Leaders Of Transformation

George Goognin is a board member of the Mile Unity Foundation , a global public benefit organization educating governments and enterprises on how to apply blockchain technologies for the real economy. MUF is evangelizing digital technologies to create a fairer global economy that empowers the 4 billion people in the developing world and kickstarts economic growth worldwide. George launched his fir...

Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte is a brand builder and momentum generator. Her passion is to help entrepreneurs raise the bar and create massive value to build and deliver outstanding experiences. Isabelle's first business venture in her early 20s quickly escalated to become one of Canada's most awarded branding and creative firms; earning her prestigious international design awards and national entrepr...

Scott Smith, Esq., founder and CEO of Royal Legal Solutions, is a real estate investor and asset protection attorney in Austin, TX. He is no stranger to high stakes litigation and has spent his career deconstructing asset protection structures and developing strategies that serve both to protect what you own, as well as leverage your income and maximize your tax savings. With experience in entrepr...

The former Vice President of PepsiCo Greater China, Douglas R. Gerber is Founder and CEO of Focus One, a consulting firm that helps leaders create high performance teams. After 23 years as a corporate executive developing a reputation for building successful teams, Douglas innovated and trademarked the concept of Team Quotient (TQ), a measurement of the traits that lead to team success. He is a th...

Soft-spoken and introverted by nature, Andrea Boweya has a quiet voice but a bold message that will inspire you to believe in love again, and take the necessary steps to build a healthier, more loving relationship with yourself and others. Andrea is a registered psychotherapist, author and inspirational speaker. She has served individuals, couples and families through some of the most difficult ex...

Edutainers Amy and Jamie Honey use improv and game-play to empower companies and sales teams to build healthier cultures and greater sales and profitability. Originally from Australia, Jamie Honey has taught and facilitated Improv for many large organizations such as Warner Brother Movie World, Gold Coast Screen Academy, Phoenix Rising School, and Universal Studios Japan. A graduate of Queensland...

Maestro Roger Nierenberg is an orchestral conductor, leadership consultant, and founder of The Music Paradigm. He made his New York conducting debut at Avery Fisher with the Pro Arte Chorale and Orchestra. He was soon invited to conduct operas in two successive seasons at the Mostly Mozart Festival at New York's Lincoln Center, followed by long, successful tenures as Music Director of both the Sta...

How do you overcome setbacks and life's most difficult circumstances? Ceitci (Say-t-cee) Demirkova is the Founder and CEO of Changing a Generation , a non-profit organization dedicated to the social empowerment and educational development of orphans and underprivileged children living in impoverished communities in Eastern Europe and Africa. Growing up in communist Bulgaria, Ceitci always believed...

How can you inspire people to have the best day of their life…every day? Tony Carlston, born and raised in the pacific northwest, is an entrepreneur who founded Cutco Closing Gifts which has done over $100M in sales, founded Branding Tools Inc. which is an engraving company that employs 50 people in Vancouver, WA, and is the owner and CEO of Best Day of My Life Inc. Tony loves to travel and live a...

Andie Kramer and Al Harris are married practicing lawyers. They have been mentoring women and speaking and writing about gender communication for more than 30 years. Andie and Al offer women unique, balanced, and highly practical advice they can use to prevent gender biases from slowing or derailing their careers. Andie and Al also present arresting information and compelling examples for male aud...

35 years ago, Terry A. Smith was the stereotypical dominating leader. Today he shares how he transformed in order to become a hospitable leader that attracts high capacity leaders from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, who support each other in living life more abundantly. For the past 27 years, Terry has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC), a non-denominational...

Krister Ungerböck (unger-bahk) is a keynote speaker, CEO Coach, and global expert in The Language of Leadership. Prior to retiring at age 42, Krister was the award-winning CEO of one of the largest family-owned software companies in the world. His expertise in the Language of Leadership is based upon his unique experience as a global CEO, leading teams in three languages while observing and doing...

Jennifer Weber is an intuitive guide, life coach and author of "Always And Forever With You".  She shows people how to tap into your inner guidance so you can go forward fearlessly into the world, knowing you are guided and your life was created with purpose.  Her hope is to illustrate how, throughout your life, you are created, shaped, and given experiences which guide you into who you were meant...

Paresh Shah is a unique combination of a technology engineer, Harvard MBA, serial entrepreneur, strategist, heroic speaker, innovation trainer and trained mindfulness yogi. Prior to his role at the Non-Obvious Company, Paresh was an engineer at Northrop Grumman Aerospace and has been in technology, media and science his whole life. Paresh was also an early executive at Monitor Company, a strategic...

Tevis Trower, founder and CEO of Balance Integration, knows that working well and living well are symbiotic. Tevis is a pioneer in optimizing corporate cultures, and has been heralded as a "corporate mindfulness guru for the new millennium." She has coached powerful organizations ranging from Disney to Morgan Stanley in optimizing their most precious assets: human beings. She has created and facil...

Jeffrey S. Ton is a sought-after Information Technology speaker, author and thought leader, having led powerful teams and built successful IT departments for the past 30+ years. For over a decade, Jeff has served as Chief Information Officer with Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana and Lauth Property Group, as well as 14 years in various technology roles with Thomson Multimedia (RCA). In his cu...

What does it take to be a level 10 visionary? You need a team of level 10 executors who will deliver what was promised on time with good results. Today, Mary Shores explains exactly how to create such a team through conscious communications. Her own roller coaster life began with being abandoned at a young age and tragically losing her first child. But Mary was able to overcome life's hurdles and...

Glenn Livingston, Ph. D. is a veteran psychologist and was the long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry. Glenn and his previous work, theories, and research have been featured in major periodicals, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun Times, The Indiana Star Ledger, The NY Daily News, American...

"Do I still have time to achieve my goals? Do I have the capabilities to do it?" After a successful career as a global corporate leader responsible for building some of the world's most notable brands, John Hinkle began his own SHIFT journey. It began when his career was unexpectedly upended through a corporate merger. The event became a pivotal time of questioning and reflection, which led to the...

How do you build a successful startup and not get caught in the "growth at all costs" mindset? Brandon Bruce grew up in a tiny California town of 800 people where he only had one classmate at school and an outhouse for their bathroom. These humble beginnings set the stage for Brandon's curiosity to thrive as he was afforded the freedom to learn at his own pace. Demonstrating community involvement...

Where did you learn how to love and be in relationship? Karen Aberle, bestselling author of Love's Invisible Dance, has spent the last 30 years researching and teaching about relationship. The dance became visible to Karen through her extensive studies in the philosophy of language, an 18-year apprenticeship with Huichol shamans of central Mexico, and her own 30-year marriage. Through her leadersh...

How do we address the financial illiteracy issue in the US? Paul Vasey taught Business Studies successfully in the UK to high school and junior college students for 12 years. He ran his own department, wrote articles for a number of publications, had a teaching resource published in the UK and mentored trainee teachers. After many years within the school system, he decided to take his love for fin...

Hiring local talent and nurturing face-to-face relationships in your backyard. It may not be sexy but it works. It also serves the local community in ways that fancy big-brand tactics do not. In today's episode, Johnathan Grzybowski, a rogue risk taker turned serial entrepreneur, shares how his graphic design company ( www.penji.co ) is impacting their local community while empowering the next gen...

Does your network of connections all look and think like you? As a leader, speaker, author, and coach, Amy C. Waninger is passionate about helping others achieve their full potential at work. Amy is the Founder and CEO of Lead at Any Level LLC, which helps busy professionals develop skills in leadership, diversity and inclusion, and career management. She holds Bachelor's degrees in Criminal Justi...

What if you could bring value to a relatively untapped market of 2 billion people? Rich Donovan, founder of the Return on Disability Group and author of Unleash Different: Achieving Business Success Through Disability teaches companies like Google, PepsiCo and Nordstrom how to do exactly that. Rich is a globally recognized subject matter expert on the convergence of disability and corporate profit...