Paul Kangas was dubbed by The Detroit Free Press as "the Walter Cronkite of business broadcasting." A former stockbroker with more than 12 years experience, he is now the co-anchor and financial commentator for public television's Nightly Business Report and television's leading provider of daily stock market information.

Richard Branson is the man behind one of the world's most recognized and respected brands, Virgin. His Virgin Group has a presence in international retail, air travel, mobile communication, music, resorts, clean fuel, space travel, and many other areas.

Co-author of The Carrot Principle and The Integrity Advantage, Adrian Gostick is a leading expert on employee engagement and retention. He is vice-president of The Carrot Culture Group, a consulting and training division of the O.C. Tanner Company, the world's largest employee recognition firm.

John Kotter is a professor at the Harvard Business School and is regarded as an authority on leadership and change. He is a bestselling author of Leading Change and Our Iceberg is Melting. His articles in The Harvard Business Review over the past twenty years have sold more reprints than any of the hundreds of distinguished authors who have written for that publication during the same time period.

NYT and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and television personality, Larry Winget is best known for his candor and caustic, yet hilarious style. He speaks around the world to associations, corporations and businesses about what it takes to be successful both personally and professionally. He is a frequent guest on many other television shows speaking on the topics of money, personal success and business.

Principal economic commentator of The Independent and author of the acclaimed work on the future The World in 2020: Power, Culture and Prosperity, Hamish McRae is one of Europe's leading futurists. His work is currently focused on the shift of power to the economies of Asia and the impact of the new technologies on the world economy.

MLB's first baseman, Steve Garvey set the MLB record for most consecutive errorless games by an infielder, which he held until April 2008. Today Steve runs Garvey Communications and Garvey Management Group. Steve is involved in television production and infomercials. He is also host of "Baseball's Greatest Games."

Author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast-Growth Firm , Verne Harnish has served as an advisor to CEOs of emerging growth firms for nineteen years. Verne is founder of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate Entrepeneurs (ACE).

President and CEO of The Tech Nation Group and Editor-in-Chief of the Tech Nation Quarterly, Moira Gunn is best known as the host of NPR's Tech Nation. Dr. Gunn is a founding columnist on Knight-Ridder's SiliconValley.com, a commentator on life in the high-tech age and her insights air nationally in the weekly segment Give Minutes. Dr. Gunn is a former NASA scientist and engineer and speaks regularly on the current and projected state of global technology, business perspectives in the new millennium, and world class challenges and innovation.

Author in the field of cross-cultural communication, with books that include Riding the Waves of Culture, Seven Cultures of Capitalism, Building Cross-Cultural Competence and 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. Dr. Trompenaars studied Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures.