The Leading Speakers Bureau

Authority on Leadership and Future Trends

James Crupi has a proven record for helping organizations effectively manage change of any kind – from shifts in the market or economy, to new technology, to organizational restructuring. Jim has been featured on CNN and National Public Radio, and quoted in many publications throughout the world. He received his B.S. degree from North Georgia College, M.S. from the University of Southern California, and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has completed advanced work at the London Business School, Oxford University, and the International Management Institute in Geneva.

“It’s not what you’ve been taught that matters. It’s how fast you can learn.” Jim Crupi

[expand title=”In detail”] He served as a consultant to the President of the United States and has impacted dozens of Fortune 1000 corporations including Coca-Cola, Xerox, Turner Broadcasting Corporation, EDS, The Image Bank, Motorola, IBM among others.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Renowned for his leadership workshops, Crupi guides organizations in developing winning strategies and preparing effective training programs for their managers.[/expand]
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Leading Expert on Customer Experience Management

Lior Arussy is an author, visionary, consultant and creative catalyst. He is a pioneer of Customer Experience Management (CEM) and uses solid business strategies based on customer focus to help Global 2000 organizations and emerging businesses around the world create lasting profitable relationships with customers and employees. He received CRM magazine’s “2003 Influential Leaders” award for his thought leadership and contribution to the industry.

“Your well crafted and professionally presented presentation was one of the highest points of our event!”- C.M. Rego, Advanstar Brazil

[expand title=”In detail”] Arussy completed his undergraduate degree at Case Western Reserve University and received his MBA from Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, Ohio. His accomplishments have been recognized by leading analysts and press such as ABC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Times of London, Times of India, Gartner Group, IDC, Inc. Frost and Sullivan,CRM Magazine, Business 2.0, Line 56.com, Wired, Network World and Secure Computing Magazine.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Arussy keeps his audiences entertained while challenging them to radically alter the way they approach customers and their definition of the customer’s role in the organization. Arussy presents both the methodology and principles of CEM and enlightens his audiences on how to use this to achieve an immediate return on investment and increase customer loyalty.[/expand]
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Founder of The Eden Project

Tim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, in Cornwall. Eden began as a dream in 1995 and opened its doors to the public for an exhibition in 2000. The press dubbed it “the Eighth Wonder of the World.”

Tim is also on the Board of the Prince’s Trust Business Division, a member of the Cornwall Gardens Trust, and a Director of Kneehigh Theatre. He was also appointed Patron of the Urban Parks Forum.

“Great thinking comes from being liberated from the constraints of curriculum”

[expand title=”In detail”] Eden is rated Number 4 in the paid for Visitor Attractions. To date more than 4 million people have walked through its gateway. It is most proud that it is changing people’s perception of the potential for the application of science and indeed, the public language of science as well as living up to its mission to play a massive part in local regeneration.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]The inspirational founder of the Eden project, Tim Smit is the man some call “The Richard Branson of Cornwall”. He shows audiences how he has achieved incredible success against all odds combining vision, inspirational leadership, great marketing and brilliant planning to create a unique experience.[/expand]
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Acknowledged Expert on Change and Team Motivation

Jim Lawless is one of the most inspirational and highly sought-after business speakers in Europe. He is the only authority on change and personal development to have put his life on the line to prove his theories. He put his life on the line to go from 36 year old, 12 stone, smoking, drinking, (and non-riding) business consultant to a 9 stone jockey competing in his first televised race in just 12 months to prove the power of the ‘Ten Rules for Taming Tigers’. Jim advises teams and individuals in some of the UK’s leading companies; Jim is MD of the Taming Tigers Group.

“A Phenomenon!, A Legend!”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jim has been profiled by the BBC and RTE, appeared in the Daily Telegraph and the Racing Post and writes widely with recent articles appearing in Finance Week, Human Capital Managements and Personnel Today. He has also recently launched the revolutionary training company, ZooBites. Jim studied the relationship between communication and leadership and with his unusual combination of experiences led to his very successful business training company being formed.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jim’s entertaining and practical speeches and workshops give his audiences a new set of possibilities and responsibilities, change their ideas about what they can achieve and send them out excited about making a difference. He will inspire peak performance – at work or at home and he brings a fresh approach to personal and business communications.[/expand]
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Top Motivational Business Speaker, Author

Robin Sieger is a successful businessman, best selling author, and broadcaster with offices in the UK and the USA. He is a leading success strategist and has developed a reputation within media and industry as a performance expert. At the age of 29 Robin was diagnosed with cancer, it was this life-changing experience that made him determine to re-examine, his notion of success.

And believe. Because when you believe you can, you will. Robin Sieger

[expand title=”In detail”] After studying science at university, Robin went on to have a successful career as a television writer. Robin set up his first company Sieger International, with the sole aim of teaching people within organizations to develop themselves and reach their full potential. Robin has set up successful publishing and educational technology businesses. He firmly believes that organisational culture is a reflection of what people believe about themselves and the company they work for.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Robin works to push the boundaries of self-belief, and he challenges audiences to ‘dream big’ and not be limited by fear and a natural resistance to change. His work is the result of years of dedicated study and an unquenchable thirst for understanding why some people and organisations are successful and others not.[/expand]
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CEO Birds Eye Iglo Group

Martin Glenn was appointed CEO of the Birds Eye Iglo Group in November 2006. Previously he was President of PepsiCo UK, one of the UK’s leading soft drinks and snack food manufacturers, where he is acclaimed for creating a new uplifting corporate image for the company. Martin was President of Walkers Snack Foods, whom he joined in 1992, working his way up from Director of New Product Development, Vice-President of Marketing to become Walkers President in 1998, and PepsiCo UK President in 2003.

“An average plan well executed beats a brilliant plan done poorly”

[expand title=”In detail”] Martin was awarded the Prince of Wales Ambassador Award in recognition of his work in this area. He was Marketing Week’s Chief Executive of the Year in 2003 and in July 2004 Martin was voted the UK’s most influential marketer by Marketing Magazine.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Martin offers audiences a wealth of insight into marketing and branding strategies and explains the importance of innovative marketing techniques and how to achieve that all important customer brand loyalty.[/expand]
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Leading Expert on Energy and Global Economics

Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on international politics, economics and energy. He is Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Vice Chairman of the Global Decisions Group.

He is both a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the 1997 United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.”

“No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political and economic destiny since World War II.”

The Wall Street Journal

[expand title=”In detail”] Daniel has been named one of the 500 most influential people in the US in the field of foreign policy by the World Affairs Councils of America. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a Director of the US-Russia Business Council, and on the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Economics. He plays a leadership role in the global energy industry and is a member of the US Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board, The National Petroleum Council and the only foreign member of the Russian Academy of Oil and Gas.

In 2005 he was awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy for combining “an understanding of the dynamics of the market with a broad view of the forces of geopolitics as he seeks to point the way to the positive outcomes for the world community.”[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Daniel offers great insights into the current state of the world’s petroleum industry and its effects on the world economics. With a wealth of experience and an unparalleled depth of research into the world’s energy markets, he is highly sought-after by organisations eager to benefit from his considerable expertise[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Compelling and informative, his presentations capture the issues, while grounding them in his audiences’ context.[/expand]
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Professor of Management Practice, Global Authority on Achieving Strategic Agility

Donald N. Sull is a Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management and Faculty Director of Executive Education at the London Business School where he designed, directs and teaches an intensive week-long “boot camp” to help senior executives thrive in turbulent markets. He has been identified as a guru by the Economist, which named his theory of active inertia as an idea that has shaped business management over the past century. His current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).

[expand title=”In detail”] Donald’s current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his invaluable presentations Donald advises established and start-up companies on the most suitable business strategies and growing revenues while maintaining financial and operational discipline. In particular he demonstrates how to successfully operate in volatile industries and markets.[/expand]
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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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