Sheila Murray Bethel, PH.D., CSP, CPAE is a globally acclaimed keynote and special events speaker who gets the results her clients want. Sheila delivers a powerful combination of expertise, substance, humor and inspiration with every presentation. Sheila brings a unique depth of sensitivity to her specialties of change, leadership, customer service and personal excellence. In the course of delivering 2,500 presentations in 11 nations, she has spoken to over one million people. Her client list reads like a global “Who’s Who” of Business, Trade Associations, Education and Government. Sheila is author of Making a Difference: 12 Qualities That Make You A Leader.
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Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE founder and CEO of Cathcart Institute, has been training people worldwide for more than 20 years in ways to grow their businesses and expand their lives. He speaks on leadership, sales, new era business practices, business psychology and personal growth. As the author of twelve books, including The Acorn Principle™ and Relationship Selling™, and featured speaker at over 2000 conventions, Jim has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. He is past president of the National Speakers Association and recipient of their highest awards including the Cavett Award and the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame Award.
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Art Cornwell is the president of The Boardroom, a Michigan-based consulting and training firm that specializes in showing business people how to improve their professional skills. Art has 30 years of experience, and has been a senior officer of five firms. An international speaker, and member of the National Speakers Association, Art has presented the principles contained in his book, Freeing the Corporate Mind: How to Spur Innovation in Business. One of his most popular workshop series is Leadership in the 21st Century, which covers eight different skill sets.
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Michael Kipp formed his management consulting firm in 1989 and has helped more than 100 companies design and facilitate high impact work sessions that support corporate strategy, business innovation, organization design, new marketing initiatives, and the cultivation of more effective executive teams. As a former Chief Executive Officer, Mike has coached executives and their teams through market repositioning, corporate transformation, and personal growth. He regularly consults in a variety of operating environments, frequently in emergent or turnaround situations and plans and manages large group interventions. Mike presents regularly for business, trade and professional gatherings. His provocative leadership development keynotes include The Accidental Leader, Seven Lessons in Strategy, Self Inflicted Change and From Transaction to Consultation.
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Sharon Roberts is president and founder of Selling to Women and principal of Roberts & Roberts Associates, a Texas-based training and consulting firm. Sharon has been invited by organizations throughout the world to present her most popular subject, Selling to Women & Couples and Silent Signals. She provides insights on reading and interpreting those subtle, but important, "silent signals" that are sent to you and unconsciously by you. Featured nationally on CNN, the New York-based, "Lets Talk Business Radio Network," as well as numerous talk-radio shows, Sharon has reached millions of people with her timely message. Sharon is author of the book, Selling to Women & Couples: Secrets of Selling in the New Millennium.
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Valerie Sokolosky is a Dallas-based management consultant who assists executives in reaching their full potential through coaching, strategic career planning, and the development of interpersonal skills including corporate protocol and image enhancement. Valerie has helped thousands worldwide reach their professional goals. She is a widely published author of five books, including Corporate Protocol and Seasons of Success. Corporate Protocol has been translated into Spanish and Indonesian and is marketed worldwide.
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John (Jack) Stack is the founder and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation, an employee-owned company which currently includes 22 subsidiaries covering businesses from banks to engine manufacturing plants. Stack is the author of the best-selling business books on unlocking the power and profitability of open-book management, The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome, and is an Inc. Magazine columnist. As well as leading SRC Holdings Corp., Stack travels across the U.S and around the world delivering speeches and educating companies about the benefits of open-book management and how it can positively impact people’s lives and the company’s bottom line. He has received numerous recognition awards for his revolutionary style of management including The National Business Ethics Award and Top 100 Companies to Work For in America.
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Mark P. Steinberg  is president and founder of Steinberg and Associates, Human Resource Consultants. For over 15 years, he has designed and presented training programs and speeches that address the most critical issues associated with motivating workforces and increasing their productivity. Currently, Mark offers more than 30 different topics on leadership, customer service, communication, creativity and innovation, team building, business writing, and networking. Mark's programs are filled with business-relevant instruction conveyed in refreshing, inspirational ways. Clients cite his highly interactive presentations, creative audio/visual support, entertaining group exercises, and both conventional and unconventional instructional techniques.
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William Stieber, PH.D. CSP owner of InterPro Development, Inc., is a trainer, organization development consultant, and speaker. Dr. Stieber has over 20 years of experience working in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and consulting fields. His workshops include: leadership practices, quality measurements, customer service, problem solving tools, team building, project management, matrix management, time management, coaching skills, and Myers Briggs®. Bill’s most recent book is Teaming for Improvement – Getting Results in the Millennium. Other books include, Thriving on Change in Organizations, and The Anatomy of a Leader: 21 Tips for 21st Century Success.
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Alan Weiss, PH.D. is a consultant, speaker and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, Avon and over 300 other leading organizations. Alan is the author of 12 books, many of which have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business and have been translated into German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese. His hard-hitting, custom-designed presentations focus on practical techniques for improving performance, communications, productivity and teamwork and include such titles as Mastering Change: The Seven Keys to a World That Will Never be the Same, Making the Fourth Sale First: How to Build Winning Relationships, and Empowering the Customer: How to Allow the Buyer to Buy.
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