Broadcast – Speaker Block / Gift Block

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Jon Gordon’s best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits. He is the author of 17 books including 5 best-sellers: The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, You Win in the Locker Room First and The Power of Positive Leadership. Jon and his tips have been featured on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, The Golf Channel, and Fox and Friends and in numerous magazines and newspapers. His clients include The Los Angeles Dodgers, The Atlanta Falcons, Campbell Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, LA Clippers, Miami Heat, Pittsburgh Pirates, BB&T Bank, Clemson Football, Northwestern Mutual, Bayer, West Point Academy and more. Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]One of the most highly respected experts in the field of contemporary leadership development, Frances Hesselbein is the President and CEO of The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, founded as The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and renamed in 2012 to honor Hesselbein’s legacy and ongoing contributions. Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America’s highest civilian honor, in 1998 for her leadership as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA from 1976 to 1990 as well as her service as “a pioneer for women, volunteerism, diversity and opportunity.” Her contributions were also recognized by President George H. W. Bush, who appointed her to two Presidential Commissions on National and Community Service. Mrs. Hesselbein has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from organizations including the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, ATHENA International, International Leadership Association, and Best Practice Institute. In 2007, Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship by Fulbright New Zealand. Mrs. Hesselbein is editor-in-chief of the award-winning quarterly journal Leader to Leader and is the coeditor of twenty-seven books in twenty-nine languages. Mrs. Hesselbein has traveled to sixty-eight countries representing the United States. She is the author of Hesselbein on Leadership, My Life in Leadership, and More Hesselbein on Leadership.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]For over 30 years, Jim Dittmar has served in the field of leadership development as a practitioner, teacher, consultant, researcher, and author. He is the founder, president, and CEO of 3Rivers Leadership Institute. Prior to this, he was the founder and director of the Geneva College M.S. in Organizational Leadership Program. Through the 3Rivers Leadership Institute, Dr. Dittmar provides training and learning experiences that include a strong grounding not only in the “what” that leaders face but also in the “how” and “so what” in terms of driving these issues to the practical, behavioral level. It is through this process of reflection and application that participants experience leadership development that is truly transformational. Jim is the co-author of the book A Leadership Carol: A Classic Tale for Modern Leadership that includes a foreword by Ken Blanchard.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Peter Block is an author and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. He is the author or co-author of nine books, including Stewardship, Flawless Consulting, The Answer to How Is Yes, Community: The Structure of Belonging, and The Abundant Community with John McKnight. Peter is part of the Economics of Compassion Initiative of Greater Cincinnati and is a member of his local neighborhood council. He serves on the boards of Elementz, an urban arts center, and LivePerson, a provider of online engagement solutions. His work is in the restoration of common good and creating a world that reclaims our humanity from the onslaught of modernism.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Art Barter rebuilt the culture of Datron World Communications. He took Datron’s traditional power-led model and turned it upside down through the implementation of servant leadership. The result: the small international radio manufacturer grew from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in six years. His experience with Datron’s transformation is chronicled in the book The Art of Servant Leadership. Art founded the Servant Leadership Institute (SLI) as a vehicle to share his knowledge and teach others how to inspire and equip those they influence. Art is the author of Farmer Able and The Servant Leadership Journal.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Jim Ferrell is a bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and renowned thought leader on the topics of mindset and organizational change. He has authored or co-authored multiple bestselling books, including Arbinger’s international bestsellers Leadership and Self-Deception, The Anatomy of Peace, and The Outward Mindset. His publications have sold many millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. In his role as managing partner, Jim oversees Arbinger’s training and consulting programs and directs the development of Arbinger’s intellectual property. He has provided training and consulting internationally to leaders and organizations across a broad range of industries. Jim has degrees in economics and philosophy and is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he serves on the Yale Law School Executive Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Brigham Young University Law School and is a member of the California Bar Association. He is a skilled cyclist and enjoys riding hundreds of miles per week.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Jim Kouzes is the Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University and coauthor with Barry Posner of the best-selling book The Leadership Challenge. Jim has co-authored over a dozen other best-selling books, including Learning Leadership, The Truth About Leadership, and Credibility, as well as the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). The Wall Street Journal named Jim one of the ten best executive educators in the U.S., and he received the Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and the Lifetime Achievement award from Trust Across America.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Jesse Lyn Stoner is a business consultant, former executive, and co-author with Ken Blanchard of the international bestseller Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision. For over twenty-five years, she has worked closely with leaders in hundreds of organizations using collaborative processes to engage the entire workforce in creating their desired future. Her clients include Edelman, Marriott, SAP, Stanley Black and Decker, Skanska, and Yale University, to name a few. Named as Inc magazine’s Top 50 Leadership Expert, American Management Association’s Leader to Watch, and recipient of the Conant Leadership Champion Award, she writes a popular weekly leadership blog and has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, and Forbes among others.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Dr. John Stahl-Wert is a best-selling author, speaker, and authority in the field of leadership development. His passion is helping individuals, organizations, and communities worldwide to awaken, align, and achieve great purpose through a practical, holistic leadership framework known as The Serving Leader Model. These principles are described in John’s internationally best-selling book with Ken Jennings, The Serving Leader, a leadership story that has been translated into nine languages with approximately 130,000 copies sold. John serves as the president of Newton Institute, which provides online and onsite leadership training to create high performance cultures in organizations around the world. He also is a senior fellow at the Center for Executive Leadership and serves as an adjunct faculty member in the doctoral program at the Ray Bakke Centre for Urban Transformation in Hong Kong.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]