The Leading Speakers Bureau

Leading Management Strategist

Dr. Kenichi Ohmae is an acclaimed management strategist renowned for his work on globalisation and the borderless economy. He is a concert playing flutist, a nuclear physicist, would-be politician, a former McKinsey consultant and much more. He is also the dean of two private schools in Tokyo: Isshinjuku, which studies public policy, and Attacker’s Advantage, which studies Entrepreneurship. He is also the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public and Social Research.


The Financial Times called Kenichi Ohmae “Japan’s only Management Guru”

Kenichi Ohmae 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

[expand title=”In detail”] A graduate of Waseda Unversity and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohmae joined McKinsey consultants in 1972 after the completion of his PhD at MIT. He spent 23 years at McKinsey where he cofounded its strategic management practice, eventually leaving to stand for the Governorship of Tokyo in 1995.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]His special area of expertise is formulating creative strategies and developing the organizational concepts to implement them. Some of the world’s most successful companies continue to seek his help in shaping their competitive global strategies. He urges executives to tap into the new global stage and its new platforms of economic power and growth.[/expand]
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Global Business Specialist

John A. Caslione is a global business specialist.

He is founder, president and CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc. – a global marketing and sales organisation – that supports organisations with their global business strategy.

Currently, he also lectures on the global economy and global business development at Institute for Management Development, IMD, in Lausanne, and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

He shows you how to take advantage of global opportunities.

[expand title=”In detail”] Furthermore, he is co-founder and co-managing partner of GCS Business Capital GmbH, which specialises in advising European and Chinese small and medium size enterprises, SMEs, in globalising their business. The University of New York is where he gained his Bachelors of Science and MBA, and he gained his Doctorate of Law from Illinois Institute of Technology.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Combining case study examples with his wealth of experience he shows you how to address the most challenging of global business issues. Thriving in the global business market is broken down into what, how and when. He looks at what your competitive advantage is, how to develop a global strategy and when, where and who your marketing messages should reach.[/expand]
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Guru of Personal Reinvention

Watt Nicoll MP is a coach and motivator extraordinaire.

He insists on MP after his name as a public declaration of being a Motivated Person.

Motivator for the Everton Football team, he has helped take them from relegation candidates to a top 6 team in his first season.

He has developed a process of self-education and awareness, which has distinguished him as a world-class resource for the development of human potential

Innovator of developing human potential

[expand title=”In detail”] In his pursuit of excellence, he is a regular contributor to BBC Radio and subject of a BBC2 Television documentary. Also, he is a board member of Young Enterprise Scotland.

His programmes are built on the basis that successful organisations share an ability to engage high performance people within their organisations.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Shake off mediocrity and live up to your potential by taking advantage of his non-traditional training techniques.

Discover how to release untapped energy and creativity of existing personnel to uphold success and profitability.[/expand]
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Authority on the Future of Management/IT, Professor of Forecasting

James Woudhuysen is one of Europe’s best-known independent speakers and writers on the future. James helps clients master new trends in society and innovation, so as to implement major shifts in corporate strategy and innovation. He frequently broadcasts about the future of the workplace on Radio 4’s You and Yours, and writes for spiked (London) and Novo (Frankfurt). He is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Consumer Behaviour.

In 1996 staff at Phillips nominated James as ‘Motivator of the Year’

[expand title=”In detail”] A physics graduate and author of several books, James is Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester. In the 1980s he co-directed Britain’s first major study into the future of e-commerce (‘teleshopping’ in those days). He then moved to the Henley Centre, Britain’s best-known think-tank on EU markets, where he built up the firm’s forecasting on the broader future of IT and proposed, in 1992, that the Internet be delivered over TV. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]He offers a highly visual, very witty, but deadly serious alternative to myths about the future of work, consumers and IT. An inspirational opponent of politically correct trends in management and beyond, he spells out what to do and how to do it in controversial but deeply insightful style.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]James is a master at explaining ‘The Big Picture’ in a way that convincingly suggests ‘What To Do Next’. Reinforced by brilliant visuals, he first makes complex issues simple and then makes them sizzle.[/expand]
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Former CEO of Burger King

Barry Gibbons earned the title of ‘Turnaround Champ’ from Fortune Magazine thanks to his phenomenal success in boosting Burger King’s fortunes. Within a year of taking on the role, Burger King was opening two new restaurants a day around the world. Having retired from big business, he is now a successful author, speaker and is co-founder of the UK publishing business Infinite Ideas.

Believing that managing isn’t enough he debates what it really takes to be distinct in your leadership, product development, service delivery and customer relationships

[expand title=”In detail”] During Barry’s 5 years as the US-based Chairman/CEO of Burger King he received international acclaim. He has since co-founded and invested in a variety of ventures including a branded food service business, a magazine-CD publishing company, speciality coffee bars and a Latin theme restaurant that opened in Disneyland. He was also Executive in Residence at the University of Miami School of Business and is a regular on the BBC’s Bottom Line business broadcast.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Barry has made over 250 speeches to blue-chip corporate audiences on four continents. His aim is to show audiences – internal and external – how to stay ahead in fast changing and unpredictable markets.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With his Anglo-Irish charm he shows how to lead (not manage), and how to energize people who work for you, with you and above you. He illustrates how, in a world of virtually unsatisfiable customers, to develop a connection with them that is beyond satisfaction, exploring ‘intuitive marketing’. Above all, he offers ideas on how to bring it all together to get distinction and excellence in all that you do. Wit and energy are in plentiful supply from this refreshingly alternative thinker and business leader.[/expand]
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Best-Selling Author and Expert on HR, Management Issues

During his 17 years with The Gallup Organization, Marcus Buckingham has helped lead their research into the world’s best managers, leaders and workplaces. He has continued to gain experience in management practices and employee retention and has spent the last decade helping clients find and motivate their most talented employees.

“Marcus is the most engaging and useful business speaker working today. His advice is grounded in research and at the same time appeals to common sense.”

Marcus Buckingham 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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The First Female Anchor of the Prime Time Italian Rai News & Author

Lilli Gruber is a journalist and writer. She is a highly respected journalist for foreign affairs, specialised in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and gulf wars. Lilli is a member of the European Parliament and is chairman of the delegation for the relationships with the states of the Gulf; member of the commission for the civil rights, the justice and the internal affairs and member of the delegation for the relationships with Iran.

“An Italian Media Pioneer”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1987 Lilli Gruber became the first female anchor to present the TG1, Italy’s most popular television news. In 1988, she became international political correspondent for RAI, covering events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in the former Yugoslavia, the situation in the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the Iraqi war. Lilli has worked for the Italian daily newspaper La Stampa, and for Io Donna, the women’s magazine of Italy’s leading newspaper Corriere della Sera, and for magazines Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni and Anna.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Lilli uses her considerable experience to entertain and educate decision makers from all fields with her insight into world events, many of which she has witnessed firsthand.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Lilli is a well known face to television viewers. She is an experienced speaker and continues to be in great demand at a variety of prestigious events.[/expand]
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World-Renowned Leadership Expert and Author of ‘The One Minute Manager’

Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A leading management expert whose impact has been felt for over three decades. In addition to serving as chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies, Inc., the nation’s largest training firm, Ken is a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees.

Creating Organizations Where Everyone Wins

[expand title=”In detail”] Ken is a contributing editor of Quality Digest, Personal Selling Power, and the Executive Excellence newsletter. He earned his BA in government and philosophy from Cornell University, his MA in sociology and counselling from Colgate University, and his Ph.D. in educational administration and leadership from Cornell University.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Ken Blanchard identifies the needs, issues, and challenges of organisations and offers the solutions to create high performance teams and greater motivation and commitment from the workforce.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Ken Blanchard is a compelling storyteller with a unique gift for being able to inspire and rejuvenate his audience.[/expand]
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World Authority on Corporate Stress

Carole Spiers is a charismatic, motivational speaker, popular BBC guest-broadcaster and best-selling author of industry’s bible Tolley’s ‘Managing Stress in the Workplace’. With 20 years as a top industry guru on stress management and organisational change, Carole’s energy and dynamism extends to providing professional comment to the media, print and countless radio interviews and is a weekly columnist for Gulf News. A successful international entrepreneur herself, she is well-equipped to inspire others with entrepreneurship in her popular empowerment keynotes.

“The value Carole added was immeasurable. Her presentation was intelligent, interactive and energetic” Leaders of Abu Dhabi, Family Business Forum

[expand title=”In detail”] Carole’s credibility is rooted in twenty years success as CEO of the UK’s No.1 consultancy on Stress Management & Employee Wellbeing. Her focus is on developing a healthy workplace culture through the successful management of stress and organisational change underpinned by a compelling philosophy reinforced by her own experience as an Expert Witness before the UK Courts. In the UK, Carole launched National Stress Awareness day on behalf of the International Stress Management Association of which she is a Vice President. She is also Past President of the London Chapter of the Professional Speakers Association.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Carole is a high-energy speaker able to combine inspiration with insight. She has a unique ability for empowering people to change attitudes and mindsets that hold them back from unlocking their untapped potential. From the small lecture room to the major auditorium, audiences are left spellbound and wanting to bottle Carole’s energy and passion. She can carry a full-day event with confidence, either as speaker or conference chair.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Carole’s inspirational style and range of topics are equally suitable for a curtain-raiser, closing speech or a major conference. With her vibrant personality and unique flair for establishing rapport with any audience, she handles sensitive issues with an empathy and understanding born of experience, encouraging that crucial two-way dialogue that brings about positive change in people’s lives.[/expand]
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Expert on Corporate Strategy and the Learning Organization

Arie de Geus is widely recognised as the originator of many of the principles and practises underlying the “Learning Organisation” concept, and is one of the world’s most effective business strategists. He spent 38 years on three continents helping to lead Royal Dutch Shell through tumultuous times in the oil industry. After a remarkable career in scenario planning and organisational learning, Mr de Geus now helps organisations of all kinds reorganise and prepare for where their futures lead.

‘A global statesman of business change’

[expand title=”In detail”] Today, Mr de Geus continues to work closely with Peter Senge and SoL (the Society for Organizational Learning). He is also involved with the London School of Economics, has been a Visiting Fellow at London Business School and has advised many government and private institutions. He is a founder member of SoL (the Society for Organizational Learning) and of GBN (the Global Business Network).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mr de Geus’ extraordinary experience and his strategic thinking and research have given him a depth of content that matches his style and has made him one of the most sought-after speakers in the world. He talks authentically about what he himself has lived through and he applies the lessons of the past to today’s business issues with relevance and verve.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A master storyteller, Mr de Geus uses business parables to give audiences messages that stay with them long after the event has finished. [/expand]
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