Howard Behar's career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years where he led both the domestic business, as President of North America, and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from only 28 stores... read full bio
Peter Ricchiuti is the business professor you wish you had in college. His sense of humor and intelligence have garnered him multiple teaching awards at Tulane University, where he founded and oversees the nationally recognized Burkenroad Reports student stock research program. Peter, a Boston native, attended Babson College before starting his career at Kidder Peabody, an investment firm. As assistant state treasurer,... read full bio
Few people have contributed as significantly to the art and especially the science of business strategy as Robert Kaplan. Business leaders number one priority is strategy execution and the Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard (BSC)management system has become the premier tool for effective strategy execution. This performance management system enables business leaders to clarify and communicate their corporate vision and align people,... read full bio
The bestselling book "China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World," by Ted C. Fishman, has had a significant impact on how the world views and comprehends China's transformation and its implications for the rest of the world. The book's international acclaim has paralleled its success in the United States, with translations available in... read full bio
As Owner and CEO of Uncle Jack's Steakhouses in New York City, Willie Degel takes a no nonsense approach to customer service and culinary excellence. Willie has made a commitment to understanding both his employees and his customers better by working each and every position at the restaurant so he knows how to best train his employees to meet the... read full bio
Kinvara Balfour is a fashion trend hunter and one of Europe's leading style experts. She advises culture-conscious brands on what is happening in the world of fashion, beauty and style, both physically and virtually. Kinvara has worked in almost every area of the fashion industry. Having won the Lloyd's Bank Fashion Challenge out of 29,000 entries at 16, she began... read full bio
R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for over 45 years, 31 years in Unilever and 14 years in TATA. He has served in Jeddah as Chairman of Unilever Arabia, in Bangalore as Managing Director of Brooke Bond Lipton India, and finally as Vice Chairman of Hindustan Lever. Currently, he is Director, Tata Sons Ltd. He is the chairman... read full bio
Anders Knutsen assumed the leadership of Bang and Olufsen, the Danish audiovisual company, at a time of severe crisis. He rescued a tradition of immaculate design and engineering, so perfect" that fewer and fewer could afford it! It started with a bang. It nearly ended in a whimper, but, thanks to Knutsen, the Bang is now bigger than ever. His... read full bio
Herscher made his first machine when he was five years old, the Lolly Machine. This childhood passion was rediscovered in his early twenties when he built a contraption that spanned his entire apartment in a three minute obstacle course culminating in a hammer smashing an egg. Not knowing what to do with it, Herscher filmed the thing in action and... read full bio
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Polly LaBarre has devoted over two decades to enabling and supplying executives from a variety of fields with the tools they need to turn their companies into bulwarks of resiliency, creativity, innovation, and accountability. She played a crucial part in altering leadership paradigms and ushering in a new era of workplace dynamics and successes when she joined Fast Company magazine... read full bio
Carolyn Kepcher is the founder of Carolyn & Co. Media and WorkHerWay.com. She is formerly the Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization and Chief Operating Officer for Trump Golf Properties. Perhaps best known as Donald Trump’s right-hand woman on The Apprentice, Carolyn is regarded as one of the nation’s most successful and high profile businesswomen. Her New York Times... read full bio
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Mark Liu is a fashion and textile designer. Having worked freelance and as a consultant for fashion labels. Mark Liu’s experience in the fashion industry and passion for eco-sustainability to push boundaries of fashion through innovative textile design. Mark Liu has been labeled as one of the leading proponents in the next wave of eco-ware and eco-responsible fashion designers. Mark... read full bio
The main areas of study for Margaret Neale are teamwork and negotiation. Her study has brought cognitive psychology's understanding of judgment and decision-making to the negotiating domain. She focuses on the social and cognitive mechanisms that lead to deviations from sensible bargaining tactics. Her research examines elements of group dynamics and composition within the framework of teams that improve teams'... read full bio
Kim Garst has established not one, but seven, seven-figure web enterprises over the previous thirty plus years (and a few six-figure ones!). She has come to be recognized as an expert in online marketing, particularly in the areas of social selling and AI marketing, after an amazing trip. If Kim has discovered anything about marketing, it is the need of... read full bio
Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace. He is an advisor to business leaders all over the world, the author or coauthor of fifteen different books and numerous management training programs, and a sought-after keynote speaker and seminar leader. Bruce has addressed tens of thousands of leaders and managers in hundreds... read full bio
Don Brown, a famed defensive strategist, has joined the Arizona Football team as the defensive coordinator, according to head coach Jedd Fisch. Brown has been dubbed "Dr. Blitz" due to his aggressive and blitz-heavy attacks for a considerable amount of time. Brown, who is regarded as one of the best defensive coordinators in college football, led the Michigan Wolverines defense for... read full bio
CEO, Author and Strategist, Nilofer Merchant provides a secret sauce" for Fortune 500 companies attempting to win markets. As a successful top management thinker, Merchant shares her new-age business insights to help others understand the changes needed to excel in this fast-paced, ever-changing world. Her unique and collaborative approach to strategic planning enables her to drive innovation, and lead strategic... read full bio
