Thinking about business strategy for 2012? Think America’s best speakers: CEOs of the most successful companies, best-selling authors, and the world’s top thought-leaders. Here are Leading Authorities’ top 25 picks for 2012 (in alphabetical order):
- Charlotte Beers, Legendary Advertising CEO with Tatham-Laird & Kudner and Ogilvy & Mather and Former Under Secretary of State; Author of I’d Rather Be In Charge
- Gordon Bethune, Former Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines; Spearheaded one of the most dramatic corporate turnarounds in U.S. history; Author of From Worst to First
- Marcus Buckingham, Author of seven best-selling books; Founder of The Marcus Buckingham Company; Expert on “Strengths”
- Jim Collins, Expert on how enduring companies grow and attain superior performance; Author of six books, including Great By Choice and Good to Great
- Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation; Key figure in the personal spaceflight industry; Addresses how to incentivize breakthroughs and innovation
- Jim Donald, Former CEO of Starbucks; Former CEO of Haggen Food & Pharmacy; Earned a reputation for turning around financially ailing companies
- Niall Ferguson, Leading historian of the global economy; Author of internationally-acclaimed books like The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, and recently released Civilization
- Eric Foss, Chairman of the Board of the Pepsi Bottling Company and Former President and CEO; Lead successful integration of the bottling operations into PepsiCo
- Marshall Goldsmith Best-Selling author and world-renowned thought leader in leadership development, executive coaching, and HR; Has a major new book release in 2012
- Anil Gupta, Expert on strategy, globalization, and emerging markets; Chaired professor of strategy at INSEAD; Award-winning author
- Gary Hamel, Authority on strategic and international management; Acclaimed author; Leading an effort to build an open innovation platform for reinventing management
- John Hofmeister, Founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy; Former president of Shell Oil Company
- Jason Jennings, Authority on business leadership and productivity; Author of book on The Reinventors - How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change coming out in 2012
- John Kotter, World-renowned expert on leadership; Premier voice on how organizations achieve successful transformations; Author of 17 books, with 12 best-sellers
- AG Lafley, Former Chairman, CEO, and President of Procter & Gamble; Led a turnaround at P&G that doubled sales and quadrupled profits; Has a major new book release in 2012
- Patrick Lencioni, Founder and president of the Table Group; Author of eight best-selling books
- General Stanley McChrystal, Former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan; Leadership Innovator
- Kjell Nordstrom, Associate Professor at the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics; Expert on the “new world” of business
- Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi and Saatchi, one of the world’s leading creative organizations; Author of Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands
- Lee Scott, Former President and CEO of Wal-Mart; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors at Walmart
- Peter Sheahan, Best-selling author of six books, including Fl!p; World renowned speaker on business trends and new market opportunities
- Dennis Strigl, Former President, COO, and Vice Chairman of Verizon Communications; Former President and CEO of Verizon Wireless
- David Ulrich, Professor of Business at the University of Michigan; Partner at the RBL Group; Author of more than 175 articles and book chapters and 23 books
- Daniel Yergin, Leading Authority on International Politics, Economics, and Energy; Pulitzer Prize winner; Author of The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- Haiyan Wang, Expert on strategy, globalization, and emerging markets; Managing partner at the China India Institute; Acclaimed author; TED Conference Speaker
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