Speaker Spotlight

  • Dr. Thomas Schelling

    • Nobel Prize Laureate for Economics (2005) • Former Faculty at Harvard; PHD in Economics from Harvard University • Expert in bargaining, conflict & cooperation; Author of Strategy of Conflict • Former White House Advisor on Marshal Plan, Nuclear Weapons & Foreign Policy (during Cold...

    Dr. William Ury

    • Co-founder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School; Senior fellow, Harvard Negotiation Project • Co-author with Roger Fisher of Getting to Yes ; Author, The Power of a Positive No; • Co- founder, with former president Jimmy Carter, of the International Negotiation Network (that seeks to end civil wars around the...

  • Robert Mnookin

    • Harvard Law School Professor • Chair of theProgram on Negotiation at Harvard Law School; • Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project • Author ofBargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to...

    Sheila Heen

    • Co-author of the New York Times Business Bestseller, Difficult Conversations • Co-Founder of Triad Consulting Group; Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School • Featured on Oprah, NPR’s Diane Rehms Show, Fox News, and CNBC’s Power Lunch • J.D. Harvard Law...

  • Tony Robbins

    • World Authority on Leadership Psychology and Peak Performance Expert; One of the most sought-after speakers in the world • Recognized by Harvard Business Press as a "Top 200 Business Gurus" and by Accenture as a "Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World" • Clients include: Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev,...

    Mitch Kapor

    • Pioneer of the personal computing industry for 30 yrs as entrepreneur, software designer & investor • Founder of Lotus Development Corp.; designer of Lotus 1-2-3 (made PC ubiquitous in business in 1980s) • Billionaire seed stage information technology investor focusing on social impact startups • Co-founder of Electronic...

  • Robert Barnett

    • Partner & Executive Committee Member at Williams & Connolly LLP • Ranked as a "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal • Clients include: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Alan Greenspan, Larry Summers, Tony Blair, Queen Noor ...

    Ellen Zucker

    • Partner at Burns & Levinson LLP; Top Lawyer of Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • NAACP’s Drum Major Award for Justice • Won highest jury award (over $8M) in MA for employment case in Monteiro v. City of...

  • Dr. Myles Munroe

    • CEO & Chairman of International Third World Leaders Association, a global network of leaders covering over 80 nations • President of the International Leadership Training Institute • Bahamas youngest recipient of the Order of the British Empire Award (OBE) by Queen of England • Bestselling author of over 40 books...

    Andy Snider

    • Chief Operating Officer, Authentic Leadership Institute • Consultant and the CEO of 3 successful service organizations • Some of His clients are: Athenium Software, Binswanger Corporation, Cambridge Leadership Associates, Davita Medical, Grand Circle Leadership, Heartland Payment Systems, Legal Sea Foods, Management...

  • Lanham Napier

    • President & CEO of Rackspace, a fast growing & successful high-technology company • Recognized by Forbes as an America's 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under • Recognized as a Top 100 Most Influential Executives by Everything Channel’s CRN • Led Rackspace to FORTUNE® ranking as a “100 Best Companies to Work...

    Jim Camp

    • Founder and CEO of the Camp Negotiation Institute; Best-selling author of Start with No® • Trained numerous Fortune 500 Companies as well as the FBI Hostage Negotiation Training Unit • Featured on CNN, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, San Francisco...

  • Steve Stoute

    • Founder & CEO of Translation, an industry-leading branding/marketing firm; Business Partner with Jay-Z • Clients include McDonald’s, State Farm, Estee Lauder, Microsoft, Coca-Cola & Lady Gaga • Former President of Urban Music at Sony; Former Executive VP of Interscope/Geffen Records • Author of The Tanning of...

    Irma Tyler-Wood

    • Partner with Ki ThoughtBridge; Former negotiation Teaching Fellow with Roger Fisher • Former Assistant Director of the Conflict Clinic at Harvard Negotiation Project • Co-author of Expand the Pie: How to Create More Value in Any Negotiation • Consults nationally and internationally with corporate, government & other...

  • John Richardson

    • Co-author of Negotiation Analysis with Howard Raiffa; Co-author of Getting It Done with Roger Fisher • Former Associate at Harvard Negotiation Project; Former Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School • Senior Consultant at Triad Consulting • J.D. Harvard...

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