KEYNOTE SPEAKER

International Keynote Speaker

With an unmistakable mix of openness, humor, and energy, Bill Gallagher consistently earns audience ratings over 9 out of 10. He has given hundreds of keynotes and workshops for thousands of leaders around the world. Today he speaks on his new book, Busy Is Broken, with a foreword by Michael E. Gerber.

Busy Is Broken by Bill Gallagher

THE KEYNOTE

Busy Is Broken

Do Less, Scale More

#1 New Release in Business Management on Amazon · Foreword by Michael E. Gerber

Most leaders don’t have a time problem. They have a hero problem. When every decision runs through the CEO, the calendar becomes the company’s speed limit. In this keynote, Bill shows leaders how to make the three shifts at the heart of his book:

  • From micromanagement to delegation: make it easy for capable people to decide without you.
  • From superhero to self-awareness: do the work only you should do, and reassign the rest on purpose.
  • From always-on to recovery: stop treating exhaustion as a strategy.

Audiences leave with practical tools they can use the next morning, real stories from 800+ companies, and a lot fewer things on their plate.

Formats: keynote (45-90 minutes), half-day workshop, or chapter evening with book signing.

SEE BILL ON STAGE

4 minutes, unedited, from Bill's closing keynote at the PPO Club High Performance Practice Conference, San Antonio.

WHAT EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY

"Bill brought the kind of close our owners were still talking about all weekend. He read the room perfectly and left everyone with something they could use Monday morning."
Michael Pachuta, Co-founder, Efogi, producer of the PPO Club High Performance Practice Conference
"Bill knows how to work a room, and he knows how to make an event work. He handled the details, kept our team in the loop, and our members left with something they could use right away. Any chapter would be lucky to have him."
Linda Ledwith, Executive Director, EO San Francisco

ALSO AVAILABLE: WORKSHOP

Scaling Up with AI Tools

A hands-on session where leaders learn the Scaling Up growth tools and run them with AI, live in the room. Instead of filling out worksheets, teams use coach-refined AI prompts to build their plans faster and sharper.

  • Which Scaling Up tools fit your company right now, and how to use them with AI
  • Live work on your own strategy, priorities and cash, not case studies
  • A library of coach-refined AI prompts for every tool, yours to keep and use with your team

Formats: 90-minute session, half-day or full-day workshop, in person or on Zoom.

Bill Gallagher running a live workshop with AI tools

ADD THE BOOK

Send every attendee home with a signed copy.

Bulk pricing for 20 or more books, signed at your event. Email bill@busyisbroken.com or learn more at busyisbroken.com.

“Bill Gallagher understands what holds successful leaders back, and it’s rarely what they think. A brave, practical guide to the hardest leadership shift: from doing everything to building something that doesn’t need you in every room.”

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
#1 NYT bestselling author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“Finally, a book that explains why working harder stops working. Bill makes the case with real stories and real tools. Read it.”

Verne Harnish
Founder, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and author of Scaling Up

Bill Gallagher delivering the Busy Is Broken keynote
Bill Gallagher speaking to a room of leaders
Bill Gallagher speaking on Busy Is Broken
Bill Gallagher speaking on Busy Is Broken
Bill Gallagher signing copies of Busy Is Broken

Where Bill is speaking next

  • Nov 10, 2026: EO Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
  • Nov 13, 2026: EO Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • Nov 19, 2026: EO Idaho, Boise, ID
  • Dec 8, 2026: EO LA Valley, Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Jan 24-26, 2027: EO Quebec Chapter Retreat, Quebec, Canada
  • Mar 25, 2027: EO Colorado, Denver, CO

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Working with Bill on your event:

  • We will always be easy to work with and prompt in communication.
  • We can offer a flat rate for travel expenses or include it in our fee, as fits your needs
  • We will customize and tailor our program to your audience and theme
  • We can adapt style and delivery from very large to intimate smaller audiences.
  • You will never be surprised or embarrassed for choosing us

Want to hire Bill to Speak at your event?
Call us directly at: +1-510-295-4422 or email: speaker@scalingcoach.com

Book: busyisbroken.com  |  Bill: billgallagher.com

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