BROWSE SPEAKERS by TOPIC

Please note: This is a partial list of the speakers we represent on Strategic Planning. If you would like suggestions about speakers that match your event goals, please simply contact one of our friendly account agents toll free at: 1-877-717-5327 or email: Speaker@speaking.com.


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Emory Austin, CSP , North Carolina USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Emory Austin delivers value in vibrant keynotes and seminars, detailing the skills necessary for increasing leadership abilities, customer retention, increased marked share, the vision of change, and other topics. Her exceptional gifts as a storyteller allow her to access humor, poignancy, relationships, current news and mythology - anything and everything to captivate her audiences and encourage a climate where fresh insights are a minute-by-minute occurrence.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Edward Barlow, Jr. , Michigan USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Mr. Barlow holds a Masters Degree in Management from the University of Notre Dame and is a member of the Graduate School faculty at the University of San Francisco. An invigorating speaker, Barlow explores economic, technological, social, and political trends that are anticipated into the next century. He suggests personal, professional, and organizational strategies which can be used to navigate these changes and create a preferred future.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Rick Barrera , California USA -- 15.0k to 20.0k

In 1981, Rick Barrera founded his speaking, consulting, and training firm to identify and teach the distinctions' industry leaders how to produce exceptional results. His clients loved his message and encouraged Rick to put his concepts into writing. His first three business books include:"Non-Manipulative Selling", "Collaborative Selling", and "The Dollars and Sense of Exceptional Service Delivery." Rick's most recent book "Fast Forward, How Today's Best Companies are Meeting the Need for Speed" was published in 2001.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Bob Beck , Florida USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Bob Beck is dedicated to professional development. He offers keynote speaking, training workshops and consulting all geared to help the sales professionals that are on the front lines. He developed the ever popular and growing “Quid Pro Quo” series of sales courses that has now been presented in seven countries and is being used with unsurpassed results by many firms throughout the U.S
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Nick Bontis , Ontario Canada -- 15.0k to 20.0k

Dr. Nick Bontis is recognized internationally as a leading strategy and management expert. With humor and passion, he empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to build their brainpower for high performance and sustainable competitive advantage. Tom Stewart, editor of Harvard Business Review, states, “He is not only a pioneer in the field of intellectual capital, but one of its real experts as well.” Dr. Bontis’ expertise has been tapped by several Fortune 500 companies and even the United Nations, who selected him for a high profile initiative. His groundbreaking doctoral dissertation is the #1 selling thesis in Canada. He is an award-winning tenured professor of strategy, and Maclean’s magazine has identified him as one of McMaster University’s most popular business professors for the last six years in a row! Dr. Nick Bontis is associate editor of the Journal of Intellectual Capital, which is the leading academic publication in the field.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

John Canfield , Michigan USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

John Canfield speaks with a sense of purpose and a sense of humor on a wide variety of topics. He has twenty years of experience speaking to a wide variety of audiences, from large conventions to executive board rooms. His clients include AT&T, Citibank, Deloitte & Touche, First USA, General Motors, Intel, Merck and Underwriters Lab and thousands of participants of his many North American seminars and keynote speeches. Clients enjoy John's ability to read his audience, adjust the mood, raise the energy level, deliver a message and end with a story to think about for weeks to come.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

John Caslione , Illinois USA -- 20.0k to 25.0k

Global Business Expert, Keynote Speaker and Best-Selling Author providing today’s business leaders – experience, knowledge and access Mr. John A. Caslione is the founder, President and CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc. (AWI), a global marketing and sales firm with offices in Chicago (USA) and in Frankfurt (Germany). AWI assists companies to develop and implement global marketing and business alliance strategies.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Marvin Cetron, PhD , California USA -- 10.0k to 15.0k

Dr. Cetron has been identified as one of the nation's foremost futurists in the cover story, The Next 50 Years, in the 50th Anniversary issue of U.S. News and World Report. He was selected by the Institute of Industrial Engineers as one of the top 10 Industrial Engineers in the U.S., and has been featured in countless magazines and newspapers. He has appeared regularly on every major television network, including Today, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, CNN Newsmaker Sunday, Crossfire, and Larry King Live shows.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Richard Chang , California USA -- 15.0k to 20.0k

As a leading authority on personal and organizational excellence, Richard is a sought after speaker and consultant for organizations and associations around the world. With his dynamic, highly-interactive and informative sessions, Richard not only motivates his audiences but provides them with a wealth of practical information, real-life examples and stories and hands-on techniques, which can be immediately applied to their own personal and professional development.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Chin-Ning Chu , California USA -- 15.0k to 20.0k

Chin-Ning Chu, author of The Bridge to the Pacific Century, is the most successful author in Asia and the Pacific-Rim today. Chin-Ning has authored four books, Thick Face, Black Heart; The Asian Mind Game, and her soon-to-be released publications, The Secrets of the Rain Maker, Journey to the City of Prosperity, and The Working Woman's Art of War. She is one of the most extraordinary thinkers of our time. She presents the Warrior philosophy of Asia as a premier vehicle for mastering strategic thinking within the political arena and corporate world as well as daily life. Chin-Ning fuses this timeless wisdom with spirituality and practical business tactics to create dynamic tools for solving life's ever-shifting challenges.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Mary O'Hara Devereaux, Ph.D , California USA -- 15.0k to 20.0k

A highly respected researcher, consultant, and speaker, Mary specializes in providing customized foresight and consulting to senior executives in private industry, not for profits, foundations and government. Her focus is on providing the �big picture� context and the design and execution the complex strategies, innovations and executive readiness needed to thrive in this rugged business and social landscape. Her deep knowledge of the emerging landscape, useful and provocative insights and the quality of her work make her a preferred long term strategy partner of leading organizations.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

John DiFrances, PMC , Wisconsin USA -- 10.0k to 15.0k

With his broad business experience, John has worked with numerous major international corporations, middle market and small companies, government agencies, non-profits, foundations, and academic institutions. John has the "vision, values, and experience" to speak on many strategic business and organizational issues. His perspective in addressing each topic centers around the paradigms he has developed for four critical strategic aspects of all organizations -- Leadership, Innovation, Synergy, and Negotiation. In this manner, John is able to integrate each topic into a cohesive framework by which organizations can develop from being Successful and Good to Significant and Great!
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Dr. James Fantauzzo, Ph.D , Florida USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

He is recognized as one of the industry's finest speakers and seminar leaders in the areas of Total Quality Management, Management Development, and Employee Motivation Programs. His philosophy utilizes a realistic hands-on approach in which to apply and implement training activities at all levels. He is noted for his accomplishments as a leading workshop creator and dynamic facilitator both in the United States and Europe.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

John Foppe , Missouri USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

John Foppe learned at an early age that " our only real handicaps are those mental and emotional ones that prevent us from participating fully in life." John was born without arms. John is a professional speaker who delivers high impact, presentations on personal growth, performance improvement, and attitude control. He uses his own heartwarming and humorous stories of overcoming adversity to motivate people. John teaches new ideas on how to handle some of life's oldest struggles such as: feeling good about yourself, staying motivated, doing more with less, and dealing with negative people. After college, John was invited by motivational speaker and author, Zig Ziglar, to join his professional speakers bureau. John is the first professional speaker the Zig Ziglar Corporation has ever hired from the outside. Mr. Ziglar personally trained John as a protege.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

J.D. Frailey , Missouri USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

J.D. Frailey's corporate experience includes nearly twenty years with Southwestern Bell Corporation in marketing, strategic planning, and leadership development. J.D. is co-author of the 1993 book, In the Spirit of Service. He is on schedule to complete a 26.2 mile marathon in all 50 U.S. states by the year 2003. J.D. found deep inspiration and a "workable, practical approach to creating a more fulfilling, effective, and balanced life" in the teachings of Dr. Stephen R. Covey. "I attended The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People in 1991," J.D. said, "and knew then I wanted to contribute to this work. I'm thrilled to be part of the Franklin Covey organization."
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Michael Gelb , New Mexico USA -- 15.0k to 20.0k

Michael J. Gelb is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovative leadership. Companies like BP, Compaq and Microsoft rave about Michael's ability to relate executives and managers and speak directly to their concerns and daily needs in order to inspire their best work while dealing with ambiguity, change and uncertain conditions. Through seminars, workshops, keynotes or retreats, Michael can offer his services as a motivational speaker, dynamic creative spirit and his expertise in the study of the brain and genius-level thinking.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Oren Harari, Ph.D , California USA -- 20.0k to 25.0k

One of the country’s foremost management consultants, Oren Harari challenges audiences around the world with insight, humor and knowledge. Dynamic and provocative, Oren Harari provides audiences with original perspectives on such management strategies as competitive advantage, organizational change and transformational leadership. Formerly a consultant with the Tom Peters group, Harari is currently a professor in the graduate school of business at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches strategic and global management.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Charlie Hawkins, MBA , Arizona USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Charlie Hawkins works with groups who want to unleash their full brain power to generate ideas and turn them into innovative solutions. Charlie combines a background in corporate marketing (P&G, Mennen, Dr Pepper) with over 25 years of expertise as a facilitator and strategist to ignite groups and involve everyone. His customized presentations focus on real challenges facing your group, with rich "take home" value.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Tom Hinton , California USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Tom Hinton is one of America’s most popular speakers in the areas of Customer Relations, Leadership, Team Building, and Achieving Business Excellence in the Workplace. Since 1986, he has addressed over 700 major corporate, association, and government audiences in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Ireland, Spain, France, England, and Scotland.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Chet Holmes , California USA -- Contact for fee schedule

"America's Greatest Sales and Marketing Executive". Chet Holmes had more than 60 of the Fortune 500 as clients, taking his place as America’s top marketing executive, trainer, strategic consultant, and motivation expert. He is the author of the # 1 bestselling book from Penguin, Portfolio, “The Ultimate Sales Machine” which ads icing to long and well-established career as a writer, speaker, and world-renowned trainer.

A Google search reveals that articles by Chet Holmes appear on 56,000 websites throughout the world. The realization of Chet’s discoveries came to full fruition while running nine divisions of a company for Charlie Munger, (Billionaire, and partner of Warren Buffett). Chet Holmes doubled the sales of every division, most within only 12 months of taking control. A strategic sharp shooter, Chet consistently catapults his clients beyond the competition.Chet Holmes is also a devoted father and husband, which he calls “my best accomplishment.”
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com