Sandra Joseph is a history-making Broadway star, a #1 international bestselling author, and a keynote speaker. Her legendary run as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera spanned ten years and more than 1,300 performances, and earned her the record as the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time. She has been seen on numerous national broadcasts, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Today Show, Dateline, The Early Show, The View, and Oprah: Where … [Read more...]
Terry Jones
Terry Jones, the innovator who created Travelocity.com, helps organizations navigate the uncertain future through sharing the tools and techniques he has perfected to create electric corporate cultures that spark new ideas and blaze a path to future success. As Travelocity’s founder as well as chariman of Kayak.com and CIP at America Airlines, Jones has been on the cutting edge of innovations that have changed an industry and altered how we all travel. … [Read more...]
Daniel Burrus
Daniel Burrus, best-selling author and leading prognosticator of the global economic future, illuminates the future trends in innovation, change, and technology. Considered one of the world’s preeminent futurists, he counsels top executives as well as audiences to bring out the types of innovations and game-changing strategies that will be needed for the ever-changing, 21st century business environment. … [Read more...]
Erik Wahl
Erik Wahl, renowned graffiti artist and entrepreneur, communicates with audiences through his fast-paced painting and creative message. Using his art to inspire professionals to greater levels of performance, Wahl creates experiences for audiences that spark their creativity, their powers of innovation, and their viewpoint on problems and how to solve them. McKain has spoken before and consulted for the world’s most influential corporations. … [Read more...]
Neal Petersen
Neal Petersen’s life journey has taken him from a poverty-stricken childhood in Apartheid South Africa to a round-the-world yacht race in a craft he built himself, giving him a firsthand view of the seemingly insurmountable barriers that face us in life. An award-winning author, world-class solo racing yachtsman, and global investor, Petersen shares real life examples of how he overcame his own daunting challenges by always turning "perceived" disadvantages into advantages—and then into … [Read more...]
Rick Searfoss
As one of less than a hundred people ever who have actually ever commanded a human space mission, Colonel Rick Searfoss speaks on leadership, teamwork, and personal performance with authority born of in-depth personal experience. He has piloted two Space Shuttle missions and commanded a third, with over 939 hours in space and 5400 hours flying time in 61 different types of aircraft. His first space flight in 1993 set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle … [Read more...]
Curtis Zimmerman
Both as a speaker and author, Curtis Zimmerman has impacted over one million people around the globe with his life-changing messages and award-winning programs. Curtis is an expert at transforming organizations by inspiring individuals to live their life at a higher level of performance. … [Read more...]
Jeff DeGraff
Jeff DeGraff’s life reads like an innovation playbook. The pages are speckled with failures followed by great successes all because of the mantra adopted at an early age from icon Walt Disney: “Keep moving forward.” Jeff knows how to innovate because he has been through the wringer and rolled with the punches, each time adding a new, better, and cleverer play than the last to his dossier. Jeff’s creative and direct take on making innovation really happen have made him a world renowned thought … [Read more...]
Doug Conant
Douglas R. Conant, New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker founded Conant Leadership, a growing community of people dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century, in 2011. He is also honored to serve as Chairman of Avon Products as well as Chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute (KELI) at Northwestern University. The newly formed KELI initiative is designed to help leaders of today enhance their ability to lead in the “here and now.” This … [Read more...]
Steve Farber
Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated, and the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, organizations devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community, non-profits and education. His third book, Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership, was a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller. His second book, The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World, was hailed as “a playbook for … [Read more...]
Polly LaBarre
Polly LaBarre is a bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has worked for nearly 20 years to embolden and equip leaders in every realm of endeavor to make their organizations more resilient, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. She is an inspiring and provocative voice on the big ideas and important questions that will shape the future of organizations, work, and success. In her speeches Polly showcases her brilliant storytelling ability and takes audiences on an inspiring journey – … [Read more...]
Vikram Mansharamani, Ph.D
Vikram Mansharamani is an experienced global equity investor and Lecturer at Yale University. He is the author of BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst and is a regular commentator in the financial media, having contributed to Bloomberg, MarketWatch, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Yale Global, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, and The Daily Beast, among others. Dr. Mansharamani has been an active participant in … [Read more...]
Michael Treacy
Michael Treacy helps business leaders raise their growth ambitions by providing a fresh look at competition, customers, employees and markets – especially the globalizing marketplace. “Companies that have the discipline to focus and the vision to lean into the future, even in unpredictable times, will gain scale, scope and power,” says Treacy, “Those who don’t are at risk.” The author of two bestselling books, The Discipline of Market Leaders and Double-Digit Growth, Treacy draws on a broad and … [Read more...]
David Meerman Scott
Our always-on, Web-driven world has new rules for competing and growing business. Advance planning is out – agile is IN! Those who embrace new ways will be far more successful than those who stay stuck and afraid to change. No one knows more about using the new Real-Time tools and strategies to spread ideas, influence minds and build business than David Meerman Scott. It’s his specialty. David Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed strategist whose books and blog are must-reads for … [Read more...]
Geoff Colvin
Geoff Colvin is one of the most respected voices in business journalism, read and listened to by millions for his insights into the major issues driving change in business and the 21st century economy. Through his regular column and cover stories in Fortune magazine as well his CBS Radio Network broadcasts, Colvin helps decision makers look ahead so that they can adapt to the changing business environment. … [Read more...]
Katty Kay
Katty (pronounced CAT-TEE) Kay is the lead anchor for BBC World News America. Prior to taking over as lead anchor, Kay served as the Washington Correspondent for BBC since 2002. Kay's career with the BBC began in Zimbabwe in 1990 where she started filing radio reports for BBC World Service radio. From there she also covered the end of apartheid in South Africa. Kay then went on to work as a BBC correspondent in London, and later Tokyo, reporting on stories including the Kobe earthquake and the … [Read more...]
Mike Abrashoff
Mike Abrashoff was the most junior officer in the Pacific Fleet when he took command of the near-worst performing ship. Twelve months later, the USS Benfold was the best ship in the entire Navy – using the same crew. The story of that stunning transformation has lessons for every organization: leadership matters – and culture is everything. Mike's written three books – his first, It's Your Ship, has sold over 1 million copies. His Leadership Roadmap offers clear, battle-tested, and actionable … [Read more...]
Tommy Spaulding
Tommy Spaulding is president of the Spaulding Companies Corporation, a national leadership development, speaking, training, consulting, and executive coaching organization. A world-renowned speaker on leadership, Spaulding has spoken to hundreds of organizations, associations, educational institutions, and corporations around the globe. His first book, It’s Not Just Who You Know (Transform Your Life and Your Organization by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships), … [Read more...]
