Jeff DeGraff
The charismatic Jeff DeGraff is a highly sought after speaker and advisor for companies that include 3M, Apple, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota. He is the Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he co-created the Competing Values school of thought that is taught in leading universities, colleges and business schools throughout the world; the Executive Director of the Innovatrium Institute for Innovation, an idea lab; and the Managing Partner of the Competing Values Company, a top innovation consulting firm.
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- Author/Writer /
- Branding /
- Business Excellence /
- Change /
- Consumer Trends /
- Corporate Culture /
- Customer Loyalty /
- Emerging Technology /
- Global Business /
- Globalization /
- Innovation /
- Leadership
Afterburner, Inc.
The Afterburner Seminars, founded by ace fighter pilot Jim Murphy, provide a one-of-a-kind, interactive, high-energy experience that is custom-tailored to inspire leadership, integrated teamwork and the quick, flexible thinking essential to fighter pilots and business managers alike.
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- Author/Writer /
- Business Excellence /
- Business Motivation /
- Change /
- Coaching/Mentoring /
- Communication /
- Diversity /
- Leadership /
- Military /
- Motivation /
- Sales Management /
- Sales Motivation /
- Sales Training /
- Team Building /
- Terrorism/Homeland Security /
- Women's Issues
Larry Winget
NYT and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and television personality, Larry Winget is best known for his candor and caustic, yet hilarious style. He speaks around the world to associations, corporations and businesses about what it takes to be successful both personally and professionally. He is a frequent guest on many other television shows speaking on the topics of money, personal success and business.
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- Business /
- Change /
- Customer Service /
- Humor /
- Leadership /
- Motivation /
- Team Building
Kjell Nordstrom
Dr. Kjell A. Nordström is the enfant terrible of the new world of business. He talks to audiences all over the world, he writes books and articles and reads - everything from Playboy to Architectural Digest to Pinter. His performances are high touch, dynamic, highly interactive, thought provoking and always in line with time. The 2009 Thinkers 50, the biennial ranking of management thinkers, ranked him at number 23 globally and put him on the top-five list in Europe. His dynamic style makes him a highly appreciated speaker through out the world.
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- Author/Writer /
- Change /
- Creativity /
- E-Business /
- E-Commerce /
- Entrepreneurship /
- Futurist /
- Globalization /
- Human Resources /
- Innovation /
- International Business /
- Leadership /
- Management /
- Strategy
John Kotter
John Kotter is a professor at the Harvard Business School and is regarded as an authority on leadership and change. He is a bestselling author of Leading Change and Our Iceberg is Melting. His articles in The Harvard Business Review over the past twenty years have sold more reprints than any of the hundreds of distinguished authors who have written for that publication during the same time period.
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- Business /
- Change /
- Leadership /
- Management
Margaret Wheatley
Margaret Wheatley is an internationally acclaimed speaker and writer and President Emerita of the Berkana Institute. She has been an organizational consultant and researcher since 1973 and a dedicated global citizen since her youth. Her ...
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- Change /
- Leadership /
- Management /
- Organizational Development /
- Strategy /
- Change Management
Michael McKinley
President of Thinking Publications, a multimillion-dollar educational publishing house, and Alive! Alive! Associates, Mike McKinley is an in-demand business consultant. Most recently, Mike founded GEM, a pick-your-own flower and produce operation he runs on his home estate. Mike's areas of expertise include Motivation, Change, Customer Specialness, Leadership, Teamwork, Safety, and Balancing Work & Home.
Topics:
- Balance /
- Change /
- Customer Service /
- Leadership /
- Motivation /
- Change Management
Rolfe Carawan
Drawing on his experience as Regional Sales Director for a fast-growing internet company, Campaign Manager for a Virginia Congressman, associate pastor, Rolfe Carawan is the is Founder and CEO of Carawan Global Communications and Consulting. Rolfe is an expert at transitioning people through change, transforming human behavior, building unified teams, and overcoming generational gaps. He is author of Profiles In Character and The Character Revolution.
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- Change /
- Coaching/Mentoring /
- Leadership /
- Peak Performance /
- Team Building
Mark Mayfield
A former corporate lobbyist and nightclub performer, Mark Mayfield is one of America's finest humorists. Content based yet comedy driven, it's pretty simple what he does...he talks about VERY SERIOUS stuff in a VERY FUNNY way. If you want to learn about change, or teamwork, or stress, or customer service for example; why not have a great time doing it?
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- Change /
- Creativity /
- Customer Service /
- Humor /
- Stress Management
Doug Lipp
As an internationally acclaimed expert on customer service, Doug motivates and challenges audiences around the world as a consultant and speaker. As a veteran of the Walt Disney corporation, Doug was the head of training. Doug is a captivating speaker and will take you on an entertaining and insightful journey behind the scenes to discover both the secret of Disney's success and how it has overcome spectacular challenges.
Topics:
- Breakout/Workshop /
- Business /
- Business Excellence /
- Business Motivation /
- Change /
- Communication /
- Corporate Culture /
- Creativity /
- Customer Loyalty /
- Customer Service /
- Diversity /
- Global Business /
- Globalization /
- Innovation /
- International Business /
- Leadership /
- Management /
- Presentation Skills /
- Sales Training /
- Team Building


