Success
Maximizing Happiness and Contentment
Dave graduated magna cum laude from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in mass communications and business administration. Later, he obtained a masters degree in global human resources development from the University of Illinois. He founded the Leadership Difference, Inc. in 1995, and serves as President and primary service provider. He is also an adjunct… more -->
Leading and Building Effective Teams with Peter Bregman
Peter Bregman is the CEO of Bregman Partners, Inc., a company that strengthens leadership in people and in organizations through leadership programs, coaching, and as a consultant to CEOs and their leadership teams. He is the author, most recently, of Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results… more -->
Your Job May be 9 to 5, But Your Career is 24/7
We’ve all been there… it’s Friday evening and you’re finally off the clock and ready to kick back and relax. Only problem? You may just miss your next big opportunity by not being ready to network at that black tie event or backyard barbeque you have on your calendar this weekend. A few tips to… more -->
Achieve Your Goals
Goals are the most important tools you need to accomplish anything, and there are certain steps you can take to complete your goals after you’ve made them. There are certain areas you need to consider while you work towards your goals, which will help you succeed: Define your goal. Your first task is to work… more -->
Managing a Winning Career by Handling Curveballs
In our turbulent and uncertain economy, managing a winning career, i.e., staying employed, getting promoted, and achieving emotional, intellectual and financial rewards, depends on your capability to hit the curveball, not just the fastball. In professional baseball, while the fastball, which comes speeding toward the plate at upwards of 100 mph, is challenging, the certainty… more -->
Crucial Moments in Management: The last decade of Crucial Conversations Research
I often muse about the fact that people consider me and my coauthors to be experts on communication. When we began our work three decades ago, our real interest had nothing to do with communication. What interested us was the study of crucial moments—moments where the way a manager behaves has a profound and disproportionate… more -->
Speakers / Writers
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Senior partner and managing director at the consulting firm BCG, Roselinde Torres leads the firm in the areas of “people and organization." A lifelong student of leadership, she is the firm's resident expert in the ... more -->
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Ty Bennett is one of the youngest ever recipients to become a Certified Speaking Professional, the benchmark for the best speakers in the world that only 5% of professional speakers ever receive. Achievement at a youn ... more -->
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Michelle Stacy has been the driving force behind the international multi-million dollar growth of Proctor & Gamble, Gillette, and Keurig. An influential leader in product development, P&L, and sales and market ... more -->
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At the age of thirteen, Ben Casnocha founded the company Comcate, inspired by a school assignment to create a website to help the community. By the age of nineteen, he had a successful company, fourteen employees, and a ... more -->
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Few speakers have a better claim to be regarded as inspirational than Nicholas Vujicic. Born without arms or legs, he has overcome his disability in the most astonishing ways, setting a true example of inspiring success ... more -->
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Social entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and syndicated columnist Craig Kielburger likes to give back to the world in as many ways as he can. It’s a trend he’s followed since co-founding Fre ... more -->
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Daniel Yergin was educated at Yale University, where he founded The New Journal, and, as a Marshall Scholar, at Cambridge University where he was awarded his Ph.D. He is widely recognized as one of the most imp ... more -->
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An expert commentator on technology, business and culture, Nicholas Carr created a sensation with his Harvard Business Review (a publication for which he has been executive editor)article, “IT Doesn't Matt ... more -->
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As an expert on overstepping boundaries, Gabor George Burt helps companies expand and succeed by teaching them how to eliminate perceived limitations. He provides an informative, step-by-step framework for re-imagining s ... more -->
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Screen legend, political activist, and fitness guru, Jane Fonda has inspired people around the world promoting a greater understanding of our common humanity through her acting and philanthropy. The Academy award-winn ... more -->
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The youngest state judge ever to be elected, Catherine Crier has dedicated her life to the pursuit of justice. A strong spirited independent, Crier has been one of the most outspoken voices on the need to reform the A ... more -->