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Willie Jolley

By | 02/2012 | Authors, BUSINESS, Business by Industry, Change, Communication, Customer Service, Education, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivation, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Musicians, Organizational Skills, Overcomers / Adversity, Religion, Spirituality, Spouse Programs, Substance Abuse, Teambuilding, Teamwork | Comments Off
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Willie Jolley is a world-class, award-winning speaker, best-selling author and media personality. Mr. Jolley was named “…One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World” by Toastmasters International! Only 50 speakers worldwide have been bestowed that honor! Former winners include Colin Powell, Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher! Mr. Jolley has also been inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame. He speaks to major companies and organizations around the world… and has developed a reputation for results! Read more…

Meagan Johnson

By | 02/2012 | Aging, Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Communication, Customer Service, Generation X and beyond, Inspiration, Motivation, Motivation - Non Sports, Teamwork, Workforce Issues | Comments Off
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Bright, funny and delightfully obnoxious generational humorist Meagan Johnson!  If you think you have heard all there is to hear about the 4 different generations in the workplace, you have not heard Meagan’s hilarious spin on how to attract, train, market, manage and retain people from every generation – and not strangle someone in the process!  Your audience will laugh while they acquire tools they can use immediately to improve their multi-generational relationships with clients, customers and co-workers.

Find out for yourself why Meagan has been ranked as one of the most memorable speakers ever! Read more…

Karyn Buxman

By | 01/2012 | Authors, BUSINESS, HEALTH / WELLNESS, Healthcare, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Humor, Spouse Programs, Stress Management, Teamwork, Women's Issues | Comments Off
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Karyn Lynn Buxman, RN, MS, CSP, CPAE, publisher of The Journal of Nursing Jocularity, is possibly the funniest nurse on the planet. She is also a serious researcher into the practical applications of humor into life and business. Karyn’s mission is to nurse nurses through humor. The core of her business is helping organizations honor and celebrate their nurses. Karyn addresses thousands of nurses every year, delivering a message that inspires them, and reminds them why they entered the profession in the first place. Read more…

Bruckner Chase

By | 01/2012 | Athletes, Athletes - Other, BUSINESS, Celebrities / Media Personalities, Communication, Courage, Environmental Issues, Fitness, Great Achievers, Inspiration, Juvenile Issues, MISCELLANEOUS, Motivation, Overcomers / Adversity, Peak Performance, Personal Development, SPORTS, Strategic Planning, Success, Sustainability, Teambuilding, Teamwork, Volunteerism | Comments Off
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On August 24, 2010, at 4:00 AM, surrounded by a community of supporters, Bruckner Chase embarked on a 25-mile marathon swim to connect Santa Cruz to Monterey while also binding those on land with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Those twenty-five miles developed into an epic fourteen-hour journey in which he encountered everything from massive jellyfish to blue whales, fog to white-capped swells. Read more…

Saj-nicole Joni

By | 08/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Communication, Corporate Culture, Courage, Globalization, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Moderators/Facilitators, Peak Performance, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Success, Sustainability, Teambuilding, Teamwork | Comments Off
Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes pharmaceuticals and healthcare, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications.

Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications. She also works with top leadership in non-profits and universities. Saj-nicole helps leaders innovate, grow, execute, and drive performance. She engages and challenges an executive’s best strategic thinking, viewing all sides of a business problem, testing multiple possibilities, even those at the boundaries of convention. Her insights and questions help executives recalibrate their strategies, better understand marketplace influences, and improve both their internal operations and competitive positions. Saj-nicole brings to this work over 25 years of executive experience, combining her talents and expertise as a strategist, senior business executive, mathematician, and performing artist. This combination makes her a sought-after thinking partner for an elite group of top executives whose global leadership has far-reaching impact. Saj-nicole is a highly-trusted inner-circle advisor, someone to go to for the unvarnished truth in critical situations. She helps leaders better understand risk and operational complexity, capitalize more effectively on important market opportunities, and make better decisions around bottom-line ROI/ROE for sustained financial performance. Read more…

James Mapes

By | 08/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Communication, Corporate Culture, Courage, Creativity, Ethics / Values, Healthcare, Influence, Innovation, Inspiration, Leadership, Management, Motivation, Peak Performance, Personal Development, Stress Management, Success, Teambuilding, Teamwork, Work / Life Balance, Workforce Issues | Comments Off

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James Mapes is a recognized expert on the psychology of imagination who helps leaders apply their imagination to take individual and organizational performance to new levels. Even in a challenging world there is great possibility; coaching and empowering leaders past what they know to be possible, Mapes skillfully stretches people’s perceptions to see new possibilities and experience the power of their imagination. A dynamic speaker with energy and humor, he captures and holds his audience’s attention with fascinating demonstrations that leave no doubt: “You Achieve What You Imagine.” Read more…

Mette Norgaard

By | 07/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Communication, Corporate Culture, Influence, Leadership, Management, Success, Teambuilding, Teamwork | Comments Off

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Mette Norgaard, Ph. D., MBA is an expert on strategic leadership and learning. She works with executives to design and deliver learning solutions that advance the company’s strategy. She has also designed and participated in executive dialogues and workshops with thought leaders such as Stephen Covey, Jim Collins, John Katzenbach, Rob Goffee, Margaret Wheatley, and Ram Charan. Mette brings an eclectic background to her work, from being raised in a village of 900 to living in New York City, from being a front-line leader in healthcare to teaching thousands of leaders from entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 firms. Prior to starting her own practice, Mette worked with FranklinCovey Co for ten years. She was the director of Principle-Centered Leadership Week, an executive retreat at Sundance, UT. In addition, she was part of a small team of consultants who led large-scale change processes for Fortune 500 firms and the US Government. Before joining FranklinCovey Co, Mette served as a leader in both healthcare and manufacturing, and she knows first-hand the incessant pressures to do more with less and do it faster. Her latest book, co-authored with Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell, is TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments (Jossey-Bass, 2011). She is also the author of the international bestseller The Ugly Duckling Goes to Work: Wisdom for the Workplace from the Classic Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Amacom, 2005), which has been published in many languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese. Read more…

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