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As an All-American, champion, scholar-athlete, and high-performing executive, Shane Battier is renowned for his unique use of data and analytics to pinpoint optimal strengths and weaknesses to help teams of[…]
Will Guidara is the author of the National Bestseller, Unreasonable Hospitality, which chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he has learned over the course of his career in restaurants.[…]
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the co-founder and CEO of Gooder AI, the founder of the long-running Machine[…]
For the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future and thrive with disruption. She couples the ability to look beyond the horizon with pragmatic advice[…]
Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive, a leading behavior-change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion[…]
Julia Galef is a New York-based writer and public speaker specializing in science, rationality, and design. She serves on the board of directors of the New York City Skeptics; co-hosts[…]
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer and industry leader, a world-renowned teacher, and a New York Times bestselling author. As one of the first to bring meditation and mindfulness into[…]
Todd Davis is the executive vice president and chief people officer at FranklinCovey. He is also the author of FranklinCovey’s book, Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships[…]
Lawrence H. Summers is an American economist. He is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University, where he became one of the university’s youngest tenured[…]
Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and[…]
“Good morning, Earth.” That’s how Colonel Chris Hadfield — writing on Twitter — woke up the world every day while living aboard the International Space Station for over five months.[…]
Carson Tate is the managing partner of Work Simply, Inc. and the author of the book Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style. A professional consultant, Tate[…]
Rasmus Hougaard, M.A., is the founder and managing director of the Potential Project, the leading international provider of Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training programs. He is a recognized authority on training the[…]
Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran, award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and building high-performance teams to culture, resilience, and organizational transformation.[…]
Rita Gunther McGrath is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and a longtime professor at Columbia Business School. She is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and[…]
Michele Gelfand is the John H. Scully Professor of Cross-Cultural Management and a professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business School, as well as a professor[…]
Simon Sinek is an unshakable optimist who believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. He discovered remarkable patterns in how the greatest leaders and organizations[…]
Bill McDermott is president, CEO, and a board member of ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company “making work, work better for people.” He is the former CEO of SAP, the[…]
Dan Pontefract is the founder and CEO of Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. He is the bestselling author of four books: Lead.[…]
Bill George is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the author of Discover Your True North, The Discover Your True North Fieldbook, Authentic Leadership, True North, Finding[…]
Amy Herman is a lawyer and art historian who uses works of art to sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills. By showing people how to look closely at painting, sculpture,[…]
Lauren Smith Brody is the founder of The Fifth Trimester movement and the author of The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby,[…]
FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is the best-selling author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She’s a global leader on simplification,[…]
Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence, earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. His[…]
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor of medicine emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of[…]
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages,[…]
Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer, decorated wartime military veteran, US Air Force Academy graduate, and successful Fortune 10 corporate advisor. After 15 years in service to[…]
Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility, based on the[…]
Claire Shipman is a regular contributor to Good Morning America and other national broadcasts for ABC News. She joined the morning broadcast in May of 2001 and is based in[…]
Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal is a Dutch/American behavioral biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates. His first book, Chimpanzee Politics[…]