{"id":36684,"date":"2017-11-07T17:07:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/our-most-popular-american-speakers"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:49:03","slug":"our-most-popular-american-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/our-most-popular-american-speakers","title":{"rendered":"Our Most Popular American Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We wanted to send you a note highlighting some of the bigger names we book most frequently in the US. As a quick reminder, these speakers often travel to Asia and can be fantastic options for annual conferences, dinners, or panel discussions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/stanley-mcchrystal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen. Stanley McChrystal<\/a>: Former Commander of US and International Forces in Afghanistan, best-selling author of <i>My Share of the Task<\/i> and <i>Team of Teams<\/i>, and co-founder of the McChrystal Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Widely credited with revolutionizing warfare by fusing intelligence and operations<\/li>\n<li>Led JSOC, the US military\u2019s most secretive branch, from 2003-2008<\/li>\n<li>Best-selling talk on leadership and teamwork consistently receives rave reviews for his dedication, storytelling abilities, charisma, and takeaways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/anthony-foxx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sec. Anthony Foxx<\/a>: Former US Secretary of Transportation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embraced innovative technologies at the DOT by launching the Smart City Challenge to innovative within America\u2019s cities<\/li>\n<li>Discusses the effect of future transportation trends including autonomous vehicles and integrated technology on a wide range of related industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/michael-hayden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen. 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