Business Legends - Nationwide Speakers Bureau

Ken Blanchard

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:03:45 PDT

Blanchard Training

Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies as has Ken Blanchard. A gregarious, sought-after, and prominent author, speaker, and business consultant, he is universally characterized by...

Sheldon Bowles

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:24:35 PDT

Successful Entrepreneur

Sheldon Bowles is a successful entrepreneur, New York Times and BusinessWeek best-selling author, and noted speaker. He began his career as a newspaper reporter, became vice president of Royal Canadian...

Richard Branson

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:26:41 PST

Richard Branson was born in 1950, and educated at Stowe School, where he established a national magazine called Student at the age of sixteen. At seventeen, he started a student...

Marcus Buckingham

Fri, 4 May 2007 12:30:55 PDT

Expert on Outstanding Leadership and Management Practices

During his 17 years with The Gallup Organization, Marcus Buckingham helped lead their research into the world's best managers, leaders and workplaces. Buckingham has taken his broad experience in management...

Clayton Christensen

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:48:47 PDT

Professor of Business Administration & Expert in Commercialization & Business Innovation

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General...

Maxine Clark

Mon, 7 May 2007 14:57:09 PDT

Build-A-Bear Workshop®
Maxine Clark—Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Bear

Maxine Clark has been Chief Executive Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. since the company’s inception in 1997 and has served as chairman of the board of directors since conversion to...

John Cleese

Mon, 1 May 2006 15:36:06 PDT

Actor, Director and Author

An instigator of some of the more groundbreaking developments in twentieth-century comedy, John Cleese is one of Britain's best-known actors, writers and comedians. Famous primarily for his comic efforts, such...

Herb Cohen

Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:56:03 PDT

Negotiating Expert

Herb Cohen has been a practicing negotiator for the past four decades, intimately enmeshed in some of the world's headline dramas - from hostile takeovers to hostage negotiations. His clients...

Sean "Puffy" Combs

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:02:08 PDT

Media Mogul

It is a rare and significant occasion when a musical artist captures and expresses the sentiments of a generation and expands his horizons to make an impact on society, creating...

Cynthia Cooper

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:29 PDT

WorldCom Whistle Blower

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CNBC
The View From The Bay (San Francisco)

Ms. Cooper is most well-known for her role...

Pat Croce

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:26:10 PST

Mega-entrepreneur and author, I Feel Great and You Will Too!

Pat Croce graced the cover of Success magazine as the first person to ascend from the training room to the boardroom of a professional sports team. His remarkable success as...

Mark Cuban

Fri, 13 May 2005 00:20:33 PDT

Controversial NBA Owner

Mark Cuban co-founded broadcast.com in 1995 with a mission to pioneer the next wave of the Internet, changing it from a static, text-based medium into a dynamic, multimedia-rich broadcast medium....

Bob Danzig

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:08:01 PDT

Positively Impacting Others

Bob Danzig grew from a childhood spent in five foster homes to two decades as nationwide head of The Hearst Newspaper Group and vice president of The Hearst Corporation. After...

Donna Dubinsky

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:33:58 PDT

Silicon Valley Techno-Pioneer

The Future of Business Fresh from Harvard's M.B.A. program, Donna Dubinsky arrived in Silicon Valley in 1981 to work in marketing for Apple. She had little technical knowledge of personal...

Ken Dychtwald

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:41:22 PST

Nationally renowned expert on marketing to an aging population

Over the past 25 years, Ken Dychtwald has emerged as America's foremost visionary and leading authority on the business and marketing implications of the aging of the population. He is...

Richard Paul Evans

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:36:19 PDT

Author, Best-Seller, The Christmas Box

When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 best-seller, The Christmas Box, he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. Officially, he was an advertising executive, an award-winning clay animator...

Mick Fleetwood

Wed, 16 May 2007 15:28:32 PDT

Founder, Fleetwood Mac

Mick Fleetwood, legendary drummer and co-founding member of Fleetwood Mac was born June 24, 1947 in Cornwall, England. He began his professional drumming career at the age of 16 and...

Richard Florida

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:07:53 PST

Author Of The 2002 Best-Seller The Rise Of The Creative Class

Richard Florida is the author of the 2002 best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class, which received The _Washington Monthly's_ Political Book Award for that year and was later named...

Oren Harari

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:51 PST

Competitive Advantage, Organizational Change & Transformational Leadership

An incredibly popular speaker and author, Dr. Oren Harari's energetic, dynamic presentations excite and challenge audiences around the world with insight, humor and knowledge. Dr. Harari brings provocative, new perspectives...

Gary Hoover

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:16:18 PDT

Internet Entrepreneur

Gary E. Hoover, a gifted visionary and entrepreneur, has done it all, can explain it clearly, and is able to connect with any audience. Gary's message, "The Seven Keys to...

Jason Jennings

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:37:05 PDT

Sales, Management & Leadership Guru

Jason Jennings has spent twenty years founding and leading successful businesses and consulting other companies; teaching them how to achieve their full economic potential. He spent eighteen months traveling the...

Magic Johnson

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:11:57 PDT

Basketball & Business Legend

Few athletes are truly unique, changing the way their sport is played with their singular skills. Earvin "Magic" Johnson was one of them. Just how great a basketball player was...

Spencer Johnson

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:57:21 PDT

Spencer Johnson, M.D., is a best-selling author; an internationally respected thought leader, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard Business School. His books have helped millions of people discover simple...

Warren F. Kornblum

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:26:44 PST

America’s Most Requested Branding Speaker

Warren Kornblum is America's most sought after speaker when it comes to topics including; Branding, Emotional Marketing (he calls it, "Share of Heart") and Change in the Competitive Marketplace (he...

John P. Kotter

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:18:05 PST

Harvard Business School Leadership Expert

John P. Kotter is a graduate of MIT and Harvard. In 1980, at the age of 33, he was voted a full professorship with tenure at Harvard Business School. Professor...

James Kouzes

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:37:33 PDT

Tom Peters associate; The Leadership Challenge

James M. Kouzes Jim Kouzes is the coauthor with Barry Posner of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over one million copies sold. He's also an executive...

Peter Legge

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:42:56 PDT

One of the world’s most inspiring motivational speakers.

Peter Legge is an inspiration to anyone who meets him! He lives his life dream as an internationally acclaimed professional speaker, and as president and CEO of the largest, independently...

Patrick Lencioni

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:13 PDT

Business Legend

Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on executive team-development and organizational health. He has been described by the One-Minute Manager’s...

Harvey Mackay

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:39:52 PDT

Bestselling Author and Top Worldwide Speaker!

Mr. Mackay is one of America's most sought after speakers, having been voted by Toastmasters International as one of the top five speakers in the world along with Jesse Jackson,...

Frank Maguire

Wed, 10 May 2006 13:10:34 PDT

Former KFC, Fed Ex exec; Management guru

Francis X. Maguire’s great gift is his ability to find the hidden treasures in every endeavor’s most important asset, its people. One of corporate America’s proven achievers and innovators, Frank...

John C. Maxwell

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:09:40 PDT

Cutting-Edge Entrepreneur & Leadership Expert

As a cutting-edge entrepreneur, best-selling author, and dynamic speaker, Dr. John C. Maxwell has cultivated an extensive following among the most highly respected and influential business leaders across the globe....

Jim McCann

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:18:19 PDT

CEO, 1-800-FLOWERS

Jim McCann likes to make things grow. Just as he built an international business from a single Manhattan flower shop, McCann, CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, has helped expand the definition of...

Greg Mortenson

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:55:38 PDT

Champion of education in the third-world

Greg Mortenson is the co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute, Pennies For Peace, and co-author of New York Times bestseller ‘Three Cups of Tea’ which has been a bestseller for...

Barry Nalebuff

Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:31:47 PDT

Yale Professor/Strategic Alliances

Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor at Yale School of Management, is co-author with Adam Brandenburger of CO-OPETITION. His first book, _THINKING STRATEGICALLY: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and...

Susan O’Malley

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:56:56 PDT

President, Washington Sports & Entertainment

In 1988, when Abe Pollin asked then Director of Advertising, Susan O'Malley, to take over the business side of his NBA franchise on a temporary basis, O'Malley remembers being stunned....

Paul Orfalea

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:58:20 PDT

Founder, Kinko’s

Paul Orfalea [pronounced OR-Fah-La] founded Kinko's in 1970 near the University of California at Santa Barbara with a simple idea: provide college students with products and services they need at...

Jerry Porras

Wed, 2 May 2007 15:41:57 PDT

Co-Author of Built to Last & Stanford University Professor

An esteemed academic who is widely published in both academic and management journals, Dr. Jerry I. Porras helps you focus on organizational vision and change. Working with Jim Collins, he...

Barry Z. Posner

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:35:53 PDT

Dean and Professor of Leadership

Barry Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business as well as a Professor of Leadership at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. He joined...

Lou Pritchett

Fri, 6 May 2005 10:21:48 PDT

Former Procter & Gamble Executive

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America's true living legends- an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher, and one of the world's most highly rated speakers. He is acknowledged in numerous books...

Tom Rath

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:38:53 PDT

Co-Author, “How Full Is Your Bucket?”

Tom Rath is co-author of the #1 New York Times and #1 BusinessWeek bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? — a book that draws on decades of research to explore...

Fred Rosen

Fri, 6 May 2005 10:43:39 PDT

Former Ticketmaster CEO

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Ticketmaster Group, Inc., Fred Rosen oversees the world's largest computerized ticket service. A New York City corporate law attorney/entrepreneur, he joined Ticketmaster in...

Alan Rothenberg

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:55:40 PDT

President-World Cup 1994, President World Cup 1999, Olympic Soccer President 1984

Mr. Rothenberg was Chairman, President and CEO of the most successful World Cup in history the largest single sport event ever. It set records for total ticket sales, per game...

Betsy Sanders

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:58:40 PDT

Former Nordstrom Executive

Former VP and General Manager of Nordstrom, Betsy Sanders shows how companies like Nordstrom lead the way in service and become renowned in the process. Lecture topics include: Share Your...

Hyrum Smith

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:40:17 PDT

Franklin Covey

Hyrum combines his gift for communication with his wit and enthusiasm to bring thousands of individuals face-to-face with what matters most to them. He is a highly sought-after international keynote...

Robert Stephens

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:43:55 PDT

Founder, The Geek Squad

A native of Chicago, Robert left a scholarship at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990 to pursue a degree in computer science at the University of Minnesota. While attending...

Chris Sullivan

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:56:19 PDT

CEO, Outback Steakhouse

Chris T. Sullivan is a founder, director and Chairman of the Board of the Company since its inception. From February 1991 to March 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of...

Joe Thomas

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:36:46 PDT

Fast-paced, personable, and literate style

Joe Thomas presents The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, The Power of Understanding, and Principle-Centered Leadership workshops to both large and small corporations, including Pillsbury, AT&T,...

Michael Treacy

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:42:30 PDT

Expert on Corporate Strategy and Business Process Transformation

Michael Treacy has had a distinguished career aiding senior management of major corporations around the world, transforming their businesses. His book, The Discipline of Market Leaders, is a business bestseller....

Donald Trump

Mon, 1 May 2006 15:49:11 PDT

Chairman and President, The Trump Organization

A schoolboy’s dream…a competitor’s challenge. Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate,...

John Wood

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:06:08 PDT

Leaving Microsoft to Educate the World’s Children

At age 35, John left an executive career track at Microsoft Corporation to form Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that “combines the heart of Mother Theresa with the scalability...

Steve Wozniak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:28:33 PDT

Apple Co-Founder

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I...

Steve Wynn

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:59:06 PDT

Stephen A. Wynn, former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, was born in New Haven, Connecticut on January 27, 1942. Mr. and Mrs. Wynn...

Zig Ziglar

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:27:46 PDT

Sales Motivation Guru

A talented author and speaker, Zig Ziglar has an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation. Since 1970, he has traveled over five million miles across the world...

Sergio Zyman

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:20:54 PDT

Sergio Zyman is the Chairman and Founder of Zyman Group and the former Chief Marketing Officer of The Coca-Cola Company. Over the course of 30+ years of hands-on marketing experience,...