Keynote Speaker · Leadership, Teams & Communication
Helping leaders build teams, businesses, and lives that last.
I'm David Swihart — a keynote speaker on leadership, team communication, and what it takes to build a business — and a life — that lasts.
800+
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What I speak about
Leadership, team communication, and building what lasts — without the jargon.
Most keynotes leave you inspired but unequipped. Mine don't. Every talk is built around a framework the audience can use on Monday morning — DISC and the 6 Working Geniuses for teams that need to understand each other, a business operating system for owners building something that lasts, and an honest reset on success, enough, and the story you're living.
The throughline is simple: build things that last — teams, businesses, and lives. The execution is anything but.
01 — Team Communication
A shared language for every team
Using the Maxwell Method of DISC behavioral analysis and the 6 Working Geniuses to turn personality and working-style differences from friction into the team's real advantage.
Explore the talks02 — Success & Achievement
Defining enough on your own terms
What it actually takes to pursue the goals that are yours — and to build a life of presence and achievement instead of a resume someone else wrote.
Explore the talks03 — Leadership Development
Leading when it's uncertain
How leaders hold the line, make calls with incomplete information, and keep people moving without spending the trust they'll need next quarter.
Explore the talks04 — Team Building
Teams that actually know each other
Building teams where working styles, communication preferences, and contributions fit together instead of colliding at the worst moment.
Explore the talks05 — Speaking & Communication
Telling the story you're living
The craft and responsibility of communication with purpose — recognizing the story you're living, finding the audience waiting for it, and sharing it well.
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Four talks. One standard.
Each one tailored to the room — the frameworks hold, the stories don't.
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The work
Built for the room you're in.
A 4,000-person sales rally, a 40-person executive offsite, a founders' roundtable, or the closing keynote at your flagship conference — each talk is shaped to your audience, your industry, and the moment your people are in.
- Opening and closing keynotes
- Executive offsites & leadership summits
- Team workshops — DISC & the 6 Working Geniuses
- Founders' groups & annual planning
- Faith-based & ministry conferences
About David
Have you ever chased a goal for years — only to realize, somewhere along the way, that it was never actually yours?
David Swihart has been speaking for over 27 years, engaging audiences with a mix of storytelling, inspiration, and practical teaching that challenges them to grow themselves, build their businesses, and make the world around them a little better.
As a pastor, an entrepreneur, and an author, his mission is one: to help people pursue their unique goals, live out their values, and make an exceptional contribution to the world around them — across every arena of life.
Read the full bioWhat organizers say after the applause.
"David reframed what leadership meant for our entire org in under an hour. People still quote him six months later."
Priya Nair
Chief People Officer, Fintech Series D
"The most honest, practical keynote we've booked in a decade. No fluff, no jargon — just the work."
Marcus Hale
VP Engineering, Global SaaS
"He gave our founders a playbook we actually used the next Monday. That's rare."
Dana Whitfield
Partner, Early-stage VC
Bring David to your next stage.
Share the date, the audience, and what you're trying to move — you'll hear back within two business days with availability and options.