Feb
22
2013
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Author and Expert on Management Subjects, HR Issues and Human Resources Speaker
Prof. David Clutterbuck is one of Europe’s best-known and innovative writers and thinkers on HR, coaching and the foremost global authority on mentoring. He has written more than 40 books on management themes, including the seminal ‘Talking Business’, the first genuinely strategic overview of employee communication strategy. He is visiting professor at Sheffield Hallam University, where he is a member of the Mentoring & Coaching Research Group, and also Oxford Brookes University. He leads the international consultancy, Clutterbuck Associates, which specialises in helping organisations develop greater capability for learning dialogue.
“Second in the list of top business coaches in the UK”
The Sunday Independent
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Aug
27
2012
Chairman Employee Engagement Task Force and Employee Engagement speaker
David MacLeod is an engaging and down-to-earth speaker well known for his work on Employee Engagement and Motivation. He is currently Chair of the Task Force on Employee Engagement launched by the Prime Minister at Number 10 in March 2011. He has a portfolio of responsibilities which include being a Non-Executive Director of the Department for International Development, and of the Ministry of Justice.
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Apr
27
2012
Author and Results Orientated Consultant and Human Resources speaker
Dr Denis Cauvier is a speaker, trainer and consultant, who has made a career out of helping his clients and audiences become financially successful. A former personal and corporate lender with two of North America’s largest banks and a financial consultant to his clients around the world, he has uncovered the traits shared by America’s wealthiest people. He also has over 20 years of experience in training and human resources
“Denis is widely recognized as North America’s top speaker on the topics of finding and keeping great staff.”
In detail
Denis has been an active member of the National Speakers Association since 1989, and is one of the founding members of the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. Denis is a certified Master Trainer in the Complete Sales Action System™ and its supplementary program Managing Complex Relationships.
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Feb
05
2010
Former CEO & Chairman of the Management Board of Gucci Group, Fortune Magazine’s European Businessman of the Year 2007 and Leadership speaker
Robert Polet joined Gucci Group in 2004 after a 26-year career at Unilever, bringing considerable global management experience and a deep knowledge of the development of consumer brands in a multicultural environment. His dynamism has helped turn around luxury goods company Gucci Group and was named as European Businessman of the Year 2007 by Fortune magazine. He encourages the people working with him to break rules and to go outside the box.
“The man who has put the extra into extravagance”
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Jan
29
2010
Pioneer of “market-based” philanthropy and Cultural Diversity speaker
Jacqueline Novogratz founded and leads Acumen Fund, a nonprofit that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. She’s become a leading voice of the new philanthropy, which emphasizes sustainable bottom-up solutions over traditional top-down aid.
One of the most innovative players shaping philanthropy today, Jacqueline Novogratz is redefining the way problems of poverty can be solved around the world. Drawing on her past experience in banking, microfinance and traditional philanthropy, Novogratz has become a leading proponent for financing entrepreneurs and enterprises that can bring affordable clean water, housing and healthcare to poor people so that they no longer have to depend on the disappointing results and lack of accountability seen in traditional charity and old-fashioned aid.
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Nov
06
2009
IMD Professor & Founding Director of the Evian Group and Human Resources speaker
Prof. Jean-Pierre Lehmann has been Professor of International Political Economy at IMD since 1997. In 1995, he launched the Evian Group, which has developed as a leading global voice on global trade and investment issues and acts as a forum for dialogue and a birth place of ideas. He was also Associate Professor of International Business at INSEAD. He is the author of several books and articles primarily dealing with globalization, modern East Asian history and East Asia and the international political economy.
“Advisor to WTO Director General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi”
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Oct
26
2009
Leading Authority on Leadership and Cultural Diversity speaker
Manfred Kets de Vries is a clinical professor of leadership development; he holds the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chair of Leadership Development at INSEAD. He is the Director of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Centre, program director of INSEAD’s top management seminar, and the program “Consulting and Coaching for Change”, and has on five occasions received INSEAD’s distinguished teacher award. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than twenty books and has published over 200 scientific papers.
“One of the world’s leading thinkers on leadership”
Manfred Kets de Vries has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers
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Oct
02
2009
Global Leader & Human Capital Management Expert and Communication speaker
Tim Ringo is a Partner in Maxxim Consulting. His main focus is helping clients develop engaged, high performing workforces aligned to corporate centre strategy and business objectives. Previously he was Vice President and Global Leader of IBM’s Human Capital Management consulting practice, based in London. He led a team of more than 1500 Human Capital consulting professionals around the world. He has over 20 years experience in helping clients create organisation and workforce performance through effective talent management strategy, processes and technologies.
“In order for enterprises to grow, they need to innovate – they must have the right people, with the right skills, in the right jobs, at the right time to drive innovation”
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Sep
30
2009
Author and Inspirational Workplace Guru and Company Culture speaker
Judith Leary-Joyce is a best-selling author and a regular presenter at conferences on the subjects of Great Company Culture, Employer of Choice; Inspirational Managers and the Psychology of Success. Her passion for excellence makes her an exciting speaker who uses stories and examples to help people understand and buy in to the concepts. Her fascination with helping companies become employers of choice began when she worked on the 2002 ’100 Best Companies to Work For’ list for the UK Sunday Times.
“Behind every excited and dedicated employee, you find an inspirational manager”
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Sep
25
2009
Psychologist and Author and Cultural Diversity speaker
Karen Moloney is a Chartered Psychologist, consultant, writer, speaker, and a Director of Moloney Minds. In 1986, conscious of the growing interest from HR in measuring competence at work, she founded Moloney and Gealy with Norman Gealy. Clients included many household names such as the British Government, the NHS, GlaxoSmithKline, Volvo, Philips, Centrica. Karen set up Moloney Minds in order to concentrate on thinking, writing, speaking and working with a smaller group of select clients worldwide.
“As a young woman, growing a successful business from nothing to turning over a million pounds was an achievement in itself, but collecting an enviable client list along the way has been a delight”
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