Joe Sweeney
Book Description
Through his book, Moving the Needle: Get Clear, Get Free, and Get Going in Your Career, Business, and Life, Joe Sweeney will show you how to put action plans into place, become accountable, and ultimately, achieve your goals. If you’ve been hoping to gain much-needed traction at work and in your personal life, then Joe will show you how to move forward.
A master networker, Joe has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses to large corporations such as General Electric, Wells Fargo, and Northwestern Mutual since the release of his book, Networking Is a Contact Sport in 2010. He has heard a consistent refrain from CEOs, vice presidents, businessmen and businesswomen, military personnel, and college graduates following his presentations: “Can you help move the needle at our company and improve performance on a consistent basis?”
What Joe noticed was that these companies and their employees were having a hard time getting clear, getting free, and getting going in their professional as well as their personal lives. Sensing a vital need, Joe has written Moving the Needle, Get Clear, Get Free, and Get Going in Your Career, Business, and Life for anyone looking to work his or her way out of a rut or make key transitions in life.
About the Author
Joe Sweeney is a former owner and now a strategic director at Corporate Financial Advisors, LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm which specializes in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, capital sourcing, exit planning, and general corporate advisory services.
Joe has had a unique and interesting career. He has successfully blended his love of business and his passion for sports to accomplish positive results for himself and for his clients. He has a wealth of hands-on business experience. Joe has owned and operated four manufacturing companies and has more than three decades of experience in the business and sports worlds. Prior to acquiring an equity position in Corporate Financial Advisors, he was founder and president of SMG, a sports marketing and management firm that specializes in assisting and representing dozens of coaches and pro athletes (including three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre) in securing lucrative contracts and marketing deals.
Joe was also president of the Wisconsin Sports Authority and has served on 28 boards of directors over the past 30 years and is currently active on six including Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC), the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, The University of Notre Dame Graduate Alumni Board for the Mendoza College of Business, Dielectric Corporation, DMT Corporation, and Town Bank. Joe received his BA from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota where he graduated with honors in Industrial Psychology and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Joe is a successful investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, a very active private equity investor, and a nationally renowned speaker and author.
Based on the success of his New York Times bestseller, #2 Wall Street Journal and #1 USA Today top selling business book, Networking Is a Contact Sport (BenBella Books), Joe has given hundreds of keynote addresses worldwide to a variety of businesses and top corporations such as Northwestern Mutual, General Electric, Wells Fargo, CUNA Mutual, Manpower Group, Merrill Lynch, Minnesota Wild NHL team, Morgan Stanley, Travelers Insurance, UBS, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and numerous universities. Joe was also the keynote speaker for the GE World Leadership Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a result of the feedback Joe received from his talks and training in the corporate world, he has written the book, Moving the Needle (Wiley) released in November, 2014 and recently rated on Forbes as one of The 6 Best New Career Books for 2015. Moving the Needle is a transformational guide to help individuals and businesses get clear, get free, and get going in their career, business, and life.
Additionally, Joe serves in the capacity of advisor to a number of privately held businesses nationwide, and he is an active private equity investor in several Midwest-based middle market companies. He has used his 30+ years of business experience to become a successful businessman, master networker, and worldwide speaker and trainer.|Joe Sweeney is a former owner and now a strategic director at Corporate Financial Advisors, LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm which specializes in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, capital sourcing, exit planning, and general corporate advisory services.
Joe has had a unique and interesting career. He has successfully blended his love of business and his passion for sports to accomplish positive results for himself and for his clients. He has a wealth of hands-on business experience. Joe has owned and operated four manufacturing companies and has more than three decades of experience in the business and sports worlds. Prior to acquiring an equity position in Corporate Financial Advisors, he was founder and president of SMG, a sports marketing and management firm that specializes in assisting and representing dozens of coaches and pro athletes (including three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre) in securing lucrative contracts and marketing deals.
Joe was also president of the Wisconsin Sports Authority and has served on 28 boards of directors over the past 30 years and is currently active on six including Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC), the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, The University of Notre Dame Graduate Alumni Board for the Mendoza College of Business, Dielectric Corporation, DMT Corporation, and Town Bank. Joe received his BA from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota where he graduated with honors in Industrial Psychology and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Joe is a successful investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, a very active private equity investor, and a nationally renowned speaker and author.
Based on the success of his New York Times bestseller, #2 Wall Street Journal and #1 USA Today top selling business book, Networking Is a Contact Sport (BenBella Books), Joe has given hundreds of keynote addresses worldwide to a variety of businesses and top corporations such as Northwestern Mutual, General Electric, Wells Fargo, CUNA Mutual, Manpower Group, Merrill Lynch, Minnesota Wild NHL team, Morgan Stanley, Travelers Insurance, UBS, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and numerous universities. Joe was also the keynote speaker for the GE World Leadership Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a result of the feedback Joe received from his talks and training in the corporate world, he has written the book, Moving the Needle (Wiley) released in November, 2014 and recently rated on Forbes as one of The 6 Best New Career Books for 2015. Moving the Needle is a transformational guide to help individuals and businesses get clear, get free, and get going in their career, business, and life.
Additionally, Joe serves in the capacity of advisor to a number of privately held businesses nationwide, and he is an active private equity investor in several Midwest-based middle market companies. He has used his 30+ years of business experience to become a successful businessman, master networker, and worldwide speaker and trainer.|Joe Sweeney is a former owner and now a strategic director at Corporate Financial Advisors, LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm which specializes in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, capital sourcing, exit planning, and general corporate advisory services.
Joe has had a unique and interesting career. He has successfully blended his love of business and his passion for sports to accomplish positive results for himself and for his clients. He has a wealth of hands-on business experience. Joe has owned and operated four manufacturing companies and has more than three decades of experience in the business and sports worlds. Prior to acquiring an equity position in Corporate Financial Advisors, he was founder and president of SMG, a sports marketing and management firm that specializes in assisting and representing dozens of coaches and pro athletes (including three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre) in securing lucrative contracts and marketing deals.
Joe was also president of the Wisconsin Sports Authority and has served on 28 boards of directors over the past 30 years and is currently active on six including Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC), the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, The University of Notre Dame Graduate Alumni Board for the Mendoza College of Business, Dielectric Corporation, DMT Corporation, and Town Bank. Joe received his BA from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota where he graduated with honors in Industrial Psychology and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Joe is a successful investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, a very active private equity investor, and a nationally renowned speaker and author.
Based on the success of his New York Times bestseller, #2 Wall Street Journal and #1 USA Today top selling business book, Networking Is a Contact Sport (BenBella Books), Joe has given hundreds of keynote addresses worldwide to a variety of businesses and top corporations such as Northwestern Mutual, General Electric, Wells Fargo, CUNA Mutual, Manpower Group, Merrill Lynch, Minnesota Wild NHL team, Morgan Stanley, Travelers Insurance, UBS, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and numerous universities. Joe was also the keynote speaker for the GE World Leadership Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a result of the feedback Joe received from his talks and training in the corporate world, he has written the book, Moving the Needle (Wiley) released in November, 2014 and recently rated on Forbes as one of The 6 Best New Career Books for 2015. Moving the Needle is a transformational guide to help individuals and businesses get clear, get free, and get going in their career, business, and life.
Additionally, Joe serves in the capacity of advisor to a number of privately held businesses nationwide, and he is an active private equity investor in several Midwest-based middle market companies. He has used his 30+ years of business experience to become a successful businessman, master networker, and worldwide speaker and trainer.|Joe Sweeney is a former owner and now a strategic director at Corporate Financial Advisors, LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm which specializes in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, capital sourcing, exit planning, and general corporate advisory services.
Joe has had a unique and interesting career. He has successfully blended his love of business and his passion for sports to accomplish positive results for himself and for his clients. He has a wealth of hands-on business experience. Joe has owned and operated four manufacturing companies and has more than three decades of experience in the business and sports worlds. Prior to acquiring an equity position in Corporate Financial Advisors, he was founder and president of SMG, a sports marketing and management firm that specializes in assisting and representing dozens of coaches and pro athletes (including three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre) in securing lucrative contracts and marketing deals.
Joe was also president of the Wisconsin Sports Authority and has served on 28 boards of directors over the past 30 years and is currently active on six including Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC), the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, The University of Notre Dame Graduate Alumni Board for the Mendoza College of Business, Dielectric Corporation, DMT Corporation, and Town Bank. Joe received his BA from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota where he graduated with honors in Industrial Psychology and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Joe is a successful investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, a very active private equity investor, and a nationally renowned speaker and author.
Based on the success of his New York Times bestseller, #2 Wall Street Journal and #1 USA Today top selling business book, Networking Is a Contact Sport (BenBella Books), Joe has given hundreds of keynote addresses worldwide to a variety of businesses and top corporations such as Northwestern Mutual, General Electric, Wells Fargo, CUNA Mutual, Manpower Group, Merrill Lynch, Minnesota Wild NHL team, Morgan Stanley, Travelers Insurance, UBS, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and numerous universities. Joe was also the keynote speaker for the GE World Leadership Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a result of the feedback Joe received from his talks and training in the corporate world, he has written the book, Moving the Needle (Wiley) released in November, 2014 and recently rated on Forbes as one of The 6 Best New Career Books for 2015. Moving the Needle is a transformational guide to help individuals and businesses get clear, get free, and get going in their career, business, and life.
Additionally, Joe serves in the capacity of advisor to a number of privately held businesses nationwide, and he is an active private equity investor in several Midwest-based middle market companies. He has used his 30+ years of business experience to become a successful businessman, master networker, and worldwide speaker and trainer.
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