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Speaker news: March 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:
Walk the Walk author Alan Deutschman, ESPN analyst Doug Glanville, Spark author Frank Koller, and A Thousand Sisters author Lisa Shannon.

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ALAN DEUTSCHMAN

Walk the Walk: The Most Important Rule for Real Leaders

In his new book, Walk the Walk, Deutschman presents a compelling new theory of leadership that is changing the way business leaders think

Leadership is the art of transforming how people think, feel, and act. Though some experts make it seem overly complicated, it really has only two elements: what you say and how you act. And according to Alan Deutschman, most aspiring leaders focus too much on words and not nearly enough on setting an example. In, Walk the Walk, Deutschman presents a clear, focused, and insightful theory of leadership. He tells revealing true stories about a wide range of authentic leaders (in business, education, the military, and non-profits) who always walked the walk, especially when times got tough. Deutschman also shows the devastating consequences of not walking the walk, even on seemingly minor matters. The eye-opening examples in Walk the Walk will inspire leaders at all levels to rethink their priorities.

Alan Deutschman Speaker Profile

DOUG GLANVILLE

The Game from Where I Stand

Former Major Leaguer and ESPN baseball analyst tells it like it is

Doug Glanville tells the story of the Major Leagues from an often overlooked perspective: that of the players themselves. Glanville shows us the behind-the-scenes look at how the Major Leagues operate, from how the players prepare for games to how they respond to trades and injuries. In his professional career, Glanville experienced every aspect of being a player - the first-round pick, the prospect, the disappointment, the can't-miss, the cornerstone, the veteran, the traded, the injured, the comeback kid - and most recently, the television analyst. Ivy League educated, Glanville speaks with intelligence and poise while still delivering the raw and true-to-life tidbits that can only come from a former ballplayer. Glanville is a man who has spent his entire life around the one thing he loves most, the game - and his passion, wit and baseball knowledge are apparent every time he speaks.

Doug Glanville Speaker Profile

FRANK KOLLER, AUTHOR OF SPARK

Billions in Profits. No Layoffs: A Business Model to Consider

Frank Koller's masterful study of a century-old company that stays ahead by putting people first

Perennially robust profit margins. Consistently innovative technology. Guaranteed employment. This is the story of Lincoln Electric, an Ohio-based manufacturing company that rejects standard North American business practices, yet still generates billions in profits every year. In Spark, journalist Frank Koller goes where no other journalist has been allowed -- into the heart of a Fortune 1000 organization whose old-fashioned management values (give employees the security to innovate and they will pay you back tenfold) serves as a rebuke to traditional Wall Street thinking. Noted Harvard economist Richard Freeman calls the book, "a remarkable story of the better side of American capitalism." In his powerful and infectiously optimistic talks, Koller draws out the practical management, HR and innovation lessons for adjacent industries.

Frank Koller Speaker Profile

A THOUSAND SISTERS

Watching Oprah One Moment, Helping Congolese Women the Next

Lisa Shannon has given up everything -- her fiance, her job -- to raise awareness for thousands of women in the Congo

Lisa Shannon's A Thousand Sisters is a remarkable -- and remarkably frank -- book about her journey to help women in the civil war-decimated Congo. Running solo marathons to raise money for educating Congolese women, Shannon has been applauded by the likes of Alice Walker (The Color Purple), Nicolas Kristof (Half the Sky) and Oprah Winfrey (who both inspired and helped publicize Shannon's lone journey). Shannon's efforts, written about in The New York Times and TIME, have brought worldwide attention to "the worst place on earth to be a woman." In her keynotes, a personable Shannon discusses women's leadership, at home and abroad, and tells the harrowing but hopeful stories of the women she's met. With grace and depth, she explores the world's deadliest war through the intimate lens of friendship.

To read her articles in The New York Times and TIME magazine, click on her speakers link.

Lisa Shannon Speaker Profile

GAYLE LEMMON at TEDxWOMEN

"If you're going to talk about jobs, then you have to talk about entrepreneurs," says Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. "And if you're talking about entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict settings, then you must talk about women." Lemmon is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and a Contributing Editor-at-Large for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She has devoted her life to shedding light on the resiliency of female entrepreneurs, and their remarkable power to reshape local economies. By recognizing and investing in these female breadwinners, Lemmon says, we can help grow economies of all development levels around the world.