Cassandra Worthy

Founder and CEO, Change Enthusiasm® Global Author of Change Enthusiasm: How to Harness the Power of Emotion for Leadership and Success Disruption, Transformation and Culture Shift Enthusiast Unparalleled Energy + Corporate Savvy + Engineering Mindset + Diverse Background Chemical Engineer

Dan Heath

Co-author (with his brother Chip) of four New York Times bestsellers: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. First solo book, Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen, was an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller

Michael C. Bush

CEO of Great Place to Work® Author of A Great Place to Work for All Former member of President Obama’s White House Business Council Board member of Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning

Susan Cain

Susan Cain

New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, named the #1 best book of 2012 by Fast Company magazine, which also name

Amy Blankson

Amy Blankson

CEO of Fearless Positivity, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Wellness Institute Bestselling author of The Future of Happiness, Ripple’s Effect, and How to Make a Shark Smile Member of the United Nations Global Happiness Council Regular contributor for Forbes on Women, Technology,

Shawn Achor

Shawn Achor

Author of bestsellers, Big Potential and The Happiness Advantage New York Times bestselling author of Before Happiness Conducted research with UBS, Nationwide Insurance & Google Research featured on PBS, HBO, Live with Kelly & Michael & Oprah Winfrey Network TED talk has

Michelle Gielan

International bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change Named one of the top 10 authors on resilience by the Harvard Business Review Research has received attention from dozens of media outlets including The Washington Post, FORBES, and The New York

Sally Hogshead

Sally Hogshead

Founder & CEO of Fascinate® Author of New York Times bestsellers FASCINATE: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist and How the World Sees You Creator of the Fascinate® test which has measured over 1 million professionals Named the #1 Global

Scott Klososky

Founder and former CEO of several successful startup companies Founding Partner at Future Point of View Author of Did God Create the Internet?, The Velocity Manifesto, Enterprise Social Technology, and Managing with Social Technology Business Consultant to Fortune 500 corporations, universities

Howard Putnam

Howard Putnam

Former CEO of Southwest Airlines Author of The Winds of Turbulence First CEO to take a major airline (Braniff) through Chapter 11 successfully MBA in Marketing & attended Harvard’s Advanced Management Program Founding faculty member of MentorU.com Member of Speaker Hall

Dr. Nido Qubein

Nido Qubein

President of High Point University Click Here to see the mega transformation HPU is experiencing under Nido’s leadership Chairman of the Board of Great Harvest Bread Company Member of Board of Directors for BB&T Bank, La-Z-Boy Furniture and Dots Stores Author

Dr. Brené Brown

Dr. Brené Brown

Research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work Visiting professor in management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Author of six