International Day of Friendship falls on 30 July every year, and for organisations it's a natural moment to put connection and teamwork on the agenda properly, rather than leaving it to a generic team-building slot. Booking an international day of friendship speaker gives a workforce a shared reason to talk openly about trust, collaboration and belonging.
The speakers below each bring a different angle on connection and teamwork, from digital-era collaboration science to trust-building frameworks and cross-cultural storytelling. Whichever one an organisation books, the aim is the same: turn a date on the calendar into a real conversation about how people work together.
Erica Dhawan
Erica Dhawan is an expert on 21st-century teamwork, collaboration and innovation, working with leaders to build trust and adapt to the digital workplace. As founder and CEO of Cotential, she's a bestselling author on digital communication strategies and a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies.
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James Eder
James Eder is an author, entrepreneur and work-life coach with over 20 years of leadership experience, best known as co-founder of Student Beans, now part of Pion. His book The Collision Code explores the power of human connection, and he speaks on leadership, entrepreneurship, resilience and networking.
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Roy Reid
Roy Reid helps organisations build high-trust cultures and resilient teams as a trust and leadership speaker and executive coach. Co-author of The Trust Transformation, he's advised Fortune 500 companies and healthcare systems including AdventHealth, Walmart and Duke Energy, and is recognised as a Trust Across America Top 100 Thought Leader.
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Andy Edwards
Andy Edwards is a behavioural psychologist who helps organisations turn workplace relationships into measurable results. His RELATIONOMICS framework gives teams a practical way to build trust and collaboration, and he speaks globally on personality psychology and behaviour change at work.
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Mallory Brown
Mallory Brown brings human connection into modern leadership as a humanitarian documentary filmmaker who has worked across 60 countries. She created the Walk A Mile global women's empowerment campaign and founded several socially conscious businesses fighting poverty, and helps organisations build purpose-driven cultures through cross-cultural storytelling.
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Judd Shaw
Judd Shaw is a lawyer, CEO, author and keynote speaker who transforms workplace culture through authentic leadership. Founder of Brave Ideas Co. and a New Jersey injury law firm, he helps high-performing teams build psychological safety and navigate uncertainty through his Connection CURE framework.
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Nick Saunders
Nick Saunders is a leadership consultant and communication expert who helps global organisations build trust-based collaboration and measurable business results. An Amazon bestselling author on business relationships, he's a trusted advisor to the United Nations, BP and Mercedes-Benz.
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Rob Lawless
Rob Lawless is a workplace culture, connection and inclusion expert known for his Robs10kFriends project, in which he's had more than 6,000 intentional conversations across 90 countries. He works with organisations to enhance team collaboration, foster inclusion and build authentic relationships.
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Tricia Brouk
Tricia Brouk helps executives and organisations lead with authentic voice, storytelling and presence. Founder of The Big Talk Academy and a former executive producer of TEDxLincolnSquare, she's an award-winning director who has worked with James Gandolfini and Kate Winslet, and author of The Influential Voice and Being Smart Is Stupid.
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