He received a B. Rafael Pastor has an extensive and diversified track record in both running successful businesses and advising business leaders. Currently serving on a variety of Boards and as an Advisor, Rafael is dedicated to helping organizations harmonize strategy growth , execution people , and culture values. Rafael also serves as an Advisor to a major international private equity firm, to Vistage International, and to Sonenshine Partners. Previously, based in New York, Rafael held senior executive positions at global media companies as: He was born in Israel to Hungarian parents and speaks several languages.
Evans is corporate vice president and general manager of the Communications and Devices Group at Intel Corporation. Previously Evans was the general manager of the Wireless Platform Research and Development Group where managed the engineering, software, hardware, strategic planning, and product test teams responsible for providing wireless connectivity ingredients and solutions for all Intel platforms. Evans joined Intel in as a software integration and test manager. Additionally, she worked in Israel managing WiFi engineering and product lines. Prior to Intel, Evans spent 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant and Skyworks.
Rod is the co-inventor of darifenacin EnablexTM. He also represents Pfizer on the Board of Directors for TransCelerate, a non-profit organization with a mission to collaborate across the biopharmaceutical research and development community to improve the health of people around the world by accelerating and enhancing the research and development of innovative new therapies. Kathleen Wilson-Thompson is executive vice president and global chief human resources officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Wilson-Thompson joined Walgreen Co. Following the strategic partnership between Walgreens and Alliance Boots announced in June and resulting in the merger of the two companies and formation of Walgreens Boots Alliance on December 31, , Ms. Prior to her role at Walgreens, she held several positions of increasing responsibility in the operations and legal departments at Kelloggs from to and left Kelloggs as senior vice president of global human resources to join Walgreens. She also worked as vice president and staff counsel of litigation and banking law for Michigan National Corporation in Farmington Hills, Mich.
From until Dr. Agapol began his career with The Boston Consulting Group BCG where he worked with leading companies in Southeast Asia on their strategies and transformations from to He is on the board of multiple companies and is a distinguished member with the Thai Institute of Directors. Agapol holds a Ph. Prior to joining Baring, Mr. Yancy was elevated to the new role after successfully transforming the consumer marketing efforts of the company while serving as the Vice President of Marketing. Yancy joined American Family Insurance in January of after a successful career in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries.
In her role, Ms. Yancy leads all consumer marketing efforts for the company including digital, social media and nontraditional advertising avenues to build the brand. Yancy and her team spearheaded a re-positioning of the 85 year old company with a Silver Effie Award winning campaign that changed the conversation in the hyper-competitive consumer insurance industry.
She is a seasoned business and human resources leader with a proven track record in developing people and culture based programs in support of business performance and growth, Ms. Borg joined Bunge from Dow Chemical, where she served as President Dow USA, a role in which she was responsible for regional business strategy and external relationships with customers, government organizations and joint venture partners. He plays a critical role in driving the business and human resources strategies for Worldwide Finance and has direct responsibility for guiding and managing all HR policies and programs.
Prior to this role, Mr. He was charged with developing and executing HR agendas for multi-category technical operations as well as partnering with sector heads of Finance, IT, HR and Corporate Communication. His objectives centered on long-term leadership development, front line engagement and change management capabilities development in a matrix organization. Prior to this experience, Mr. Among other assignments he led HR for Poland and the Baltics, supporting the full range of business units: Commercial, Supply Chain, and Support Functions. During his tenure, the new Route to Market strategy was developed and implemented bringing significant business benefits.
In the early stages of his professional career, Mr. McGrath has senior HR experience within global, European and Irish organizations — both private and public sector — where he gained a reputation as a change agent and implementer, adept at aligning the HR function with the business side. McGrath started his career in the Irish Defence Forces and served on three different occasions in the Middle East with United Nations peacekeeping missions. He then led European operations for a U. He then worked as Group HR Director for the Irish Health Service, where he led the largest workforce in Ireland with approximately , staff represented by over 10 different public sector trade unions.
Head of Rail Control Solutions China at Bombardier Transportation September — April 1 year 8 months General management of mainline and mass transit signalling business in China. The role encompassed order intake, revenues and profitability targets through regional sales coordination — Oversaw best ever year for the business stream in terms of order intake, revenues and margin — Successfully implemented a new business plan to establish the business stream as a core revenue and profitability generator — Coordinated a team of regional sales worldwide to deliver a challenging order intake target — Coordinated the creation of a new product and branding structure for the business to simplify and improve communication to customers.
Customer Service Account Management: Praveen received his Ph. Professor Kopalle has won many awards including: He has also been invited to speak at over forty six universities and institutes worldwide. Tom Kolditz is the founding Director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University—the most comprehensive, evidence-based, university-wide leader development program in the world. A highly experienced leader, Brigadier General Kolditz has more than 28 years in leadership positions, serving on four continents in his 34 years of military service.
His book, titled In Extremis Leadership: Leading as if Your Life Depended on It , was based on more than interviews taken on the ground in Iraq during combat operations. She is a leadership coach, working with CEOs and generals. She is also a LinkedIn Influencer with more than , followers. She is a Sr. Her new book, The Launch Book: Drawn from first-hand stories with industry leaders and entrepreneurs, it helps readers understand what to know, to feel, and to believe for a successful launch. Annie is the bestselling coauthor of three books published by Harvard Business Review Press: She is also the author of Management: In that capacity, he manages a portfolio of executive education client relationships, business development, program design and delivery, and coordinates the activities of the Custom Programs team.
Clark also serves on the board of directors of UNICON, the university-based executive education consortium where he was co-chair in and chair in He held a number of posts including director of the Wharton Small Business Development Center, which advises early-stage companies, and lecturer in entrepreneurial management. He and his wife are happily transitioning back to city life in Boston, where one of their two adult daughters also lives. As the only university-wide initiative of its kind, the mission of Tisch College is to prepare students for a.
Ryan oversees a portfolio of programs and curricula that service the entire undergraduate and graduate student body as well as provide resources for faculty research and professional development. During her year career as an active-duty U. Army officer she served in a variety of command and staff assignments both stateside and abroad.
Diane is a noted expert in leader development and mentoring. During her last combat assignment with the 1st Cavalry Division in Baghdad, Iraq she founded a US-Iraqi partnership for military women and worked with a number of NGOs on peace and security initiatives. More recently she served as a strategy consultant to the Commander of U. Army Pacific designing leader development exchange programs for several key U. Diane retired from the Army in at the rank of Colonel. Bernard Bernie Banks is a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. In addition to having studied leadership extensively, he has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to people.
A West Point graduate, Bernie is broadly educated.
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He holds graduates degrees from Northwestern, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Additionally, he earned his Ph. Furthermore, he has worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leader development efforts e. An active member of several civic and professional organizations e. My management experience and leadership development work spans a variety of industries including accounting, advertising, automotive, chemical, consulting, energy, higher education, household goods, pharmaceutical, publishing and telecommunications.
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Strategies for Self-Development and Leader as Coach , with over a million copies in print, and co-editor of the Handbook of the Psychology of Coaching and Mentoring. As she worked in business roles and later within the Compensation areas of Human Resources, it was her work leading teams that has been the cornerstone of her career. After spending 20 years working in these diverse roles, Laine decided to parlay her passion for coaching and developing people into her formal role.
With Citi since , Laine has seen the organization change dramatically. Laine holds an M. Prakash is currently in Executive Development at LinkedIn, where he brings practical tools that leaders can use daily to help recognize and achieve their potential. He coaches, facilitates, and conducts workshops focused on leading through values, connection and the shared human experience.
He assesses organizational capabilities, develops and execute strategies and, builds competencies aimed at helping leaders maximize contributions of their people. Over the years, he has worked in higher education, federal government, non-profit and private sectors. In this role, he is responsible for employee engagement, talent management, performance management, talking talent and team development efforts which support human capital strategies that focus on attracting, retaining and developing human capital. His efforts led to the reduction in actual negative growth, improvement in cross-functional operations, and an increase in employee engagement.
His strategic accomplishments are highlighted by leading efforts that include: In addition, he has several professional certifications and accreditations. Her practice is based in organizational psychology research, with over 10 years of management experience. She provides a balance of high accountability with compassion, support, and a curious mindset to achieve sustainable change and greater insight. You will find that Dr. Thomson is approachable, knowledgeable and passionate about coaching for development.
Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, she provided management consulting in professional education to leading pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly. Patricia Gorton is the Director of Global Leadership and Talent Development at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation DTCC where she has spent the last ten years leading talent, learning, organizational development and change projects for the organization.
She focuses on performance enhancing solutions for employees whether for targeted groups in a leadership program or for individuals engaging in activities that drive development such as mentoring, learning and coaching. Leaders value her support around talent analysis and succession planning to build a strong leadership pipeline to reach future business needs.
She joined the company in from Citi where she spent seven years there as an SVP in both marketing and business development roles for their global payments, online banking and credit card divisions. This business expertise is the commercial lens from which she drives behavioral and organizational change at DTCC. She can structure global, scalable solutions that are cost effective, results oriented and well- designed that delivers business impact. While at Michigan, she won an innovation award voted by the student body and spoke at commencement. Tricia loves skiing, ice hockey, cooking, dancing, music, writing poetry and traveling.
She recently trekked to Kilimanjaro! Bonita has been a leading innovator in HR for over 25 years for several major international corporations including: She lectures globally and has taught leadership and management courses at John F. Kennedy University and The Institute of Coaching. Bonita is passionate about education and making learning useful and engaging.
She is co-creator of Storybook Math, an innovative way of teaching foundational math making it playful and fun. She has also created curriculum aimed at making learning engaging called Create, Build, Solve. Deanne has over 18 years of experience in various aspects of Talent and Leadership Development in industries including pharmaceuticals, consumer goods FMCG , property, manufacturing and finance.
She began her career in sales and sales management in the pharmaceutical industry, where she moved into training for sales representatives and sales leadership. She held various roles within the commercial learning and development side of the business before transferring to organizational development within Human Resources. Wendy Greeson is an innovative and results driven talent management professional with a successful record of leading large-scale initiatives and creating development programs that focus on building leadership bench strength. With over 20 years of experience, she has consistently managed high profile projects with tight deadlines, defined budgets, and competing agendas.
She was also selected to participate in a 2-year study on Emotional Intelligence through the University of Illinois in Chicago and has traveled as far as Hong Kong to facilitate leadership development programs. While at Arthur J. Gallagher, Wendy was recognized for her extensive work with Harvard Business Publishing. Additionally, the program received several Leadership Excellence awards starting in with Best in Class — Large Company. Throughout the course of her career, she has consistently demonstrated the ability to think strategically and execute with impact, while pursuing her life-long passion to help others learn, lead, and grow.
During his military career, he had a variety of assignments from serving with troops in field units to managing special programs of immediate interest to the President of the United States. Charlie lectures on leadership throughout the country using lessons from Drucker, Hesselbein, and Goldsmith, along with personal experiences leading large, complex, high-performing organizations.
He has served as a coach and mentor for executives within the Fortune world and higher-education community. He is a member of the Massachusetts Regional Board of Directors for Bottom Line, an organization that assists disadvantaged youth navigate to and through college. Box of Crayons is best known for its coaching programs, which give busy managers practical tools so they can coach in 10 minutes or less. Transformation Paraguay is a non profit organization that works with The John Maxwell leadership foundation in a national project in Paraguay.
We do the training in the seven strengths of a country, government, business, education, culture, media, religion and family. Molly Tschang is Founder and CEO of Abella Consulting, a New York-based leadership development and business advisory consultancy that helps senior leaders cultivate the collaborative capacity to elevate individual, team, and organizational performance and accelerate sustained, profitable growth. Molly helps senior executives collaborate more skillfully through heightened individual and team awareness and empathetic understanding that aligns leadership teams around a shared business purpose and interdependently achieving outcomes.
Filter, where she led the integration of over 80 acquisitions, and consulting and business development roles at Deloitte, and IBM. She gained deep expertise in helping senior leaders navigate rapid change and uncertainty in high growth environments. In her downtime, she enjoys tennis, yoga, and cooking with family and friends. Learn more at abella. He is a proud member of the MG Coaches project chosen from over 12, coaches by his longtime men- tor Marshall Goldsmith. Louis is the recipient of ELearning! He facilitated drum circles in New York City after to help rebuild the community.
He further developed this concept into the BPI Senior Executive Board, a bench- mark research consortium comprised of C-levels from Fs who want to transform themselves and their organizations through best practices in leadership and organization development. His newest book, In Great Company: How to spark emotional connectedness and peak performance will be released at the end of One of leading European experts in decision-making, leadership, team effectiveness and talent management; author of a best-selling book on decision-making, keynote speaker at numerous conferences, C-level consultant, trainer and certified executive coach.
Speaker at Harvard Business Review conferences in Poland, has delivered presentations with dr. Heike Bruch and many others. Architect of consulting solutions and advisor to the management boards of leading companies in Poland, has managed and participated in numerous international assignments. In Pawel was selected to participate in dr. The book won many prestigious awards in Poland, including Golden Owl. Pawel spends his spare time in mountains, has climbed numerous m and m peaks in Himalaya and Pamir.
He is also an admirer of Italian red wines, from Tuscany in particular. Pawel is a fantastic expert in leadership, who is consistently at the leading edge of thinking. He is a wonderful speaker, who receives consistently positive feedback from his participants. He is also an excellent coach and consultant who can help both individuals and organizations achieve positive change. Along with all of this, he is a great guy. Working with him is a joy! Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. As Principal of the Eurich Group, she has built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human behavior with a practical approach to improvement.
Her latest book, INSIGHT, delves into the connection between our self-awareness—what she calls the meta-skill of the twenty-first century—and performance and success, both in and out of the workplace. Through his best-selling books, compelling speeches and valuable consulting, Nour demonstrates how relationships are the greatest off-balance-sheet asset any organization possesses, large or small, public or private.
He is a popular speaker and delivers over 50 global keynotes a year explaining the hidden assets of relationships, and the art and science of investing in them. The Nour Group, Inc. As a speaker, Nour examines business relationships, social and mobile disruptive technologies and adaptive innovation. He also writes a regular column for The Hu ngton Post.
He serves as the lead independent director on the board of introNetworks, a privately held intelligent community technology rm based in Santa Barbara, Calif. A native of Iran, Nour came to the U. Nour resides in Atlanta, Ga. Her Blended Solutions can include interactive classroom sessions, aerial arts and flying trapeze, embodied and peer coaching, world dance, WATSU, coach supervision, interactive online support, and offsite resilience retreats.
Edy holds a joint Ph. Her pioneering research at Harvard and subsequent award-winning book Restore Yourself: In her free time, she mentors children, dances, swims, studies WATSU and aerial silks, and, more often than one might expect, sleeps. She is committed to helping heal the world through integrating and energizing mind and body. A graduate of Harvard, the London School of Economics and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, she has blended her dual interests in Human Potential and Public Policy by working across the private, government and non-profit sectors.
She has held Senior Executive positions in both consulting and industry. She led the leadership development practice and functions at both Mercer and Accenture, and was Head of Human Resources for Foster Wheeler, a leading Engineering company. Additionally, she worked with Unilever in India and in the UK. She has been selected by the Government of India to be amongst the first batch of trainers and facilitators on CSR, after the Government made CSR spend mandatory for organizations in specific categories.
Her passion for coaching stems from her deep interest in the art, science and practice of leadership. She believes that both leadership development and coaching involve leading with questions as much as, if not more than directing with answers. Additionally, she believes that leadership development and coaching need to be able to help clients face realities, discard old identities, renegotiate both inner and outer loyalties that may or may not be serving her and much more. She has trained or coached over three thousand people in this field. She also works with them on increasing their impact and influence through better negotiation and navigation of organizational power and politics.
Anu is one of the few people in India who have written about what corporates can do to facilitate broader social inclusion through CSR initiatives and other HR practices that can address some of the most deeply rooted, rigid social hierarchies. Our proprietary methodologies increase Profit and Productivity, help manage change and reduce organizational cost. Terry holds a Ph. Terry is an authority in Leadership Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence and its use to create high levels of employee engagement and sustained performance.
Terry has demonstrated success in catapulting sales, expanding existing markets, building strategic business relationships, and developing professionals. Terry is currently engaged with the Pakistan government on several major consulting projects. Terry has led large scale consulting and coaching engagements in the following industries: The American Management Association has ranked him in the top ten business leaders.
David, his company, and his partners are dedicated to teaching people how to stay relaxed and productive in our fast paced world. Carol is a leadership coach with over 20 years experience helping leaders raise the bar on their performance and managing their success. She is most interested in high stakes coaching where managing leadership impact is crucial and it is necessary to intervene quickly.
She is a leader herself: In addition she was Founding Editor in Chief of the first journal in Coaching with a major publishing house. Kauffman has extensive coaching experience with over 40, hours of client contact. She works with multi-national organizations either in the C-Suite or in tandem with large-scale leadership development programs. A sampling of recent clients includes: Sergey specializes in developing executives and management teams to achieve their goals and successfully reach for new horizons.
An executive coach at Ward Howell, a talent equity consultancy based in Moscow, he uses the methods of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, recognized by Harvard Business Review as the premier expert in leadership development and creating positive, long-term, and measurable changes in behavior. From until , Sergey worked at PwC, focusing on consulting projects on strategy, operations, and restructuring. Sergey graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in and defended his PhD dissertation in Law in Cara is recognized for her distinctive capabilities developing executives and teams from a wide variety of cultural background.
Cara had fifteen years of international experience with Northwest Airlines. Her inspiring leadership and success frequently appears in business interviews. She also studied in Germany and USA. Glaser is an Organizational Anthropologist. He works in close partnership with best-selling and award-winning author Dr.
Rothwell, who has written more than books and with Dr. Peter Chee and Dr. Maximizing Results, Engagement and Retention. He was the president of ARTDO International, a non-profit professional umbrella body that brings together renowned national HRD bodies, governments, and multinational companies globally. His life purpose is to transform leaders and change the world with love for God and people. She works with decision makers in the business world, supporting them in their development and leadership by using their Personal Identity as an instrument of behavioral progress. She returned to France in and occupied the position of Media Manager at Havas Worldwide until In , she took up the challenge of industrial entrepreneurship.
She founded HLG Management and its subsidiary Optimum Cement, a firm specializing in the recycling of metals for niche professions. She developed an innovative process of transforming residues into compact and neutral ores that can be recovered and reused for the production of superalloys. She was chosen as a member of the European Commission Reslag for her expertise. Strengthened by these professional experiences and by her stamina as a former high-level horse rider, representing France in the s in international show jumping, Hortense le Gentil simultaneously pursued her passion in the Humanities, which inspired her studies in the United States.
She continued to closely monitor developments in neuroscience, personal development, and cognitive and behavioral sciences. As a result, she started her own consulting firm in , JAY Consulting, and now exclusively dedicates her efforts to the coaching of decision makers and entrepreneurs, as well as senior executives. Her work seeks to develop their leadership abilities and reinforce their intuitive faculties through different mental techniques.
As a result, she promotes better perception of both professional and personal environments, which enables improved efficiency in action and decision-making. In conjunction with her consulting business, she regularly participates in public discussion via conferences and published articles. She has a strong track record across all sectors and a known reputation for her work with individual executives, boards and top teams. She brings a strong background in behavioural and organizational change from her time in Mars Confectionery and over 21 years of consulting experience.
She also draws out lessons learnt from challenging experiences of working globally. She encourages her clients that she coaches to also lead by example, have courageous conversations and give inspirational feedback. BoardAgender encourages and enables more women to contribute their expertise in the boardroom and committees.
She recognizes that successful leaders within organizations need to have the ability to operate and inspire across all facets of the business. This enables her to have the ability to work with individuals and teams in helping them focus towards common goals of the organization. Alisa is an executive coach who works with senior executives and high potential leaders to help them create positive permanent shifts in their leadership impact and the results they achieve. She also leads workshops and speaks on a variety of topics.
Her areas of expertise include: Alisa is known for her high energy and enthusiasm along with her practical, results-oriented approach. Alisa is a member of the Cornell Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. She is an angel investor in and advisor to a number of start-ups both in the US and developing countries. Journal , and various other regional and national business publications. Alisa has a passionate interest in health, wellness and fitness and has a particular love for running and cycling, especially when combined with scenic travel.
She is a fearless cook of ethnic food. She loves all sorts of culture, especially music and theater, and will occasionally burst into song without warning. French, English and Japanese. Worldwide leader in Automotive aftermarket — stores Responsible for international corporate communication, international internet strategy and overseas training program. Organizationally, Caroline helps senior leaders and their teams elevate their organizational performance and effectiveness by focusing on several key areas of their business: She partners with senior leaders and their teams to help them obtain clarity, stakeholder buy in and strategic alignment when executing and operationalizing their mission, vision, and corporate strategy.
Prior to launching Utopia Life Consulting Inc. She has worked with numerous Fortune companies and public-sector clients across multiple segments and industries. She has a passion for speaking and teaching leadership development to high school and college students. Linda Sharkey is a trusted transformational expert, author, speaker, and global leadership development coach. Through her proven programs and no-nonsense approach, she helps create high-potential leaders and shapes company culture for future growth.
Linda has deep experience working with Fortune 50 companies, and held senior human resource executive positions at Hewlett-Packard and at GE Capital. Her co-authored book, Winning With Transglobal Leadership was named one of the top 30 best business books for She also co-authored Optimizing Talent with Dr. Paul Eccher, a groundbreaking work spelling out proven steps to build a talent rich organization. She is a founding member of the Marshall Goldsmith Group focused on helping successful executives become even more successful.
She has a reputation as a no nonsense executive coach that enables those she coaches to show measurable behavior change in the eyes of others. Linda was Chief Talent Officer and V. She led several key cultural integrations and established a coaching process for executives, developed HR professionals as coaches and personally coached many senior leaders. He is a member of the Marshall Goldsmith Coaches program for the top leadership professionals in the world. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, former Army officer, and Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, Bill anchors his coaching work in extensive practical leadership experience and the firm belief that we are all part of something bigger than ourselves.
Bill has extensive experience in working with senior-most HR executives of billion-dollar companies across the US, Australia, and South Africa to leverage leadership assessment and human capital measurement to improve company culture and performance. Bill worked with the top HR executives at Fortune companies to help them to build stronger leadership benches, strengthen relationships with high potential employees, and effectively measure and manage human capital. Bill began his career as an officer in the U.
Army, where he was the direct supervisor of a combat arms team in high-stress training environments. In addition to an extraordinary background as a leader himself, Bill has extensive studies in leadership and coaching. He continues his ongoing education in leading-edge coaching best-practices with world-class nonverbal and somatics coaching expert, Dr.
Bill contributes to the coaching profession in many ways. In recognition of his excellence as a senior executive coach and thought leader, he has served as a Mentor Coach for the CEO advanced education program. The platform utilizes practice-based learning and quantitative assessments to deliver increased productivity in the workplace. His books have sold over 1. Elton is the co-author of 10 books on leadership and culture with his friend Adrian Gostick. As a LinkedIn Influencer, he has over , followers and his posts have reached millions. Elton has a weekly segment on WCBS Radio, in New York City, that highlights good news in business and what many organizations are doing to honor their employees and impact their communities in a positive way.
A volunteer worker over the last 4 years for his church, Elton is dedicated to working with inner city youth where he is a teacher and mentor to several young men between the ages of in East Orange, New Jersey. Elton is the co-founder of The Culture Works; an international training company that helps organizations of all sizes create the culture they need to succeed.
Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Entrepreneur magazine. A former New England Press Association award-winning journalist, Clark is the director of the environmental documentary film The Work of She is also a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album. You can learn more at dorieclark. Erica Dhawan is the co-author of the bestselling book: Get Big Things Done: An in-demand speaker, Erica has spoken, worldwide, to organizations and enterprises that range from.
Learn more at ericadhawan. Claire was an early employee at Twitter, where she spent five and a years leading social innovation. Claire is the award-winning author of eight books that have been translated into more than ten languages, including One Minute Mentoring: She is a frequent international speaker on social media, business and innovation and has been invited to deliver keynotes and trainings at organizations like the Vatican, the US State Department, Verizon, South by Southwest, TEDX, and many others.
She writes a popular business blog at ClaireDiazOrtiz. Read more about her at ClaireDiazOrtiz. Jeffrey Kuhn is a distinguished thinker, author, advisor, educator, and speaker with expertise uniquely positioned at the intersection of strategy, innovation and growth, and organizational renewal—the work of strategic leadership.
His unique immersive learning methodologies and insightful frameworks help senior leaders overcome the forces of short-termism and incrementalism to think broadly and imaginatively beyond the boundaries of the core business and unlock new market growth.
He has published numerous articles on strategy, executive leadership, and organizational renewal and is the author of Beyond the Mirage: Strategic Leadership in the New Market Landscape. Kuhn was inducted into Marshall Goldsmith Coaches. Kuhn is a former corporate executive and professional bassist. In his spare time, he is an internationally-ranked competitive road cyclist. Her global expansion strategy model is intellectual property that she retains and that is being used throughout the world by EY, Deloitte and Aon Hewitt, as well as companies from pre-IPO to global enterprise.
Additionally, Denise has consulted with the U. Departments of Defense and State, helping them to develop the cross-cultural readiness of intelligence advisors and diplomats. She has designed global expansion and strategy programs for organizations and government delegations in over 25 countries, from developed nations to developing nations, with issues spanning from driving inbound Foreign Direct Investment to cross-border conflict resolution.
She is now executing engagements for clients under the banner of Lead Inclusively, Inc. Earlier in her career Denise was a practicing attorney, a Law Clerk in the U. She also tried and won the first class action under the Americans With Disabilities Act. She also participated in international studies in advanced literature at the University of Florence in Italy. She has lived in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy and executed for clients in every continent. She is fluent in English and Italian with conversational skills in French and Spanish. He is a C-Suite Executive Coach who works with Promoters, Boards, CXOs and top leaders in the disciplines of managing strategy, driving execution; implementing Balanced Scorecard and developing top leadership.
In the past, he has been the Advisor and Coach in Residence with two leading Pharma businesses. He is currently consulting a Big 4, a large Indian Global conglomerate, a leading financial company, a chemical company, a logistics company and many more. He has excellent mindshare with leading management thinkers such as Gary Hamel, Vijay Govindarajan, Marshall Goldsmith, Roger Martin and Joel barker and has co-authored blogs and articles with some of them.
With more than coaching hours with senior leaders, he is a sought-after coach and key-note speaker. Himanshu has driven multiple and significantly-complex transformation initiatives leading to customer experience. As a change architect, he has the knack of ascertaining the hidden intricacies pertaining to people, processes and systems that impacts the productivity as well as operational excellence. In his 29 years of journey, he has held significant leadership assignments in Strategy, Operations and Leadership Development.
He also advises Ivey League institutions on curriculums for Executive Education, based on his industry insights. From to , Mr. Before his corporate roles, Mr. He began his career doing rescue work at sea as a line officer in the U. In November , the National Academy of Human Resources inducted him into its class of Fellows in recognition of his contributions to organizations, the profession and society at large.
The Virgin group has over companies. He was a founding Board member of Esurance, which was sold to Allstate Insurance. He was Chairman of the Integration, which was sold to Silicon Labs. He was a board member of the John F. She joined Bain in and was elected to the partnership in She has extensive experience collaborating with clients to optimize organizational design, improve decision and execution capabilities and lead successful implementation of organizational change. While at Bain, Marcia has also pursued her interest in the non-profit sector, working on Bain-supported efforts such as Business Action on Homelessness in London.
Marcia also provides support to Bridgespan on organization-related issues relevant to non-profit clients. Bob Nelson is considered the leading authority on employee recognition, motivation and engagement in the world. He is president of Nelson Motivation Inc. He previously worked closely with Dr. His books have been translated into over 30 languages. Price Pritchett grew up on a dusty, windblown farm in the flatlands of Texas some 80 miles south of Amarillo. We merely farmed it.
Pritchett is one of the foremost experts on personal and organizational change. His book, After the Merger: He also is author of the all-time bestseller on mergers, The Employee Guide to Mergers an d Acquisitions. His work has been referenced in many of the major business journals and newspapers plus featured on CNN, CNBC, and other major television channels. His current focus is on advising boards of directors and executive teams, as well as speaking and writing. These captivating second coaching videos are designed to: Pritchett is a past-president of the Dallas Psychological Association.
Currently he serves on the board of directors for the Park Cities Historical and Preservation Society. Peter has also contributed to five other books. Peter earned his B. His mission and passion center around saving lives by helping clinicians and executives elevate their thinking in times of disruption.
When terrains are shifting, and outcomes are uncertain, Mo is uniquely equipped to help leaders think in uncommon ways. With more than 27 years in healthcare, Mo is sought after for his expertise in strategy, leadership, innovation, growth, and organizational resilience. As an author, Mo wrote his first best- selling book, Physician Leadership, on the transformational effects of leadership in medicine.
His highly anticipated second book, Beyond Physician Engagement: A Roadmap, is due out this spring. His third book, in the works, is titled: In addition to his books, Mo freely shares transformative insights on his blog MoKasti. As a strategist, Mo helps organizations, boards, executives and leaders apply Terrain-Based Strategy thinking to envision new possibilities and differentiate themselves, their offerings and their organizations.
PLI has transformed thousands of clinicians into clinician leaders and improved outcomes for hundreds of healthcare organizations and their patients. Mo is a successful entrepreneur that has been recognized by Inc.
His favorite topics include healthcare transformation, Terrain- Based Strategy thinking, leadership and management transformation, and effective process improvement. GE , a top Fortune magazine most admired company and 1 market leader in diagnostic equipment and services. Mo is a life- long learner and student of ancient Asian teachings i. He has received numerous management awards for outstanding performance and holds several patents. Mo is a father of two emerging leaders Adam and Jude. He also serves as a CEO mentor and coach at two California technology incubators: Feyzi has been interviewed and quoted by Harvard Business Review, Forbes, CEO Magazine , and Start-up Grind — Google for Entrepreneurs , on the topics of 10X innovation, and his entrepreneurship philosophy — an integrated leadership framework for life and business.
Feyzi lives in Laguna Niguel, California, and is currently working on three books: He is a sought-after speaker on these topics and as a coach and mentor to entrepreneurial CEOs. Pooneh is a serial entrepreneur at heart. Tokidoki is her third company to date. Since debuting in , tokidoki has amassed a cult-like following, and is known not only for its eye-popping aesthetic and criminally cute characters but also its megawatt partnerships with evergreen brands such as Hello Kitty, Karl Lagerfeld, LeSportsac, Barbie, Sephora, Marvel and others.
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