Top Leadership Speakers

Benjamin Zander
Benjamin Zander is the brilliant and acclaimed British-born conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. Bringing his insights as the conductor of a major symphony orchestra to leaders involved in transformation and change, Benjamin Zander has become a much sought-after speaker to major organizations all over the world including Shell, IBM, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Sprint, NASA and the US Army. Ben
Brian Cashman
The 2009 New York Yankees won an unprecedented 27th World Championship, the most in any professional sport, behind clutch hitting, accurate pitching and key decision making in the front office. The team became the 4th World Series champion assembled by Senior Vice-President and General Manager Brian Cashman. His 12 years in that role also includes 10 division titles and 6 American League...
Brian Kilmeade
As the co-host of FOX & Friends, the #1 morning program on cable television, Brian Kilmeade reaches millions of Americans every morning with his unique perspective of the day’s news events. Fox & Friends is an offbeat morning show that takes a fresh look at the news, sports and weather. Also serving as the network’s sports anchor, Kilmeade covers the latest in sports updates and national events.
Buzz Aldrin
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their Lunar Module on the moon's Sea of Tranquility and became the first two humans to walk on the moon. This unprecedented heroic endeavor was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. He was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor amongst over 50 other distinguished...
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning actor, comedian, screenwriter, and most recently business entrepreneur. He attended Carleton University in Canada, but dropped out before receiving his degree. He veered away from his study of criminology in college in order to pursue his interest in acting. He began as a comedian in various Canadian nightclubs and went...
David de Rothschild
David de Rothschild: David is an adventurer, environmentalist and the founder of MYOO. It is MYOO’s goal to inspire dreams, fuel conversation, share innovations and activate change in order to give nature a voice. David’s passion and commitment to action has seen him ski, dogsled and kite to both the North and South poles as well as visiting some of the world’s most remote and fragile regions...
Donald Trump
Real estate magnate, best selling author, philanthropist and most recently executive producer of the smash television hit The Apprentice, Donald J. Trump has epitomized success in America for more than three decades. To the lectern he brings his unquenchable entrepreneurial spirit, legendary financial acumen and signature charismatic flair, in sharing the secrets behind his many achievements in...
Eric Ries
New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author of the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned. He cofounded and served as CTO of IMVU, his third startup. He is a frequent speaker at business events, has advised a number of startups, large companies, and venture capital firms on business and product strategy, and is an entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard...
Francois Pienaar
Captain of the Victorious 1995 country-unifying Rugby World Cup Team - The Springboks, Francois Pienaar is a remarkable athlete, trained lawyer and an ambassador for multi-racial sports and civil rights. He reached the highest peak in rugby union when he captained his country, South Africa, to World Cup victory in 1995. He was portrayed by Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's blockbuster Invictus...
Greg Norman
Greg Norman was born February 10,1955. He decided to give golf a try as a 15-year-old and just two years later, at his first day at Virginia Golf Club in Brisbane, Australia, he was a scratch player. He has won 86 professional events around the world, including two British Open Championships and 20 U.S. PGA Tour titles. The culmination of an astounding golfing career came Nov. 11, 2001, when..
Howard Behar
Howard Behar is the former president of Starbucks Coffee Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International. He joined Starbucks in 1989 when the company had just begun to venture outside the Northwest region. Initially serving as Vice President of Sales and Operations, he grew the retail business from 28 stores to more than 400 stores by the time he was named president of Starbucks Coffee..
Jeff Ng
With his hands in just about everything, 33-year-old Jeffrey Ng aka jeffstaple has masterfully created a world of communicating through design. The founder and owner of Staple Design, Staple Clothing and Reed Space, Jeff is a graphic, web and clothing designer, artist, DJ, writer and entrepreneur. Born in New Jersey, Jeff attended New York University to study journalism. While in college, he...
Jeff Staple
With his hands in just about everything, 33-year-old Jeffrey Ng aka jeffstaple has masterfully created a world of communicating through design. The founder and owner of Staple Design, Staple Clothing and Reed Space, Jeff is a graphic, web and clothing designer, artist, DJ, writer and entrepreneur. Born in New Jersey, Jeff attended New York University to study journalism. While in college, he..._website.jpg)
Jeff Zaslow
Through his Wall Street Journal column and bestselling books, Jeffrey Zaslow has told the stories of some of the most inspirational people of our time. The Last Lecture, written with Randy Pausch, has been translated into 48 languages, and was #1 on best-seller lists worldwide. Five million copies are in print in English alone, and the book has remained on The New York Times best-seller list...
Jerry Weissman
Jerry Weissman is the world’s number one corporate presentations coach. His private client list reads like a who’s who of the world’s best companies, including the top brass at Yahoo!, Intel, Intuit, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Dolby Labs and many others. Mr. Weissman founded Power Presentations, Ltd. in 1988. One of his earliest efforts was the Cisco Systems IPO road show. Following its...
Jim Moret
Jim Moret is chief correspondent for Inside Edition. Based in Los Angeles, Moret covers human interest stories as well as high profile celebrity news stories, from Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan's legal troubles, to the Tiger Woods scandal to the death of Michael Jackson. A lawyer and gifted commentator, Moret is constantly in demand to provide legal analysis for a variety of news outlets....jpg)
John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell is an internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold more than 18 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP, a non-profit organization that has trained more than 5 million leaders in 126 countries worldwide. Each year he speaks to the leaders of diverse organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies, foreign governments...
John Calipari
In his second season as Head Coach at the University of Kentucky, John Calipari has restored the luster of a once great college basketball program. Leading his team to the Final Four in 2011, he has become only the second coach in NCAA history to bring three different teams to the Final Four...new.jpg)
Josh Bernstein
International explorer, photographer, author, and television host Josh Bernstein has traveled more than 500,000 miles by train, plane, bus, bike and camel to over 40 countries, exploring the biggest mysteries of our planet in pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
Kevin Carroll
Kevin Carroll is the founder of Kevin Carroll Katalyst/LLC and the author of three highly successful books published by ESPN, Disney Press and McGraw-Hill. As an author, speaker and agent for social change (a.k.a. the Katalyst), it is Kevin’s “job” to inspire businesses, organizations and individuals - from CEOs and employees of Fortune 500 companies to schoolchildren - to embrace their spirit...
Lance Barrow
Lance Barrow was promoted to coordinating producer of THE NFL ON CBS and lead game producer in May 2004 with the No. 1 NFL announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. He served as coordinating producer and lead producer for the Super Bowl for the first time when CBS Sports broadcast Super Bowl XLI in 2007. Before that he was replay director for CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XXXV...
Marcus Buckingham
Marcus Buckingham has dedicated his career to helping individuals discover and capitalize on their personal strengths. Hailed as a visionary by corporations such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, and Disney, he has helped to usher in the “strengths revolution,” persuasively arguing that people are dramatically more effective, fulfilled and successful...
Marshall Goldsmith
Recently, the American Management Association named Dr. Goldsmith as one of 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years and Business Week listed him as one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources – America’s top HR honor. His work has been...
Michelle Rhee
Michelle Rhee has been working for the last 18 years to give children the skills and knowledge they will need to compete in a changing world. From adding instructional time after school and visiting students' homes as a third grade teacher in Baltimore, to hosting hundreds of community meetings and creating a Youth Cabinet to bring students' voices into reforming the DC Public Schools, she has...
Muna Abu Sulayman
Muna Abu Sulayman, executive manager of Strategic Studies and Research Initiatives at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company, was among the 250 Young Global Leaders chosen by the World Economic Forum for 2007. Riyadh-based Muna Abu Sulayman is the only Saudi to gain a place on this year's list which was released yesterday by the Geneva-based WEF.
Pat Riley
The current President of the Miami HEAT, Pat Riley is a seven-time National Basketball Association World Champion, as well as the only Head Coach in NBA history to capture Coach of the Year honors with three different teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, and the Miami HEAT. Coach Riley reached the 1000 victory plateau faster than any other Coach or Manager....jpg)
Paul Rieckhoff
Paul Rieckhoff, 35, is the Executive Director and Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), America’s first and largest organization for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A nonpartisan, nonprofit founded in 2004 with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, IAVA’s mission is to improve the lives of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans and their families. From 2003 to 2004, Rieckhoff...
Peter Guber
Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives and entrepreneurs in the entertainment and communications industries. Films he personally produced or executive produced, including Rain Man, Batman, The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Gorillas in the Mist, The Witches of...
Ram Charan
"Among the world's most sought after CEO advisers," according to Newsweek, Ram Charan is the business and management consultant who has helped some of the world's most powerful companies—GE, Home Depot, Bank of America—develop, shape and implement their strategic direction. For over forty years, Ram Charan has earned a peerless reputation for seeking out and solving some of the toughest...
Rod Beckstrom
Rod Beckström is an entrepreneur and catalyst who has successfully created new businesses and changed established ones through his creative ideas, powerful concepts and passion. He co-authored the bestselling book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations that presents a new model for analyzing organizations, leadership styles and competitive strategy.Senator George Mitchell
Senator George J. Mitchell is the co-chair of Piper Rudnick's Government Controversies practice group. Mitchell entered the U.S. Senate in 1980 when he was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator Edmund S. Muskie, who resigned to become secretary of state.
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek teaches leaders and companies how to inspire people. He is leading a movement to find, celebrate and encourage the next generation of great leaders. He writes, consults and speaks all over the world about the concept of Why - the purpose, cause or belief that drives every one of us. Having a clear sense of Why is the one common factor that all great leaders, those able to inspire...
Tom Rath
Gallup Global Practice Leader Tom Rath has written three bestselling business books in the last decade. His first book, How Full Is Your Bucket?, was a #1 New York Times and #1 BusinessWeek bestseller. Rath's 2007 book, StrengthsFinder 2.0, is a long-running #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller and was listed by USA Today as the top-selling business book of 2008. Rath's latest book, Strengths...Tom Watson
Tom Watson is one of the most successful and enduring professional golfers in the history of the sport. In 2009, nearing his 60th birthday, he led the British Open much of the way before losing in a playoff. It was the feel-good sports story of the year, and will be talked about for as long as games are played and reported. That stunning performance led to a revised British Open age limit that...
More Speakers
- Muna Abu Sulayman
- Buzz Aldrin
- Dan Aykroyd
- Lance Barrow
- Rod Beckstrom
- Howard Behar
- Josh Bernstein
- Marcus Buckingham
- John Calipari
- Kevin Carroll
- Brian Cashman
- Ram Charan
- David de Rothschild
- Marshall Goldsmith
- Peter Guber
- Brian Kilmeade
- John C. Maxwell
- Senator George Mitchell
- Jim Moret
- Jeff Ng
- Greg Norman
- Francois Pienaar
- Tom Rath
- Michelle Rhee
- Paul Rieckhoff
- Eric Ries
- Pat Riley
- Simon Sinek
- Jeff Staple
- Donald Trump
- Tom Watson
- Jerry Weissman
- Benjamin Zander
- Jeff Zaslow
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