStar, Starbucks, JetBlue and Jones Natural Soda. The long list of the global corporations endorsing this best-selling book attests to the powerful effect it generates.
Based in New York, Andy Cohen is a frequent keynote speaker for leading conferences around the world. He also serves on the adjunct faculty at NYU and Duke CE. As well, he is a guest business motivational speaker at prominent business schools, including The Stern School of Business at NYU and The Bauer College of Business at University of Houston.
In his appearances as a corporate motivational speaker, Andy teaches company leaders how to think differently and grow their businesses as a result. His skill as a keynote speaker helps him to communicate to CEOs on how to build great teams and become more effective leaders. People who listen to Andy’s speeches learn several remarkable lessons about building successful businesses. Though simple on the surface, his ideas are ground-breaking in the way they challenge conventional business thinking.
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