Adam Lashinsky
Adam Lashinsky is a Senior Editor At Large for Fortune Magazine, where he covers technology and finance. He is also a Fox News contributor and frequent speaker and moderator. Find out more!
Al Switzler
Al Switzler is a renowned consultant and speaker who has directed training and management initiatives with dozens of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. He is on the faculty of the Executive Development Center at the University of Michigan. Find out more!
Alex Cornell
Alex Cornell is a San Francisco-based Designer and Musician. A graduate of Duke University, Alex cofounded Firespotter Labs in 2010 and has designed and launched Nosh, Jotly, NoshList and ÜberConference. Find out more!
Arlene Dickinson
Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada’s most renowned independent marketing communications entrepreneurs. Find out more!
Art Markman
Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. Find out more!
Atul Gawande
A surgeon and a writer, Atul Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and “The New Yorker” magazine. He received his B.A.S. from Stanford University, M.A. Find out more!
Baltasar Gracián
The son of a doctor, in his childhood Gracián lived with his uncle, who was a priest. Find out more!
Ben Casnocha
BEN CASNOCHA is an award-winning entrepreneur and author. He has written for Newsweek and public radio’s Marketplace and appeared on CNN, the CBS Early Show, and CNBC. Find out more!
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on 17 January 1706 to a dyer and soap maker Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Find out more!
Bernadette Jiwa
I’m Bernadette Jiwa, business author, idea catalyst and brand storyteller. Find out more!
Bill Hawkins
Bill Hawkins is an expert in leadership development and executive coaching. Find out more!
Bo Burlingham
Courtesy Inc.com: Burlingham joined Inc. in 1983. An editor at large, he is the author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. Find out more!
Brené Brown
Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Find out more!
Brian Fugere
Brian Fugere is a recovering jargonaholic. After authoring some of the worst jargon the consulting world has ever seen, he formally admitted his problem and entered a twelve-step program. Find out more!
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Find out more!
Cali Ressler
Cali Ressler, along with her partner Jody Thompson, is the Founder of CultureRx and co-creator of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE). Find out more!
Carmine Gallo
Carmine Gallo is the communications coach for the world’s most admired brands. Find out more!
Carol S. Dweck
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Find out more!
Chet Richards
Chet Richards was a close associate of the late US Air Force Colonel John Boyd beginning in the mid-1970s. Find out more!
Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of “WIRED” magazine, a position he took in 2001. Find out more!
Chris Guillebeau
via chrisguillebeau.com: “I served as a volunteer executive for a medical charity in West Africa from 2002-2006. Find out more!
Dan Buettner
“Dan Buettner is a National Geographic Explorer, a writer, and the founder of Quest Network, Inc. Find out more!
Daniel Coyle
Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Book of Talent, The Talent Code, Lance Armstrong’s War, and Hardball: A Season in Projects. Find out more!
David Allen
David Allen is an author, consultant, international lecturer, and Founder of the David Allen Company. Find out more!
David C. Baker
I was born in Michigan, but lived in San Miguel Acatán, Guatemala with a tribe of Mayan indians until I was eighteen years old, after which I moved to the United States. Find out more!
David Eagleman
“I’m a neuroscientist during the day and a writer at night. As a believer in the endeavor of popular science, I travel frequently to give public lectures. It has been an incredible pleasure to meet warm, funny, like-minded readers everywhere I visit.” Find out more!
David Nour
David Nour is a social enterprise strategist and the thought leader on Relationship Economics® – the quantifiable value of business relationships. Find out more!
David Ryback
David Ryback, Ph.D. is a speaker and consultant on organizational success. Find out more!
Dennis Bakke
DENNIS W. BAKKE was raised in the foothills of Mount Baker in rural Washington State. Find out more!
Don Brown
Don Brown is the owner and founder of Situational Services, Inc., a training and development company dedicated to improved leadership and influence effectiveness for its clients. Find out more!
Donald Trump
Donald J. Trump started his business career in an office he shared with his father, Fred, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. He worked with his father for five years, where they were busy making deals together. Find out more!
Dr Richard Wiseman
Prof Richard Wiseman is based at the University of Hertfordshire, where he holds Britain’s only Chair in the Public Understanding of Psychology. Find out more!
Dr. Henry Cloud
Dr. Cloud is a clinical psychologist with a unique ability to connect with his audiences. Drawing upon his broad range of experiences in private practice, leadership consulting, and media, he simplifies life’s issues and gives easy to understand, practical advice. Find out more!
Ekaterina Walter
Ekaterina Walter is a social media innovator at Intel and author of the WSJ bestselling book “Think Like Zuck”. Find out more!
Eugene T. Gendlin
Eugene T. Gendlin received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago and taught there from 1963 to 1995. Find out more!
Farnoosh Brock
Farnoosh Brock was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, has also lived in Turkey and now resides in the United States. Find out more!
Flora Lichtman
Flora Lichtman is the multimedia editor for Science Friday on National Public Radio. Before coming to Science Friday, Flora worked at a NATO oceanographic lab in Italy, studying the effects of noise on marine mammals. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Environmental Studies. Find out more!
Frans Johansson
Frans Johansson is an author, entrepreneur, and innovation thought leader who has spoken to audiences worldwide, from Fortune 500 companies to rural villages. Find out more!
Fred Reichheld
Fred Reichheld is a Bain Fellow and founder of Bain & Company’s Loyalty Practice, which helps companies achieve results through customer and employee loyalty. Find out more!
Geoff Colvin
Geoff Colvin, Fortune’s senior editor at large, is one of America’s most respected journalists. Find out more!
George Anders
“I’ve been writing about dreamers, idealists and rascals since 1981. Look for my journalistic work these days at forbes.com and Forbes magazine. Find out more!
Gurbaksh Chahal
G was born in the town of Tarn Taran, near Amritsar in Punjab, India to Avtar and Arjinder Chahal. Find out more!
Guy Kawasaki
From his official web site: “Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, an ‘online magazine rack’ of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures. Find out more!
Howard Aster
Howard Aster was born in Montreal and was educated at the Talmud Torah, Herzliah High School, McGill University, and Yale University; he received his Ph.D. Find out more!
Howard Behar
Howard Behar is the former president of Starbucks Coffee Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International. Find out more!
Jagdish Sheth
Dr. Jagdish Sheth is a renowned scholar and world authority in the field of marketing. His insights on global competition, strategic thinking and customer relationship management are considered revolutionary. Dr. Find out more!
James Allworth
A native of Australia, James Allworth is a Fellow at the Forum for Growth and Innovation, where he worked with Professor Clayton Christensen. Find out more!
James Burke
Courtesy http://www.fantasticplaces.com/jamesburke/burke_biography.html: “When James Burke received an M.A. Find out more!
Jamie Notter
Jamie Notter started his career in the field of international conflict resolution. Find out more!
Jason Fried
Courtesy Inc.com: “Jason Fried is co-founder of 37signals, a Chicago-based software firm, and co-author of the book Rework, which was published last March. He also writes Inc.’s Get Real column.” Find out more!
Jeff Cox
JEFF COX works in concert with business executives and consultants to create fiction that brings to life new concepts of organizational improvement. Find out more!
Jim Asplund
Jim Asplund leads Gallup’s worldwide research on the science of strengths. Find out more!
Jim Cathcart
Jim Cathcart is the author of 16 books including the international bestsellers: The Acorn Principle (St. Find out more!
Jody Thompson
Jody Thompson, along with her partner Cali Ressler, is the Founder of CultureRx and co-creator of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE). Find out more!
Joel D Canfield
via JoelDCanfield.com: I’m a writer. Most of my books are about my business philosophy. There’s also a mystery, with a sequel on the way. Find out more!
John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell is an internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold more than 19 million books. Dr. Find out more!
John King
John King is co-founder and senior partner of CultureSync, a consulting firm that focuses on Leadership, Strategy, Cultural Change and Executive Coaching. Find out more!
John Medina
John Medina, author of the New York Times bestseller “Brain Rules,” is a developmental molecular biologist and research consultant. Find out more!
John Tierney
John Tierney writes the “Findings” science column for the New York Times. His writing has won awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Physics. This is his third book. Find out more!
John Warrillow
John Warrillow is the author of Built To Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell. Throughout his career as an entrepreneur, John has started and exited four companies. Find out more!
John Wooden
John Wooden (1910-2010), guided the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA basketball championships over a 12-year period, including four perfect seasons and an 88-game winning streak. Find out more!
Jon Warshawsky
Jon Warshawsky, a former eighth-grade spelling champion, is a manager at Deloitte Consulting and helped start the firm’s e-Learning practice. In 2000, he founded Cappuccino, a newsletter covering organizational change and learning. Find out more!
Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer is a Contributing Editor at Wired and the author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist. Find out more!
Jonah Sachs
Jonah is an internationally recognized storyteller, author, designer and entrepreneur. Find out more!
Joseph Grenny
Joseph Grenny is an acclaimed keynote speaker and consultant who has designed and implemented major corporate change initiatives for the past 20 years. He is also a cofounder of Unitus, a nonprofit organization that helps the world’s poor achieve economic self-reliance. Find out more!
Josh Linkner
Josh Linkner is The New York Times Bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 10 business books of 2011. Find out more!
Ken Blanchard
Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. Find out more!
Kerry Patterson
Kerry Patterson has authored award-winning training programs and led multiple long-term change efforts. Find out more!
Laurence Vincent
Laurence Vincent has developed strategies for some of the world’s most beloved brands, including Disney, MasterCard, Microsoft, the NFL, Sony Playstation, Southwest Airlines, Four Seasons, and vitaminwater. Find out more!
Lee LeFever
Lee LeFever is the Founder and Chief Explainer at Common Craft, where he has been a professional explainer since 2007. Find out more!
Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow was born in Chicago, Illinois, to immigrant Jewish parents who were holocaust survivors. Find out more!
Mahan Khalsa
Mahan Khalsa is the founder of the Sales Performance Group of FranklinCovey, the creator of the Helping Clients Succeed sales improvement program taught in over 40 countries and 10 different languages. Find out more!
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with “The New Yorker” magazine since 1996. Find out more!
Marcella Bremer
Marcella Bremer is the co-founder of the Dutch consultancy firm Kikker Groep and co-founder of OCAI Online. Find out more!
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual author and lecturer. Six of her ten published books have been New York Times Best Sellers. Four of these have been #1 New York Times Best Sellers. Find out more!
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., is the Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, the director of the Positive Psychology Network, and former president of the American Psychological Association. Among his twenty books are Learned Optimism and The Optimistic Child. Find out more!
Martin Goldfarb
Martin Goldfarb is an entrepreneur and a leading expert in the study of human behaviour as it relates to the marketplace and society. Find out more!
Martin Lindstrom
True story. When he was a kid growing up in Denmark, young Martin had but one thought in his life: Lego. Find out more!
Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash stands out as one of America’s business giants. Her story is unique. Her ideas were bold. And her actions were revolutionary. Find out more!
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly was born in Sydney, Australia, where he began speaking and writing in 1993. Find out more!
Matthew Linderman
Previously: Employee #1 at 37signals and co-author of the books Rework and Getting Real. Now: Working on new, top secret project. Find out more!
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Find out more!
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. Find out more!
Neil Rackham
Neil Rackham is known throughout the world as a speaker, writer and seminal thinker on sales and marketing issues. Find out more!
Norm Brodsky
Courtesy Inc: “Street Smarts” columnist and senior contributing editor Norm Brodsky is a veteran entrepreneur who has founded and grown six businesses. Find out more!
Rael Kalley
“Rael Kalley has been in the coaching, consulting and training business for more than twenty-five years. “Born in South Africa, Rael moved to Canada in 1977. Find out more!
Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a highly sought after business advisor and speaker famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems. Find out more!
Randall Stross
Randall Stross writes the New York Times column Digital Domain and is professor of business at San Jose State University. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including The Wizard of Menlo Park, eBoys, and The Microsoft Way. He lives in Burlingame, California. Find out more!
Randy Illig
Randy Illig is a senior consultant with the FranklinCovey Sales Performance Practice (SPP). Find out more!
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was a professor of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University. Find out more!
Reid Hoffman
REID HOFFMAN is a world-renowned entrepreneur and investor. He is cofounder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with 100+ million members. Find out more!
Renée Mauborgne
Renée Mauborgne is The INSEAD Distinguished Fellow and a professor of strategy at INSEAD, the world’s second largest business school. Find out more!
Richard Branson
Courtesy of Virgin.com: “I was born in 1950 and educated at Stowe School. Find out more!
Robert Greene
Bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, The 50th Law, and Mastery. Greene is on the Board of Directors at American Apparel. He lives in Los Angeles. Find out more!
Robert Herjavec
Robert Herjavec began his career with IBM mainframe sales but founded his own business in 1990 − BRAK Systems Inc. Find out more!
Rodd Wagner and Gale Muller
Rodd Wagner Rodd Wagner is a New York Times bestselling author and a principal of Gallup. He and Gallup Vice Chairman Gale Muller, Ph.D., are authors of Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life. Find out more!
Rohit Bhargava
Hi, my name is Rohit Bhargava. This is my author page, and my chance to tell you a bit more about myself, so here it goes. Find out more!
Ron Adner
Ron Adner has spent the past decade studying the root causes of innovation success and failure. Find out more!
Rosamund Stone Zander
Rosamund Zander is a pioneer in the field of leadership and relationship. She has created a leadership model that coaches individuals to create a life of vision, passion and contribution. Find out more!
Sally Hogshead
Growing up with the last name Hogshead would give anyone an unconventional point of view. Find out more!
Sean Covey
Sean Covey is Senior Vice President of Innovations and Products at FranklinCovey, a world-renowned organization devoted to helping individuals and organizations achieve greatness. Sean graduated from BYU with a degree in English and later earned his M.B.A. Find out more!
Sean D'Souza
It all started with a copywriter called Leo Burnett 15+ years ago, fresh out of college with a degree in accounting (of all things) I joined an advertising agency called Leo Burnett. Find out more!
Seth Godin
SETH GODIN has written twelve books that have been translated into more than thirty languages. Find out more!
Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. Find out more!
Spencer Johnson
Spencer Johnson, M.D., is one of the world’s most beloved authors and respected thinkers. Find out more!
Stephen Covey
Recognized as one of Time magazine’s 25 most influential Americans, Stephen R. Find out more!
Steve Jamison
Steve Jamison is America’s foremost author and authority on the life and philosophy of John Wooden. Mr. Find out more!
Steve Pavlina
In January 1991, my life was going downhill fast. I’d just been arrested for felony grand theft after a few prior arrests for misdemeanors. I got expelled from college because I ditched most of my classes. Find out more!
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
STEVEN LEVITT Steven D. Levitt is the William B. Find out more!
Steven Kramer
Steven Kramer is an independent researcher and writer in Wayland, Massachusetts. Find out more!
Steven Pressfield
STEVEN PRESSFIELD is the author of the hugely successful historical novels Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons. His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was made into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith in 2000. He lives in California. Find out more!
Stewart Emery
Stewart Emery brings to the international bestseller, Success Built to Last, a lifetime of experience as entrepreneur, executive coach and leader, and is considered one of the fathers of the Human Potential Movement. Find out more!
T. Harv Eker
Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of ’street-smarts with heart’. Find out more!
Teresa Amabile
TERESA AMABILE is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. Find out more!
The Arbinger Institute
The Arbingers Institute helps organizations, families, individuals, and communities worldwide to correct the trouble created by the little-known but pervasive problem of self-deception. Find out more!
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, a renowned Zen master, a poet, and a peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967, and is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness. Find out more!
Thomas J. Stanley
Thomas J. Stanley, America’s foremost authority on the affluent, is a respected researcher, advisor, and author of several highly regarded, award winning books on America’s wealthy population. Dr. Find out more!
Thomas Sterner
Thomas M. Sterner has studied Eastern and Western philosophy and modern sports psychology and trained as a jazz pianist. Find out more!
Tim Clark
Teaching and training is my lifework, and helping people with their personal business models is my specialty. Here’s what I believe: 1. We can become more entrepreneurial without becoming entrepreneurs 2. Find out more!
Todd Henry
Todd is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. Find out more!
Tom Kelley
“Tom Kelley is general manager of IDEO, the world’s leading design consultancy specializating in innovation and product development. Find out more!
Tom Rieger
Tom Rieger is a Senior Practice Expert for Gallup, has pioneered the study and science of organizational barriers. Find out more!
Vijay Kumar
With over 30 years of experience on design innovation, Vijay Kumar is a methodologist, planner, teacher, and advisor. Find out more!
W. Chan Kim
W. Chan Kim is Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute and The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Find out more!
William A. Gavin
William A Gavin retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after 28 years. Find out more!
William B. Irvine
Early Life: I grew up in mining towns, mostly in Montana and Nevada. My father was a construction engineer for Anaconda Copper Company. Find out more!
William Poundstone
William Poundstone is the author of two previous Hill and Wang books: Fortune’s Formula and Gaming the Vote. Find out more!
Zachary D. Kaufman
Dr. Zachary D. Kaufman, Esq., is an attorney, political scientist, professor, writer, speaker, and social entrepreneur. Find out more!
Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar is a popular American motivational speaker and self help author. Find out more!