Most economists have been too pessimistic about the Eurozone crisis. The famous names who forecast a Eurozone breakup – Martin Wolf, Niall Ferguson – were generally guilty of confusing “broken” with “cannot be fixed”. There were good reasons for this confusion. Politicians in European countries engaged in repeated games of…
According to a recent Huffington Post/YouGov poll 28% of Americans did not read a book last year. As an author, I find this both disappointing and yet not surprising. Fortunately most people read. But is what you are reading enhancing your creativity, or just furthering your intellect? Most people who…
There’s a great tendency in the month of December to wind things down. With the holiday season upon us, and the least amount of sunlight of the year around to energize us, we’re influenced to work in slow motion. We feel like resting, and to acting upon a conscious or…
Featured on November 7th’s episode of 60 Minutes, reporter Liz Hayes visited the small Greek island of Ikaria where people are three times more likely than the average American to live into their 90s. Identified as a Blue Zone, Ikaria is one of five locations where people live longer and…
Patrick Lencioni, bestselling author & speaker, is a consultant with over two decades of experience working with CEOs and their executive teams. He is founder and president of The Table Group, a consulting firm dedicated to building healthy organizations. He is the author of many bestselling books including The…
What’s hot? What’s trending? What kinds of Speakers are clients asking us about as we head into the Summer of 2013? Every 2 months our system tabulates all the searches done on our website as well as requests and phone calls and produces a list of the most requested topics.
Chester Elton, co-author of New York Times best selling The Carrot Principle and The Orange Revolution, is a successful keynote speaker on motivation, management, teamwork and leadership. His work has been called a must read for modern managers, by Larry King of CNN. In this interview with Realizing Leadership Magazine, Chester brilliantly explains his latest keynote, All In, which…
Polly LaBarre, co-author of Mavericks at Work and a founding writer of Fast Company magazine, has worked for nearly 20 years to change the way leaders and their organizations think about working and winning. She has teamed up with Gary Hamel, one of the world’s most sought-after management experts, and wrote…
Well, if I told you his name, they would probably kill me, but it’s an interesting story. A few years ago a client came to us looking for some speaker ideas that would help their Leadership team take their company to the next level. As the discussion progressed and different…
Several years ago a speaker we work with, let’s call him Gary, was on his way back from spring break with his family, arriving at his home airport at noon on a Tuesday. He knew he had his first post-holiday speech on Thursday, so he took out his Day-Timer to…