Leadership Development News

Now Dr. Martin Seligman, a founder of positive psychology and its leading proponent and practitioner, introduces a revolutionary concept of what happiness really is in his new book FLOURISH: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being (Free Press/April 5, 2011). In a fascinating evolution of thought, Seligman now believes that “well-being, not happiness, is the topic of positive psychology.” Well-being is a richer, more nuanced state in which we cultivate our talents, build deep, lasting relationships, feel pleasure, and contribute meaningfully to the world. In short—we flourish. While happiness remains a significant aspect of well-being, Dr. Seligman places special emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important contributing factors.

David Allen is widely recognized as the world’s leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His twenty-five-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and CEOs of some of America’s most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the world and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their list of the 50 Who Matter Now. Fast Company Magazine has also called David one of the world’s most influential thinkers in the arena of personal productivity, and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance.

Are you a busy executive who needs more sources of positive energy? The single most important thing you can do to increase your level of health, wealth, and success in your life is to increase your level of happiness. Marci Shimoff, star of The Secret Video and the undisputed expert on the Law of Attraction, shows you how happiness is the shortcut to anything. Tune into Marci to hear about her book “Happy for No Reason” and learn the remarkable secrets to her seven-step process to easily and systematically raise your everyday level of happiness.

Relly the co-host of Leadership Development News and his fifth book Leading with Emotional Intelligence will be the focus of this show. It is published by McGraw-Hill, a 2011 release and out now. It contains over 100 strategies on how to raise the EI for leaders and their teams and includes 7 EI Profiles of leaders in action, EI Hiring questions, EI Star Profile Assessment , the Derailer Detector and the Meeting Menace checklist and much more. Relly has coached CEOs, presidents and their staffs, developed and delivered innovative leadership programs for such organizations as Anheuser-Busch, BMW, EDS, MCI, DreamWorks Animation and Vanguard Health Systems. Relly is known for his practical easy to use tools and is a sought-after speaker and consultant on leadership, emotional intelligence, teambuilding, and executive coaching. Get your FREE EI assessments and action plan at: leadingwithei.com or you can reach him at: www.truenorthleadership.com

Inspirational author and coach M.J. Ryan is one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of AdaptAbility: How to Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For, This Year I Will….The Happiness Makeover, Attitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, Trusting Yourself, The Giving Heart, and 365 Health and Happiness Boosters, among many other titles. M.J. is the life coach columnist for Health and a contributing editor to Good Housekeeping. She has appeared on “The Today Show”, CNN and hundreds of other programs. Join renowned change expert, M. J Ryan as she shares her secrets for a better, more successful life on today’s show.

Jamie Woolf has over twenty years of experience consulting to business leaders. Based on her work inside dozens of public, non-profit and private organizations, Jamie helps parents apply business “best practices” to enjoy more success at home and at work. She founded The Parent Leader to help mothers and fathers gain the self-awareness and leadership skills to transform their daily parenting challenges into desired results and co-founded Pinehurst Consulting, an organization development and training consulting firm. Join Jamie Woolf the author of Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom From the Workplace Can Save Your Family From Chaos to learn how to maximize your success at home and at work.

Mark Goulston, M.D. is a business advisor, consultant, trainer and coach trained as a clinical psychiatrist who honed his skills as an FBI/police hostage negotiation trainer who increases people’s ability to get through to anyone. He is the author of the recently published and Amazon.com's best selling book, “Just Listen”. Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone He was a professor at UCLA’s internationally renowned Neuropsychiatric Institute for more than twenty years, become a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (the highest award that organization offers) and was named one of America’s Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 and again in 2009. He is frequently called upon to share his expertise with regard to contemporary business, national and world news by television, radio and print media including: Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Los Angeles Times, ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/CNN/BBC News, Oprah, and Today.

Kristi Kline is Executive Producer of The Tucson Morning Blend, a live, lifestyle talk show on the ABC affiliate in Arizona. Kristi has worked in media for more than twenty years. She began her career as a NBC network Page at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC. She then went onto CNN in Washington D.C. During the George H. Bush era, she field produced for the White House “beat” at CNN, as well as edited for the network. Join Kristi to learn the secrets of success as a “top performer” in the television industry during this episode.

Maggie is a certified life purpose and career coach. After being Director of Learning & Development for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for several years, she became Martha Stewart Living Radio’s Career Coach on SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio. Maggie hosts Making a Living with Maggie every Wednesday at 4pm eastern/1pm pacific on SIRIUS 112 and XM 103. Join Maggie to learn how to create your personal vision and mission on today’s program.

Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. His research and lectures on happiness and human potential have received attention in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, as well as NPR and CNN. When not at Harvard, Shawn travels the world giving talks on positive psychology to Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, schools, and non-profit organizations. He is the CEO of Aspirant, a global positive psychology consulting firm which researches positive outliers and helps organizations apply their human potential to discover where success and happiness intersect.

What is the best path to performance? Is it working from strengths, learning an industry or experience? How did he develop his popular program: Creating Coaching Capabilities? Fred Harburg, is a respected consultant, writer, and speaker in leadership and performance coaching. He has served in significant international positions as both an internal and external organizational architect for Fortune 100 companies. “Chief Learning Officer Magazine” profiled Fred’s success as President of Motorola University, which at its peak had over 1000 faculty and staff and operated from 20 campuses around the globe. Join Fred as he shares secrets on how he helps leaders realize critical business strategies and develop talent wherever he goes.

Josh Linkner is a four-time entrepreneur, jazz musician, venture capitalist, speaker, and author. Josh is the founder and Chairman of ePrize, the largest interactive promotion agency in the world. ePrize has produced over 5,000 industry-leading interactive promotions across 36 countries, for 74 of the Top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, AT&T, The Gap, Disney, Dell, Adidas, Citibank and Microsoft. Josh was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Automation Alley’s CEO of the Year, and the Detroit Executive of the Year. He is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine. Josh is the author of two books: Leaning Forward and Disciplined Dreaming published in February 2011. Josh lives in Detroit, Michigan and continues to improvise in the business worlds and in jazz clubs. Visit him at www.CreativityGeneration.com.

John O'Neil is currently the President of the Center for Leadership Renewal. He serves on several boards and is a best selling author, speaker, and advisor on leadership issues, providing leadership advisement and development services to senior leaders serving across a wide range of organizations from start-ups to mature enterprises. Today John will share his perspectives on “The Good Life” an innovative executive program which John co-created to help all leaders truly master the “life of their dreams”.

Join guest Kimberly Rath, president of Talent Plus, with nearly 25 years experience in the human resources field. Demonstrating a strong commitment to others, Rath uses her skills as a leadership management consultant to help clients reach their highest growth potential. She is keenly interested in the selection and retention of talented performers and in organizations building Talent-Based OrganizationsSM. Rath provides executive management consulting and training to organizations worldwide, including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, The Estée Lauder Companies, Mercedes-Benz USA, The Cheesecake Factory, Duty Free Shops and Cadbury Schweppes to name a few. Rath is a captivating and inspiring speaker to leaders and to groups on strength based talent development through the The Science of Talent.

Kim S. Cameron is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan Business School and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. Dr. Cameron’s research on organizational effectiveness, virtuousness, and the development of management skills has been published in more than 80 articles. Join us for an energizing discussion on corporate virtuousness and its relationship to industry success

Kevin Eikenberry is recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent the last 20 years helping organizations all across North America, and clients from around the world, on leadership, learning, teamwork, creativity, and more. His client list includes: Aramark, the American Red Cross, Bell Helicopter, Chevron, Invesco, John Deere, Purdue University, Sears Canada, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Mint, Verizon, and many more. He is the author of the bestselling books Remarkable Leadership and Vantagepoints on Learning and Life. His newest book, co-authored with Guy Harris, titled From Bud to Boss – Secrets of the Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership, was published in February. He publishes three electronic newsletters and a blog collectively read by over 40,000 people worldwide. You can learn more about him and his organization at http://KevinEikenberry.com .

Dr Richard Norris, is a leadership legacy and performance coach who impacts individuals, teams and businesses creating transformational changes for greater success. From a competitive swimmer to a veterinarian doing eyelid surgery on leopards to an army officer responsible for security and animal welfare now Richard is an award-winning business coach, business development strategist, applauded speaker, writer and author. Richard’s own success journey his been dynamic and diverse. Richard’s new book, “Hoof it! 7 Key Lessons on Your Journey of Success” provides high performance tips and tools you can’t live without in today’s program.

Brain and neuroscience are now coming together to provide an inside look at what is effective in leadership development. Our guest today has been called a neurotransmitter of linking up neuroscience with leadership and business practices. David Rock is one of the thought leaders in the global coaching profession. The coaching system he developed in the mid-90’s has been taught to over 10,000 professionals worldwide. He is the founder of Results Coaching Systems, which is helping global organizations such as EDS, AIG and NASA build coaching cultures. He is the author of three books, recently ‘Quiet Leadership’ and the soon to be released ‘Coaching with the Brain in Mind’. David is also the founder of the NeuroLeadership Summit, a global initiative bringing neuroscientists and leadership experts together to build a new science of leadership development. He is collaborating closely with several senior neuroscientists on research.

Pam is an internationally known business performance expert, author, and professional speaker. She is the founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc. (BAI), based in Glen Rock, NJ. Since 1991, BAI has helped companies by accelerating progress toward their key business objectives. Pam’s in-depth knowledge of the impact of organizational issues on innovation, business growth and profitability is based upon over 20 years of internal and external consulting to entrepreneurial, middle market, and Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries, all going through extraordinary growth and change. Pam is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results. She has been quoted in prominent media outlets including: Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Red Herring, Entrepreneur, and major newspapers across the United States.

Dr. Marcia Reynolds has a passion for discovering and sharing how the brain works, especially the brains of today's smart, strong women. Her new book Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction was released in June and reached #1 in Leadership and Management books for women on Amazon. She is the also the author of the book Outsmart Your Brain and has been in many publications including Harvard Communications Newsletter, U.S. Business Review, Cosmopolitan and The New York Times and has appeared on ABC World News. She is also a regular blogger for Huffington Post and Psychology Today. You can watch videos and download the first chapter of Wander Woman at www.WanderWomanBook.com. Reynolds is past president of the International Coach Federation (ICF). She was one of the first 25 people to earn the designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC) and was instrumental in designing the certification and accreditation programs for the ICF.