Cindy Solomon is a Global Gurus Top 10 Leadership Expert and internationally recognized keynote speaker on Courageous Leadership. For more than two decades, she has helped organizations navigate change, disruption, and high-pressure environments by equipping leaders with practical, research-based tools that drive real results.
Her signature Courageous Leadership® framework blends neuroscience, behavioral science, and real-world business experience to help leaders strengthen trust, build resilient teams, and act decisively when it matters most. Known for her provocative insights, sharp humor, and deeply human delivery style, Cindy’s keynotes leave audiences both energized and equipped with immediately actionable strategies.
From Fortune 500 companies to high-growth organizations, Cindy partners with leaders who are ready to replace hesitation with clarity, perfectionism with bold action, and uncertainty with confident decision-making.
When organizations want more than inspiration – when they want lasting leadership behavior change – they call Cindy Solomon.
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Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal is an internationally recognized resilience expert, leadership strategist, and the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People, endorsed by Arianna Huffington, Daniel Pink, Maria Shriver, and many others. Ranked among the Top 30 Global Gurus in Leadership, Dr. Taryn Marie has emerged as one of the leading global voices helping organizations strengthen resilience, elevate wellbeing, and lead through constant change. Dr. Taryn Marie is a dynamic keynote speaker whose work sits at the powerful intersection of resilience, wellbeing, and leadership performance. Named by USA Today and NY Weekly Magazine as an international authority on resilience and wellbeing, Dr. Taryn Marie brings more than two decades of research and real-world leadership experience to the stage. She has delivered impactful keynotes and executive programs for leaders at global organizations including Nike, Charles Schwab, Toyota, Citibank, Discover Financial Services, and MyFitnessPal, equipping leaders with practical, science-backed strategies to navigate disruption, sustain high performance, and build resilient cultures. Through powerful storytelling and actionable insights, Dr. Taryn Marie empowers organizations to transform challenge into strategic advantage.
Learn more at www.resilience-leadership.com
April Sabral is an internationally recognized leadership expert, keynote speaker, and founder of April Sabral Leadership. With more than three decades of experience leading teams across global retail and service brands, she has dedicated her career to helping leaders build high-performing teams through positive leadership, accountability, and practical management skills.
April is the creator of The Positive Effect™ Leadership Framework, a methodology designed to help managers and executives strengthen culture, improve team performance, and develop leaders who inspire results. Her work focuses on transforming everyday managers into confident leaders who create environments where people take ownership, collaborate effectively, and perform at their best.
Through executive coaching, leadership certifications, and transformational workshops delivered around the world, April has trained thousands of leaders across retail, hospitality, and service organizations. She is also the founder of Ask April AI, an innovative coaching platform designed to support frontline managers with real-time leadership guidance.
Recognized as one of the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals, April continues to help organizations strengthen their leadership pipeline and build cultures where people and performance thrive.
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Dan Edds is an independent consultant, researcher and thought leader focused on the role of systemic leadership in improving organizational performance, particularly in healthcare. His work examines how leadership systems—rather than individual leaders’ charisma—shape the conditions that determine whether organizations achieve excellence in areas such as patient safety, employee engagement, and innovation. Drawing on insights from systems thinking, Lean, organizational theory, and high-reliability organizations, Dan’s research explores how leadership mindset, organizational values, daily leadership practices, and feedback mechanisms interact to produce sustainable outcomes.
His current research investigates how healthcare organizations can design leadership systems that consistently deliver value for both patients and employees. Central to this work is the idea that patient safety is not merely a technical challenge but a leadership and organizational design challenge. Through interviews, case studies, and conceptual development, Dan is working to identify the structural elements of leadership systems that enable extraordinary performance in complex healthcare environments.
For more than twenty-five years, Dan’s consulting work includes state & local government, K-12 education, higher education, and healthcare. He is the author of two books, Transformational Management, and his latest, Leveraging the Genetics of Leadership: Cracking the code of sustainable team performance.
Dr. Peter Chee is the #1 Coaching Professional by Global Gurus and the first Asian to reach this level of impact. He develops, transforms, and coaches CEOs, CXOs, C-Suite decision makers, and industry captains at various multinational organizations in over 35 years for a better world.
He has made profound contributions to the field of coaching with the Coaching Mastery Model (CMM), Coaching for Breakthrough Success (CBS) Metta Model, The Coaching Principles (TCP), Situational Coaching Model (SCM), Achievers Coaching Techniques (ACT), and the LETs Lead mobile app.
He co-authored the international bestseller 5 Levels of Mastery with the world’s #1 Executive Coach Marshall Goldsmith. Other books published include Coaching for Breakthrough Success with Jack Canfield; 12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence with Brian Tracy; and Becoming an Effective Mentoring Leader and The Leader’s Daily Role in Talent Management with Dr. William J. Rothwell.
Dr Peter passionately volunteers to coach leaders with his signature Sunrise Eureka Beach Coaching (SEBC) every week. Global leaders from USA, Mexico, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia have benefited from SEBC. Under the ITD Love the World initiative, Peter drives the 100 million leaders mandate to provide fully sponsored coaching programs in every country for a better world.
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Brenda Bence is ranked by Global Gurus as the #3 Executive Coach worldwide and the #1 Branding Guru and is an inductee of the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame. A Harvard MBA and former Fortune 100 senior executive, she led billion-dollar businesses across four continents before founding Brenda Bence International.
For more than two decades, Brenda has partnered with Boards, CEOs, and Executive Leadership Teams of the world’s largest and most recognizable corporations to navigate high-stakes C-Suite succession and leadership transitions. Her work focuses primarily on the pivotal shift of moving leaders from functional excellence to enterprise-wide success.
Brenda is trusted by organizations such as Google, Shell, Citi, Microsoft, J&J, Lilly, Sheraton, and Ogilvy, where she equips successors and top teams to lead with clarity, confidence, and credibility. With a 100% success record in C-Suite succession coaching engagements, Brenda is trusted to deliver measurable, lasting transformation at the highest levels of global business.
An award-winning author of 11 books which have received over 50 international book awards, Brenda has been featured in over 450 media outlets including NBC TV, Fortune, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, and The Los Angeles Times.
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Mark Nation is a globally recognized management expert, leadership consultant, executive coach, author and speaker. He is personally obsessed with discovering what makes individuals, teams and organizations amazing – those elements which drive the heart and soul of people and businesses worldwide. He is convinced that life and work are meant to be experienced as “superlatives,” and everyone brings one-of-a-kind gifts to life that make the extraordinary possible. His national bestselling book, Made for Amazing: An Instrumental Journey of Authentic Leadership Transformation, helps people to identify and sharpen their unique talents in the workplace and beyond.
Mark has developed and managed companies in five diverse industries, including enterprise technology, financial services, music and entertainment, construction and professional services. Mark’s work has been leveraged across a wide range of clients, from young aspirational leaders, corporate managers and executives, to start-ups, Fortune 500 organizations, schools, non-profits and churches.
Mark graduated summa cum laude from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he was first in his class, and he has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a former professional musician and Ironman triathlete, and he still thrives on skiing, long-distance running and triathlon. Mark’s work and travels have taken him to over 40 U.S. states and 35 countries, where he has managed, performed or spoken to over 300,000 people. When not traveling, Mark is based in Tennessee.
Learn more at nationleadership.com
Vincent Pieterse, PhD, is ranked the world’s #10 Executive Coach (Global Gurus 2026) and is a Master Certified Intelligent Leadership Coach within the John Mattone Global network. He works with senior leaders and executive teams across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East in complex transformation and high-performance environments where leadership effectiveness directly impacts enterprise results.
With more than 25 years of international experience, Vincent partners with CEOs, government leaders, and senior executives navigating strategic reinvention, succession transitions, and large-scale cultural transformation. His work strengthens strategic alignment, executive presence, and disciplined decision-making, ensuring leadership capability translates into measurable organizational performance.
Holding a PhD in leadership and organizational culture, Vincent draws on a combined personal, academic, and professional perspective to align leadership behavior with enterprise priorities and long-term value creation. Early exposure to multicultural environments shaped his cross-cultural leadership perspective, enabling him to operate effectively across diverse geopolitical contexts.
His approach integrates behavioral insight with commercial rigor, delivering transformation that is both strategically coherent and operationally sustainable.
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Global Business Strategist Bill Walsh empowers speakers, trainers, and coaches from around the world to transform their expertise into scalable, high-impact brands and profitable businesses. Through his global ecosystem of live events, masterminds, media platforms, and strategic partnerships, Bill provides a proven roadmap that helps thought leaders clarify their positioning, craft compelling offers, and expand their visibility across multiple stages and digital channels. Clients benefit from hands-on guidance in developing signature presentations, building authority through publishing and media exposure, and monetizing their knowledge through courses, consulting, licensing, and live experiences. Walsh also connects his community to powerful networking opportunities, enabling collaboration with fellow experts, corporate partners, and event producers seeking world-class talent. By combining strategic marketing insights with real-time stage opportunities and business acceleration frameworks, he helps speakers and coaches shorten the path to influence, income, and impact. As a result, many of his clients successfully grow international speaking careers, attract premium clients, and establish sustainable platforms that extend their message while creating meaningful transformation for audiences worldwide. For more information text “success” to 26786 today!
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Grant McGaugh is the CEO of 5 STAR BDM and host of the Follow The Brand podcast, which has reached 50,000+ downloads across 225+ episodes featuring Fortune 500 executives and global thought leaders.
Ranked #3 globally in Personal Branding by Thinkers360 and #8 in Brand Strategy by Global Gurus, Grant specializes in helping executives, solopreneurs, and ecosystem leaders move “from literacy to leverage”—turning expertise into visible, monetizable authority.
With three decades of experience spanning healthcare technology, investment banking, and business development, Grant created the BRAVE Blueprint Strategy to help leaders build what he calls “human moats”—brands grounded in trust, story, and execution that the market can’t ignore.
An Omaha native, Grant has returned to his hometown to lead AI education and branding initiatives aimed at underserved entrepreneurial communities, partnering with cities and institutions to build confident, visible leaders on a global stage.
His core belief: Telepathy is not a strategy. The market can’t guess who you are. Your brand must do the talking.
Learn more at 5starbdm.com
Maria Papacosta is a leading Influence expert and an acclaimed personal branding strategist. She is the co-founder of MSC Marketing Bureau. Her flagship Personal Branding Workshop has been ranked in the Top 10 by Global Gurus for six consecutive years, and she ranks #9 in the Top 30 Global Gurus on Branding.
Maria has successfully helped speakers, consultants, and authors raise their game and accelerate growth by crafting big ideas, securing bestselling status, sharpening positioning, elevating social media, placing ideas in top-tier publications, and earning global recognition and accolades. Her expertise lies at the powerful intersection of influence, trust, and personal branding—where presence, communication, and leadership converge to create lasting impact.
She has served as a TED speaker curator and coach. Her insights have been featured in leading publications including Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and UN Today. A frequent university guest lecturer and speaker, Maria’s strategies empower professionals to build authority that is not only visible but enduring.
Learn more at mscbureau.com
David Newman helps founders, CEOs, and expert-services firm owners escape “best kept secret” syndrome and become the trusted face of their firm, earning visibility, credibility, and brand preference that drives better clients, bigger deals, and higher fees. He has delivered 600+ paid keynotes, seminars, and strategic work sessions since 1992 and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). David hosts The Selling Show (a top 1% globally ranked podcast with 500+ episodes), and he is the author of Market Eminence plus the bestselling Do It! Series of books which have been translated into six languages (Do It! Marketing, Do It! Speaking, Do It! Selling). Known for contrarian messaging and sharp positioning, David helps leaders build a personal brand that’s AI-proof, price-proof, and competition-proof, without sounding like everyone else. Free resources, tools, and training are online at www.MarketEminence.com
CB Bowman-Ottomanelli is the creator of The No Playbook Decision System™, a strategic framework designed to equip senior leaders to make high-stakes decisions when certainty isn’t available, and the cost of hesitation is too high.
As CEO and Founder of Courage Consulting and an Amazon #1 bestselling author, CB has spent her career studying how leaders navigate complexity, lead through ambiguity, and turn organizational setbacks into strategic advantage. That body of work led to the development of her proprietary methodology, rooted in Microcourage™ and Strategic Courage©, built for leaders who refuse to let uncertainty stall momentum.
An international keynote speaker and recognized authority on decision-making under pressure, CB doesn’t teach leaders to feel ready, she gives them a system to act decisively when it matters most.
She also serves as the CEO of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC), the global standard for enterprise-level executive coaches.
Learn more at courage-consulting.com
Arthur Carmazzi has been a driving force in redefining Organizational Culture and human development in 2024, achieving a 100% success rate in implementing culture change through his Culture Evolution Process and O.C.E.A.N Organizational Culture Assessment, which benchmark, measure, and evolve organizational cultures effectively. His pioneering contributions include AI-powered tools that leverage real-time human data, interpreted in seconds through DC Psychology Predictable Behavior Models, revolutionizing decision-making for leaders. Carmazzi’s Organizational AI for Humans programs and certifications, coupled with offline AI-driven games, empower leaders and HR professionals to foster data-driven people development and cultivate high-performing individuals and organizational cultures. His innovative Behavior Gamification strategies and apps create visible behavioral change, uplift underperformers, and boost engagement across organizations.
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Morag Barrett is a sought-after keynote speaker, executive coach, and Founder & CEO of SkyeTeam, helping leaders close the connection gap and build cultures where people genuinely want to contribute their best work.
As author of three award-winning books, including the USA Today bestseller You, Me, We: Why We All Need a Friend at Work and Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships, Morag has become a leading voice addressing workplace loneliness and disengagement. Her signature keynote, “Fine Is a Four-Letter Word,” challenges leaders to transform everyday moments into meaningful connection.
Over two decades, she’s worked with organizations like Google, National Geographic Society, and Charter Communications across 20+ countries, delivering her proprietary frameworks including the Relationship Ecosystem™ and Ally Mindset™. A member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and host of the PeopleFirst! podcast, Morag brings both executive credibility and authentic warmth to stages worldwide.
Her mission: creating cultures of connection—one conversation and one relationship at a time. Because while everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence, the real competitive advantage is relationship intelligence.
Learn more at skyeteam.com
From studies in psychology, psychotherapy, business, anthropology, and theology, Dr. Hall became captivated by the possibility of Maslow’s positive psychology which focuses on the ‘bright side of human nature.’ Using the tools of General Semantics, Neuro-Linguistics, and Meta-Cognition, Michael began learning how to model expertise. He focused on finding the structure of experiences (e.g., resilience, wealth creation, leadership, entrepreneurship, coaching, etc.), integrating it in himself, then replicating it for others (through training, coaching, etc.) Michael collaborated with Dr. Bodenhamer to create The International Society of Neuro-Semantics, serving as the first Executive Director.
Dr. Hall’s expertise modeling led to writing over 73 books (many best sellers in NLP) and 60 training manuals for the ISNS community which has 4,000 Licensed Meta-Coaches, 1,400 Licensed Neuro-Semantics Trainers, and a world-wide community of Institutes in 11 countries with members in 81 countries. In 2014 Michael began modeling thinking as the fundamental human capacity. He began with critical thinking skills, then creative thinking, executive thinking, strategic, metaphorical, etc. resulting in 14 thinking books. By modeling the thinking pattern in excellent problem-solving Michael created The 5-Minute Manager as a way to quickly get to the heart of a problem, clearly define it, and solve it. www.neurosemantics.com
Contact Email: DrHall@acsol.net
Dr. Giti Caravan is recognized as a leading psychotherapist, executive coach, author, researcher, and expert advisor with world-class mastery in NLP. A true mind architect, she strategically helps clients build self-confidence, self-worth, and self-esteem to achieve the mental performance required for excellence in life and leadership.
With nearly 40 years of study, research, and professional experience, she transforms psychological science into practical, results-driven strategies that promote exceptional performance and measurable outcomes. She has worked with more than 10,000 individuals worldwide—ranging from Olympic athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs to professionals and families—helping them elevate health, energy, confidence, and performance. Her evidence-based methods support clients in overcoming anxiety, trauma, limiting beliefs, and emotional barriers.
She holds a doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy, multiple graduate degrees in psychology, and over 120 professional certifications, reflecting extraordinary depth and lifelong dedication to mastery. She contributed to foundational research on emotional well-being and long-term confidence. Her integrative approach—combining psychotherapy, NLP, timeline therapy, and neuro-hypnotherapy—makes her uniquely sought-after.
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Rajiv Sharma is a business coach, NLP thought leader, and executive mentor with more than three decades of hands-on experience working with leaders and organizations.
He is known for combining Neuro-Linguistic Programming with practical business strategy. He focuses on helping leaders think clearly, decide confidently, and act consistently under pressure.
Rajiv is a PCC with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has logged over 11,000 hours of coaching experience with leaders, entrepreneurs, and business professionals across industries.
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The only French negotiator ranked among the Global Top 30 professional negotiators since 2024 (GlobalGuru ranking), Julien works both in France and internationally.
Recognized by Forbes as “the new reference in negotiation in France,” he teaches his research at Sorbonne University, HEC Paris, ENA and Sciences Po Paris. In parallel, he spent four years within a research laboratory at the Sorbonne developing and modeling his Influence Negotiation® framework.
Ranked among the Top 5 TEDx speakers in France, his work has reached more than one million people since 2018. He is the award-winning author of Influence Negotiation: Develop Your Power, Outsmart Manipulation (Dunod). Julien regularly contributes to major media outlets (TF1, M6, BFM, Harvard Business Review, Management, Capital, etc.), writing on negotiation and influence communication.
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Dr. Greg Williams is globally recognized as The Master Negotiator & Body Language Expert, known for transforming how leaders and organizations approach negotiation, influence, and communication. Having delivered keynote presentations, advised C-Suite executives, and trained people in more than 23 countries, he equips professionals with practical, high-impact strategies that improve outcomes in business, leadership, and everyday interactions.
A seven-time book author on negotiation and body language, Dr. Williams translates complex behavioral science into actionable methodologies that help negotiators read intent, manage perception, and create measurable value. His proprietary frameworks, including GAIN (Greatest Area for Integrative Negotiation), GREG (Greatest Recognition of Every Goal), and the Williams Negotiation Architecture (WNA), distinguish his work by combining strategy, psychology, and behavioral insight into repeatable systems for success.
His methodologies have helped organizations strengthen collaboration, reduce conflict, and negotiate higher-value outcomes by enhancing emotional intelligence, leadership influence, and strategic communication. Through media and TV appearances, global speaking engagements, and thought leadership, Dr. Williams continues to shape the evolving field of negotiation and body language, reinforcing his belief that the greatest negotiating advantage comes from understanding people before persuading them.
Dr. Williams’ motto is, “You’re always negotiating!”
Learn more at themasternegotiator.com
Dr. Stéphane Royer is a Negotiation Scientist and Chief Negotiation Officer who helps leaders and teams turn negotiation into measurable strategic advantage. He is the founder of Inness.ch, a negotiation practice where science meets experience — grounded in a doctoral synthesis of 400 years of research and 40 negotiation methods into one unified, proven model.
Through Inness.ch, Dr. Royer has developed award-winning negotiation solutions adopted by global organizations, combining structured frameworks, added-value innovation, measurable impact, and AI-scaled tools that support preparation, decision-making, and execution. He teaches scientific negotiation at leading institutions such as HEC Lausanne and Geneva, speaks internationally, and has worked with companies like GSK, Roche, Total and the ICRC.
His mission is to make negotiation performance predictable, scalable and strategically decisive — helping leaders create more value, balance power dynamics, and embed negotiation excellence across their organizations.
Contact: sroyer@inness.ch
Fotini Iconomopoulos helps leaders turn workplace friction into performance. With more than two decades of experience negotiating in corporate boardrooms and advising organizations across industries, she equips leaders at every level with practical frameworks for handling tension strategically.
Her work challenges outdated win-lose thinking and reframes negotiation as a leadership capability — one that strengthens positioning, builds credibility, and drives results people actually support. Whether navigating resistance, managing power dynamics, or guiding high-stakes conversations, Fotini focuses on one core idea: friction is not the problem — mismanaging it is.
Known for her direct style and applied approach, she delivers tools leaders can use immediately to expand opportunity, strengthen alignment, and convert everyday conversations into measurable performance.
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E. Lynn Price is an internationally recognized negotiation expert, keynote speaker, attorney, and bestselling author with more than 25 years of experience helping professionals strengthen their influence, resolve conflict, and negotiate more effectively. Over the course of her career, Lynn has successfully negotiated more than 11,000 agreements across industries ranging from corporate leadership to healthcare, engineering, and retail.
She is the author of the bestselling book Negotiate It! How to Crush Your Fears, Develop Your Negotiation Muscle, and Gain Power in the Workplace, which was featured in Forbes’ list of “The Best Books That Will Make You a Master Negotiator.” Her practical approach focuses on making negotiation skills accessible and actionable through her proven framework known as the “Formula of the 3 R’s.”
Through engaging keynotes and highly interactive training programs, Lynn helps leaders and teams transform negotiation from a source of anxiety into a strategic leadership skill. Her work empowers professionals to build stronger relationships, influence outcomes, and create better agreements both inside and outside their organizations.
Learn more at lynnpriceconsulting.com
Elizabeth McCormick, CSP®, is a professional keynote speaker and former U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot who flew missions at a time when less than 1% of Army pilots were women. From air assault and VIP transport to international peacekeeping operations, her military experience forged the resilience, focus, and discipline that now fuel her dynamic keynote presentations. Elizabeth speaks to organizations across industries including healthcare, education, aerospace, manufacturing, finance, and national associations, delivering more than 100 presentations each year.
Her programs go beyond inspiration. Audiences walk away with practical strategies for navigating change, strengthening accountability, elevating performance, and maintaining clarity in high-pressure moments. With powerful storytelling and mission-driven energy, she connects deeply with professionals at every level, helping them rediscover confidence, purpose, and momentum. Featured on major national media outlets and recognized globally for her impact, Elizabeth equips individuals and teams to step fully into their potential and take control of their own flight path, no matter the turbulence ahead. Elizabeth is a Global Gurus Top 30 Motivational Speaker for 2025 (#13) and 2026 (#11).
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Suzy Burke, PhD, has spent her career helping leaders and organizations navigate change, build accountability, and achieve breakthrough performance. A leadership strategist, executive coach, and organizational consultant, she co-founded Accountability Inc. to bring evidence-based practices to the art of leading and scaling businesses.
Suzy spent 16 years as an executive at a Fortune 20 tech giant where she delivered double-digit revenue and profit growth. A 4X founder with a powerful blend of corporate and entrepreneurial chops, she brings a distinctive, battle-tested perspective to leadership. This rare fusion of boardroom grit and startup hustle gives her an edge most leaders only dream of. Suzy doesn’t just align people, culture, and strategy – she ignites them. And she has a knack for uncovering game-changing opportunities hiding in plain sight.
She is the lead author of Headamentals, an award-winning book that explores how leaders can master their inner dialogue to make better decisions, build stronger cultures, and drive performance.
Suzy holds a Ph.D. in Organizational/Social Psychology from Columbia University. A National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) scholar, she is a proud member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and a recognized leadership thinker.
Learn more at www.suzyburke.phd
David Ribott is the Founder and Managing Director of Ribott Partners, an Abu Dhabi-based board and leadership advisory boutique recognized by Inc. Arabia’s Best in Business Awards 2025 for Management Consulting. An ICF Master Certified Coach, board and CEO advisor, and Amazon best-selling author of Informed Leadership, David is known for helping C-levels leaders, senior leadership teams, and boards navigate complexity with greater clarity, alignment, and purpose. He was also named a Global Power Leader 2025 by White Page International, reflecting his growing influence in leadership and management. David’s work sits at the intersection of governance, executive performance, and organizational effectiveness, supporting leaders as they strengthen judgment, improve alignment, and lead more effectively in high-stakes environments. Through coaching, advisory, facilitation, and thought leadership, he helps organizations translate leadership ambition into disciplined action. His inclusion among the Top 30 Global Gurus in Management reflects both the impact of his work and the relevance of his voice in shaping leadership today.
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Joe Mull, CSP, CPAE, is an employee commitment expert and Hall of Fame speaker who helps leaders and business owners build cultures of genuine commitment in today’s ever-changing workplace. Named by Global Gurus as one of the Top 30 Management Gurus in the World for 2026, Joe brings a rare combination of compelling research, magnetic storytelling, and immediately actionable strategies to every stage. He is the founder of Boss Hero School™ and the creator of the Employalty™ framework, a practical roadmap for building thriving, people-centered organizations. Joe is the author of three books, including Employalty, named a top business book of the year by Publishers Weekly, and his podcast, Boss Better Now, ranks in the top one percent of management podcasts globally. His insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review. In 2025, Joe was inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, an honor earned by fewer than one percent of speakers worldwide. He has worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies like State Farm and Siemens to hospitals, government agencies, and entrepreneurial firms.
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Dr. James O. Rodgers was recently elected to be a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC-USA). The Fellow of the Institute is the highest honor awarded in the management consulting profession. Jim has been called a “keen observer of business from many perspectives” and is acknowledged by his colleagues as the leading strategist in the field of diversity management. Jim is the author of the groundbreaking book Managing Differently: Getting 100% from 100% of your people 100% of the time which changed the conversation about diversity and has been adopted as source material for a number of major MBA programs including Kellogg School of Management. His second book, Epiphany: Finding Truth without Losing Faith is designed to change the conversation about religious diversity.
Learn more at jamesorodgers.com
Dr. Brad Johnson is a globally recognized expert in relational leadership and one of the world’s leading voices on trust, culture, and transformational education. A bestselling author and international keynote speaker, he has delivered powerful messages to tens of thousands of educators across North America and internationally.
Ranked #2 on the Global Gurus Top 30 in Education (2026), Dr. Johnson’s work is grounded in a clear conviction: leadership is a people business. Schools improve when leaders build trust capital, develop people, and create cultures where accountability and encouragement coexist.
Through his books, including Room 212 and Coffee with the Custodian, and his signature keynotes, he equips schools and leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, elevate expectations, and produce measurable results without losing the human side of leadership.
Known for his authentic storytelling and high-impact delivery, Dr. Johnson speaks from lived experience in classrooms and leadership roles. His message is direct and practical: when leaders invest in people first, performance follows.
Learn more at doctorbradjohnson.com
Ryan Minton is a globally recognized keynote speaker and bestselling author specializing in leadership, hospitality and customer experience. With over 25 years of executive experience in hotels, Ryan rose from frontline roles to senior leadership positions with Hilton and Marriott, transforming underperforming properties into top-ranked, high-engagement, high-profit operations.
At the heart of his approach is a simple truth: how leaders show up shapes how teams show up—and how teams show up defines the guest experience. Ryan equips hospitality executives and frontline managers with practical systems to strengthen culture, inspire teams, and deliver exceptional service. His strategies are proven to elevate engagement, enhance guest satisfaction, and drive measurable results across hotels, resorts, and franchise brands.
A Forbes contributor and author of Thanks for Coming In Today and Uplifted: The Power of Positive Leadership on Frontline Teams, Ryan delivers actionable insights rather than theory. He challenges leaders to embrace the privilege and responsibility of shaping daily team and guest experiences, turning everyday interactions into memorable, hospitality-driven moments.
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Steve Towers is a globally recognised expert in Customer Experience, Advanced BPM, and performance transformation, with more than 35 years of hands-on experience helping organisations turn customer-centric strategy into measurable business results. As Founder and CEO of BP Group (est. 1992), Steve has worked with leaders across industries to build Outside-In ways of working that improve revenue, reduce costs, and service performance at the same time.
He is known for combining practical transformation expertise with clear, energising leadership insight, helping organisations move from good intentions to real execution. Steve has worked as a mentor, consultant, advisor, and keynote speaker internationally, and earlier in his career led major restructuring and business process transformation programmes at Citibank in both the US and Europe.
He is the author of several influential books, including Outside-In and Thrive. His latest book, Everyone loves Great CX. Your Customer Experience Playbook, is a practical guide for leaders and CX professionals who want to build exceptional customer experiences that also deliver strong business outcomes. .
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Shaun Belding is a customer experience expert, author of six books, and a popular speaker with a 30-year reputation for helping companies build customer trust, loyalty, and business results. He has helped hundreds of organizations around the world build greater loyalty through enhanced customer and employee experiences.
A Customer Experience Pioneer
Shaun and his company were pioneers in training and consulting for improving internal customer service. His Science of WOW research helped define what truly constitutes a WOW customer experience and identified specific strategies for creating it. His innovative TrustCX framework, based on landmark research linking customer trust to brand loyalty, is enabling more results-oriented CX strategy, more effective customer service training, and more meaningful metrics for measuring CX performance.
An Inspiring Speaker
Shaun is known for practical, thought-provoking insights that help organizations build greater trust and loyalty. His keynote presentations are a fast-paced blend of humor, startling insights, and meaningful, easy-to-apply strategies.
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Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Fast Future. His prime expertise lies in helping clients understand and shape the emerging future. He has a particular interest in how we can create a very human future by putting people at the center of the agenda. Rohit is the co-author of Designing Your Future, lead editor and a contributing author for The Future of Business, Beyond Genuine Stupidity—Ensuring AI Serves Humanity, The Future Reinvented—Reimagining Life, Society, and Business, A Very Human Future—Enriching Humanity in a Digitized World, editor of Technology vs. Humanity, and co-editor and contributor for two forthcoming books: Unleashing Human Potential—The Future of AI in Business and 50:50—Scenarios for the Next 50 Years.
Learn more at fastfuture.com
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist and keynote speaker known as “the futurist who shows up after the hype.” When leadership teams move beyond excitement about AI and emerging tech and need a framework, a stance on risk, and a path to action, Mark delivers the decision clarity they’re missing.
Drawing on 15 years advising Fortune 500 leaders across 32+ countries, he translates complexity into clarity, and clarity into decisions organizations can execute the next morning. His WAVE framework (Watch, Adapt, Verify, Empower) from his award-winning book Now What? helps organizations separate signal from noise, turn insight into action, stress-test assumptions, and build capability without creating dependency.
His sessions don’t predict the future; they build the leadership habits and governance muscle to experiment responsibly, separate signal from noise, and avoid collectively fragile “rational” tech choices. A Certified Speaking Professional and Global Speaking Fellow, he has inspired 100,000+ leaders globally and delivered 200+ engagements with an average NPS of 9.2.
Mark speaks in-person, virtually, or via holographic projection. He is also the founder of Futurwise, a platform that surfaces verified, human-cited insights from the world’s best thinkers. His daily Synthetic Minds newsletter exercises judgment on the five forces reshaping business and society.
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Roger Spitz is a top-ranked futurist and world-leading authority on strategic foresight, artificial intelligence, and systemic disruption. As Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute and President of Techistential in San Francisco, he advises global leaders on navigating uncertainty and transforming disruption into strategic advantage.
His foresight is forged at the frontier of finance and deep technology. As former Global Head of Technology M&A at BNP Paribas, Roger led over 50 transactions totaling $25 billion. Today, he is a venture capital partner investing in breakthrough innovation and serves on the World Economic Forum’s AI Global Alliance.
An AI columnist for MIT Technology Review and contributor featured on CNN, Roger coined “Techistentialism” to explore human agency in the age of intelligent machines. He is the bestselling author of five books, including Disrupt With Impact, and creator of the widely adopted AAA Framework: Antifragile, Anticipatory, Agile.
Born in South Africa and having lived across three continents, Roger translates global complexity into clear strategy – empowering organizations to build resilience and thrive in an unpredictable world.
Learn more at disruptivefutures.org
Tony Hunter is a Global Food Futurist Speaker, Author, Food Scientist and Strategic Foresight Consultant specialising in the Future of Food, Agriculture, Health and Wellness. He has over 30 years’ experience in the Food Industry, having been General Manager of two food companies. He now operates his own company, Future of Food Consulting, providing global speaking and consulting services.
Tony has spoken on four continents and appears regularly in print, podcasts, TV and radio globally as an expert on the Future of Food. He has presented to industries throughout the food chain from animal feeds in Vienna, to food in Dubai, confectionary in Melbourne, the restaurant industry in Auckland and the travel industry in London.
As a consultant he provides expert and strategic foresight advice to global food companies from PepsiCo to KFC on the impact of cutting edge food technology and consumer trends on the food industry. He also advises government, VC investors and top four global consulting companies such as Accenture on the impact of food technology and consumer trends.
He delivers a unique perspective on the Future of Food, Health and Wellness using his distinctive combination of scientific qualifications, business experience and detailed understanding of food technologies.
Learn more at futuristforfood.com
Diana Kawarsky, MA, ACC, is the President of The Soft Skills Group Inc., a boutique on-the-job learning firm specializing in professional development. As a senior training and development professional with 20+ years of experience, she has coached and consulted for more than 25,000 clients globally, including leaders at Fortune 500 companies and premier academic institutions. Diana is consistently recognized among the top 3% of teaching faculty at the Schulich Executive Education of the Schulich School of Business at York University.
Her approach to high-impact communication is grounded in her two influential business books. Soft Skills Volume 1provides professionals with practical tools to improve their workplace presence through body language, storytelling, and active listening. Her second book, The Soft Cs, explores essential leadership pillars such as credibility, candor, and collaboration, using humor to help leaders project their best selves. As a certified ICF coach, Diana specializes in turning complex interpersonal skills into measurable success, helping individuals and organizations across North America, Europe, and Asia master the soft skills necessary for executive impact
Learn more at tssg.ca
Sandy Gerber believes connection isn’t luck, it’s a choice made in everyday conversations.
She’s an award-winning Certified Communication Coach, Emotional Intelligence Trainer, and Best-selling Author of Emotional Magnetism (24 international awards). She ranked #16 on the World’s Top 30 Communication Professionals by Global Gurus and is the recipient of the 2025 Women of Influence Creative Innovator Award.
A TEDx speaker and Magnetic Communication podcast host, Sandy delivers high-energy, humour-filled keynotes and experiential training that have helped thousands to communicate with more calm and connection in their personal and professional relationships.
Known for her relatable style and powerful storytelling, she simplifies communication and emotional intelligence into practical tools people actually use. Sandy teaches the same emotionally intelligent communication tools she used to rebuild her life after two failed marriages to create an extraordinarily 12-year relationship with her husband.
With 25+ years of experience, Sandy’s worked with iconic North American brands, and has built and scaled three companies, including growing NEXT Marketing Agency from a bedroom startup as a single mother into a Top 100 Fastest Growing Company in BC.
Sandy’s passionate about helping people feel seen, heard, and understood to create more love and acceptance in our homes, workplaces, and communities.
Learn more at sandygerber.com
Dr. Tony Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having been raised in the housing projects of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, Internet entrepreneur, business author, and hall-of-fame keynote speaker. He earned a BBA from Notre Dame, an MBA from the Univ. of Connecticut and his PhD in marketing in 1976 from Georgia State University.
Tony worked his way through college selling cookware door-to-door. He taught sales and marketing strategy at the university level from 1970 through 1978. In January 1979, he became a full-time professional speaker. He averaged 100 paid speeches per year through 2000 and gradually cut back to near zero today.
In 2000, Tony founded Assessments 24×7 LLC, a company that offers a variety of online assessments, including the widely used DISC profile.
He has authored 32 books translated into over 50 foreign language editions and is featured in over 100 audio/video programs and films.
Dr. Alessandra was inducted into the:
National Speakers Association “Speakers Hall of Fame” in 1985
Legends of the Speaking Profession in 2009
Inaugural class of the Top Sales World Sales Hall of Fame in 2010
#1 World’s Top Communication Guru in 2012.
Learn more at Alessandra.com
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