Leadership Development News

Josh Linkner is a four-time entrepreneur, jazz musician, venture capitalist, speaker, and author. Josh is the founder and Chairman of ePrize, the largest interactive promotion agency in the world. ePrize has produced over 5,000 industry-leading interactive promotions across 36 countries, for 74 of the Top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, AT&T, The Gap, Disney, Dell, Adidas, Citibank and Microsoft. Josh was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Automation Alley’s CEO of the Year, and the Detroit Executive of the Year. He is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine. Josh is the author of two books: Leaning Forward and Disciplined Dreaming published in February 2011. Josh lives in Detroit, Michigan and continues to improvise in the business worlds and in jazz clubs. Visit him at www.CreativityGeneration.com.

John O'Neil is currently the President of the Center for Leadership Renewal. He serves on several boards and is a best selling author, speaker, and advisor on leadership issues, providing leadership advisement and development services to senior leaders serving across a wide range of organizations from start-ups to mature enterprises. Today John will share his perspectives on “The Good Life” an innovative executive program which John co-created to help all leaders truly master the “life of their dreams”.

Join guest Kimberly Rath, president of Talent Plus, with nearly 25 years experience in the human resources field. Demonstrating a strong commitment to others, Rath uses her skills as a leadership management consultant to help clients reach their highest growth potential. She is keenly interested in the selection and retention of talented performers and in organizations building Talent-Based OrganizationsSM. Rath provides executive management consulting and training to organizations worldwide, including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, The Estée Lauder Companies, Mercedes-Benz USA, The Cheesecake Factory, Duty Free Shops and Cadbury Schweppes to name a few. Rath is a captivating and inspiring speaker to leaders and to groups on strength based talent development through the The Science of Talent.

Kim S. Cameron is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan Business School and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. Dr. Cameron’s research on organizational effectiveness, virtuousness, and the development of management skills has been published in more than 80 articles. Join us for an energizing discussion on corporate virtuousness and its relationship to industry success

Kevin Eikenberry is recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent the last 20 years helping organizations all across North America, and clients from around the world, on leadership, learning, teamwork, creativity, and more. His client list includes: Aramark, the American Red Cross, Bell Helicopter, Chevron, Invesco, John Deere, Purdue University, Sears Canada, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Mint, Verizon, and many more. He is the author of the bestselling books Remarkable Leadership and Vantagepoints on Learning and Life. His newest book, co-authored with Guy Harris, titled From Bud to Boss – Secrets of the Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership, was published in February. He publishes three electronic newsletters and a blog collectively read by over 40,000 people worldwide. You can learn more about him and his organization at http://KevinEikenberry.com .

Dr Richard Norris, is a leadership legacy and performance coach who impacts individuals, teams and businesses creating transformational changes for greater success. From a competitive swimmer to a veterinarian doing eyelid surgery on leopards to an army officer responsible for security and animal welfare now Richard is an award-winning business coach, business development strategist, applauded speaker, writer and author. Richard’s own success journey his been dynamic and diverse. Richard’s new book, “Hoof it! 7 Key Lessons on Your Journey of Success” provides high performance tips and tools you can’t live without in today’s program.

Brain and neuroscience are now coming together to provide an inside look at what is effective in leadership development. Our guest today has been called a neurotransmitter of linking up neuroscience with leadership and business practices. David Rock is one of the thought leaders in the global coaching profession. The coaching system he developed in the mid-90’s has been taught to over 10,000 professionals worldwide. He is the founder of Results Coaching Systems, which is helping global organizations such as EDS, AIG and NASA build coaching cultures. He is the author of three books, recently ‘Quiet Leadership’ and the soon to be released ‘Coaching with the Brain in Mind’. David is also the founder of the NeuroLeadership Summit, a global initiative bringing neuroscientists and leadership experts together to build a new science of leadership development. He is collaborating closely with several senior neuroscientists on research.

Pam is an internationally known business performance expert, author, and professional speaker. She is the founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc. (BAI), based in Glen Rock, NJ. Since 1991, BAI has helped companies by accelerating progress toward their key business objectives. Pam’s in-depth knowledge of the impact of organizational issues on innovation, business growth and profitability is based upon over 20 years of internal and external consulting to entrepreneurial, middle market, and Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries, all going through extraordinary growth and change. Pam is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results. She has been quoted in prominent media outlets including: Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Red Herring, Entrepreneur, and major newspapers across the United States.

Dr. Marcia Reynolds has a passion for discovering and sharing how the brain works, especially the brains of today's smart, strong women. Her new book Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction was released in June and reached #1 in Leadership and Management books for women on Amazon. She is the also the author of the book Outsmart Your Brain and has been in many publications including Harvard Communications Newsletter, U.S. Business Review, Cosmopolitan and The New York Times and has appeared on ABC World News. She is also a regular blogger for Huffington Post and Psychology Today. You can watch videos and download the first chapter of Wander Woman at www.WanderWomanBook.com. Reynolds is past president of the International Coach Federation (ICF). She was one of the first 25 people to earn the designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC) and was instrumental in designing the certification and accreditation programs for the ICF.

Dr. Noel M. Tichy Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, is the director of the Global Business Partnership, which for over a decade ran the Global Leadership Program, a 36-company consortium of Japanese, European and North American companies who partnered to conduct action research on globalization in China, India, Russia and Brazil. In 2003 he launched the Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative in Partnership with General Electric, Procter & Gamble and 3M, to create a national model partnership for opportunities between business and society emphasizing free enterprise and democratic principles. He recently has partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of American to build a world class capability for leadership development, and is currently partnered with two charter schools in Texas, Uplift Education & IDEA, to develop their leadership capacity. Professor Tichy also conducts the LEADERSHIP JUDGMENT PROGRAM executive workshop at the U

Drs. Greenberg and Nadler are into their 3rd year on Voice America. They will explore their focus for 2011 and will look back at 2010 highlights of the best and worst leadership in action. They will unpack some of the key components on how leaders succeed and fail. Looking through the lenses of Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology and Happiness they will examine how the person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg rates on Emotional Intelligence leadership and identify any derailers. What competencies did the Chilean miners use to use survive for almost 3 months 2300 feet below the ground. In addition they will share examples of leadership challenges they face every day in organizations where they consult, coach and train and what are some of the solutions that will help you with similar challenges. Come and enjoy hearing these experts talk about real issues and practical solutions.

Relly the co-host of Leadership Development News and his fifth book Leading with Emotional Intelligence will be the focus of this show. It is published by McGraw-Hill, a 2011 release and out now. It contains over 100 strategies on how to raise the EI for leaders and their teams and includes 7 EI Profiles of leaders in action, EI Hiring questions, EI Star Profile Assessment , the Derailer Detector and the Meeting Menace checklist and much more. Relly has coached CEOs, presidents and their staffs, developed and delivered innovative leadership programs for such organizations as Anheuser-Busch, BMW, EDS, MCI, DreamWorks Animation and Vanguard Health Systems. Relly is known for his practical easy to use tools and is a sought-after speaker and consultant on leadership, emotional intelligence, teambuilding, and executive coaching. Get your FREE EI assessments and action plan at: leadingwithei.com or you can reach him at: www.truenorthleadership.com

Are you a busy executive who needs more sources of positive energy? The single most important thing you can do to increase your level of health, wealth, and success in your life is to increase your level of happiness. Marci Shimoff, star of The Secret Video and the undisputed expert on the Law of Attraction, shows you how happiness is the shortcut to anything. Tune into Marci to hear about her book “Happy for No Reason” and learn the remarkable secrets to her seven-step process to easily and systematically raise your everyday level of happiness.

KAREN FRIEDMAN is a leading international communications expert who has worked with executives on four continents. A former award-winning television news anchor and reporter whose breaking coverage of local and national events has aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America and Nightline. She now leads Karen Friedman Enterprises, Inc. which teaches executives, spokespeople and celebrities across the globe how to make the most of every interview, appearance, meeting and presentation. Catch today’s program to learn tips and tools for winning leadership presentations!

Ann Farrell worked for 30 years in a various leadership roles at NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, FORTUNE 200 COMPANY. SHE IS the only woman to rise from entry level to the top of the house in its 150-year history of this Fortune 200 company. She has combined her years of corporate experience with coaching best practices to create trademarked programs and tools for more than 50 Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and wildly successful individuals. Her client companies include The Chicago Cubs Organization, General Electric (GE), Navistar International, Allstate Insurance Company, British Petroleum (BP), and Alcoa Corporation She is an executive, business and leadership coach who ignites high performance in people and organizations through “Revealutionary Leadership”. Her passion for empowering people to fully step into their personal and professional best is at the heart of my coaching.

As an author of the “You Plan” and speaker, Dr. Woody focuses on the psychology of communication, leadership, and career re-engagement. As a coach and consultant, Dr. Woody works with clients on career development and building management/leadership capacity. Dr. Woody is also the founder of DrWoody.com a dynamic media site dedicated to work-life issues and career entrepreneurialism in the new economy. Dr. Woody also serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the Florida International University Center for Leadership. Dr. Woody served as a management and human resources consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC) and for IBM Business Consulting Services in Washington DC. From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Woody wrote a regular column for Go Jobing magazine on issues around hiring and coaching. Dr. Woody has been quoted in the Miami Herald, Miami Today, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel as an expert on career re-engagement.

Today’s show will feature the co-hosts, Dr. Cathy Greenberg and Dr. Relly Nadler sharing their expertise on leadership development. Together they have over 50 years of experience helping leaders and their teams become star performers. They have created the Xcel Institute to accelerate leadership development in your organization. Their mission is to meet the demands for leaders who can coach others to perform in the top 10% with high emotional intelligence. They will explain the benefits of the Institute for experienced and emerging leaders. Their collaboration brings leaders a handbook of cutting edge tools drawn from positive psychology, the science of happiness, emotional and social intelligence, executive coaching, neuroscience and years of work in the trenches with CEOs and top executives and their teams.

Harvey Mackay is author of five New York Times bestsellers. His first two books -- Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware The Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt -- have been translated into 37 languages and distributed in 80 countries. Both books were New York Times #1 bestsellers and are also listed by the Times among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time. Harvey’s latest book is Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You, arrived Feb. 22, 2010. His book We Got Fired! … And It’s The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Us (2004) became his third New York Times #1 bestseller. His books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He also is one of America's most popular and entertaining business speakers, speaking -- on average – once a week to Fortune 500-size companies and associations. Today we will hear Harvey’s job search secrets no one else will tell you.

Dan Siegel is a physician and a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist whose pioneering work on bringing brain science into the practice of psychotherapy has made him a well-known speaker throughout the world. Dr. Siegel is the founding editor of a series of over a dozen books for mental health practitioners in the emerging field of interpersonal neurobiology. He is the author of the The Developing Mind and The Mindful Brain, and is a clinical professor at the UCLA school of medicine. He has been asked to present his work on MINDSIGHT to audiences that have included His Holinesses The Dalai Lama and Pope John Paul II as well as judges, policy-makers, therapists, the nation’s public school superintendents and the National Institute of Mental Health. MINDSIGHT: The New Science of Personal Transformation helps harness the power of our minds to resculpt the neural pathways of our brains in ways that can be life-transforming. Come hear about the new science.

Representing a new generation of life and relationship coaches, Dr. Nicole has changed the lives of all who dared to strive for their personal best. Her passion and championing of clients is what many have said sets her apart. Author of “A Woman’s True Purpose: Live Like You Matter”, she inspires you to confront avoidance, take ownership of the truth, and make choices that result in more fulfilling careers, relationships, and experiences. As the CEO of Volition Enterprises, Inc. and former Director of Training and Organization Development for News Corporation, parent company of all FOX entities, her consulting career included work with professionals from 20th Century Fox, Fox Sports, Fox Searchlight, Fox News, Anheuser-Busch Corporation, and Southwestern Bell, to name a few. Nicole’s doctorate is in Organizational Psychology, come listen to her give life enhancing tips. Her website is www.askdrnicole.com