NYT bestselling author of twenty books which are published in eighteen languages, Michael Gurian is known as "the people's philosopher" for his ability to bring people's ordinary lives and scientific ideas together. He is the co-founder of The Gurian Institute. As a philosopher, he has pioneered efforts to bring neuro-biology and brain research into homes, workplaces, schools and public policy.

Nominated as one of The Times' 50 leading influential management thinkers, Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and author of The Democratic Enterprise. Her current research with the Lehman Centre for Women in Business is to create an in-depth understanding of the rhetoric and reality of how business strategy is delivered through people and model the key processes.

Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer has taught seminars and lectured in management development programs for various corporations and universities world wide. He has filled the Thomas Henry Carroll-Ford Foundation Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.

Motivational speaker, trainer, public leader, researcher and author, Marcus Buckingham has trained over 2 million people through his seminars, lectures and books. He focuses on strength-management that suggests any job should be tailored to fit the person rather than the other way around, also known as the "StrengthFinder". He has been featured on PBS and the Today Show.

Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle is one of the world's most prominent and respected business thinkers and speakers. Since bursting onto the international scene with the bestseller Funky Business in 2000, Jonas has remained at the forefront of the new generation of management gurus. The 2009 Thinkers 50, the biennial ranking of management thinkers, ranked him at number 23 globally and put him on the top-five list in Europe.

Dr. Kjell A. Nordström is the enfant terrible of the new world of business. He talks to audiences all over the world, he writes books and articles and reads - everything from Playboy to Architectural Digest to Pinter. His performances are high touch, dynamic, highly interactive, thought provoking and always in line with time. The 2009 Thinkers 50, the biennial ranking of management thinkers, ranked him at number 23 globally and put him on the top-five list in Europe. His dynamic style makes him a highly appreciated speaker through out the world.

JP Pawliw-Fry, Ph.D. is a highly sought after speaker on leadership, emotional intelligence and change-management, as well as being one of the highest rated lecturers at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management Executive Education Program. He now acts as an advisor to numerous Fortune 100 companies.

Author of five books including The Web Of Inclusion: A New Architecture For Building Great Organizations and her latest Thriving in 24/7: Six Strategies For Taming The New World Of Work, Sally Helgesen is one of the world's brand-name experts on women's leadership. Sally has consulted extensively for several UN Agencies, which used her work to build a more decentralized leadership model in country offices in Africa and Asia.

Co-author of the best-seller Generations and The Fourth Turning, Neil Howe is a renowned authority on generations in America. Neil is a historian, economist, and demographer, and is a founding partner of the consulting firm LifeCourse Associates. He is a marketing, personnel, and government affairs consultant to corporate and nonprofit clients.

After a successful 25-year career with Southwest, Rita Bailey now consults and speaks to companies and audiences worldwide. During her time as the Director of the University for People, Rita was responsible for the design, development and implementation of Leadership and Personal Development programs for 32,000 employees. Rita is often interviewed and quoted in Harvard Business Review, Business Week and WSJ.