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Chester Elton
Chester Elton is the co-founder of The Culture Works, which is a global training company where many young employees are trained at. He is also the board member of Camp Corral which works as a non-profit group that helps the children of wounded and martyred military figures.
He has co-authored several books and his most famous books are ‘All In’, ‘The Carrot Principles’ and ‘The Best Team Wins’. He is ranked number 4 in the list of the World’s top leadership experts and is ranked number 2 among the world’s top organizational culture experts.
Erica Dhawan
Erica Dhawan is one of the leading women keynote speakers in the world, who was cited as The Oprah of Management Thinkers and the world’s foremost expert in connectional intelligence by Thinkers50.
As a teamwork speaker, she focuses on helping audiences to understand how to lead and influence the 21st-century modern working space which is virtual, multi-generational, and global.
Her presentations are focused on three main elements of modern business success; innovation, collaboration, and empathy. She has co-authored the book ‘Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence’.
Daniel Coyle
Daniel Coyle is the best-selling author on leadership and performance. He has written articles for Sports Illustrated and The New York Times. He has won the William Hill Book of the Year Award with his co-author Tyler Hamilton.
He has also worked as an advisor to military special forces and also worked as an advisor with Major League Baseball Team Cleveland Guardians since 2013.
His famous books are ‘The Talent Code’, ‘The Little Book of Talent’ and ‘The Culture Code: The Secret of Highly Successful Groups’. ‘The Culture Code’ was selected as the Best book of 2018 by Bloomberg.
Gregg Ward
Gregg Ward has 25 years of experience in motivational speaking. He is the CEO of Gregg Ward Group, a company providing management consulting, coaching, and training for business leaders.
He is a proven writer and his famous books are ‘Bad Behavior, People Problems, and Sticky Situations: A Tool Book for Management and Team Leaders’ and ‘The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation’.
He is the Executive Director of The Centre for Respectful Leadership which focuses on helping the leaders and their organizations to realize their true potential. He is an advisory Board Member of HR.com and an official member of the Forbes Coach Council.
Paul Assaiante
Paul Assaiante is a leading sports team motivator. He is the present coach for the Men’s Squash team at Trinity College and a former coach for the Tennis team. He has motivated top athletes around the world. He was the driving force behind the 17NCAA Championships titles won by his team. He possesses an experience of 22 years and he is famously known as the ‘winningest coach in college sports’.
He has authored a book titled ‘Run to The Roar: Coaching to Overcome the Fear’, in which he shares his personal experiences giving an insight into how to lead to success. He has coached many athletes across the globe, who have made their journey to success.
Eric Boles
Eric Boles is a teamwork keynote speaker who is the president of The Game Changers.Inc. He has shared his expertise in Leadership, Culture Change, Team Dynamics, and performance peak with his clients like Hasbro, Kraft Food, USAA, USAir Force, New York Life, CraftworksRestaurant, and Breweries, and SwissRe. He has authored a book named ‘Moving to Great: Unleashing Your Best in Life and Work’.
Richard J Avdoian
Richard J Avdoian is an employee development executive who helps various companies and organizations in the process of recruiting and training highly productive employees. He is a team building keynote speaker, who focuses on customer service, teamwork, and personal achievement.
He is the president of Teamwork by Design, which offers executive and business coaching and consulting. He was also honored for his service in keynote speaking by inducting him into the distinguished alumni gallery by Niagara County Community College.
Robyn Benincasa
Robyn Benincasa is a two-time World champion in adventure racing and a San Diego Firefighter. She is a CNN hero who is also a world-renowned keynote speaker who helps to share tips for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. She has brought out many refreshing techniques in achieving heights over odds.
She was regarded as one of the top 50 keynote speakers and the best female speaker by Meetings.net and was included in the top 10 speakers in the Harvard Business Review. Her client list includes Johnson and Johnson, Starbucks, IBM, Boeing, and more.
Steff Du Plessis
Steff Du Plessis is a team building keynote speaker who motivates the ground-level organizational skills that inspires excellence in the workplace. He is regarded as the top speaker in South Africa. His teachings are implemented by many corporate clients and famous brands.
He can manage any size of the group and any level of employees. He is famous for his strategic work sessions. He has received all the awards for best speaker in South Africa. He is specialized in giving thoughts on leadership qualities, corporate culture, personal development, and the employee workforce.
Patrick Lencioni
Patrick Lencioni is the popular founder and current President of The Table Group, an organization that offers management consulting and other services. He is a New York Times Best Selling author and thought leader on business management who has written 12 books. His books have been translated into over 30 foreign languages and have over 30 million copies circulated.
He is famous for his work ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable’. His other famous books are ‘The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues’, ‘Getting Naked: A Business Fable’, and ‘Death by Meeting: A leadership fable’. He is also the host of the podcast ‘At the Table with Patrick Lencioni’.
Amy C Edmondson
Amy C Edmondson is a Novartis Professor at the prestigious Harvard Business school. She focuses on the human interaction that leads to betterment in business. Through her keynote addresses,she teaches how organizations compete and learn in a knowledge economy world. She also shares her tips and tricks for psychological safety in the workplace. She shares her idea on how interactions help at every level in businesses.
She has to her credit, many books like ‘The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth’. She has written a book as a co-author with Jean- Francois Harvey titled, ‘Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Close-Sector Leadership’.
Bob Ladouceur
Bob Ladouceur is a retired American football coach in De La Salle High Spartansin California where he has given consecutive 151 wins and 12 times winning for the seasons. A film about his life was released in 2014 named ‘When the Game Stands Tall’ which is a sports drama film.
Through football coaching, he showed the world that success and failures are part of living. He also shares his viewpoint that football is the best vehicle to teach life skills like respect, selflessness, and accountability.
He showed the world that sports are a way to develop human skills, through his book ‘Chasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football De La Salle Way’. He has drawn a parallel to the success in the field with the success in a corporate office and has giventhe keynote address in big companies like Oracle and Sutter Health.
Cheryl Knowlton
Cheryl Knowlton is the CEO of Dynamite Production, a consulting and training company. She is a certified speaking professional who intends to empower the excellence of professionals by engaging them in interactive sessions that will help them to improve their skills to keep up in the competitive world.
She is also a Certified Fascinate Advisor who assesses the employee’s capability to understand how much the employee can captivate the listeners by showing his/her best employee skills.
She is also an author and her first book itself gave her fame and was titled ‘ Burn the Hamster Wheel’. Her motivating skills span all over the corporate world and her clients include The Denver Apartment Association, ERA Real Estate, The National Association of Realtors, and 27 State Realtor Associations.
Robert Sutton
Robert Sutton is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering and a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford. Professor Sutton is also a New York Times best-selling author. His books like ‘ The No Asshole Rule: Building A Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t’ and ‘ Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best and Learn from The Worst’ are both New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
He has co-authored several other books like ‘The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Firms Turn Knowledge into Action ‘ and ‘ Hard facts, Dangerous Half-truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management ‘ with Jeffrey Pfeffer.
Sean Glaze
Sean Glaze is a team-building speaker and an author who inspires people to have fun in workspaces together for increased efficiency. He is the founder of Great Results Team Building, a business consultancy. His keynotes stand out for their entertainment factor as he includes gags and punchlines in his speeches.
He has authored many books like ‘Staying Coachable: A Story with 4 Questions to Help You Thrive in Change, Keep Climbing and Enjoy Relentless Improvement ‘, ‘Rapid Team Work: Essential Steps to Transform Any Group Into A Great Team’, ‘ The Ten Commandments Of Winning Teammates’ and many more. Sean has got ampleexperience from field training that helps to train any group of the workforce at any level.
Rick Packer
Rick Packer has 17 years of experience as a team building speaker and is a partner at The Table Group. Before working with The Table Group, he has served in Compu Serve Network Services and Maximum Impact. Rick has a consultancy spectrum with a wide range of groups like technology, financial services, government sector, manufacturing sector, and health care sector.
His famous clients include The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chick-fil-A,Eli Lilly, CDC, MetLife, USAA, and U.S.Steel. He is known for his easy way of dealing with a huge mass of people in various sessions. He is also an advisory member of The Table Group.
Sarita Maybin
Sarita Maybin is a motivational speaker and author who has 20 years of experience in this field. She is known for her inspirational talks on transforming uncomfortable conversations into productive communications. She can positively embrace awkward situations through her life-changing times.
She has authored two books named ‘ If You Can’t Say Something Nice, What Do You Say: Practical Solutions for Working Together Better’ and ‘ Say What You Mean in A Nice Way: Working Together Better in High-Tech Times’.
Barry Moline
Barry Moline is currently the Executive Director of the California Municipal Utilities Association. His motivational speeches center around the theme of teamwork. He sees the importance of synergy and diplomacy in leading a great workforce together.
He stands out in motivational speaking with his 40 years of experience in the corporate world. He served as a volunteer with U.SPeace Corps in Guatemala to boost leadership in businesses, governments, and non-profits.
Lin Hart
Lin Hart is a team building speaker and author who has 10 years of experience in the field of team management. His famous book is ‘Reginald F Lewis Before TLC Beatrice: The Young Man Before the Million Dollar Empire’. The book is layered with memories, thoughts, and lessons that he learned from his personal experiences that transformed him into a successful person.
He formerly worked as a director in AT&T Network systems and also as a Network Systems Engineering Director for International Services. He is now the retired President of Lin Hart & Associates and is specializing in professional speaking and coaching services.
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