The Leading Speakers Bureau

Best-selling Author & President of the Table Group, Inc.

Patrick Lencioni is a best-selling author and president of The Table Group, a consulting firm that specialises in executive team development and organisational health. Recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on executive team development, his original leadership theories are based on consulting work with CEO’s and their teams at numerous national and international organisations around the world.

“What a huge home run! Pat Lencioni’s presentation at our MIT Birthing of Giants program was simply outstanding – he received one of the highest ratings ever” Brien Biondi CEO

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to founding The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni worked at Bain & Company, the Oracle Corporation and Sybase, where he was vice president of organisational development. He also served on the National Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America from 2000-2003.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Patrick Lencioni shares his models for leadership and organisational health and he shows decision makers how to overcome the problems that divide work units and paralyse performance. He offers solutions to key leadership issues designed to enhance workplace effectiveness and increase productivity.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A respected thought leader and insightful speaker, Patrick Lencioni tailors his presentations to precisely meet client needs by incorporating unique and invaluable information based on his comprehensive research. Wall Street Journal cited him as one of America’s 5 Top Speakers (May 2008).[/expand]
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Director of Kering, Chairman of the Board’s Sustainable Development Committee, Co-Founder & Co-Chair of The B Team, Former Chairman & CEO at Puma

Jochen Zeitz is the Director of Kering, Chairman of the board’s sustainable development committee and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of The B Team, a not-for-profit initiative that has been formed by a group of global business leaders to create a future where the purpose of business is to be a driving force for social, environmental and economic benefit. Prior to this, Zeitz served 18 years as Chairman and CEO at PUMA. In 2008, he founded the Zeitz Foundation for Intercultural Ecosphere Safety to support creative and innovative sustainable solutions that balance conservation, community development, culture, and commerce promoting an inclusive, holistic paradigm of conservation.

At the age of 30, Jochen Zeitz became the youngest Chairman in German history to head a company listed on the German Stock Exchange

[expand title=”In detail”] Jochen Zeitz graduated from the European Business School of Oestrich-Winkel with a degree in International Marketing and Finance, which he earned studying in Germany, France, and the United States. After beginning his professional career with Colgate-Palmolive in New York and Hamburg, Zeitz joined Puma in 1990. In 1993 he was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management. He reached the first major milestone within his first year as CEO, when Puma delivered its first profitable performance since 1986.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jochen Zeitz believes that if each of us were to find new ways to translate our passions into meaningful connections and make a contribution, whether small or large, towards achieving not only personal but larger social and environmental goals, then the world can undoubtedly change for the better. He strives to help his audiences listen to the experiences of others, encourages communication and collaboration, participation and creative expression, and also to protect and preserve the integrity of the ecosystems in our world.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Driven by his passion to find meaning and to create value, Jochen Zeitz is an engaging, energetic and powerful speaker.[/expand]
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Author of ‘China and the Credit Crisis: The Emergence of a New World Order’

Giles Chance is a leading expert on Chinese business, and on China’s new role in the world. He is professor at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. His experience in China over the last 20 years has given him a detailed insider’s view of doing business there and a unique perspective on the aspirations of the Chinese people. He has written articles for leading journals and spoken about China on television, radio and at conferences.

“Leading expert on China”

[expand title=”In detail”] Giles Chance was educated at Eton College, at St Andrews’ University in Scotland and at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. After military service, he spent 2 years working in the Horn of Africa prior to the famous and tragic famine of 1984 in Ethiopia, before working at the World Bank in Washington DC. He has completed numerous sales of Western technology to Chinese companies, in fields as diverse as submarine communications, transfer lines for machining auto parts, submersible pumps and black box recording systems for civil aircraft. In 2003 he originated and found backing for a successful China-focused investment bank based in London, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Evolution Securities China.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Giles Chance provides a unique view of the global economy based on many years of experience of China and of the financial services industry. He describes how China’s emergence in the 1990’s played a key role in establishing the economic conditions which led to the global credit crisis of 2007-08 and analyses China’s new global role after the crisis in relation to a number of key topics which include the future role of the US dollar, and the future of relations between China, America, the emerging world, and Taiwan and Hong Kong. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Directly involved on a full-time business basis with China since 1990, Giles Chance is an eloquent and highly informative expert on Chinese business, giving insights into what Chinese people think of Westerners, and vice-versa.[/expand]
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Lawyer & One of America’s Top Real Estate Investors & Educators

Robert Shemin is a Wealth Creation Expert who has been involved in more than five hundred real estate transactions totalling over fifty million dollars. He has been featured on CNN, Montel Williams, Leeza, HG-TV and National Public Radio and has written ten bestselling books. As a widely respected speaker he is a breath of fresh air. He is a leading expert in the critical areas of buying and selling great deals, landlording, wealth building and asset protection.

Once considered the “least likely to succeed,” Shemin was a millionaire by the age of 32

[expand title=”In detail”] Robert Shemin holds dual graduate degrees from Emory University. He has been highlighted in Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and hundreds of other newspapers and magazines. He began building his fortune in 1992 when, as a financial planner, he met an older modest-living couple that had a monthly net income of over US$ 65,000 solely from real estate properties. Inspired by what he learned from this humble couple, Robert shifted his focus to real estate and moved back to his native Nashville, Tennessee, where he developed and documented his incredible wealth building strategies and techniques.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Robert Shemin is a sought after expert on all aspects of real estate, investing and wealth building. He enjoys teaching the strategies that helped him become a multi-millionaire by the age of thirty-two and loves to help his students become millionaires and achieve their goals. Although he is a successful writer, teacher and public speaker he continues to be a full time investor who, in four months alone, was involved in the purchase of over one hundred properties while actively managing his own real estate.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An expert on wealth for CNN as well as a frequent guest on national, regional, and local television and radio programmes, Robert Shemin is a highly charismatic, captivating and entertaining motivational speaker whose presentations are loaded with perspective-altering tips and how to leverage the power of relationships in ways no one ever talks about. He wows audiences with his humour, knowledge and charm.[/expand]
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Global Strategy & Marketing Guru

Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Larréché is Professor at INSEAD, Europe’s leading business school in Fontainebleau, France, and holder of the Alfred H. Heineken Chair and is a specialist in strategic marketing. He is the founder and Director of the INSEAD Executive Programme “Strategic Management Services”, Chairman of Strat*X sa, a company specializing in strategic marketing training, London and Faculty Representative on the Board of INSEAD. Jean Claude has always combined his academic career with business activities.

Jean-Claude Larréché directs global fitness for growth at leading co-operations.

[expand title=”In detail”] In addition to his MBA from INSEAD, Jean-Claude received an MSc in Computer Sciences from the University of London and a PhD in Business from Stanford University. He has been named ‘Marketing Educator of the Year’ by Club 55, the European Community of Marketing Experts. He has twice won the ‘Overall European Case of the Year’ Award from ECCH (European Case Clearing House) for his case studies on Virgin Atlantic Airways and on First Direct. Aged just 35 he was appointed a non-executive director of the multinational firm that became ReckittBenckiser, and he kept that position for the exceptionally long tenure of 18 years.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jean-Claude Larréché is the author or co-author of many books, including ‘Markstrat’, the leading strategic marketing simulation used by more than a million executives worldwide and currently used by 25 of America’s top 30 business schools. He directs a number of activities aimed at achieving excellence in customer centricity. He highlights the capability gap, and broader issues of strategic marketing.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jean-Claude Larréché is a highly memorable speaker and leading marketing thought leader, whose eloquently delivered presentations are packed full of actionable content.[/expand]
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Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Coffee Company

Howard Schultz is a highly successful businessman and entrepreneur. He is currently chairman, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks Coffee Company, having bought out the two founders in 1987 and taken the company public in 1992. Howard has taken Starbucks from a mere 11 retail stores to in excess of 1,300 stores.

“A world-class business leader”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1981 Howard was the vice president in charge of U.S. operations for Hammarplast, a Swedish company that makes housewares and kitchen equipment. It was whilst at Hammarplast’s that Howard noted “a strange phenomenon: a little retailer in Seattle was placing unusually large orders for a certain type of drip coffeemaker”. The name of the business was Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice. Howard’s curiosity led him to Seattle where he met Starbucks’ two owners, who acquainted him with the history of their five stores. By 1982, he’d joined Starbucks and was helping it expand its reach to other cities. The rest, as they say, is history. He is also the former owner of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. In 2007 he received the FIRST Responsible Capitalism Award.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Howard is recognised as one of the most influential, successful, and visionary business leaders in the world today. Known for having created two landmark programs for Starbucks partners (employees); comprehensive health coverage for part-time partners and equity in the company in the form of stock options, he draws upon his knowledge and expertise to offer audiences advice on achieving their ambitions and sustainable success.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Howard Schultz is a highly professional and passionate keynote speaker whose presentations are guaranteed to leave delegates inspired and motivated.[/expand]
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American Actor & Director

Kevin Spacey is an Academy Award winning American actor and director. He has recently made good use of his fame and celebrity by taking time to make public appearances in order to raise awareness of global poverty. Kevin Spacey has won Academy Awards for his performances in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, which also garnered him a BAFTA Award. Additionally, he has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards. Kevin Spacey’s illustrious film credits include LA Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Negotiator, K-Pax, The Shipping News, Beyond the Sea, Shrink, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Horrible Bosses and Margin Call.

“One of America’s favourite actors”

[expand title=”In detail”] Undoubtedly one of America’s best loved actors Kevin Spacey has starred in many internationally renowned films but is most probably best known for his Oscar winning performance in the hugely successful American Beauty. After many years of acting, in 2003 he embarked upon a change in career and left Hollywood to become the artistic director of the Old Vic, one of the London’s oldest theatres. A lifelong artist, Spacey began his acting career in Jr. High School and High School drama classes. He later attended the Juilliard School of Drama and began his professional career on the New York stage, which eventually propelled his career into film.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Kevin talks about his path to success and the philosophy behind his brave change of direction. He inspires audiences with his well prepared presentations and invaluable advice on self-development.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A highly motivating speaker Kevin Spacey demonstrates how you can make opportunity from change.[/expand]
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Actor, Author

Often named the funniest man alive, John Cleese is both a versatile comedic actor and a leading business motivator. John is one of the most influential comic writers and actors of the past 40 years and can show you how elements of creativity in the business world can reap untold dividends, from recruitment, training and retaining employees, to better and more enjoyable customer service, to helping businesses innovate and accommodate change.

“Undoubtedly one of Britain’s best loved comedians”

[expand title=”In detail”] It was during his time at Cambridge that John discovered he could create comedy material. He began to notice certain patterns to his creativity. Subsequently, a good friend who was a professor of psychology at Sussex University showed John all the relevant creativity research. John then realized that current business ethos worked against creativity, and he began to study how people could become more creative within such an un-helpful environment. John started his professional show business career in 1966 when he joined in The Frost Report at the BBC, as both a performer and writer. John played his part in creating such comedy classics as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]John helps businesses understand the importance of creativity and its direct relationship to all aspects of the corporate spectrum. His speech is based on his belief that creativity is fundamentally, allied with the ability to play – that is to relinquish intellectual control, so that ideas can emerge from the part of the brain which can supply them – the unconscious. He shares with audiences his comprehensive and specific messages on how to create the conditions in which one’s creativity can best flourish.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John’s creativity presentations are a unique blend of humour and corporate business acumen. As a speaker he is unrivalled with his exceptional use of humour leaving audiences with a highly memorable and rewarding performance.[/expand]
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World Chess Champion and Speaker

Viswanathan Anand is at the forefront of the Chess world having won rapid, classical chess events and also against computers during his distinguished career. In 2007 and 2008 he won the World Chess Champion. The pinnacle of his career was in 2000 when he became the First Asian to win the (15th) World Chess Champion in Teheran.

“Viswanathan Anand is a truly gifted individual”

[expand title=”In detail”] By 14 Viswanathan was the “Boy Wonder” of Indian chess and his lightning speed, ability to see and read the game far ahead, as well as great intuition, saw him emerge as the Youngest Indian National Champion at age of 16. As he grew in strength and reputation, he won the strongest tournament at that time, The “Reggio Emilia” in Italy in 1991 ahead of Kasparov & Karpov. His successes are many including wins at the World Cup, Chess Classic of Mainz, Corsica Masters, Credit Suisse Masters and the Corus Super GM tournament at Wijk Aan Zee.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Viswanathan Anand is known as the “One man Indian Chess revolution” whose ambition it is to be able to take chess to the grass roots level. He has throughout his career, for almost 20 years now, been way ahead of his times and peers. His dream is to make chess available to everyone.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Viswanathan Anand is a speaker and truly international performer who keenly promotes the game in his vivid presentations, through innovative methods and fascinating insights that touch his audiences. He also enjoys “simult” challenges. He is also part of our Top Indian keynote speakers. [/expand]
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Futurologist with an in depth analysis of future trends and predicts the impact of future technologies on business and society

Dr. Ian Pearson works for Futurizon as their futurologist, having previously been with BT until 2007, and concentrates on mapping the progress of new developments throughout information technology, considering both technological and social implications. As a futurologist he speaks on all aspects of the future, across the whole field of industry and commerce, government and society. He has received many awards for his papers, written several books and has made approximately 400 TV and radio appearances.

“Renowned futurologist”

[expand title=”In detail”] Ian Pearson graduated in 1981 from Queens University, Belfast. He spent four years in Shorts Missile Systems, in many different disciplines from mechanical engineering to battlefield strategy simulation. He was BT’s Futurologist for 16 years, keeping track of developments across the whole field of technology and informing BT on emerging opportunities and threats. He is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, the Royal Society of Arts and the Institute of Nanotechnology.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Ian’s focuses on tracking developments across the whole field of technology and society, figuring out where it is all going next, and how that will affect our everyday lives. In his presentations he offers in depth analysis of future trends and predicts the impact of future technologies on business and society. Recognised as being creative, he is often involved in shorter consultancy jobs and workshops for other business areas.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An experienced media personality, Ian is well used to delivering the goods in front of a live audiences. His presentations are stimulating and filled with provocative views on the impact of future technology on business and society, attracting much media attention.[/expand]
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