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After a distinguished career with two American orchestras, Roger Nierenberg emerged as a creative force for innovation in the presentation of symphonic music. Roger Nierenberg has created the highly successful experiential learning event, called The Music Paradigm, in which an orchestra is used as a metaphor for any dynamic organization. With executives seated among musicians, Nierenberg leads a series of exercises, carefully crafted to address the sponsoring organization's specific issues. The Music Paradigm provides a creative framework for rethinking leadership style, philosophies, and effectiveness. Since its inception in 1995, The Music Paradigm sessions have been held for more than 150 major companies with over 70 different orchestras. It has been the subject of reports on ABC, CBS, CNN, and PBS and the BBC. Learn about this exciting leadership technique with Maestro Roger Nierenberg.

President-elect Obama has inspired and raised the hopes of millions of Americans and people world-wide. Four years ago people barely heard of him. What is it about him that has moved so many people? Leadership experts Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will unpack the leadership components that have made him our 44th president. They will highlight leadership competencies that are the foundation of Obama’s personality and global appeal. In this discovery will be nuggets and strategies that you can emulate to influence your organization. How did he learn to be so confident? What has he learned from his parents and grand parents? Who are his influences in being such an inspiring leader? How has his soul searching influenced who he is today? How does he manage his emotions? Does he have any blind spots? What has he learned from Michele and how does she compliment him? How does he balance his family values? What can we expect from him as our next president? Listen in and learn more about Barack and Michele.

Ken Shelton is the founder of Leadership Excellence, a 25-year-old leadership development and publishing firm that features three monthly magazines with the best in values-based management and principle-centered leadership tools and templates. The company does business in 12 countries. During the past three decades, Ken has written more than 1,000 articles, interviews, commentaries, and reviews for a variety of business publications; and published over 70 books on business ethics, management, and leadership as editor-in-chief of Executive Excellence Publishing. For 12 years, he also provided services as a literary agent, specializing in personal development, management and leadership books. Join Ken as he shares the secrets of engaging readers who become great leaders and how he helps their organizations reach their full potential through journals like “Leadership Excellence” and “Personal Excellence”, two of his most successful publications to date.

Bea Fields is an Executive Coach and the President of Bea Fields Companies, Inc. and the Founder of Five Star Leader Coaching and Training. She specializes in Leadership and Team Coaching for high growth companies, non-profit organizations and medium-sized businesses. Fields is the chief principal of The Gen Y Project and is the co-author of Edge: A Leadership Story and Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders. She has served on the Board of Directors for the University of North Carolina Children`s Hospital, Episcopal Day School in Southern Pines, NC and the Moore County Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina. She is the parent of 3 Generation Y young adults. Since 1998, Bea has been working with Emerging Leaders, those men and women who are transitioning from being a great manager or business owner into being a very significant leader in their organizations or communities

Scott Halford is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer an engaging presenter and a long-time consultant to Fortune 500 executive teams. Scott’s brilliance in focusing on the strategy and application of concepts distinguishes his work and gains praise from executives around the world. His expansive knowledge in the areas of emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and the principles of influence add richness and depth to his programs. Scott is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) through the National Speakers Association. He is also a certified Emotional Intelligence Provider with the Hay Group in Boston and through Multi-Health Systems in Toronto. Corporate clients include First Data Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., Johns Hopkins Hospital, HealthONE, and many more. Scott’s book, Be a Shortcut: The Secret Fast-track to Business Success will be released in December 2008 and explained here. His website is www.completeintelligence.com.

Noel Tichy is one of the greatest names in leadership. His most recent book is JUDGMENT: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (with Warren Bennis). Tichy, who was named one of the “Top 10 Management Gurus” by BUSINESSWEEK and BUSINESS 2.0., is the founding editor and chief of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Join Noel Tichy with Dr’s Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler as he shares consulting experiences as a senior partner in Action Learning Associates, with clients including: Best Buy, GE, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, GM, Nokia, Nomura Securities, 3M, Daimler-Benz and Royal Dutch Shell.

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.

Visionary technology futurist and the driving force behind One Laptop per Child. Nicholas Negroponte is one of the foremost futurists of our time with a distinguished history of valuable insights on innovation, technology and their impact on business that few can match. Professor Negroponte was the first to predict and describe how digitalization would affect every industry in every part of the world. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Being Digital. He is the founding chairman of MIT’s Media Lab, one of the world’s leading interdisciplinary research centers. Today Negroponte is the driving force behind One Laptop per Child, a project to bring durable, affordable and innovative computers to children worldwide. Join us for an intriguing conversation with a world class futurist.

Gerald Nadler is IBM Chair Emeritus in Engineering Management and Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Southern California where he was Chairman of the ISE Department from 1983 to 1993. He also directed USC's Center on the Management of Engineering, Research, and Innovation in Technology (MERIT) He consults and presents seminars and workshops in all parts of the world. He is President of The Center for Breakthrough Thinking Inc., an international firm of consulting affiliates promoting the Breakthrough Thinking and Smart Questions planning and solution creation approaches. Dr. Nadler has written over 225 published articles and fifteen books, several of which are translated into eight other languages. He has delivered over 800 invited lectures at many universities, companies and national and international conferences, and has been an invited Visiting Professor at the 5 Universities worldwide. Come listen to new ways of thinking.

Linkage Summits, renowned for their leadership development programs, hosts their 10th Anniversary, Women in Leadership Summit featuring Jane Fonda. Guests include Karen Lockwood, Howrey Law Firm/Women’s Affinity Groups, Grace Killelea, Comcast/Talent Management, Johanna Dillon, Bankers Life and Casualty/Bankers Learning Network, Linda Jimenez, Wellpoint/Human Resources. Highlights include how women executives share their experiences, careers and act as advisers, friends, coaches and thought leaders from around the globe. Join Dr’s. Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler to learn how Linkage has helped great leaders embrace leadership excellence since 1988.

Susan Butler is the author of “Become the CEO of You, Inc”. She is a pioneering executive, Coach and an accomplished business leader who shaped her career at Accenture, one of the world’s leading management consulting and outsourcing organizations today. In 2002, she founded The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders, a ‘power center’ for resources related to women and leadership. Join our guest Susan Butler as she shares the secrets of her success which you can apply to your life, your career and your desire to be the CEO of You!

Bruce Cryer has spent the past thirty years researching and teaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and organizational performance. He was named President and CEO of HeartMath LLC in 2000, having helped launch the non-profit Institute of HeartMath with founder Doc Childre in 1991. Mr. Cryer was the key architect of programs that incorporate HeartMath’s innovative biomedical research into practical tools and strategies to enhance health, performance, creativity, innovation, and productivity for both the individual and the organization. He has successfully guided HeartMath programs at organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Duke University Health System, Stanford Medical Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to just name a few. In 2007, Mr. Cryer was named one of the Top 50 Thought Leaders in Personal Excellence by Leadership Excellence magazine. Mr. Cryer is co-author, with Doc Childre, of the book From Chaos to Coherence: The Power to Change Performance.

Jim Kouzes is the coauthor with Barry Posner of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over 1.5 million copies sold. He's also the Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. The fourth edition of The Leadership Challenge was released in August 2007 and is available in fifteen languages. The Leadership Challenge was #3 on Amazon Editor’s Pick for the Best Business Books of 2007. A Leader’s Legacy (2006), was selected by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the top thirty books of the year. Based on solid research involving over 70,000 surveys, 1,000 written case studies, and 100 in-depth interviews, their books describe the leadership practices that generate high performance in individuals and organizations. Jim is not only a highly regarded leadership scholar; The Wall Street Journal has cited Jim as one of the twelve best executive educators in the U.S. A popular speaker and seminar lead

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.

Dr. Daniel Amen is a Board Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, helped pioneer the use of brain SPECT imaging in psychiatry. Award Winning Researcher, Writer and Teacher, Dr. Amen has 25 years of clinical experience. He is the CEO and Medical Director, Amen Clinics, Inc. (4 clinics -- CA, Tacoma, WA and Reston, VA) Amen Clinics have world's largest database of brain scans (40,000) and have seen patients from all 50 states and 62 countries. Daniel Amen is the author of over 30 professional papers, and 22 books, including the NY Times bestseller, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Healing Anxiety and Depression, Preventing Alzheimer’s, Making A Good Brain Great, Sex on the Brain and Wired for Success (2009) PBS Special: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Daniel Amen has appeared The Today Show, The View, The Early Show, Fox News, CNN, CNN International, Behind the Mind, CNN Headline News, 48 Hours, and HBO.

Noel Tichy is one of the greatest names in leadership. His most recent book is JUDGMENT: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (with Warren Bennis). Tichy, who was named one of the “Top 10 Management Gurus” by BUSINESSWEEK and BUSINESS 2.0., is the founding editor and chief of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Join Noel Tichy with Dr’s Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler as he shares consulting experiences as a senior partner in Action Learning Associates, with clients including: Best Buy, GE, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, GM, Nokia, Nomura Securities, 3M, Daimler-Benz and Royal Dutch Shell.

Our guest is Dr. Matt Lieberman an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Psychology Department and the co-director of Social Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory. Dr. Lieberman has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University and is a founder of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience field which is generating a lot of interest and new findings that have been in the black box of the brain. He uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to elucidate long-standing issues in social psychology, including models of self and social perception. He is the founding editor of the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. He is working on a book called, Experience Shrugged. We will focus on some of his brain research on how automatic and controlled processes interact in producing emotion and emotion regulation, self-knowledge, feelings of social exclusion, attributions about other individuals, placebo effects and automatic behavior and how we can use this information in leadership developme

Michael Neill is the best-selling author of You Can Have What You Want and Feel Happy Now! And he is the creator of the “Effortless Success” audio program. Michael has spent the past 17 years as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor and creative spark plug to celebrities, CEOs, royalty and people who want to get more out of life. He hosts a weekly talk show on HayHouseRadio.com. Join Dr’s. Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler to learn the secret to how you can have what you want and feel happy too with special guest Michael Neill.

• 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.

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