World's Top 30 Organizational Culture Professionals for 2024

Guru #1

Arthur Carmazzi

Arthur Carmazzi’s biggest contribution in 2023 is the applications of AI, metaverse, and work gamification technologies in supporting faster change transition in organizational culture change projects.

He has developed the Wisdom City AI Powered Metaverse that changes the standards in Hiring for Cultural fit, and exponentially increases Soft Skill Training Implementation through the cloned AI Avatars of Trainers, Coaches and Consultants that Mentor users to solve real world people related issues. Through trial-and-error scenario base quests in an environment that has no consequences for failure users to personalize their success.

His Squadli Work Gamification app has supported organizations to Live their Values, improve KPI achievement, and improve engagement through practical behavior gamification and fun performance measurement.

Arthur’s AI systems guide the experience of digital transformation, modernization, and adaptive Gamification through identifying root cause issues stemming from team questions, then relate them back to how people can succeed in their Organizational Culture development journey.

Arthur’s accredited Certified Organizational Culture Consultant program where consultants can Guarantee visible results in 80 days, had exploded in Saudi Arabia in conjunction with the Saudi 2030 vision. Certified Consultants are working with Government and private sector organizations and achieving legendary results.

Applying the OCEAN organizational culture benchmarking, audit, and progress measurement tool, helps Culture Consultant identify gaps and track success.

Increases of successful Culture Change projects across Asia and the Middle East have helped Certified Consultants make bigger and very visible impacts on companies and their employees

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Guru #2

Garry Ridge

As CEO of WD-40 Company since 1997, Garry Ridge has helped re-ignite excitement and create cultures that foster break-through innovation in companies and workplaces in over 62 countries. In addition to his full-time role at WD-40 Company, Garry shares his experience and insights externally through executive coachingconsulting; and speaking.

His first-hand experiences in transforming a global brand with a market cap of $2.3 billion, as well as his deep, profound commitment to creating workplace cultures that support the individual passions of all who work there, have attracted the recognition of today’s most influential thought leaders.

In 2016, he was named Igniter of the Year by Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Others to Take Action and Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. Additionally, Inc.com placed him in the fourth position in its list of Top 10 Global CEOs in 2017. He also collaborated with Ken Blanchard (One Minute Manager serieson the landmark book, Helping People Win at Work.

Garry has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Freedom at Work from WorldBlu.

Most recently, he is a contributor in the Marshall Goldsmith/Frances Hesselbein book, Work is Love Made Visible: A Collection of Essays About the Power of Finding Your Purpose From the World’s Greatest Thought Leaders.

While Garry continues to develop his own book projects, other authors write about his work at WD-40 Company. The WD-40 Company is featured in the 2018 book by Whitney Johnson, Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. Additionally, Fast Company magazine co-founder, William Taylor, also featured Garry’s work in revitalizing innovation at WD-40 Company in his newest bookSimply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways! Additionally, Anthony Tjan wrote about the WD-40 Company story in Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters.

As part of his lifelong commitment to helping others learn and develop, Garry is an Adjunct Professor at The University of San Diego (Talent Management & Succession Planning).

He is also certified as a coach using the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coaching model.

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Guru #3

Monte Wyatt

Monte Wyatt is a relatable realist who believes organizations and people can be intentional in how they lead, influence and manage their lives and businesses.

He brings over 30 years of remarkable leadership, business strategy, and personal development experience to executives and business owners. One of Monte’s goals is to create greater emotional connections between organizations and their teams.

Monte gained his work ethic growing up on a family farm in Iowa. He went from sowing corn to sowing seeds of success globally leading, managing and training teams.

Monte has been recognized as a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-Selling Author with his book, “Pulling Profits Out of a Hat,” recognized in the 2022 Success 125 by Success Magazine and the Brainz 500 influencer list for 2021.

As CEO of AddingZEROS Executive Development, Monte enables organizations to retain and grow their workforce

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Guru #4

Tasha Eurich

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. She uses science to help leaders—from early stage entrepreneurs to public company CEOs—achieve dramatic and measurable change. Her primary areas of expertise are executive coaching, executive team development, and leadership and high potential development.

Having worked directly with over 20,000 leaders and spoken live to hundreds of thousands more—on every continent but Antarctica—Dr. Eurich’s clients include Salesforce, the NBA, Walmart, KPMG, and the White House Leadership Development Program. Her TEDxMileHigh talks have been viewed more than six million times.

In 2019, she was named one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, as well as the #1 self-awareness coach in the world by Marshall Goldsmith.

Tasha contributes to Harvard Business Review, and her thought leadership has been featured in outlets like NPRForbesThe New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Eurich’s first book, Bankable Leadership, debuted at #8 on The New York Times best-seller list. Her latest book, Insight, delves into the connection between self-awareness and success. It has been hailed as a “bold, exhilarating take on self-improvement” by Success Magazine,  a “fascinating read” by The Guardian, and famed Wharton Business school professor Adam Grant calls one of the three books he recommends most often.

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Guru #5

Chester Elton

#1 Bestselling Business Author, Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement and Leadership Expert

One of today’s most influential voices in workplace trends, Chester Elton has spent two decades helping clients engage their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. In his provocative, inspiring and always entertaining talks, #1 bestselling leadership author Chester Elton provides real solutions to leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation, and lead a multi-generational workforce. Elton’s work is supported by research with more than 850,000 working adults, revealing the proven secrets behind high-performance cultures and teams. He has been called the “apostle of appreciation” by Canada’sGlobe and Mail, “creative and refreshing‚” by the New York Times, and a “must read for modern managers” by CNN   Elton is co-author of the New York Timesand #1 USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership books, All In, The Carrot Principle and The Best Team Wins.His books have been translated in more than 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. Eltonis often quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fast Company and theNew York Times.He has appeared on NBC’s Today, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, National Public Radio and CBS’s 60 Minutes. In 2017 Global Gurus research organization ranked him as #15 in the world’s top leadership experts and #10 in the world’s top organizational culture experts. Eltonis the co-founder of The Culture Works, a global training company and is a board member of Camp Corral, a non-profit for the children of wounded and fallen military heroes.He serves as aleadership consultant to firms such as American Express, AT&T, Avis Budget Group andProcter & Gamble. He is most proud, however, to be the father of four exceptional children-more exceptional now they’ve grown up and left home.

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Guru #6

Randy Pennington

Randy Pennington helps leaders and organizations build cultures focused on results, relationships, and accountability. He is a twenty-plus year business performance veteran, author, and consultant who has worked with many of this country’s best-known organizations including: Alabama Power Company, Motorola, LaSalle Bank, SmithBucklin, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Texas A&M University, Marathon Oil, Sprint PCS, and Progressive Insurance, in addition to government agencies at the local, state, and national level. Mr. Pennington is a frequent radio talk show guest/commentator. His ideas and comments on integrity, trust, and commitment have appeared in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Executive Excellence, on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, the ABC radio network, and in numerous professional and trade association journals. His book, On My Honor, I Will: The Journey to INTEGRITY-DRIVEN® Leadership has a timeless message about achieving enduring success as a leader and has been released in a third edition. In his endorsement of On My Honor, Ross Perot says “Randy Pennington has cracked the code of great leadership.” His second book, Results Rule! Build a Culture that Blows the Competition Away, received the 2007 Best Books Award from USA Book News. Randy Pennington has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation and has been inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame. He is Past Chairman of the NSA Foundation Board of Trustees and NSA Board of Directors. He was the 1998-99 Chairman of the Board for the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate, and a founding member of the Texas Council on Disease and Stroke. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct instructor in the Cox Business Leadership Center at Southern Methodist University.

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Guru #7

Adrian Gostick

Bestselling Leadership Author | Organizational Culture Expert 

How do today’s best leaders accelerate business results? By engaging their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. In his challenging, information-packed talks, #1 bestselling leadership author Adrian Gostick provides real solutions on managing change, driving innovation, and leading a multi-generational workforce. Gostick is a global workplace expert and thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership, and engagement. He is founder of the training and consulting company The Culture Works and author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers All In and The Carrot Principle. His books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold 1.5 million copies around the world. As a leadership expert, he has been called “fascinating,” by Fortune magazine and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. Gostick has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and CNN, and is often quoted in The Economist, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal. If you Google the 30 Top Leadership Gurus, he is on the list along side Jack Welch and Jim Collins. His consulting clients include Danaher, Bank of America, Rolls Royce, JELD-WEN and California Pizza Kitchen.

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Guru #8

Sam Silverstein

Bestselling Accountability and Workplace Culture Author | Organizational Culture Expert

 

Accountability & Leadership Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. By challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate an organizational culture, and inspire both individuals and teams to take ownership in fresh and results-producing ways – he is helping companies dramatically increase productivity, profitability, and growth. Sam has been inducted into the CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame and is a Past-President of the National Speakers Association.

Sam is the founder of The Accountability Institute™ an organization that certifies advisors to work with leaders and organizations to build greater accountability and develop stronger leaders. He is the author of 12 books including The Accountability Advantage, I Am Accountable, Non-Negotiable, No More Excuses, Making Accountable Decisions, No Matter What, and The Success Model. 

As a former executive and owner, Sam successfully sold one of his businesses to a Fortune 500 company. Today, Sam writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results. He works with entrepreneurs, multi-national companies, corporations, and government agencies to drive increased accountability, engagement, and productivity.

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Guru #9

Pawel Motyl

One of the leading European experts in the field of strategic leadership and decision-making, passionate about advanced technologies and their impact on competitive strategies of businesses, as well as on the effectiveness of teams and leaders.

Author of the book “Labirynt. Sztuka podejmowania decyzji” (“The Labyrinth: The Art of Decision Making”), which became a Harvard Business Review Poland’s bestseller in just four weeks and has been translated into many languages, including English, Chinese, Russian and Greek. Pawel is also the author of an essay included in the book “Work is Love Made Visible: A Collection of Essays About the Power of Finding Your Purpose from the World’s Greatest Thought Leaders”, published in the US in 2018. His latest book, released in November 2020 in Polish, is “Świat Schrödingera. Kronika nieprzewidywalnej przyszłości” (“Schrödinger’s World: A Chronicle of an Unpredictable Future”).

Pawel is a highly regarded inspirational speaker and advises leading companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. He designs and conducts workshops and training sessions for business owners and senior executives. He has spoken at conferences alongside speakers such as Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Prof. Dave Ulrich, Prof. Andrew McAfee, Prof. Joseph Badaracco, and Prof. Heike Bruch. For over eight years, he worked at the consulting firm Hay Group, initially as a consultant and later as the leader of the Diagnostics advisory team in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2006, he joined the executive search firm SpenglerFox, where he was responsible for the results and development of the Polish branch. From 2007 to 2014, he served as the CEO of the ICAN Institute, the publisher of Harvard Business Review Polska magazine.

In October 2016, he was selected among over 16,000 candidates to join MG100, the elite global group of Marshall Goldsmith’s experts. Other members of the initiative include professionals such as Dr. Jim Kim, former president of the World Bank, Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford Motor Corporation, Aicha Evans, former Vice President of Intel Corporation, and General Bernard Banks, responsible for leadership development at the US Army West Point Academy. Pawel was also recognized as one of the Leading Global Coaches (Thinkers50 Gala, 2019), one of the Top 20 Mentors of the Globe (International Federation of Learning and Development, 2022) and one of the Biggest Voices In Leadership (Peoplehum, 2023).

In 2005, Pawel completed a train-the-trainer program at the McClelland Center in Boston, and in 2015, he obtained the Stakeholder Centered Coaching™ executive coach certification. In 2018, he completed the Executive Program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. In February 2021, he completed the Minds and Machines program developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In his free time, he enjoys enology and mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas, Pamir, and Caucasus.

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Guru #10

Magdalena Mook

Magdalena Nowicka Mook – brings experience in fundraising, coaching, and consulting and association management. She is the CEO of the International Coaching Federation(ICF), where she acts as a partner to the ICF’s Global Board of Directors. Magda is an association management professional, trained professional coach and systems’ facilitator.

Ms. Mook received her M.S. in Economics and International Trade from the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. She holds a degree from Copenhagen Business School in International Management and Consulting. In 2019, Magda was recognized as #1 Coach: Global Influence by Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 and was a finalist for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Award in Coaching and Mentoring. In 2021, she was recognized as one of Top30 Global Gurus in Organizational Culture. Magda currently serves on a Key Global Associations Council of ASAE. She was also recently appointed to the 2023 ASAE Foresight Works Advisory Group.  She is also a member of International Association of Women, ATD and is an advisory member for WIAL and Choice Magazine.

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Guru #11

James Ferguson

James Ferguson is a leadership & culture speaker and author, and the Principal Consultant at Confetti Culture LLC. An award-winning former Hotel General Manager who after years of experience in effectively leading and managing hotel operations, decided to redirect his leadership path. His experiences helped him realize that in the hospitality industry we are taught to focus on guests and the all mighty dollar, not the people working hard to earn it for us. That’s when he decided to start his own business to change the narrative and challenge the status quo. He now works with hospitality management teams to improve their financial position by realigning their priorities and putting employees first!

Get additional resources from the book at theconfetticultureplaybook.com

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Guru #12

Louis Carter

Louis Carter is an organization psychologist and one of the top consultants and executive coaches to C-level executives of major companies such as Kimberly Clark, Federal Reserve Bank of NY, Saudi Aramco, Duke Energy, Humana, Shire, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Key Bank, QBE, Cigna, Nokia, AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, WestRock, Gilead Sciences, Battelle, Madison Square Garden, CIT, Goodyear, Springfield Healthcare Clinic, Xenex Disinfection Systems and many more helping them transform themselves and their organizations into an environment where employees love and want to produce the best results for their company.

He is the author of over 10 books on best practices in leadership development and talent management including Change Champion’s Field Guide, Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change and Best Practices in Talent Management. He is a proud member of the MG 100 Coaches project chosen from over 12,000 coaches by his longtime mentor Marshall Goldsmith. Louis is the recipient of ELearning! Magazine’s Trailblazer Award, HR Tech Conference’s Top Products Award, and Leadership Excellence Magazine’s Best in Leadership Development for his work as founder and CEO of Best Practice Institute and the creator of the first anytime 360-degree feedback tool based on feedforward and appreciative dialogue, Skillrater.

Louis Carter founded Best Practice Institute in 2001 while obtaining his graduate degree from Columbia University. He facilitated drum circles in New York City after 9-11 to help rebuild the community. He further developed this concept into the BPI Senior Executive Board, a benchmark research consortium comprised of C-levels from F500s who want to transform themselves and their organizations through best practices in leadership and organization development.

His newest book, In Great Company: How to spark emotional connectedness and peak performance will be released at the end of 2018.

He has spoken to the Prime Minister of the UAE’s HR Lighthouse Initiative, Pentagon and UN officials, and various international conferences on his work and research. He has been a drummer for over 5 bands throughout the past 30 years and volunteers to drum for community drum circles and children’s centers.

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Guru #13

Paul Gibbons

Paul is a partner at IBM consulting and head of Leadership and Culture in North America.  His upcoming book (2022), Change Myths, tries to unpack and debunk some of the most harmful myths on culture and organizational change that cost businesses billions and sometimes disengage the staff they are trying to engage. His “beat” is bringing behavioral science and evidence-based management into mainstream consulting.

Before IBM, Paul was an adjunct professor at several business schools and a keynote speaker on five continents.  He has authored three category best-sellers (organizational change, change management, decision making) – The Science of Successful Organizational Change and Impact. His most recent book The Spirituality of Work and Leadership is #1 in workplace spirituality and #1 in spirituality and business – and is the most comprehensive treatment of workplace spirituality available..

After eight years as a consultant at PwC, Gibbons founded Future Considerations, an award-winning consulting firm that advises major corporations, including Shell, BP, Barclays, and HSBC, on leadership, strategy, and culture change.

Paul is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a hyperpolyglot, has been named a “top-20 culture guru,” “today’s most scholarly business writer,” and “a 21st century Peter Drucker.” CEO magazine (UK) named him one of “top-two” CEO “super coaches.”

He is a member of the American Philosophical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and lives in the Denver area with his two sons and has national championships poker, has represented England at bridge, and is an avid gamer and crypto trader.

 

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Guru #14

April Callis Birchmeier

April is a nationally known organizational change management expert and has implemented change for dozens of clients and including many health care organizations. April is the leader of Springboard Consulting, one of the “First 100” Certified Change Management Professionals (CCMP™) an author of The Standard for Change Management and a recognized thought leader “Igniter” for the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP). She’s also a Project Management Professional, winner of the Top Trainer Throwdown Past President of the Michigan National Speakers Association and President of the Michigan Chapter of ACMP.

She’s the author of “Springboard to Success” and “Leading Successful Change”. April believes that no one should have to suffer through an unorganized, poorly managed change and the resulting negativity. She’s frequently quoted by the Associated Press, The New York Times and other international media outlets.

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Guru #15

Mary C. Kelly

Mary C. Kelly, PhD is the CEO of Productive Leaders, a leadership development group that improves profit growth and productivity. An economist and leadership expert, Mary Kelly specializing in improving business efficiency and profits throughout every economic climate.

A graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, Mary trained over 100,000 military and civilian personnel in multi-cultural environments all over the world in her 21-year active duty career. She retired as a Commander.

Mary taught at the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy, and Hawaii Pacific University, combining theory and practicality. She focuses on building successful strategies for business leaders at all levels of an organization.

A frequent TV and radio guest, Mary is an engaging speaker and author of several leadership books, including:

360 Degrees of Leadership: Steering Around the Icebergs

Master Your World: 10 Dog-Inspired Lessons to Increase Productivity, Profits and Communication 15 Ways to Grow Your Business in Every Economy

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass!

Money Smart: How Not to Buy Cat Food When You Don’t have a Cat (for 18-30 year olds who want to live well and retire comfortably)

Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Critical Skills to Achieve Dynamic Success

Mary’s passion is helping people excel during difficult business and leadership times. A frustrated comedian, she loves delivering conference and event keynote speeches on economics, leadership, and business. When she isn’t working, Mary takes her dogs to swim in the rivers of Colorado.

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Guru #16

David S. Cohen

Over 30 years ago, I founded DS Cohen & Associates. We focus on helping organizations align their people practices with their culture and strategy. I am a speaker, author, and thought leader on corporate culture and behavioral competencies, with multiple awards and publications in the field. I am passionate about creating organizations as amazing as the people inside them and making the people initiatives business activities that produce results.

I am known for being a contrarian consultant, challenging popular viewpoints and offering innovative and practical solutions. My mission is to link the people side of business with the strategic business plan and to empower leaders and employees to achieve their full potential.

My work involves working with executive teams, facilitating conversations that bring clarity to the values through the articulation of behaviors, and implementing people management processes in the areas of behavioral competencies, behavioral interviewing, performance management, high potential identification, and employee and leadership development. I also coach individuals at the leadership levels of organizations and teach at the York U. Schulich School of Business SEEC and Durham College.

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Guru #17

Brad Federman

Brad is an author, a speaker and a consultant with more than 25 years of corporate experience in various aspects of human resources including performance management and employee engagement, employee compensation, executive recruiting, change management and instructional design. His background also includes sales, marketing, product development and operations.

Brad works with clients to create healthy organizations through employee and customer engagement, leadership, sales and customer service. He helps clients develop the best talent and reputation and provides them with the tools to help clients become the organization of choice for both employees and customers.

As the founder of Performancepoint, LLC, Brad has worked as a leadership coach, a human resources trainer, an executive and an entrepreneur with organizations and their executive leadership in different industries. His leadership coaching clients have included household names such as Nordstrom, FedEx, Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, Gemini Hospitality, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Hewitt and Associates, Gillette, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., AT&T Wireless, Dow Chemical Company, Nextel, Genentech, Amgen, WellPoint Health Networks, Tyson Foods, Subaru of America, New York Life, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Gulf Bank.

Prior to founding Performancepoint, Brad was the executive vice president of Novations Group and has held leadership positions with Accenture and Humana Inc. He is a frequently requested featured speaker at conferences and business meetings worldwide. He is the author of Employee Engagement: A Roadmap for Creating Profits, Optimizing Performance, and Increasing LoyaltyJump Start: 50 Ways to Engage Your Team and a contributing author to 101 Ways to Enhance Your Career. He also has been interviewed for Fox Business News’ John Stossel Show and articles in numerous publications such as HR Professionals Magazine, American Banker, Fortune Small Business, Los Angeles Times and HR Magazine.

Brad earned his bachelor of arts degree in communications from University of Maryland and a master of education degree in human resource development from Vanderbilt University. He also a member of the Forbes Coaches Council.

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Guru #18

Daniel Edds

Daniel Edds has been a management consultant for twenty-five years. His clients include states, cities, counties, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits. He holds an MBA in International Business from the Alber’s School of Business and Economics at Seattle University. Dan is a Kaplan Norton in Scorecard graduate, certified Lean practitioner, an experienced Project Manager Professional, and a senior Baldrige Examiner through the Alliance program.

As the author of Leveraging the Genetics of Leadership and Transformation Management, he is recognized internationally for his expertise in applying classical systems thinking to the practice of organizational leadership. He lives in Bellevue, Washington and serves on several nonprofit boards. He also volunteers at teh Monroe Correctional Facility, assisting incarcerated men in their personal transformation.

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Guru #19

Lizz Pellet

Experienced and highly qualified Organizational Development leader with over 20+ years of collaborative, compelling delivery that is inspirational and profitable. Versatile executive strategist recognized for having a systems thinker approach, excellent project management ability, exceptional people skills and superlative business acumen. Progressive, decisive, and innovative, highly valued for expertise in interpreting corporate vision and strategy and translating objectives into actionable plans. Expert in engaging diverse groups. Keen ability to quickly connect with teams strategically, intellectually and emotionally.

Recognized Thought Leader in Talent Management.  Presented over 60 conference workshops to senior leaders across multiple industries and specific to the HR audience. Popular keynote speaker. Created and delivered over 50 distance learning programs. Leverage and train on social media platforms and communication systems.

Corporate Training Instructor: Brandman University, Chapman University System

 

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Guru #20

S. Chris Edmonds

S. Chris Edmonds is the founder and CEO of the Purposeful Culture Group. After a 15-year career leading and managing teams, Chris began his consulting company in 1990. Since 1995, he has also served as a senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies.

Over the years Chris has worked for clients in industries including automotive, banking and financial services, government, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, non-profit, retail, sales, pharmaceutical, software, and technology.

Chris has helped clients consistently boost customer satisfaction and employee engagement by 40 percent each and results and profits by 35 percent.

Chris is the author or co-author of seven books, including two Amazon best sellers – his latest book, The Culture Engine, and Leading At A Higher Level with Ken Blanchard.

Chris has delivered over 5,000 presentations to rave reviews from audiences as large as 5,000. Chris is one of Inc. magazine’s “100 Great Leadership Speakers,” Recruiter.com’s “10 Corporate Culture Experts You Need to Pay Attention To,” and Richtopia’s “Top 200 Influential Authors.”

He received his master’s degree from the University of San Francisco in Human Resource and Organizational Development. He is a professional member of the National Speakers Association.

Chris is an accomplished musician, performer, and ASCAP songwriter. He provides guitars, banjo, mandolin, and vocals for Graystone Records recording artist, the Brian Raine band. Two singles from the band’s 2009 debut album made the Billboard country charts.

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Guru #21

Liz Wiseman

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work.

She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world.

She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. A former executive at Oracle Corporation, she worked over the course of 17 years as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development.

She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University. Liz holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management and a Masters of Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University.

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Guru #22

James M. Kerr

James M. Kerr is recognized as one of today’s foremost authorities on leadership, culture and organizational design. He leads the management consulting and executive coaching firm, Indispensable Consulting, and is a popular speaker, business columnist and author.

Jim specializes in culture design, leadership, business transformation and executive coaching. For nearly 30 years, he has assisted dozens of exceptional organizations. including diverse corporations like General Dynamics, The Home Depot, Mitsui Sumitomo and Accenture, to name a few of his clients.

Jim has been a featured guest on various business programs airing on Fox News, SiriusXM and CBS Radio. Besides his weekly CEOWorld column, his articles have appeared in a variety of other business publications, including BusinessWeek, Inc., Management-Issues and Fast Company.

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Guru #23

Jonathan H. Westover

Jonathan H. Westover, Ph.D. is a US-based Amazon.com # 1 Best Selling Author, ranked # 1 HR, Innovation, and Future of Work Global Thought Leader & Influencer (Thinkers360), entrepreneur, management consultant, teacher, and research academic based in Orem, Utah. He serves on a host of nonprofit, community, and association boards and committees and has received numerous awards for his teaching, research, and service to the community.

Dr. Westover is a professor and chair of Organizational Leadership in the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University, Academic Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact and the UVU SIMLab, and Faculty Fellow for Ethics in Public Life (previously the Associate Director) in the Center for the Study of Ethics. Dr. Westover has been published widely in academic journals, books, and practitioner publications. He is a regular visiting faculty member in other international graduate business programs.

Consulting: Jonathan is an experienced organizational leadership, people management, and organizational development consultant and managing partner and principal at Human Capital Innovations, LLC). For two decades, he has worked to help transform organizations across the globe. He is also the producer and host of the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast and Managing Editor of Human Capital Leadership Magazine. Previously, Jonathan was an external consultant with the firm Targeted Learning, and an internal consultant in the Human Resource Development office at Brigham Young University, in the corporate Organizational Development office at InterContinental Hotels, and in the corporate Organizational Development office at LG Electronics in Gumi, South Korea.

Jonathan is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Non-Resident Fellow in Social and Development Policy with the Nkafu Policy Institute (part of the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation), member of the HR Certification Institute CEO Advisory Council and past member of the board of directors, member of the Humantelligence Scientific Advisory, Board Chair and Director of the Corporate Division of the Global Listening Centre, a CIPD Academic Fellow, and an Advance HE Senior Fellow. Jonathan has been published widely and quoted as a management expert in popular and professional media locally, nationally, and abroad (such as in Forbes, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, TED-Ed, HR.com, SHRM.org, HRCI.org, The Washington Post, and USA Today).

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Guru #24

Tim Kuppler

Tim Kuppler is the Culture Solutions Director at Compass, the Culture & Leadership Division of the staffing powerhouse Insight Global.  He leads the design and delivery of progressive education, experiences, and change solutions to help clients connect culture and performance improvement. The vision of Compass is to change the way the world thinks about culture and performance improvement by putting connection at the heart of the workplace.

He led many organizations through major culture transformation efforts with a high level of involvement, teamwork, and rapid performance improvement before shifting his focus to education, assessment, and consulting. Best practices from organizations he led or consulted with are featured in the books Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations and Creating Constructive Cultures.

Tim has spent over 25 years learning from pioneers in the culture space through his roles in industry, President of Denison Consulting, founding CultureUniversity.com, Director of Culture and Organization Development with Human Synergistics, and his current role with Compass.  With Compass, he is the co-creator of Culture Academy which was designed as a unique learning experience to make topic of culture easier to understand and useful for leaders at any level to improve performance in people-oriented ways.  Compass also offers free culture, leadership, and personal development workshops every week.

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Guru #25

Sterling Hawkins

Sterling Hawkins is out to break the status quo. He believes that we can all unlock incredible potential within ourselves, and he’s on a mission to support people, businesses and communities to realize that potential regardless of the circumstances.

From a multi-billion dollar startup to collapse and coming back to launch, invest in and grow over 50 companies, Sterling takes that experience to work with C-level teams from some of the largest organizations on the planet and speaks on stages around the world.

Today, Sterling serves as CEO and founder of the Sterling Hawkins Group, a research, training and development company focused on human and organizational growth. He has been seen in publications like Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times and Forbes.

Based in Colorado, Sterling is a proud uncle of three and a passionate adventurer that can often be found skydiving, climbing mountains, shark diving or even trekking the Sahara. Maybe you’ll even join him for the next adventure – and discover the breakthrough results you’re looking for. He’ll have your back, #NoMatterWhat.

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Guru #26

Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading career and workplace experts. She is passionate about helping individuals and organizations navigate and thrive in the ever-changing world of work.

Lindsey was named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors the top global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led.

Her next book is a response to the Covid crisis: Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work, will be published by HarperCollins on March 23, 2021.

Her previous book, The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace (HarperCollins, 2019) was named a Book of the Month by both the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She is also the author of two career advice books for young professionals: Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World.

Lindsey’s speaking audiences and consulting clients have included more than 250 corporations, law firms, conferences and universities, including Aetna, Citi, Estée Lauder Companies, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Pfizer, Verizon, Yale, Harvard, Wharton and Stanford.

Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR.

Lindsey is a Cappfinity VEE Brand Ambassador and has served as an official ambassador for LinkedIn, a Millennial workplace expert for The Hartford and chair of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Millennial Advisory Board. In her philanthropic work, she serves as a board director of FourBlock, a national nonprofit that supports veteran career transition.

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Guru #27

Lorne Rubis

Lorne Rubis is a CPO and author dedicated to personal leadership, corporate culture and character. He currently serves as Chief People Officer at ATB Financial, a Canadian financial services company with headquarters in Edmonton, Alberta.

As a general manager, facilitator, consultant and entrepreneur, Lorne’s diverse career has focused on driving organizational change and performance improvement for public and private companies on a global level. His journey has sparked a passion for personal leadership and living life with character. He blogs frequently about getting the most out of work and life situations through a focus on Respect, Abundance and Accountability – the three tenants of The Character Triangle.

He is also honored to be on the Advisory Board of The Thrive Center at Fullerton in Pasadena www.thethrivecenter.org. The mission is to promote the concept and behavior of thriving, especially amongst youth. Dr. Justin Barrett, the Center’s Director, is a world-renowned academic and expert on the subject. Lorne and Kathleen, his wife/partner of 42 years, have three children and one grandchild. They spend their time between Edmonton, Alberta and Mercer Island, Washington.

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Guru #28

Scott Steinberg

Hailed as The Master of Innovation by Fortune magazine, and World’s Leading Business Strategist, award-winning strategic consultant, trends expert, and professional speaker Scott Steinberg (www.FuturistsSpeakers.com) is a bestselling expert on leadership, change, and innovation.

A go-to resource for C-level leaders, he has served as a source of thought leadership, insight, and consulting for over 1000 leading brands, and advised on household-name products found in 100+ million homes.

One of America’s top futurists (per the BBC); the author of Make Change Work For You and Millennial Marketing; and among today’s top business strategy + leadership training providers, the Fortune 500 calls him a “defining figure in business + technology” and “top trendsetter to follow.”

Ranked as one the world’s 150 most influential keynote speakers + futurists, and today’s #1 generations expert and technology expert (per Google), he offers breakouts, workshops, and speeches at meetings/events, and has consulted on dozens of industry-leading solutions.

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Guru #29

Dr Daren Martin

Dr. Daren Martin WSJ & USA Today Bestselling Author | Trusted Advisor | Motivational Keynote Speaker | Futurist

Born in Franklin, Louisiana but grew up in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Martin provides strategic insights to companies that empower them to Exponentially increase their Employee Engagement, Create an Epic Culture, Build Better Leaders, Increase Profits, and other vital metrics. He is out to Evolutionize work to make it higher performing, more soul-satisfying, more profitable, and more engaging. He produces highly engaging, meaningful, and actionable content that transforms the way people work, experience life, and maximizes engagement in companies and organizations around the world.

Dr. Martin’s thought leadership and change strategies in transforming companies earned him the title The Culture Architect. He acts as a Trusted Advisor and Executive Coach to business leaders at companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small businesses. He is the CEO & Founder of The Global Company Culture Association, a Global Keynote Speaker, and Author.

His WSJ and USA Today Bestselling book “A Company of Owners” has sparked positive change at companies around the world and has been called “Best book since Good to Great”. He provides Executive Education for SMU. He resides in New Orleans, LA.

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Guru #30

Whitney Johnson

Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world. Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption; specifically, a framework which she codifies in the critically acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and in her latest book Build an “A” Team: Play To Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. (Harvard Business Press, 2018). She is also the author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream

She developed her proprietary framework and diagnostics after having cofounded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. This framework is complemented by a deep understanding of how executives create and destroy value, having spent nearly a decade as an Institutional Investor ranked equity analyst on Wall Street.

In addition to her work as a speaker and advisor, Whitney is one of Marshall Goldsmith’s original cohort of 25 for the #100 Coaches Project, is a coach for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education program, frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, is a Linkedin influencer, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself Podcast.

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