In the past 30 years, LeVar Burton has done it all - from acting to directing and even producing. He has appeared in numerous television movies, films and television shows. Burton is probably best known for his roles as Kunta Kinte in the award-winning miniseries Roots, Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in the Star Trek franchise, as well as being the host and executive producer of the long-running PBS children's… Read More

Harrison Hagan “Jack” Schmitt possesses a remarkably diverse biography. He studied at Caltech, as a Fulbright Scholar at Oslo, and at Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. in geology in 1964. Schmitt trained as an Air Force jet pilot in 1965 and received Navy helicopter wings in 1967. Selected for the Scientist-Astronaut program in 1965, Schmitt organized the lunar science training for the Apollo Astronauts and served as lunar module pilot for… Read More

The 2015 Thinkers50, a global ranking of management thinkers published every two years, once again placed Gary Hamel amongst its venerated list of top thought leaders. A leading expert on futurism, innovation and change management, Dr. Hamel was also nominated as the "World's most influential business thinker" by the Wall Street Journal. Fortune magazine called him “The world's leading expert on business strategy." In Executive Excellence magazine's annual ranking of… Read More

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority on leadership and employee relations, demonstrating how good management of human resources can achieve positive, lasting change in the age of globalization. Dr. Goldsmith has authored or edited thirty-one books, including MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There, both of which made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. The latter title won the Harold Longman Award… Read More

The story of Barbara's life, extraordinary success and TV stardom is told in her latest book, Shark Tales. A self-made woman who sees no need to suffer fools or mince words, Barbara has won many fans for her plain speaking and her courage. Inspired by her own experiences, she has an almost preternatural talent for identifying entrepreneurial opportunities and the people who will succeed, even when nobody else believes in… Read More

Sir Richard Branson, generally considered one of the greatest marketing and branding leaders in the world today, is a businessman and investor from the UK. He is most widely known as the founder of the Virgin Group, a conglomerate of more than 400 companies and one of the most dynamic global brands. Branson began Virgin Records in 1970, and quickly opened up a residential recording studio with the proceeds from… Read More