Developing Leadership Talent :: Speakers


Kirbyjon Caldwell Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, Senior Pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, and author of The Gospel of Good Success (1999) and co-author of Entrepreneurial Faith (2004); under his leadership, Windsor Village membership has risen from 25 to more than 14,000, and it now includes more than 120 ministries.


Jenifer Deal Jennifer J. Deal, research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership, manager of its World Leadership Survey and Emerging Leaders research project, and coauthor of Success for the New Global Manager (2002).



Dana Gioia Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; author of Can Poetry Matter? (1991), author of poetry collections including Interrogations at Noon (2001, winner of the American Book Award), and co-author of Literature (2004, 10th edition, the best-selling college literary textbook in America).


Robert Greene Richard Greene, consultant, author of Words that Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events (2002), and judge for The Learning Channel series on "The Messengers" intended to identify the nation's greatest upcoming speakers.


Stephen Harrison Stephen G. Harrison, author of The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies (2007) and chairman of Lee Hecht Harrison, a worldwide career management services and leadership development company.



David Nadler David Nadler, Vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies, a global professional services firm with annual revenues of approximately $12 billion; Senior Partner, Oliver Wyman; and author or editor of 16 books including Executive Teams, Champions of Change, and most recently, Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance (2005).


Thomas Stewart Thomas A. Stewart, author of Intellectual Capital - The New Wealth of Organizations and The Wealth of Knowledge (2003) and editor and managing director of the Harvard Business Review.




Tim O'Toole Tim O'Toole, managing director and CEO of the London Underground Ltd., and former chief executive of America's Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).











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