Stella Axarlis …achieving excellence through empowerment....
From mathematics teacher to internationally acclaimed opera singer, managing director and Board member, Stella Axarlis consults with organisations that are undertaking significant ...
I don't think excellent is good enough to describe Stella. She is an inspirational and sensational speaker.
Hotel Grand Chancellor
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Roger Corbett …leadership in international business....
Roger Corbett is the retired CEO and Group Managing Director of Woolworths Limited, the largest retail company in Australia. He continues to work with Woolworths in a consulting C...
Following the HP Technology@Work event in Melbourne, we wanted to personally thank you for your contribution to the day.
Your keynote really was a high point of the event. It w...
Hewlett-Packard
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Peter Fisk …author, marketing genius and the complete CEO....
Peter Fisk is an experienced strategist and marketer, a leading business advisor, and an inspirational speaker, author and coach. He was recently described by Business Strategy Rev...
The presentation was thoughtful and provocative. An excellent bringing together of our business challenges that left our people energised and inspired
Accenture
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Peter Holmes à Court ...global business success....
Peter Holmes à Court is the Chairman of White Bull Holdings, a private investment company, the Executive Chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Chairman of ISFM, a management ...
Very good natured, easy to deal with - and kept the audience engaged!
Queensland University of Technology
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David Jenkin …the nexus between vision and ethics....
David Jenkin is the author of the Best Selling Book “What Great Retailers Do – 50 Keys to Make Your Shop a Winner”. *
David was Regional Chief Executive and a Board Member of Th...
Would definitely recommend David to other clients - he was a delight to work with.
AMP Insurance Company
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Rod McGeoch …inspirational leadership....
With a remarkable career at the forefront of business, sports administration and the legal profession, Rod McGeoch unites exemplary senior level management experience with an unpar...
Thank you for your valuable contribution to the AIG bancassurance BDM conference. The positive feedback on your session is overwhelming … well done and thank you!
AIG
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Linda Nicholls …leading director and corporate advisor....
Linda Nicholls is a corporate adviser and Director of a number of leading Australian companies and organisations. She has more than 30 years' experience as a senior executive and c...
Ms. Nicholls' presentation at the 67th Annual Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at George Moscone Conference Center in San Francisco was very well received. ...
Stanford University
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Jimmy Pham …Founder and MD, KOTO International....
Jimmy Pham knows his purpose; to make a difference, and through knowing one and teaching one, he has.
Twelve years ago, the Founder and now Managing Director of KOTO internatio...
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James Strong …the nexus between business and the arts....
James Strong has been responsible for a formidable list of achievements in both business and the arts.
He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Woolworths; Chairman of Insura...
The general consensus of the seminar participants was that James' presentation was excellent and that the message to management was totally practical in its simplicity. Everyone c...
Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd, Melbourne.
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Sylvia Allen … President, Allen Consulting....
Sylvia Allen is President of Allen Consulting, an internationally recognized marketing firm located in Holmdel, New Jersey. She has been in business for almost three decades and, i...
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Ray Hammond … Europe's leading futurologist....
Ray Hammond is Europe's leading futurologist and business trend spotter. The author of 14 books which have been translated into 31 languages, he is a visiting lecturer at the City ...
Excellent and entertaining presentation. Ray used a lot of different but key issues together to create a platform of thought for the future. Captured attention and imagination of the audience.
CPA
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Tan Le … the future of youth in Australia....
Tan Le was born in Vietnam in 1977 and arrived in Australia as a refugee at four years of age. At 15 years of age, Tan worked to help Vietnamese people in Melbourne, Victoria. At ...
Ms Le's presentation was exceptional. She is a truly wonderful speaker.
AMP Financial Services
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Paul Pei ...
A graduate of the University of Denver in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in calculus, chemistry, and education, Paul has been in the hospitality industry throughou...
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Peter Ryan … counter-terrorism expert....
Peter Ryan was the top British police chief who arrived in Australia in 1996, with the toughest job in the country; to reform the NSW police service – considered to be one of the m...
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Bert van Walbeek … expertise in the asian travel industry....
Bert “Bow-Thai” van Walbeek has been an Hotelier for 35 years and Marketer of Tourism for 25 years, a Motivator for 15 years and a lecturer for 15 years.
He arrived in Thailand...
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Frank Abagnale …catch me if you can....
Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world's most respected authorities on the subject of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For twenty-two years, he has lectured to, and consu...
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Michael Adams … leading market researcher....
Michael Adams is one of Canada's leading market researchers. Since co-founding Environics in 1970, he has guided the firm's growth from a two-person consultancy to one of Canada's ...
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Bill Bachrach … value based selling....
Bill Bachrach, is the author of the best-selling book "Values-Based Selling, The Art of Building High-Trust Client Relationships for Financial Professionals". He is the creator of...
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Rick Barrera … the value of Intellectual Capital....
In 1981 Rick Barrera founded his consulting and training firm to identify and teach the distinctions Peak Performers make to produce exceptional results. He first applied these pri...
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James Bellini …outstanding futures analyst....
Dr James Bellini is a futures analyst, business consultant, facilitator and broadcaster specialising in: Long-term trends for the world economy; national economic growth and globa...
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Seddik Belyamani … former executive VP of sales for Boeing Aircraft....
Seddik Belyamani retired as executive vice president of sales for the largest division of The Boeing Company, Boeing Commercial Airplanes on July 1, 2002. He was named to this pos...
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Michael Benoliel …best practices in negotiation....
Dr. Michael Benoliel is the author of the newly published book titled, Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators (Platinum Press, 2005). It is ba...
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Sheila Murray Bethel … one of the 21 top speakers for the 21st century....
Sheila Murray Bethel is a globally acknowledged lecturer specializing in Leadership, Change and Personal Excellence. With humble beginnings and only a high school education, Sheila...
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Rod Biasca … international change management guru....
Rod Biasca is founder and principal of R. Biasca & Associates, a small and prestigious Argentine consulting firm in the Business Improvement field. His book “Productivity” gave him...
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Raymond Blanc …one of the finest chefs in the world....
Raymond Blanc is acknowledged as both one of the finest chefs in the world and a tremendously skilled entrepreneur.
He quickly gained two Michelin stars for Le Manoir aux Quat’...
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Ken Blanchard … eminent author, speaker, and business consultant....
Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought after author, speaker, and business consultant K...
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Nate Booth …thriving in times of change....
Dr. Nate Booth received his DDS degree from the University of Nebraska in 1991. He received his master’s degree in counseling from the same school in 1983. From 1987 through 1997, ...
I cannot begin to tell you how much you have positively impacted so many employees through this one event! In fact, my boss has been inundated with notes and phone messages thankin...
Bank of America
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Nicholas Boothman …rapport by design, thinking without thinking....
Nicholas Boothman is the author of How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less and How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less.
A former fashion and advertising phot...
Entertaining and enlightening - a phenomenal hit.
AT&T
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Marcus Buckingham ... one of the world's best business speakers....
Marcus Buckingham is one of the world's most sought-after consultants and speakers. As the Global Practice Leader for The Gallup Organization's Strengths Management practice, he ha...
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Geoff Burch …the alternative business guru....
Geoff Burch is one of the most sought after business speakers worldwide. On almost any business subject, Geoff can thrill, challenge and amuse. Some call him a motivator, others an...
... Absolutely wonderful job you did at our corporate conference with your entertaining and inspiring talk. I have never heard such good feedback about a guest speaker in my entire...
Adia Alfred Marks
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Peter Burwash …motivated to achieve....
Davis Cup star, winner of 19 international tennis titles, Canadian champion, founder of the world's largest international tennis management firm and best-selling author, Peter Burw...
This was the best presentation on leadership I have ever heard.
3M Corp
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Phillip W Byrd … Director General of the American Importers Association....
As Director General of the American Importers Association, Phillip W Byrd knows the ways that importers in the USA want to be contacted and marketed to, and part of his job as dire...
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Jack Canfield … compelling and empowering coach....
You probably know Jack Canfield as the founder and co-creator of the New York Times #1 best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, which currently has over fifty-one titles...
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Richard Carlson ... happiness and stress reduction expert....
Richard Carlson is considered one of the foremost experts in happiness and stress-reduction. He is the author of fifteen popular books including the runaway best-seller, Don't Swea...
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Jim Cathcart …professional speaking at its peak....
Jim Cathcart is founder and president of Cathcart Institute, Inc. and one of the most widely recognized professional speakers in the world. As the author of 13 books and scores of ...
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Jung Chang … author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China....
Jung Chang’s book "Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China" has been translated into 30 languages and has sold over 9 million copies world-wide, reaching no. 1 in over a dozen countr...
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Chin-ning Chu … master of strategic thinking....
Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Yuan-Zhang Chu, the pauper who became the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) by defeating the Mongol rule of Genghis Khan. At the age...
I know that all in attendance found your presentation on "Success Without Stress" to be extremely informative, as well as very entertaining. Thank you once again for contributing t...
Director Programming, AUSTEREO LIMITED
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Quinton Coetzee … finding your natural potential....
Quinton was born in the Namib Desert and having spent most of his young life in the bush, he began his working career near there as a hunter. He later attained a university degree...
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Donald Cooper …Canada's leading retailer....
Today's sophisticated audiences want to hear from speakers who have actually done it … and done it well! Donald has done it. Winner of seven awards for marketing, service and bus...
You received the highest ranking of all the presenters at our National Conference. Here are just a few quotes from our people…
- Excellent! The best motivation session I've ever...
AT&T
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Peter Cosgrove …inspirational leadership....
General Peter Cosgrove retired from the army in 2005. Four years earlier, he had been Australian of the Year: “In every respect Peter Cosgrove demonstrated that he is a role model....
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Russell Coutts …successful skipper of America's Cup in 2003....
Russell Coutts is the winning skipper of the America’s Cup in 1995 and 2000 (for Team New Zealand) and 2003 (for Alinghi). Russell began to sail when he was 6 on a P-Class, New Zea...
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Stephen Covey … the seven habits of highly effective people....
Dr Stephen Covey is Vice Chairman of the board of Franklin Covey Company, created in 1997 by a merger of Covey Leadership Centre and the Franklin Quest Company.
The organisatio...
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NormaLynn Cutler … President, Cutler Enterprises....
Profile will be available shortly.
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Emmanuel Daniel … Asia's most incisive financial services industry commentator....
Emmanuel Daniel is the founder of The Asian Banker. He is Managing Director and Editor–In–Chief of the Company he founded in September 1996, and has led it to become the leading re...
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Edward de Bono … leading thinker on thinking....
Born in 1933, Edward de Bono attended St Edward's College, Malta, during the war, and then Malta University. Having obtained a degree in Medicine, he then proceeded as a Rhodes Sch...
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Alexander Downer ...leadership, an international perspective....
Alexander Downer retired from politics in 2008 after an amazing 24 years and prior to that was a highly successful career diplomat. In every respect Alexander Downer has served his...
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Tony Fernandes …founder, AirAsia Berhad....
Tony Fernandes is the Director and Founder of Malaysia’s second largest airline, AirAsia Berhad, which commenced its operations in December 2001.
Also the Group Chief Executive...
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Clyde Fessler …the Harley Davidson phenomenon....
Clyde Fessler, the former vice president of business development for Harley-Davidson Motor Company played an integral part in their dramatic turnaround over the past 24 years. Fess...
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David Foot … a lively presenter with a must hear message....
"Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift" reflects Professor Foot's research interests which lie in the many relationships between economics and demograp...
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Jeffrey J. Fox … founder and president, Fox & Company, Inc....
Jeffrey Fox is an accomplished consultant, popular speaker and the acclaimed author of a series of hard-hitting international business best-sellers, including How to Become CEO, Ho...
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Stephane Garelli … competitiveness, international trade and investments....
Stephane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and at the University of Lausanne. He is an authority on World Competitiveness ...
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Bob Geldof … musician, businessman, humanitarian and activist....
A self-styled campaigner Bob Geldof is tremendously well informed on a broad range of global and national issues. His presentations are highly provocative and he uplifts and inspir...
Brilliant fit for the audience. Integrated all the briefing messages seemlessly whilst still maintaining "Sir Bob".
Ci Events
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Michael Gerber … business visionary, entrepreneur and noted author....
Michael Gerber is leading a Small Business Revolution. He calls it The E-Myth Revolution, and over the past two decades he has indelibly touched hundreds of thousands of small busi...
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Bruno Giussani … technology and society....
Bruno Giussani is a Swiss writer and author, the Co-Producer of the TEDGLOBAL conference (Oxford, UK, 12-15 July 2005), a 2004 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and an Affiliate...
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Mark Goldstein … internationally recognized authority on ageing....
Mark Goldstein is an internationally recognized authority in the field of aging and its implications on the workforce and the marketplace. Those implications are far-reaching and a...
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Robert Goodman … economic consultant for Putnam Investments....
Dr. Robert Goodman is an Economic Consultant for Putnam Investments. He is a member of Putnam’s Business Advisory Group, a panel of experts on economic, business and personal finan...
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Susan Greenfield … director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain....
Baroness Susan Greenfield, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at Oxford University, heads a team of scientists who are focused on the genetics of Parkinson's...
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Fred Grosse …dollar productive behaviour....
Dr Frederick Grosse is an internationally recognised authority in the fields of personal relationships, organisational development, management and leadership. He is best known as a...
My life has certainly changed for the better since that first seminar back in 2000. My net income this year has gone up 5 times since 2000 and my projection for the next year is 7 ...
Bob Werner
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Julia Hailes ...one of the principle opinion-formers on sustainable business development....
As a non-Executive Director of Jupiter Global Green Investment Trust, Julia Hailes is one of the principle opinion-formers on sustainable business development. The co-founder of Su...
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Cameron Herold … innovative business leader....
Cameron Herold is one of Canada's most innovative business leaders and was a leading force behind one of the most successful new business ventures of the last decade. He has been i...
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John Howkins …business and communications....
John Howkins is executive chairman of Tornado Productions Ltd , which provides webcasting to corporate and media clients. He is also a director of ITR Ltd, Equator Group plc, Telev...
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Edward A. Jacobson ...psychologist, business coach and consultant....
Edward Jacobson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, business coach, consultant and public speaker based in Madison, Wisconsin. Ed works with individuals and organizations to help them to id...
I’ve been extraordinarily touched by Ed in three separate day-long workshops on Appreciative Inquiry and financial planning. Each time I have received new and deeper insights, bett...
Center for Financial Planning, Inc.
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Paul Jamieson … Executive Director, SunFest....
Anyone can plan a party… but can anyone plan a party for everyone? Bringing thousands of workers and hundreds of thousands of spectators together successfully requires a spe...
Renews my excitement in festivals; many new ideas to go home with. GREAT!
February 2006
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Daniel Johnson …simple steps to get your business back on top....
Daniel Johnson is a specialist on time management, productivity, customer service and customer loyalty. His talks are characterised by his infectious enthusiasm and simple, easy to...
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Benjamin R. Jones President and DEO, RECreation & Entertainment Consultants, Inc....
Benjamin R. Jones is the President and DEO (Director of Enthusiasm & Opportunity) of RECreation & Entertainment Consultants, Inc. ("REC"), headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michiga...
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Dean Karnazes ...ultramarathon man....
Speaker, Bestselling Author, Athlete, Entrepreneur...
Dean Karnazes was named by TIME magazine as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2006. The January...
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Paul Kennedy …one of the world’s most provocative historians....
One of the world’s most provocative historians, Paul Kennedy has ignited international debates with his admonitions about the challenges confronting humanity in the 21st Century.
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Jeffrey Kennett …vision and leadership....
Jeff Kennett entered the Victorian State Parliament in 1977. He served in the Liberal Government in the early 1980's as Minister for Housing, Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Af...
Excellent presentation delivered with passion…
Awesome man, awesome presentation. 10 out of 10. A real professional…
A most inspiring and informative session. Excellent presentation…
2005 National public sector Speaker evaluations
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Stephen Lewis ... respected diplomat and passionate humanitarian....
Stephen Lewis returns to the speaking circuit after four years in New York headquarters at the rank of Assistant Secretary General of UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund).
It...
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Ian Lovett … unconventional and highly profitable banker....
Ian is the Deputy Chairman of Dunbar Bank, part of the Zurich Financial Services Group of which he is a Director. Apart from running what is an unconventional and highly profitable...
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Calvin Mackie … a spokesperson for change....
Calvin Mackie earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Morehouse College in 1990. He earned a Master of Science i...
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Frank Maguire … absolutely, positively overnight....
Francis X. Maguire's great gift is his ability to find the hidden treasures in every endeavour's most important asset, its people. One of corporate America's proven achievers and i...
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John Maxwell … entrepreneur, author, and dynamic speaker....
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 ...
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John McKean … advance your understanding of customers....
John McKean is a best selling author and Executive Director of the Center for Information Based Competition, which provides thought-leadership to help businesses advance their unde...
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Peter McLaughlin ...one of the top 100 most innovative executives in America....
Peter is the co-author of "Mentally Tough: The Principles of Winning at Sports Applied to Winning in Business", and the author of "CatchFire: A 7-Step Program to Ignite Energy, Def...
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Hamish McRae …the world in 2020....
Hamish McRae is one of Europe's leading futurists. He is the author of the acclaimed work on the future "The World in 2020: Power, Culture and Prosperity".
Hamish McRae was nam...
An engaging and entertaining speaker, credible and authoritative.
BBC
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W. Mitchell …soars above the rest with grace, good humour and gumption....
"The Man Who Would Not Be Defeated" is an apt title for W. Mitchell's book. It is also a good description of his life as he delivers his spellbinding message about "Taking Responsi...
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Graham Molitor … expert futurist and lawyer....
A foremost authority on forecasting government policy, Graham Molitor is president of Public Policy Forecasting, and vice president/legal counsel of the World Future Society.
H...
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Kobus Neethling … outstanding scholar, writer and creative thinker...
Awarded The International Leadership Award by the Creative Problem Solving Institute (USA) – the most prestigious creativity award in the world - Kobus Neethling holds six degrees ...
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Walt Pavlo ...the inner-workings of white-collar crime....
Exclusive to Saxton in Australia and New Zealand.
Recently released from prison, Walt Pavlo is a former executive, who now specialises in speaking to corporate audiences ...
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Don Peppers … one of the "most influential thinkers in marketing and business today."...
Recognized for over a decade as one of the leading authorities on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) business strategies, Don Peppers is an acclaimed author and a founding part...
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Ian Percy … purpose, passion, performance...
"One of the top 21 speakers for the 21st century" - Successful Meetings magazine
Ian Percy challenges and inspires corporate and association audiences in numerous industries ar...
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John Peters … a powerful and moving story....
John came to the world's attention in January 1991, when as a POW in Gulf War I his bruised and battered face flashed onto television screens around the world. He has written two b...
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Miha Pogacnik …inspiring leaders, igniting change, evoking creativity and spurring innovation....
Miha Pogacnik offers an original response to today's quest of the business world for creativity. His cutting edge approach and genius fuel organizational and individual developmen...
A great way to help management and leaders to learn to actively listen! Miha was passionate, instructive and really opened up the audience.
ABN Amro Bank
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Bob Pritchard …one of the most successful marketers in the world....
BSC. CSP. AISMM
Bob Pritchard is an international business and marketing consultant, author and speaker who works with corporations to improve their performance in an increasing...
First class presentation that inspired, education and motivated all participants.
2M University
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Robert Putnam … professor of peace....
Robert D. Putnam is the Stanfield Professor of International Peace in Harvard's Government Department and Director of the Saguaro Project. He has served as chairman of Harvard Uni...
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Jeremy Rifkin … technology displacement expert....
Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, is the author of sixteen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, s...
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Ken Robinson … innovation in business and education....
In today's business and educational environments, creativity and innovation are more important than ever. More and more success is determined by our ability to come up with new ide...
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Jim Rogers ...investment expert and author....
Jim Rogers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The Washington Post,...
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Martha Rogers … "one of the nineteen most important business gurus of the past century."...
Business 2.0 magazine named Martha Rogers, Ph.D. one of the nineteen most important business gurus of the past century. The World Technology Network named her as “an innovator most...
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