Organizational Development Speakers

Dynamic, high-energy, interactive business speaker delivering high-impact content with practical takeaways.

JoAnn Corley

JoAnn Corley is a dynamic, inspiring speaker, growth partner, and leadership development consultant. She is the Founder, CEO of The Human Sphere™, a consultancy that helps companies increase profits through human-centric, results-based leadership.In 2016 alone, she generated for clients a positive fiscal impact of $3-5,000,000.She has been consistently named to several top 100 lists of Management & HR experts to follow and has been quoted or featured on CNBC, Today Show Online, Management … [Read more...]

An accomplished author, speaker, philanthropist, who successfully climbed to the top of two Fortune 50 companies, Dell and Motorola before the age of 40.

Fenorris Pearson

Fenorris Pearson successfully climbed to the top of two Fortune 50 companies, Dell and Motorola before the age of 40. He is also an accomplished author, speaker, philanthropist, and currently the Chief of Human Resources and Organizational Development for Gee Holding company a division of Huntsman Gay Global a private equity firm that invest in small businesses that have technology and mobile software. Pearson founded and was the innovator of a unique software tool called PIRO that was … [Read more...]

Known worldwide as the person who raised responsible awareness for the Y2K problem

Peter de Jager, BSC

Peter de Jager is a keynote speaker/writer/consultant on managing change of all types within our organizations. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change Management to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in hundreds of publications including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American. He is best known to IT audiences for his efforts … [Read more...]

Award-winning author, thought leader and authority on managing creativity, ideas, and innovation. Dynamic speaker who has presented at hundreds of conferences and corporate meetings around the world.

Alan Robinson, Ph.D.

Dr. Alan G. Robinson specializes in managing creativity, ideas and innovation, and is the co-author of seven books, which have been translated into more than twenty five languages.Corporate Creativity (co-authored with Sam Stern) was named "Book of the Year" by the Academy of Human Resource Management, was a finalist in the Financial Times/Booz Allen & Hamilton Global Best Business Book Awards, and has been translated into fourteen foreign languages.Robinson's book Ideas Are Free (co-authored … [Read more...]

The inventor of Ideas While You Sleep - an overnight, globally crowdsourced brainstorming service. Yvonne facilitates a productive brainstorm while leaving your team with the tools to do it themselves

Yvonne Adele, CSP

"Yvonne is just bursting with ideas on how to get known online. She has a great system for developing an online presence that is logical, practical and actually fun to implement." David Koutsoukis, President, National Speakers Association of Australia A Microsoft graduate with a couple of decades of corporate experience, Yvonne created the Ms Megabyte brand/persona in the mid 90′s. This led to a national media profile and best-selling book. She eventually left TV behind to concentrate solely … [Read more...]

A speaker and consultant who helps veterinarians become better leaders so they can achieve their practice goals and create practice cultures where everyone is excited to come to work.

Amanda Donnelly, DVM, MBA

Dr. Amanda Donnelly is a sought-after speaker, author, business consultant, and second-generation veterinarian. Having worked in her father's practice growing up, she developed a passion for veterinary medicine at a young age. With over 29 years of experience in the veterinary profession, Dr. Donnelly understands the challenges facing practice teams. She is driven by her goals of helping veterinarians become better leaders and teaching teams how to enhance the client service experience.Dr. … [Read more...]

Savage works with professionals and organizations developing their negotiation mastery, collaborative culture, leadership strength and organizational sustainability.

David Savage, BA (Econ), CPCC, PLand

Brief:David is the founder and President of Savage Management Ltd., Think Sustain Ability Consultants and The Collaborative Global Initiative. He is committed to building capacity for parties to negotiate, resolve conflicts, collaborate and create a better future that serves the business, the community, and the environment.David's book Breakthrough to Yes: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration was published worldwide March 22, 2016, and a new edition will be available in … [Read more...]

Change is exemplified by the immigrant resolve to seek out solutions that provide for their dreams.

Ronald M Allen

Change is exemplified by the immigrants resolve to seek out solutions that provide for their dreams.After moving to the USA in 1988 Ronald established his own business services, Design In Display. For 8 years Ronald cultivated client relations delivering retail merchandising and residential interior design serivces. Working in New York City and the five boroughs he studied Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. With the challenge of a family member he folded the business and … [Read more...]

Helps companies to improve their bottom-line results by growing their people, leaders and teams at all levels, creating winning workplace cultures and crafting action-driven strategies.

Stef du Plessis, CSP, M.Phil, Global Speaking Fellow, HoF

AROUND THE BLOCK. What you read here is what you get, guaranteed. Your assurance is his track record spanning two decades, two-dozen countries and over 3,500 successful assignments. Which is why he has become a trusted resource to CEOs and event planners as a keynote speaker, workshop presenter, strategic facilitator and intervention leader on People, Culture and Strategy.FULL HOUSE OFFERING. It's not by chance that Stef is consistently rated as one of the top motivational and business speakers, … [Read more...]

Founder, The Energy Project; Author/Co-Author of Five Books, Including Be Excellent at Anything and The Power of Full Engagement; New York Times Life@Work Columnist

Tony Schwartz

Why Tony Schwartz?Can You Possibly Work Harder?: The demands on our lives are as great as they've ever been - and most of us expect them to keep increasing. But if we're already working harder than ever, how will we keep up? The answer to keeping up isn't spending more of our hours working.Manage Energy - Not Time: Tony is at the center of the new thinking that creates sustainable high performance by managing personal and organizational energy. The idea is to focus on energy and build capacity … [Read more...]

Elle is the premier expert on applying wisdom science to leadership resilience; the uncanny ability to grow stronger from change. A resonant and motivating keynote speaker, author and thought leader.

Elle Allison-Napolitano, PhD.

Elle Allison-Napolitano, PhD is founder of Wisdom Out, a company specializing in leadership development and organizational learning by focusing on the nature of resilience and how it empowers leaders to transform adversity into growth.Since 2000, when her original research revealed the crucial element of resilience in wise leadership, Elle's keynotes and seminars have helped leaders grow in resilience, respond elegantly to the chronic stressors and acute shocks inherent to leadership, and … [Read more...]

Developing leaders and improving performance using principles of neuro-axiology (brain science and value science)

Traci Duez, CSM, CAC

Break Free Consulting was started in 2006 by Traci Duez when she noticed a desperate need in her IT consulting company. As the delivery director for over 100 consultants, she noticed that most were technically brilliant and outstanding at implementing the latest and greatest technologies. However, many lacked the mind-set to see the 'big picture', to understand the world from the clients point of view, and to understand the consulting business. That is when she started looking for ways to help … [Read more...]

Energetic and compelling speaker and writer with worldwide experience as an executive consultant and strategic thinker. He translates his wide-ranging real-life experience in easy applicable lessons.

Michel Thiry, PhD, PMI Fellow, Fellow APM

Michel THIRY, PhD, FAPM, PMI Fellow, PMP, Managing Partner Valense Ltd.Video References:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38jimNz14iQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4R8uMANpkJob titles:Managing Partner, Valense Ltd. Organizational ConsultantsAdjunct Professor: UTS, Sydney, Australia Expertise: Value Management, Project and Program Management, Governance, Portfolio Management, PMO, Organizational Strategy and Change.SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE TO DATEProfessional WorkMichel Thiry is co-founder and … [Read more...]

Over 30 years of assisting presidents/CEOs of midsized ($20-200 million) businesses, The Growth Strategist® provides tailored, interactive keynote presentations on business growth and sustainability.

Aldonna Ambler, CMC, WBENC

The Growth Strategist® with a compelling track record, Aldonna has helped over 800 organizations in Achieving Accelerated Growth With Sustained Profitability®. Over the years, her clients have aligned into five major categories: professional service firms, distributors, family-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses and technology-driven companies. Several clients achieved placement on lists of the fastest growing corporations after working with Aldonna.A powerful Keynote Speaker, she was the … [Read more...]

World's leading expert on how to harness flashes of insight to create new ideas

William Duggan, Ph.D

William Duggan is the author of three recent books on strategic intuition as the key to innovation: Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy (2002); The Art of What Works: How Success Really Happens (2003); and Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (2007). In 2007 the journal Business Strategy named Strategic Intuition "Best Strategy Book of the Year." Professor Duggan is the author of three previous books as well, and has twenty years of experience as a strategy … [Read more...]

Chris Trimble

Chris Trimble broke into the forefront of executive consciousness this year with the blockbuster article that led the May 2005 Harvard Business Review, "Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations," which has received more orders for reprints than any other article so far in 2005. The article is adapted from Chris' just-released book Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators - from Idea to Execution. The book and article are the result of five years of intensive research, in … [Read more...]

An expert in accelerating cash flow and streamlining operations.

Lisa Anderson

Lisa Anderson is a senior supply chain and operations executive and business consultant. With close to 20 years experience across multiple industries and the entire scope of business processes, Lisa brings to an engagement a record of achievement and leadership in supply chain management (planning, logistics, inventory, procurement), operations management, project management, information systems implementations, business process design, mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, strategic and … [Read more...]

"You just gave me a million dollars worth of information - paid for this conference 10x over. Your message, your energy - you are what my sales team needs, Ken Williams, CEO Allied

Meridith Elliott Powell, CSP

Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, and one of the Top Sales Experts To Follow by Linked In. Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and business strategist. With a background in corporate leadership and sales, her career expands over several industries including banking, healthcare and finance. Meridith worked her way up from entry-level to earn her position in the C-Suite. She is a Master Certified Strategist, Executive Coach … [Read more...]

Learn the secrets to leading successful business projects and become the technical expert that people turn to!

Andrew Zeitoun

Andrew brings 20 years of experience from multiple disciplines to bear for one purpose: Help build successful leaders.Andrew is the author of "From Technical to Exceptional: Transform to Outperform and Make Your Mark". His book leads technical experts through the Six Transformations they need to become effective leaders and successful managers. Andrew's range of roles, give him the depth and breadth to show people how to achieve success while being able to point to his personal experiences and … [Read more...]

With more than 25 years of experience, we can help you achieve bottom-line results and become measurable more vital

Dave Angel

Dave Angel brings more than 25 years of experience in providing strategic leadership in the areas of training, facilitation and the development of organizational and employee competencies to the VitalSmarts Facilitator Faculty. Specializing in participant-centered learning, Dave helps individuals, teams, and organizations increase organizational effectiveness, achieve bottom-line results and become measurably more vital. Master TrainerDave is a Master Certified Trainer in Crucial Conversations® … [Read more...]

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