John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York
Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who
has sold more than 25 million books in fifty
languages. In 2014 he was identified as the #1
leader in business by the American Management
Association® and the most influential leadership
expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc.
magazine. He has also been voted the top
leadership professional in the world on
LeadershipGurus.net for six consecutive years.
As the founder of The John Maxwell Company,
The John Maxwell Team, and EQUIP, he has
trained more than 5 million leaders in nearly every country of the world. The recipient of the
Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network,
Dr. Maxwell speaks each year to Fortune 500 companies, presidents of nations, and many of the
world’s top business leaders. He can be followed at Twitter.com/JohnCMaxwell. For more
information
about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.
As Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner leads the
company’s global sales, marketing and services organization of more
than 47,000 employees in more than 190 countries. Under his
leadership, the sales and marketing group delivered more than $78.6
billion in revenue in fiscal 2013. Turner oversees worldwide sales, field
marketing, services, support and partner channels as well Microsoft
Stores and corporate support functions including Information
Technology, Worldwide Licensing & Pricing and Operations. The sales
and marketing organization is focused on delivering Microsoft’s family
of devices and services to customers and partners all over the world.
In his eight years as chief operating officer, Turner has driven a strong
track record of results, execution excellence and improved efficiency
while also driving the customer satisfaction scores to the highest in
company history.
Turner spent nearly 20 years at Wal-Mart Stores, where he rose through the ranks and was named the
youngest corporate officer ever at Wal-Mart at age 29. He held various leadership positions at Wal-Mart
including becoming the Chief Information Officer for Wal-Mart Stores, and as his last assignment he
served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of SAM’S CLUB, a $37 billion division of Wal-Mart
Stores.
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm
dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products and services
that improve teamwork, clarity and employee engagement.
Lencioni’s passion for organizations and teams is reflected in his writing,
speaking and executive consulting. Pat is the author of ten best-selling
books with nearly four million copies sold. After twelve years in print,
his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team remains a fixture on national
best-seller lists. His most recent book, The Advantage: Why
Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, became an
immediate national best-seller.
The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a
diverse base of speaking and consulting clients, including a mix of
Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, the military,
non-profits, schools and churches.
Pat addresses thousands of leaders each year at world-class organizations and national conferences.
Consistently the top rated keynote speaker at major events, Pat shares his insights and inspires his
audiences through his accessibility, humor and story-telling.
Named in Fortune magazine as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Pat and his work have been
featured in USA TODAY, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Harvard Business Review, to name a few.
Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase, Oracle and Bain & Company.
Pat lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four sons.
A bestselling author and Certified Personal and Executive Coach who
has served clients in over 40 states and ten countries, Valorie Burton
has written ten books on personal development, including Successful
Women Think Differently, What’s Really Holding You Back?, Happy
Women Live Better and her latest, Get Unstuck, Be Unstoppable. She is
the founder of The CaPP Institute, which provides tools and training
that build resilience, well-being and productivity for life and work.
She has been a regular contributor on the Today Show, CNN, and
HLN. She has also appeared in and on Dr. Oz, NPR, Oprah Radio, “O”
The Oprah Magazine, Essence, and hundreds of others. She has
spoken for hundreds of organizations, including GE, McDonalds
Corporation, State Farm, and the United States military.
Ms. Burton has a master’s degree in applied positive psychology from
the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in journalism from
Florida A&M University and a BA from Florida State University. Join
30,000 subscribers to her weekly e-newsletter at www.valorieburton.com and visit her company site at
www.cappinstitute.com.