The Leading Speakers Bureau

Leading Authority on Leadership

David Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources.

“Competitive success is a function of organizational excellence.”

David Ulrich 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”] David Ulrich is the Editor of Human Resource Management Journal, serves on the editorial board of 4 other journals, and participates in board and advisory work for consulting and professional firms. He has been listed by Business Week as one of the world’s ‘top ten educators’ in management and the top educator in ‘human resource issues’. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]His teaching and research addresses the question: how to create an organization that adds value to customers and investors? He studies how organizations change, build capabilities, learn, remove boundaries and leverage human resource activities. In 2009 and 2007 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]David Ulrich’s cutting-edge presentations provide an invaluable overview of the most promising developments in HR management. He is a thought provoking speaker with a wealth of experience.[/expand]
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Leading Authority on Organisational Behaviour

Jeffrey Pfeffer is one of the most recognized experts in the field of organizational management. He has taught executive seminars in 27 countries in addition to lecturing in management development programs and consulting for many companies, associations, and renowned universities such as Harvard Business School. He currently sits on the board of directors for five companies and is also a member of the visiting committee for the Harvard Business School as well as on the advisory board for MTW Corporation, a software and computer consulting company.

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Each person is interesting and useful for learning about power, and many are and have been very effective, in their own way.”

Jeffrey Pfeffer 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”] Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1979 and obtained his PhD in Business Administration. He is a member and Fellow of the Academy of Management and a member of the Industrial Relations Research Association. He has won the Richard D. Irwin award for Scholarly Contributions to Management as well as several awards for books and articles.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jeffrey skilfully blends the latest academic research with pragmatic organizational know-how. With his unique understanding of business dynamics he puts in place a foundation for rethinking corporate concepts.[/expand]
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Associate Professor at the Institute of International Business (IIB) at the Stockholm School of Economics and Innovation speaker

Amid the madness and hyperbole surrounding the new economy, Dr. Kjell A. Nordström is a guru of the new world of business. The 2005 Thinkers 50, the world’s first ranking of management thinkers, ranked Nordström and his partner Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle at number 9 in the world and number one in Europe. He is presently Associate Professor at the Institute of International Business (IIB) at the Stockholm School of Economics. His research and consulting focus is on the areas of corporate strategy, multinational corporations and globalization.

“Only imagination and innovation place societies, organisations and individuals on centre-stage”

Dr. Kjell Nordström 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”] Kjell holds an Economic Licentiate degree and a doctoral degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. Kjell has been responsible for the International Business course at the Stockholm School of Economics and is one of the founders of the schools most prestigious management programs, “The Advanced Management Program – AMP”. AMP is a five-week top-management program that attracts the elite of Scandinavian executives. He is also on the board of directors of several companies.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Presenting a manifesto of what is required from organisations and their leaders, he delivers powerful and sharp messages to test your views of business. He challenges the validity of conventional approaches in today’s world, yet submits real and alternative strategies for sustainability.[/expand]
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Renowned Expert on Leadership and Best-selling Author

John P. Kotter, a world-renowned expert on leadership at the Harvard Business School, has been the premier voice on how the best organizations actually “do” change. His international bestseller ‘Leading Change’ — which outlined an actionable, 8-step process for implementing successful transformations — became the change bible for managers around the world.

In October 2001, Business Week magazine rated John Kotter the No.1 “leadership guru” in America

John Kotter 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”] Prof. Kotter is a graduate of MIT and Harvard. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1972. In 1980, at the age of thirty-three, he was voted tenure and a full professorship. His honours include an Exxon Award for Innovation in Graduate Business School Curriculum Design. In 1996, ‘Leading Change’ was named the No 1 management book of the year and in 1998, ‘Matsushita Leadership’ won the Financial Times Book Award for biography/autobiography. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Professor Kotter’s goal is to mobilize an audience to action, spurring them to re-examine their practices and provide more leadership in their spheres of activity. The process he uses is not the norm at business meetings. His method is both intellectual and emotional. It involves audience participation as well as one-way lecturing. In 2009 and 2007 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his presentations he uses humour, videotape, prepared slides, case studies and a little theatrical flourish. He presents to groups as small as ten and as large as many thousands. Audience members are quite often senior executives in their organisations but may also be middle managers, staff, or mixed groups. Regardless of the group size or make-up, audience feedback is consistently positive and enthusiastic.[/expand]
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World Renowned Thought Leader in Human Resources and Leadership Development

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better – by achieving positive, lasting change in behaviour: for themselves, their people and their teams. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources – America’s top HR honour. Dr. Goldsmith is co-founder of Marshall Goldsmith Partners, a network of top-level executive coaches and he served as a member of the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years.

“The American Management Association named Dr. Goldsmith as one of 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.“

[expand title=”In detail”] Dr. Goldsmith’s Ph.D. is from UCLA. He teaches executive education at Dartmouth’s Tuck School and frequently speaks at leading business schools. His work has been recognized by almost every professional organization in his field. In 2006 Alliant International University honoured Marshall by naming their schools of business and organizational studies – the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Marshall is one of a select few advisors who have been asked to work with over 80 major CEO’s and their management teams. He consistently delivers top-rated keynotes, seminars and workshops and is renowned across the globe as one of the most influential and successful human resources and leadership development specialists.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Tailoring each presentation to perfectly match client’s needs, Marshall Goldsmith’s brilliantly delivered keynotes are filled with a wealth of useful actionable information which is invaluable to organisations worldwide.[/expand]
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International Drummer, Motivator, Educator

Born in L.A, Mark Schulman has developed a career as a successful and multi-faceted musician performing as a drummer for rock, pop and jazz at numerous concerts and for a huge variety of internationally celebrated artistes. His work as a first class motivator is outstanding as he communicates with audiences across the globe who are stunned by his incredible life changing seminars. Mark has gained a reputation as an outstanding keynote speaker and motivator working with a huge variety of top clients including Cisco Systems.

“A unique motivator with a unique style”

[expand title=”In detail”] Mark Schulman is a trained audio engineer and an active educator, teaching at the Los Angeles Music Academy as well as holding drumming clinics around the world. Mark is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Create Now!. An organization founded in 1996 created to help troubled children change their lives through creative arts mentoring.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mark delivers powerful, fun and massively entertaining models for success, leadership and ‘stress busting’ drawing on his wealth of experiences and work with world-class artists. Mark draws on the most unique and effective motivational methods to inspire teamwork, increase productivity, reduce stress and stimulate productivity.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Incorporating interactive drumming, live video and remarkably unique concepts, Mark captures the audience with his non-stop entertainment and anecdotal stories from being on the road.[/expand]
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Fund Management Guru

Nicola Horlick is a senior fund manager and the CEO of Bramdean Asset Management LLP. Nicola has worked in the fund management industry for over twenty-five years and has participated in the growth of some of the UK’s premier asset management businesses.

“A leading fund management guru”

[expand title=”In detail”] Nicola joined SG Warburg as a graduate trainee in 1983, which became Mercury Asset Management. In 1991, she joined Morgan Grenfell Asset Management as Director and became Managing Director of the fund management division of the UK business in 1992. Over the next four years, funds under her management rose from £4 billion to £22 billion. After leaving Morgan Grenfell, Nicola took six weeks out to write her autobiographical account of her daughter’s traumatic treatment for leukaemia, revealing the real woman behind the headlines. The book was called ‘Can You Have It All?’ and the proceeds went to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1997, Nicola co-founded the UK arm of Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), pulled in £7 billion worth of investments for SGAM and also took time off to have her sixth child.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Nicola is highly respected for having survived an extensive array of challenging experiences in her life both personally and professionally and under the intense gaze of the national media. Drawing from these experiences, Nicola provides her audiences with practical insights into the drive and energy needed to succeed in today’s world. She shares invaluable advice on leadership and the work-life balance and is immensely popular with a variety of audiences.[/expand]
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Leading Business Advisor, Author and Leadership speaker

Ram Charan is an acclaimed business advisor, consultant and a well-known author. He is famous among senior executives for his ability to solve difficult business problems. For more than thirty-five years, Dr. Charan has worked behind the scenes with top executives at some of the world’s most successful companies advising them on their business strategies. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers.

“…even more than his dedication, it’s his insights that have won him the ear of hundreds of top managers…” Fast Company

Ram Charan 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”] Dr. Charan’s started his business career as a teenager working in a family shoe shop in India. He received an engineering degree, an MBA and doctorate degree from Harvard Business School. After his doctorate degree, he served on the Harvard Business School faculty. He has taught for 30 years at the General Electrics (GE) Leadership Centre at Crotonville and is the recipient of their Bell Ringer Award (Best Teacher). He also won Best Teacher Award at Wharton and Northwestern and was among Business Week’s top ten resources for in-house executive development programmes.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr. Charan is well known for providing advice that is down to earth and relevant and that takes into account the real-world complexities of business. Drawing from his extensive knowledge he gained from working with hundreds of organizations, Ram Charan not only advises businesses on their strategies but also provides them with the tools that are necessary to drive success and achieve profitable growth.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Ram Charan’s energetic and interactive sessions are filled with a host of highly useful information, yet are delivered in an easily digestible format and offer invaluable advice to top business leaders around the world. He is also part of our Top Leadership speakers.[/expand]
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Expert on the Middle East and Former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser

Professor Chuck Freilich is a highly respected specialist on the Middle East. As co-director of a Middle Eastern affairs consultancy, his primary areas of expertise are US-Mid East policy and Israeli national security policy. He teaches political science at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities and is also a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School, where he is writing a book on Israeli national security decision making.

“A revitalized U.S.-Israel strategic dialogue is more vital than ever”

[expand title=”In detail”] Professor Freilich was Israeli’s Deputy National Security Adviser and a Senior Analyst at the Israel Ministry of Defense, focusing on strategic affairs. He was Policy Advisor to a cabinet minister and a Delegate at the Israeli Mission to the UN. He was also the Executive Director of two non profit organizations and served in the Israel Defense Forces for five years (reserve major). Prof. Freilich earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Few are better positioned to talk in depth about the current state of the political and economic situation in the Middle East than Chuck Freilich. With a wealth of hands on experience he offers an insider’s perspective to businesses, not only of US/Middle East relations but also of the opportunities that will present themselves to the region in the future.[/expand]
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Olympic Coach and Gold Medal Winning Rower

Few Olympians have made the transition from athlete to coach as smoothly as Tim Foster. After achieving his goal of winning a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 Tim Foster retired from international rowing. Continuing to be involved in the sport at the highest level, Tim joined the UK Sport-sponsored Elite Coach Programme in 2004. In January 2007, he became the Head Coach of the Swiss national rowing squad.

“Tim Foster is one of the UK’s most determined and dedicated athletes”

[expand title=”In detail”] Tim Foster began rowing at Bedford Modern School and competed in the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987 and 1988. In the latter he competed in a pair with a Matthew Pinsent. He became the first British rower to win gold medals at two consecutive Junior Worlds. From there he proceeded into the senior squad.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]The quintessential Olympic champion Tim is a great motivator and using the lessons he learned on the way to achieving his Olympic gold medal, he shows audiences how to achieve their own goals and sets them on the path to winning ways both on a professional and personal basis.[/expand]
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