Alan Weiss

ALAN WEISS, PH.D., is a consultant, speaker, and bestselling author. Described by the New York Post as “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America,” his consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and more than 500 leading organizations. He is the author of more than 60 books, many of which have been included in university curricula and translated into 15 languages. His new book is Your Legacy Is Now: Life Is Not a Search for Meaning from Others—It's the Creation of Meaning for Yourself. Learn more at alanweiss.com.

Becky Robinson

Becky Robinson is the Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence, a full-service marketing agency that specializes in digital and integrated marketing services and public relations for book authors, including business leaders, coaches, trainers, speakers, and thought leaders. Since launching more than nine years ago, under Becky’s leadership, the firm has provided a wide range of services to help clients launch more than 150 books, enabling authors to build their brands, acquire more business customers, and increase book sales. In April 2022, Becky is publishing her first book with Berrett-Koehler Publishers titled, "Reach: Create the Biggest Possible Audience for Your Message, Book, or Cause." Becky holds an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College and received her B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Miami University.

Bill Donahue

Bill Donahue focuses his energy on transforming the culture of leadership so that leaders can flourish personally and bring transformation organizationally. His leadership development work has impacted Fortune 100 companies, educational institutions, large churches, and healthcare organizations around the world. As a professor at Trinity International University, he teaches Masters and Doctoral courses in leadership, team-building, organizational communication, and group dynamics. Contact him at drbilldonahue@gmail.com, connect with him on LinkedIn, and follow him on Twitter @drbilldonahue.

Bob Anderson and Bill Adams

Bob Anderson is the founder, Chairman, and Chief Creative Officer of The Leadership Circle and Full Circle Group. Bill Adams is one of the founders of Full Circle Group and CEO of Full Circle Group and The Leadership Circle. Together, they are authors of Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results (Wiley, 2015) and the upcoming book Scaling Leadership: Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most (Wiley, 2019).

Bonnie Marcus

Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., is an award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author of The Politics of Promotion, and president of Women's Success Coaching. She shares real conversations for real women about real situations in the workplace today, and assists professional women to successfully navigate the workplace and position and promote themselves to advance their careers. Her passion is helping other women learn to be sensitive to the culture of their organization, embrace the politics, and actively and intentionally move their careers forward with a sound strategic plan.

Brandon McRay

Brandon is a husband, father of three children, mentor, coach, West Point graduate, US Army Company Commander, US Air Force helicopter and drone pilot, professional staff officer and soon-to-be retiree from the US Air Force. Brandon can be reached at brandon.mcray@yahoo.com or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/brandon-mcray.

Brenda Yoho

Starting her career as a teaching assistant, Brenda worked as a teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Director of Educational Support Programs.  She believes education is something you do with children, not to them.  “You can choose to be part of the problem or part of the solution; the choice is always yours to make,” let's be the solution daily.

Chip Bell

Chip R. Bell is a renowned keynote speaker and author of several award-winning, best-selling books including Take Their Breath Away, Service Magic, Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service, Magnetic Service and Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles. His newest book is Inside Your Customer’s Imagination. Dr. Bell has appeared live on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg TV, CNN and his work has been featured in Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Businessweek, Entrepreneur magazine and Inc. magazine. Global Gurus in 2020 ranked him for the sixth year in a row in the top three keynote speakers in the world on customer service.

Dave Coffaro

Dave Coffaro is a strategic advisor, executive coach, and author. He works with senior executives developing clarity about their vision and the business models that support it, implementing change, and getting results. Coffaro is principal of the Strategic Advisory Consulting Group (https://www.sacgusa.com/), a management consultancy, and co-founder of Atticus (https://www.weareatticus.com/), a fintech firm providing individuals and professional advisors with easy to use, do-it-yourself tools for fiduciary-based activities. His new book is "Leading from Zero: Seven Essential Elements of Earning Relevance". For more information, visit www.davecoffaro.com.

Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE

Since founding her consulting firm in 1980, Eileen McDargh has helped organizations and individuals transform the life of their business and the business of their life through conversations that matter and connections that count. She believes that resiliency is a critical life skill and one that requires the energy of connections.

Jane Perdue

Jane, a former Fortune 500 executive and founder of The Jane Group, is a leadership futurist and well-mannered maverick who challenges stereotypes, sacred cows, gender bias, and how we think about power. She loves chocolate, TED, writing, kindness, paradox, and shoes.

Jim Haudan and Rich Berens

Jim Haudan is Co-Founder and Chairman, and Rich Berens is CEO and Chief Client Fanatic of Root Inc. For 25 years, Root has worked with brands around the world to activate, motivate, and inspire their people to accelerate the speed of organizational change through a combination of disruptive methods, storytelling, and interactive experiences. Haudan and Berens' What Are Your Blind Spots?: Conquering the 5 Misconceptions that Hold Leaders Back is written to help professionals scrutinize their approach to leadership and figure out personal blind spots―the areas where style and methods are hampering success.

Julia Felton

Julia Felton is a change catalyst and leadership development specialist with a proven track record over 10 years of developing high performance leaders and teams. She specialises in creating and delivering experiential leadership development programmes for clients in both the public and private sector. She combines this with her 15 years of corporate experience as a business transformation consultant, to deliver innovative solutions where the systems and processes support the team’s effectiveness rather than hamper it.

Karen Martin

Karen Martin is the President of TKMG, Inc, and Founder of TKMG Academy, Inc. Known for her keen diagnostic skills and rapid-results approach, Karen has consulted to global organizations in nearly every sector, shaping how leaders approach business performance. Her expertise stems from her early career as a scientist, and then building and leading operations for several rapid-growth, healthcare organizations. She’s the author of five books, including Shingo Institute award-winners The Outstanding Organization and Value Stream Mapping. Her latest, Clarity First, was a finalist in 800-CEO-READ’s 2018 Business Book of the Year. Karen holds an M.A. in Education with an emphasis in Adult Learning.

Kay Peterson

Kay Peterson is the founder of the Institute for Experiential Learning, a coach, and organizational development consultant.

Louis Carter

Louis Carter, MA, is founder and CEO of Most Loved Workplace, Best Practice Institute, Results Based Culture, and the author of more than 10 books on best practices in leadership and management, including  Change Champion’s Field Guide, In Great Company and Best Practices in Talent Management. He is voted as one of Global Gurus Top 10 Organizational Culture gurus in the world and is one of the top advisers to C-level executives, helping them and their organizations achieve measurable results.

Marjorie Derven

Marjorie Derven has consulted with some of the world’s top companies across energy, food, and beverages financial services, pharma, and technology sectors to address their change management, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, leadership development, and talent management challenges and opportunities for 20+ years. She has written over 25 articles and blogs and is a frequent speaker at global conferences. Marjorie can be reached at mderven@hudsonrc.com.

Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis is a freelance writer who specialises in copywriting, blogging and content marketing for businesses of all sizes. Mark’s considerable experience at director level and deep interest in personal and business success means he’s ready to comment on anything from freelance writing to workplace dynamics, technology and personal improvement.

Markus van Alphen

Markus van Alphen is a psychologist, author, teacher, trainer, consultant and restorative practitioner. Markus has an MSc degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Amsterdam and a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

Mike Henry

Mike Henry Sr. founded the Lead Change Group in 2009, and consults businesses on operations and technology. He's also Founder of Follower of One, an online faith-based leadership development community. Mike is passionate about character-based leadership and making a positive difference. You can connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook @mikehenrysr.

Paula Kiger

Paula Kiger lives in Tallahassee, FL, and believes her Twitter bio says it best: Wife of one, Mom of two, Friend of many. She is a nonprofit sector editor for SmartBrief. You can find her on Twitter at @biggreenpen. Paula has a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Human Systems from Florida State University. She enjoys advocating for causes such as Shot at Life, which helps children around the world have access to immunizations.

Paul LaRue

Paul draws off of his years in senior leadership to pursue his passion - to enable leaders to increase their positive influence in their world. He is the author of the book "Leadership LIFT" and a regular contributor to Michael Lee Stallard's Connection Culture website.

Paul B. Thornton

Paul B. Thornton is an author, speaker, and adjunct professor. Three of his core principles are add-value, continuous improvement, and simplify the complex. His latest e-book, Leadership-Perfecting Your Approach and Style-($1.99) is available on Amazon Kindle. He has produced 28 short YouTube videos on various management and leadership topics. In addition, he has published numerous slide presentations that are available on slideshare.net. He can be contacted at pthornton@stcc.edu.

Richard Rodriguez

Richard I. Rodriguez has 20 years of executive leadership experience in Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Responsible for Information Management and Financial Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.

Riya Sander

Riya is an inspired writer writing in several areas of expertise. With spending her years working marketing communication, Riya is delighted to work with aspiring small business owners.

Sabrina Horn

Sabrina Horn is an award-winning CEO, C-suite advisor, communications expert and author of Make It, Don’t Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success, Berrett-Koehler, June 2021. She has two daughters, Grace and Christina.

Shubha Apte

Shubha Apte is an experienced Business Leader and an Executive Coach. An engineer by profession, she has over three decades of extensive experience in diverse industries.

Wally Bock

Wally Bock is a popular blogger and ghostwriter who helps men and women in business create books and information products that build reputation and improve business results.

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