The Leading Speakers Bureau

Director of Entrepreneurial Leadership Centre, Thought Leader & Author

Colin Turner is an extraordinary entrepreneur with a flair for unlocking business and personal success in others. He is presently the President of Futuremedia Learning, the UK’s leading learning and brand communications company as well as Vice President of Business Bureau liaising with the UK Government on improving business practise. The author of 18 books published in 38 languages, with over two million copies enjoyed by readers, he shares remarkable knowledge on all aspects of successful entrepreneurial thinking. He is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship, referred to by Business Age as ‘Europe’s foremost teacher for business success’.

“A leading authority on business, lifestyle and management” Time

[expand title=”In detail”] A leading authority on success, business, management and lifestyle, Colin Turner, a.k.a The Monaco Mentor, is the Patron of Determined to Succeed; providing personal development learning tools for Schools in Scotland. Combining Eastern philosophy and contemporary Western experience into a practical format for daily use, he is consistently in demand with some of the world’s most recognised global corporations; Pfizer appointed him as their external change agent to attain leading market position. He was also instrumental in developing BT’s global customer service strategy. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Concentrating on the entrepreneurial characteristics that are essential for growth, he shows audiences how to increase focus, performance and productivity. In his presentations, he propels both teams and individuals to develop their personal and career paths to success. As an internationally respected keynote speaker, Colin Turner has the very real ability to inform and inspire people while igniting within them a fresh approach to business and life. He shares proven techniques gained over 35 years experience of building his own, successful enterprises and working closely with cutting edge leaders of the world’s most profitable organizations.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His dynamic, highly inspirational and thought-provoking presentations are specifically tailored to deliver real value, ensuring a memorable conference that delivers the best impact for the messages you wish to impart. His tough, no holds barred, uncensored style, whether for leading organizations, business owners and entrepreneurs, works.[/expand]
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Professor of Competitiveness

Colin Coulson-Thomas is the UK’s first Professor of Competitiveness.

He is the principal author of a widely used methodology for designing and re-engineering board and management processes.

An authority on board and director development, he has worked with the boards of over 70 commercial and public sector organisations.

Expert strategic reviewer and developer of board and director performance.

[expand title=”In detail”] He has facilitated many strategic reviews, such as the session of G10 chairmen that established the vision and mission of the TEC movement and the role of the TEC secretariat.

Currently, he delivers a programme of bespoke and in-house master classes for board members and senior management teams.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Focusing on the board’s role in corporate transformation, he shows you how to improve board performance and that of the directors within it.

His unparalleled expertise on corporate change and creating entrepreneurial drive are not to be missed.[/expand]
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Multi Award Winning Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author

Jo Haigh is an independent General and Corporate Financier with extensive skills in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and general management as well as an Entrepreneur. She has bought and sold over 300 companies in the last 20 years specialising in owner managed companies. She is currently a partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Corporate Finance Services LLP.

Jo has won speaker of the year award in Vistage and is “the speaker most in demand”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1989 she founded her own business, the fds Group, a training and consultancy organisation. Over the past years she has held numerous non-executive roles in various different companies and is a regular presenter for the Institute of Directors on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. She is a visiting Fellow at the Leeds University where she delivers lectures on Corporate Governance. In her distinguished career, Jo has been has been awarded various accolades including the IOD Business Adviser of the Year Award (2006/07) and Business Woman of the Year 2005/06.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]With her extensive knowledge in Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Corporate Finance and Boardroom Management she offers essential and effective advice how to improve boardroom dynamics, improve company finances and how to effectively grow and sell a business. An astute businesswoman and entrepreneur herself, Jo Haigh has assisted over five hundred company CEO’s by giving them the tools to make their businesses survive and thrive even in difficult times.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Jo is an inspirational and highly motivated speaker with a firm, but common sense approach and the ability to hold and inspire even the most sceptical groups. Her passion, financial and legal knowledge together with her willingness to help others makes her a highly sought after speaker today.[/expand]
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Author and Inspirational Workplace Guru

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”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to founding GCC in 2002, Judith worked for 20 years as a psychotherapist, while founding and leading a psychotherapy training centre in London. She then moved into the business arena and spent 10 years as a consultant in leadership and management development, working with global companies. She has facilitated and coached a wide range of senior leaders in a variety of business settings. She is known for providing strong, rigorous support that includes giving tough messages. Using her experience of psychology she is able to do this in a way that maintains self-esteem and allows the person to move forward in a positive way.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]A motivational speaker, Judith can speak about the opportunities provided by the present recession, particularly in the area of Employer of Choice. A positive company culture and motivated employees will make the difference between success and failure in challenging economic conditions. Judith will help companies see how they can create a culture that invites opportunity and embraces the change in a positive and highly productive way.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Judith is an engaging and accessible speaker, who can help you and your audience understand what it takes to become an Employer of Choice, including the business benefits this brings; the value of Inspirational Managers and the support they provide in tough times, plus how to manage and retain your high achievers. She is also part of our Top Women keynote speakers. [/expand]
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Ecologist, Conservationist, Environment and Climate Change Expert, and Writer

Julian Caldecott has spent more than 20 years promoting biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability around the world. Major themes in his work include integrating development and conservation, promoting sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity and ecosystems, and exploring ways to finance conservation sustainably. In recent months, he has assessed a five-year EC project on coastal ecosystem conservation in Thailand, and has been writing and editing books for UNEP.

“An ecologist on a mission”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 2003, Julian led a division at the United Nations Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, responsible for global assessment of ecosystem status and threats, and the valuation of ecosystem services. In 2005, he joined the UNEP Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force to help assess the impacts of the Great Tsunami in Sri Lanka, and to improve environmental security by restoring various coastal ecosystems. In 2006 he was Senior Technical Adviser at the UNEP with special responsibility for environmental restoration in the Indian Ocean region. He has taught seminars and examined graduate dissertations at several universities including Cambridge, Hawaii, Kiel, Dalhousie, Australian National and Sydney.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Julian is a scientifically-trained independent practitioner of sustainable development, with special interest and experience in biodiversity, ecosystems, environmental services and participatory and community-based management of natural resources. He believes passionately that through education, consultation and action, we can all help to reduce the damage that we are doing to the biosphere – the thin skin of life on Earth. His aim is to make the workings of the biosphere clear to all, so that we can understand how and why to start living on the Earth as if we intended to stay.[/expand]
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One of the leading European liberal economists, Global adviser for the President of South Korea and Chair the India France economic council

Prof. Guy Sorman is considered one of the leading European liberal economists. He has held several public offices, including advisor to the prime minister of France (1995-1997), Member of the National Commission for Human Rights and deputy mayor of Boulogne (since 1995), near Paris. In 2008, he was appointed as Global adviser for the President of South Korea. Since 2000 he chairs the India France economic council, since 2007 a syndicated columnist for Project Syndicate and since 2009 he is the President of the Boulogne – Billancourt Economic Council.

“A leading French thinker”

[expand title=”In detail”] Guy Sorman has been awarded the highest Argentinian and Brazilian distinctions: The Order of May and the Southern Cross. He taught economics at the Paris Institute of Political Sciences from 1970 to 2000 and at many other Universities over the globe. In 1985, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford, Hoover Institution. He is a regular columnist for Le Figaro in France, the Wall Street Journal and City Journal (contributing editor) in the US, Dong A in Korea, Fakt in Poland , La Nacion in Argentina, and other publications around the world. In 1975, Guy Sorman founded Editions Sorman, a publishing company specialized in Economics and Legal affairs.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Guy Sorman has renovated classic liberalism by showing how it could lead any country towards growth, in any civilization: culture, religion, tradition, even political institutions. He explains how obstacles to development can be overcome when the right economic policy is implemeted. He advises governments and organisations worldwide on the importance of a rational and economically sound answer to ecological anxieties.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Human rights leader, Government advisor and leading economist, Guy Sorman expertly provides his worldwide audiences with whole new perspective on economics, China, India and other global issues.[/expand]
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The UK’s Guru of Motivation and Chairman of the Richard Denny Group

Richard Denny is the most inspirational business speaker in the UK and over the past 20 years he has become a legend on the international speaking circuit. His company, the Richard Denny Group, is recognised at the forefront of business training on selling, leadership and management, customer care and business growth.

Richard has had a fascinating career, brought up in a rectory his father was a Rector Baronet – he chose agriculture!! From this he branched out into building a successful farm food wholesale business.

[expand title=”In detail”] Richard has authored and presented over 30 training videos. He is the author and presenter of 3 audio albums. His 5 books are international best sellers and have been translated into over 20 languages.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his keynote presentations Richard offers audiences an informative and fresh approach to selling and leadership, he is also acknowledged as an accomplished conference chairman and facilitator.[/expand]
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Leading Futurologist, who addresses issues both present and future that impact on the process of management decision-making

Dr James Bellini is a leading futurologist and author with a considerable reputation as a thought-provoking speaker and moderator at top-level management conferences and business schools around the world. James has spent more than twenty-five years as a respected TV broadcaster, futures analyst and writer with a strong focus on social, economic and technological trends up to Horizon 2025.

“A historian of the future”

[expand title=”In detail”] After an early academic career James joined the US-headquartered futurology ‘think tank’, the Hudson Institute, as its first British member. He subsequently moved to the BBC to present The Money Programme, Newsnight, and Panorama. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his outstanding work throughout his career. For seven years he was a studio presenter with Financial Times Television and Sky News. James has written many books and special reports and is a regular contributor to leading publications.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr Bellini addresses issues both present and future that impact on the process of management decision-making. He focuses on a number of specific but interrelated areas of direct relevance to business and government.[/expand]
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Professor of Marketing and Best-Selling Author

Jagdish Sheth is a renowned scholar and world authority in the field of marketing. His insights on global competition, strategic thinking and customer relationship management are considered revolutionary. He is currently the Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and is one of only four Americans ever honoured with the Viktor Mataja Medal from the Austrian Research Society in Vienna for his contributions to advertising and consumer research.

“Rated as one of the ten top marketing professors in the US”

[expand title=”In detail”] A prolific author, Jagdish Sheth has published more than 200 books and research papers in different areas of marketing and business strategy. Many of these are considered classic references. Prior to his present position he was a distinguished faculty member at the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois, Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award and the Charles Coolidge Parlin Award which are the two highest awards given by the American Marketing Association.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jagdish Sheth’s timely advice promises to aid business leaders looking to develop immediate and long-term strategies for improving their competitive position. His well-founded knowledge on strategic thinking, customer relationship management as well as his experience about how to do business in India and China is invaluable for businesses world-wide.[/expand]
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Leading Authority on Organisational Design, Change and Development

Professor Dr. Jay Galbraith was until the year 2000 Professor at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne; he is also Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Effective Organisation and Professor of Management and Organisation at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Galbraith has specialised in organisation design, change and development with particular emphasis on international partnering arrangements including joint ventures and network organisations. His studies have covered the formation and development of joint ventures between Asian and Western companies. He is currently researching the rapid reconfiguration of organisation units to meet the changing demands of cross boundary customers and markets. His research has been the basis of numerous articles for professional journals as well as the six books he has published. His most recent work “Designing Organisations: An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure and Process” is a balanced perspective of organisation design principles. The title for his forthcoming book (end of 1999) is: “The Global Organisation”.

[expand title=”In detail”] Dr. Galbraith directed his own management consulting firm prior to joining the faculty of the USC. He has also been a faculty member of the Sloan School of Management at MIT and the Wharton School at Pennsylvania University. He has been consultant to numerous companies and entities in the United States, Europe Asia, and South America.[/expand]
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