John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold over 13 million books. His organizations have trained more than 2 million leaders worldwide. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of INJOY®, Maximum Impact, ISS and EQUIP. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point and the National Football League. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell was one of 25 authors and artists named to Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame. Three of his books, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader have each sold over a million copies.
Dr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker and consultant, Ken also spends time as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Starting with his phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than 13 million copies and remains on best-seller lists, to Raving Fans, Gung Ho!, and Whale Done!, Ken’s impact as a writer is far reaching. His books have combined sales of more than 18 million copies in more than 25 languages. Leading at a Higher Level, published in 2006, Know Can Do!, published in 2007, and Lead with LUV, published in 2011, have been received with much critical acclaim.
Dr. Covey dedicates his life to teaching principle-centered living and leadership to individuals, families, and organizations. Holder of an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, Dr. Covey is author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century, and other best sellers that include First Things First , Principle-Centered Leadership, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.
Marshall Goldsmith Partners LLC is a leadership development firm that delivers consistently superior executive coaching as well as other leadership. His firm, Marshall Goldsmith Partners LLC is a leadership development firm that delivers consistently superior executive coaching as well as other leadership development services to clients globally. You can follow Marshall on Twitter
Fortune called Tom Peters the "Ur-guru" of management. The Economist tagged him the Uber-guru; and BusinessWeek's take on his "unconventional views" led them to label Peters "business's best friend and worst nightmare."
Born February 29, 1960) is an American self-help writer and professional speaker. He became well known through the use of firewalking in his seminars. He initially studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming but went on to develop his own methods. He is now considered as the Leader of Leaders and the world's best success coach.
Orrin co-wrote the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Weekly, USA Today, and Money Magazine best seller, Launching a Leadership Revolution. He speaks on leadership and personal growth across the globe. His highly popular leadership blog has received international acclaim as an Alltop Leadership Selection, HR's Top 100 Blogs for Management and Leadership, and a Universities Online Top 100 Leadership Blog. .
Robin Sharma is an internationally respected leadership expert and author who has worked with executives globally for over 10 years with exceptional results. Robin’s books on personal and professional mastery have sold millions of copies.
Arthur F. Carmazzi is the founder of the Directive Communication Psychology and bestselling Author. He is the premier expert in leadership and corporate culture transformation in the Asian region. As a renowned motivational leadership keynote speaker and trainer, he has advanced Corporate Training with innovative techniques and tools that have been acknowledged by some of the world's greatest organizations. His literary works include "The 6 Dimensions of Top Achievers", "Identity Intelligence" "The Colored Brain Communication Field Manual", "The Psychology of Selecting the Right Employee" and "Lessons from the Monkey King"
He is most well known for his "Culture Evolution" programs the can make lasting changes in corporate culture in less than 3 months.
Dr. Warren Bennis (Antioch College, Class of 1951) is one of the nation's foremost authorities on organizational development, leadership and change.Since 1979, Dr. Bennis has served as University Professor and Distinguished Professor of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He considers that he has entered a truly generative stage in his life, one in which he pursues his greatest joy, writing, while also mentoring and taking pleasure in "people growing."
John Baldoni is a internationally-recognized thought leader in leadership and communications as well as a popular leadership speaker, executive coach and executive educator. John teaches men and women to achieve positive results by focusing on communication, influence, motivation and supervision.
Chris Brady is a businessman, author, speaker, humorist, father, and mentor. Combining passion and clean humor, his entertaining communication style has won him fans across age groups and genres. He has appeared on stages around the world teaching leadership principles and success. Brady is co-author of four books with friend and business partner Orrin Woodward; the latest, Launching a Leadership Revolution, was re-released in October 2007 , and has reached the best seller lists of the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, New York Times, and USA Today.
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, and GOOD TO GREAT. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company
For over 30 years Jim Clemmer’s practical leadership approaches have been inspiring action and achieving results. Jim is a popular columnist and a regular guest on radio and television programs. He is listed in half a dozen Canadian, American, and international Who’s Who directories. Among his many achievements, he’s especially proud of tripling the size of his forehead!
The first of Jim’s books was The VIP Strategy. His second book, Firing on All Cylinders, is one of Canada’s all time bestselling management books. He followed that with Pathways to Performance. His next book, Growing the Distance, focused on personal leadership principles. A companion book, The Leader’s Digest, applies those same principles to leading others. His only work of fiction is “an edutaining case study” or leadership novel entitled Moose on the Table: A Novel Approach to Communications @ Work. His latest book is Growing @ the Speed of Change.
Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, and one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership. Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, is the first to make the strategic case for women leaders.
Harvey Mackay is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Both books are among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time, according to the New York Times. is also a popular and entertaining business speaker and was named one of the top five speakers in the world by Toastmasters International.
Phil Dourado is a leadership author, consultant and online community builder. He is the author of two books on leadership, published by John Wiley & Sons. He holds an MA in History from Cambridge University and has pioneered the design, build and facilitation of in-house corporate leadership development platforms - a new way of developing leaders that has won awards around the world.
Flip Flippen, an internationally renowned speaker and psychotherapist, developed The Flippen Profile, an unparalleled psychometric assessment tool that accurately identifies individual strengths and weaknesses. Using this powerful tool, Flip conceived the theory of Overcoming Personal Constraints (OPC), which teaches people how to break the constraints that limit performance and hinder growth. His book, The Flip Side – Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back, released May 2007, is a New York Times and USA Today Best Seller.
The success of his efforts has been documented on The Today Show, The Super Bowl Pre-Game Show, Speed Channel’s NBS 24/7, and in countless publications for more than twenty years.
Marcus Buckingham is Internationally renowned and celebrated, Marcus Buckingham is the go-to consultant in his field, a sought-after speaker, and a New York Times bestselling author. Challenging accepted and entrenched social theory, Buckingham pioneered a revolutionary concept: that people will be dramatically more effective, successful, and fulfilled when they play to their strongest skills rather than attempting to improve their weaknesses.
Eileen is a leadership and change expert. She draws upon practical business know-how, life's experiences and years of consulting to major national and international organizations that have ranged from global pharmaceuticals to the US Armed Forces, from health care associations to religious institutions. Executive Excellence magazine continually ranks her as one of the top 50 thought leaders in self-leadership development.
Barry Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. He is the co-author of the award-winning and best-selling leadership book: The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations
Paul is a Leadership Methodologist. For over two decades he has studied effective organizations and the people that lead them. As a result of his research around the world, he is called upon to assist both private as well as public organizations on a range of projects relating to management and leadership development, and he sits on a number of Boards internationally. He is well known for his work on leadership, culture and is in the process of writing a book called "Teamwork is Dead - long live teams THAT work"
Subir's major expertise is in Design For Six Sigma leadership and quality strategy LEO (Listen, Enrich, Optimize).He regularly advices CEOs and senior leadership in how to achieve bottom line results using LEO, Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma.
Served as the 1999 Chair of the Board for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), has served as a member of the 1992-94 National Board of Directors and has been a past president of the Orange County Chapter. Based on significant contributions to the Society and the profession, he has been recognized with the Gordon Bliss Memorial Award and the Torch Award, two of the highest forms of national leadership recognition provided by ASTD. In addition, Richard maintains professional affiliations with the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the National Speakers Association (NSA), and the Organization Development Network (ODN).
Dr. Chand has authored and published 11 books.FAILURE: The Womb of Success
FUTURING: Leading your Church into Tomorrow
WHO’S HOLDING YOUR LADDER?: Selecting your Leaders—your most crucial decision
WHO MOVED YOUR LADDER?: Your Next Bold Move
WHAT’S SHAKIN’ YOUR LADDER?: 15 Challenges All Leaders Face
LADDERShifts: New realities—Rapid change—Your destiny
LADDER FOCUS: Creating, Sustaining, and Enlarging Your BIG Picture
PLANNING YOUR SUCCESSION: Preparing for Your Future
REChurch: When Change is no Longer an Option
MASTER LEADERS—A collaborative book with George Barna
WEATHERING THE STORM: Leading in Uncertain Times
CRACKING YOUR CHURCH’S CULTURE CODE: Seven Keyes to Unleashing Vision & Inspiration
International best-selling author of The Fred Factor, Mark Sanborn is known as "the high content speaker who motivates." He presents over 90 programs each year on leadership, team building, customer service and mastering change.
Jonar C. Nader is the anti-Dale Carnegie. Fed up with what he calls "inefficiency, inaccuracy, inconsistency, and untruths," he wrote How to Lose Friends and Infuriate People as an antidote to winning friends, seeking excellence, and all the other clich'xe9s that dominate and cripple the world of business leadership and personal achievement. Jonar Nader helps audiences develop their skills and work with others.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights have guided leaders of large and small organizations worldwide for over 25 years, through teaching, writing, and direct consultation to major corporations and governments
Andrew Grant is the Managing Director of Tirian and creative designer of Tirian programs, and he has worked on leadership and team development for top executive clients in multinational companies throughout the world.
Andrew has been in high demand as a keynote speaker & facilitator in over 15 countries, and has successfully worked with over 30 different nationalities. His ability to transcend cross cultural and cross functional barriers and address audiences with a message relevant to executives and their teams alike makes his sessions valuable to all participants. Andrew's stimulating and often humorous and engaging delivery style, coupled with relevant and intelligent content, makes him a great choice for conference and development programs internationally.
