Becoming a Sage with Dr. Jann Freed

Paul Loper is a deep-rooted dancer, collaborative inquirer, feeling thinker, group facilitator, and committed learner. Paul has worked in 21 countries over 4+ decades, the first two of which were onstage (a few highlights: dancing with Twyla Tharp, and in two Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies; creating one-man shows in Seattle, Paris, San Francisco, and a two-person show in London). Paul earned a P...

Robert E. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Collegiate Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.  His research and writing focus on purpose, leadership, culture and change.  He is one of the co-founders of the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship and a co-founder of the Ross Center for Positive Organizations.  In terms of research, he is in the top 1% of p...

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She was honored as the #1 Communication Coach by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards and one of the Top 5 Communication Professionals in the World by Global Gurus. She is a keynote speaker and teaches f...

Pat Whitty calls himself a Modern Elder Whisperer. The “whisperer” phrase was made popular by the Horse Whisperer who is a person who has a unique understanding of the emotional and psychological needs of horses. Through his own study of health, aging, and his own transition to a Modern Elder, Pat has a unique understanding of the emotional and psychological needs of elders. He recently completed...

Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph. D. is a Professor of Management and Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, where she also serves as Director of Leadership Development for the Farmer School and the Robert D. Johnson Co-Director of the Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership.  Megan has published widely on generational differences in the workplace and is author of the...

Marcus Buckingham is a global researcher and  New York Times  best-selling author focused on unlocking strengths, increasing performance, and pioneering the future of how people work. He is the author of two of the best-selling business books of all time,  First, Break All the Rules , and  Now, Discover Your Strengths , and his tenth book,  Love + Work (Harvard Busine...

Being a long-term stage IV cancer survivor moves Kristi Nelson every day to support others in living and loving with great fullness of heart. Kristi is the Executive Director of A Network for Grateful Living. Her work in the non-profit sector over the last four decades has focused on leading, inspiring, and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. In this s...

Paul Long is an award-winning major market television news reporter, anchor, weatherman and special projects producer. He is an Emmy award winning Content Creator for www.paullongproductions.com . Paul won an Emmy for Best Documentary for A Passing of the Torch . New Way Forward is Paul’s new way forward. Bringing to bear all his experience, skill and talent as well as what he has learned himself...

Paula Harris is co-founder at WH Cornerstone Investments , a part-financial-advisor and part-dream-architect. She takes great pride in helping her clients, particularly widowed women, obtain financial peace of mind while they get back on their feet, rise up and navigate their path forward. Paula is the author of “Rise Up: A Widow’s Journal.”

Ann Latham is the author of The Power of Clarity: Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment .  By combining the rigor of her background in mathematics ( Tufts University ) with her experience advising corporate leaders from organizations as diverse as Boeing, Hitachi, PBS, United Way, and colleges and universities , Ann made the leap from solving techni...

Liz Brunner is a best-selling author, Executive Communications Coach, Motivational Speaker, Podcast Host, and Emmy award-winning journalist.  She is the author of Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams into Your Next Chapter. Mixing memoir, both personal and professional, with practical, implementable transformational tools, the book weaves her story about determination, perseve...

Brant Huddleston is the author of three books, scads of short stories and other mad musings, and the host of a podcast on how death taught him to thrive in the second half of life.  A former rock & roll guitarist, classic car restoration mechanic, tropical fish tank cleaner, inventive engineer, and business professional with IBM, he now lives with a pirate lady on Turkey's turqu...

Erica Keswin is a highly sought-after workplace strategist and coach with 25 years of hands-on experience and two Wall Street Journal bestselling books. She is a trusted guide for companies around the world looking for ways to connect their teams, increase engagement, and create a human workplace.

Ayse (pronounced Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of Fast Company’s  Most Creative People 2017  and is on the Thinkers50 Radar List of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of organizations. She is the author of  Design the Life You Love  and gives lectures on Design the Work You Love to corporations.  Ayse is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, the award-winning design and innovatio...

Carol Orsborn, Ph. D. is a recognized thought leader in the field of conscious aging and author of over 30 books translated into 15 languages including her forthcoming The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise and Older, Wiser, Fiercer: The Wisdom Collection . Dr. Orsborn received her Master of Theological Studies and Doctorate in History and Critical Theory of Religion...

John Baldoni is a globally recognized leadership educator, certified Master Corporate Executive Coach, and author of 15 books that have been translated into ten languages. John is also a member of the renowned Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. In 2021, the International Federation of Learn...

Rob Walker  is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He has contributed to  The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic,  NewYorker. Com , Design Observer, The Organist,  and many others. His latest book is  The Art of Noticing  (Knopf). He is on the faculty of the  Products of Design  M...