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

Nataly Kogan

Leading expert on emotional fitness and leadership, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Creator of the Happier Method™, founder and CEO of Happier, a company that’s helped more than 1 million people live happier lives Host of the popular Awesome Human Podcast

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

Carey Lohrenz

Carey Lohrenz

First female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy Wall Street Journal  and USA Today best-selling author of Span of Control: What to Do When You’re Under Pressure, Overwhelmed, and Ready to Get What You Really Want and Fearless

Neil Pasricha

Neil Pasricha

Author of ten New York Times / #1 International bestsellers focused on intentional living, including The Book of Awesome (gratitude), The Happiness Equation (happiness), and Two-Minute Mornings (habits). Neil’s books have spent >200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold

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

Dr. Tasha Eurich

Organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author who helps people thrive in a changing world Author of Insight (one of three books Adam Grant recommends most often), Bankable Leadership, and Becoming Unbreakable (forthcoming) Principal, The Eurich Group: truth-teller to some of the

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

Michelle Poler

Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement that has inspired over 70 million people worldwide to choose growth over comfort Creator of the 100 Days Without Fear viral project Author of Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who

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