MILLION DOLLAR
CONSULTING®
Hall of Fame
For outstanding accomplishments in Alan Weiss’s Global Mentor Program, including:
- Serving as an exemplar to others in the profession.
- The highest levels of integrity, ethics and accountability.
- Revenue and profit achievement and growth.
- Contributions of intellectual capital to the profession.
- Continual, challenging, personal and professional development.
- Risk taking and resilience.
These consultants are regarded by peers as being among the world leaders in consulting, as evidenced by empirical accomplishments in client results, professional contributions, and intellectual property.
Lessons from Lessons Learned & Ideas from the The Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame Members.
2024 Inductees
Gwen Bridge
- Canada
- +1 250 826 2265
- gwenbridge.com
Gwen Bridge founded Gwen Bridge Consulting Ltd to provide services to government, the nonprofit sector, the private sector and indigenous nations to build a better world that reflects equity and justice in decision-making on natural resources issues in North America. Gwen is called upon to advise all levels of government in the US and Canada on how to have better relationships and negotiate better agreements that reflect indigenous priorities. Her work in the US and Canada results in consideration of indigenous worldview and creates opportunities at all levels of relationship development. Gwen co-founded the Indigenous Engagement Institute to provide training on improving relationships with indigenous peoples. Through her consultancy and advisory Gwen supports relationships that advance reconciliation between indigenous and non indigenous peoples and worldviews, increasing cooperation and reducing conflict. Successful in both the US and Canada, Gwen’s consultancy continues to grow.
Gwen is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and is based in Canada.
Mark Cioni
- New Hartford, NY
- 3157341168
- mvcioni.com
Mark Cioni provides insight and solutions to optimize business decisions, operations and performance. He has consulted for over 35 years to a wide variety of global clients in private industry and government, bringing deep domain expertise including information technology, business intelligence, cybersecurity and organizational change management.
He has worked recently to improve the security, resiliency and reliability of critical infrastructure, and helped to exploit customer experience improvement opportunities at the convergence of artificial intelligence, business analytics & enterprise automation.
Mark graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a degree in Electrical Engineering and resides in New York State with his family. He is grateful for any opportunity to visit the 1000 Islands region, emerge triumphant during family game nights or simply enjoy a single malt scotch.
Christian Milaster
- Annapolis, MD
- (657) 464-3648
- ingeniumdigitalhealth.com
Christian Milaster is passionate about enabling the sustainable delivery of extraordinary care. He is driven to increase the personal satisfaction of medical professionals by applying systems thinking and implementing systems solutions.
Christian is the Founder and CEO of Ingenium Digital Health Advisors, a boutique consulting firm focused on Accelerating the Adoption of Digital Health Innovation and of Ingenium Healthcare Advisors, focused on Guiding Healthcare Leaders To Get The Results They Want. Starting out as a solo consultant, Ingenium Advisors currently comprises a global 16-person team spread across 7 countries and 7 US states and a consortium of over a dozen expert advisors.
Rooted in German engineering, Christian and his team optimize care delivery by working with healthcare organizations to design and implement pragmatic improvement and optimization solutions.
Born, raised, and educated as an Engineer in Germany, Christian started his career at IBM Global Services in Germany before joining the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he worked in various roles for 12 years before launching Ingenium in 2012. He currently resides outside of Annapolis, Maryland, USA, where he and his family enjoy 4 seasons and access to the ocean.
Leah Neubauer
- Chicago, IL
- linkedin.com/in/drlcn/
Leah C. Neubauer is an expert and advisor for education and training in health-related fields.
Her strategic, thought partner work spans the USA, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her collaborators and clients include higher education, federal government, international agency, and global nonprofit sectors.
A scientist by training, she supports leaders with evidence-based, pragmatic approaches to real-world education & training. She is an educator, speaker, and author who delivers dynamic training and presentations with authors from across the globe.
She brings keen, real-word insights from her own lived experiences as a first-generation college student turned faculty member in higher education. Her work honors her first teachers, her Mother & Grandmother, and centers inclusion, engagement, and advancement of those underrepresented in higher education and health-related fields.
Nicole Salter
- Australia
- bemore.global
Nicole Salter, Founder and Director of Be MORE Global Group, Pty Ltd., is the profit behaviourist sought by organisations worldwide to align company behaviours with strategic objectives. Focusing on human behaviour and its influence on organisational performance, Nicole’s interventions yield significant, positive impacts on top-line revenues, organisational capability, and culture. Her tailored approach, extensive experience, deep understanding of organisational behaviour and successful strategy execution have made her a trusted partner to CEOs, Presidents, and Founders seeking transformative results.
Known as “the secret weapon,” Nicole has attracted clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, News Limited, LJ Hooker, REA, Benchmark Business Brokers, Hastings Deering, ANZ, Caterpillar, Jovie, Bright Horizons, ITL Healthcare, Nevro & SQS Haulage.
In addition to her consulting work, Nicole is an accomplished keynote speaker who captivates audiences with her insights on human behaviour, personal and organisational effectiveness, leadership, and culture. Her thought-provoking presentations inspire business leaders and professionals to rethink their management and employee engagement strategies, ultimately leading to transformative results.
As an advisor, Nicole is celebrated for her candour, curiosity, and ability to forge connections that facilitate the shifts necessary for achieving excellence. Her expertise in human behaviour and extensive business acumen make her an invaluable resource for leaders and organisations aiming to excel in a constantly evolving business landscape.
2023 Inductees
Sarah Hathorn
- Duluth, GA
- 800-267-3245
- hathornconsultinggroup.com
Sarah Hathorn, CEO of Hathorn Consulting Group, specializes in the proprietary Creating Successful Corporate DNA approach to corporate and executive leadership consulting. She is an internationally sought-after thought leader and has worked with companies in over 39 countries and 40 industries. She collaborates globally with Fortune 500 companies. Her client list is a virtual “Who’s Who” of elite companies and top C-Suite executives.
Sarah focuses on ensuring organizations have the right DNA permeating their leadership deck, workplace culture, business strategy, talent pipeline, and departmental teams. The conscientious alignment of those essential value strands helps to improve and accelerate multiple levels of company productivity, performance, and profitability.
She is a world-renowned expert on multifaceted and adaptable corporate and executive leadership communications. Her coaching and consulting practice help organizations and senior executive teams dramatically improve their success at communicating with greater influence, efficiency, and persuasive impact. That includes superior communication of vision and inspiration, innovation and collaboration, and critical presentations to senior decision-makers, external customers, strategic partners, and major stakeholders.
As a former senior-level executive in a Fortune 100 company, Sarah has an uncommon depth and breadth of experience. Her vantage point of understanding – and adaptation to the real-world challenges of competitive business – gives her full-spectrum knowledge and insight.
Sarah’s leadership tips, insights, and advice have been published by the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, and Forbes.com – as well as many other major publications and media outlets. Sarah lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband.
Christian Muntean
- Anchorage, AK
- 907 522-7200
- christianmuntean.com
Christian Muntean has helped hundreds of businesses rapidly grow, increase profitability, and expand impact. He primarily works with entrepreneurial business leaders who are scaling their businesses or preparing for exit or succession. He partners with owners, boards, and executive teams as they make game-changing decisions.
He has a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Eastern University. He is a Master Coach through Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. Additionally, he is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) specializing in building freedom for owners while dramatically increasing the value of their businesses.
Christian is the author of The Successful New CEO and Conflict and Leadership. He is a frequent guest on podcasts and was a regular contributor to Forbes.com.
Christian lives in Anchorage, Alaska with his wife and three active children. He enjoys woodworking and practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Jeff Skipper
- Calgary, AB
- 403.589.6226
- jeffskipperconsulting.com
Organizations around the world struggle to implement dramatic change. That’s where Jeff Skipper comes in. An expert in accelerating change, Jeff guides corporate leaders to ignite engagement, convert grudging compliance into deep commitment, and realize their strategic goals.
Based in Canada, Jeff is an international change leadership consultant and speaker. For more than twenty-five years, clients such as Bayer, BP, and The Salvation Army have engaged him to achieve dramatic results during strategic transformation by focusing on the people side of change.
He holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology and is a Certified Change Management Professional. As CEO of a transformation services company, he grew it to seven figures in just five years. When he isn’t traveling, you might find him driving a Zamboni at the local community arena.
Lisa Te Slaa
- Hull, Iowa
- precisionleadershipgroup.com
Lisa Te Slaa is the founder of Precision Leadership Group. She is a high-performance business consultant, executive coach, and expert in developing leaders at all levels of an organization.
Successful companies hire Lisa to help set and implement strategy, unlock the potential of their leaders, and create super successful teams. She has a passionate, no-nonsense approach to equipping leaders with the tools they require to succeed in life and business. She is a life-long learner who brings refreshing energy and enthusiasm to every aspect of her work.
Based in the US, Lisa has worked across a variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, construction, and banking. When she’s not working, you will most likely find her spending time with family, dabbling in real estate, playing in the stock market, travelling, or investing in her personal development. Sitting still is NOT in her vocabulary!
2022 Inductees
Doug Brown
- Stratham, NH
- 603-595-0303
- ceosalesstrategies.com
Doug has led client award-winning and high-performance teams, as well as pioneered profitable development programs for companies. He has advised companies such as Intuit, CBS Television, Procter & Gamble, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Nationwide, Embassy Suites, Inc. 500 to 5000 companies and thousands of other businesses and entrepreneurs.
As an entrepreneur, Doug would go on to create and build his own businesses, including a telecommunications consulting company, real estate investment firm, an SEO venture, an entertainment business, an auto body business, a landscaping business, Christmas tree retailing, a fishing and lobster wholesale business, a multilevel marketing business, a telecom agency and business coaching company, just to name a few.
Today he owns a business consulting and training company, CEO Sales Strategies, where his company helps businesses and individuals sell at the top 1% globally. Doug specializes in teaching timeless principles of conversational sales resulting in higher-profit clients, high efficiency sales operations for a smoother running company as well as reliable formulas to sell more without personal rejection.
His newest venture is Vibitno. The main service is a software as a service all in one cloud based automated sales force automation software whose focus is on delivering automated sales efficiency and productivity for the sales person as well as management and ownership.
Doug Brown lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two children.
Nicolas Clement
- Shanghai, China
- +86 138 1789 8240
- negoasia.com
Nicolas Clément is a thought leader on negotiation, speaker, and executive coach, who combines world-class academic expertise and over 30 years of in-the-field negotiations to help great leaders negotiate great deals.
He has coached such negotiations as the successful acquisition of a majority interest in a billion dollar company in China, the presentation of the China strategy by the regional CEO to the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500, labor conflict resolution in Korea, or renegotiation in Sweden of a shareholder agreement resulting in a successful multi-million dollar company sale in China.
Nicolas’s clients increasingly ask him to design and roll-out Asia-Pacific and global sales, negotiation, and leadership programs which dramatically accelerate the results his clients get from their growth efforts while creating a shared winning culture.
A former President of ESSEC Alumni China Chapter and a Member of the Board of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China for seven years, Nicolas is a highly sought-after C-Suite Executive Coach, visiting Negotiation Professor in world-class MBAs and a TEDx speaker on negotiation.
Colin Cox
- Vancouver, BC
- colincox.com
Colin Cox is the founder and president of Cox Consulting. Cox Consulting serves clients across North America, ranging from Fortune 500 organizations to technology startups. Colin is an expert in leadership and balanced productivity, bringing his passion to help leaders at every level achieve success, while not sacrificing fulfillment.
Colin is fascinated with the difference between success and fulfillment. There is a problem with traditional definitions of success. It is common for high achievers to sacrificed health, family and relationships in the pursuit of traditional success: more zeroes, promotions, a bigger boat. This feeling of success is ephemeral. You never end up feeling fulfilled. You end up chasing the next dopamine hit, which is increasingly more difficult to attain. There isn’t anything wrong with success, just don’t give up fulfillment along the way.
Colin has over 26 years of international experience in business, including seven years as Chief Operating Officer for Demonware, the online studio for Activision. He has worked in Canada, the UK, and Ireland, and holds an MBA from the Open University in the UK. He is an ICF-certified executive coach, LPI-trained coach, and StrengthsFinder certified coach. He lives in North Vancouver with his wife and three boys.
Leanne Hughes
- Queensland Australia
- + 61 413 065 487
- leannehughes.com
Leanne Hughes is an Australian businesswoman, keynote speaker, and high-performance business consultant. She combines her experience in marketing, with her education (and obsession) with group dynamics and psychology, to help leaders create engaging everyday experiences – that are so contagious they connect and impact across teams and borders.
Clients work with Leanne for her energy and unique approaches that provide cut-through strategies for embarking on change initiatives, or to shift performance or culture to achieve next-level success.
Based in Brisbane, Leanne has worked across a variety of industries including construction, mining, health, and vocational education and training; serving clients from India to Hong Kong, and Singapore to Papua New Guinea.
In 2021, Leanne was the winner of the Asia Pacific Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year. She is the host of both the First Time Facilitator and Leanne Hughes’ Work and Live Large podcasts. She believes you need only two evangelists to change the world. Find yours.
Amit Kothari
- Newport beach, CA
- kotharileadership.com
Amit Kothari is the Founder and CEO of Kothari Leadership Enterprises, an executive coaching and strategic consulting practice that partners deeply with executives and companies to create sustained, scalable growth. Amit brings decades of experience as a Founder, CFO, and Board Member growing companies to successful exits and, more significantly, helping leaders breakthrough to their best life. Amit is a member and past-President of Entrepreneurs Organization, Orange County.
Amit’s best-selling book, The Kothari Method, introduces his holistic EQ+Execution™ approach, opens minds to new possibilities and provides a roadmap to develop a culture of outcomes in organizations.
Amit and his team of former executives and multi-disciplinary practitioners help drive sustainable change and outcomes by using his practical and proven 9Lens Framework™. Since 2010, Kothari Leadership Enterprises has partnered with CEO’s to grow 100+ companies.
Today’s limits can become tomorrow’s abundance.
Paula McCarthy
- Melbourne, Australia
- (+61) 416 098 390
- workingdynamics.com.au
Paula McCarthy is the founder of Working Dynamics. She is an inventive strategist, consultant, coach, and advisor who inspires and equips clients – leaders and their organisations – to continually innovate, disrupt, evolve, and excel. For more than 20 years, she has led projects in the Asia–Pacific region, helping creative, commercial, government, and not-for-profit organisations (from start-ups to established) rapidly amplify their performance and business results. Client results extend across strategy formulation and execution, business and process innovation, leadership development, and culture strengthening. Pre-covid and in response to the pandemic, she advises clients in the delivery of smart strategies for hybrid workplaces. Paula is a passionate yoga practitioner and bushwalker and is currently working on her first book about innovating with strategy.
Donna Weber
- San Francisco, CA
- 650.678.9442
- donnaweber.com
Donna Weber is the world’s leading expert in customer onboarding. For more than two decades, she’s helped high-growth startups and established enterprises transform new customers into loyal champions.
Donna is passionate about helping customers reach their goals because when your customers win, you win.
It’s that simple.
Successful companies hire Donna to increase customer retention and lifetime value, decrease time to customer first value, reduce implementation time and costs, boost product adoption and usage, and scale Customer Success organizations.
Donna’s award-winning book is Onboarding Matters: How Successful Companies Transform New Customers Into Loyal Champions.
2021 Inductees
Gene Moran
- Bradenton, Florida
- (616) 951-GOVT
- capitolintegration.com
Gene Moran is the founder and President of Capitol Integration. He focuses on federal funding and policy support for defense and security companies so they can achieve dramatic outcomes in Washington, DC.
He has deep military operational experience and corporate government relations background. This allows him to guide clients through the complex process of gaining, protecting and increasing federal funding at the strategic level. His results are measured in the billions of dollars.
Gene wrote the book on the federal process, Pitching the Big Top: How to Master the 3-Ring Circus of Federal Sales.
Rich Litvin
- Los Angeles, CA
- richlitvin.com
Rich Litvin runs a leadership consultancy for world leaders, based in Los Angeles and London. He regularly provokes the thinking of high level clients—including Olympic athletes, Presidential candidates, Hollywood film directors, Special Forces operatives, serial entrepreneurs, PhDs and Harvard Business School alumni.
Rich is the founder of 4PC – a private community of the top 4% of coaches and leaders. He has helped train some of the most exclusive coaches on the planet. He is the co-author of the highly-acclaimed book The Prosperous Coach. It has sold over 75,000 copies and been in the top 20 books on Coaching on Amazon for over 8 years.
A scientist by training, Rich has a background in Behavioral Physiology. He trained to teach at the University of Oxford and he has a master’s degree in Educational Effectiveness.
Rich’s big picture is to mobilise $100 Million to educate a million children. His company has helped to build 5 schools in Africa.
Tim Parkin
- Orlando, FL
- (407) 499-0303
- timparkin.com
Tim Parkin is a consultant, advisor, and coach to marketing executives globally. He specializes in helping marketing teams optimize performance, accelerate growth, and maximize their results.
By applying more than 20 years of experience merging behavioral psychology and technology seamlessly, Tim has unlocked rapid and dramatic growth for global brands and award-winning agencies alike.
He is a speaker, author, and thought leader who is featured frequently in industry publications. Please visit timparkin.com for more information on Tim’s services and his private community of marketing executives.
Douglas Squirrel
- Folkestone, UK
- +44 777 379-5491
- douglassquirrel.com
Squirrel uses the power of conversations to create dramatic productivity gains in technology organisations of all sizes. Squirrel’s experience includes growing software teams as a CTO in startups from fintech to biotech to music, and everything in between; consulting on product improvement at over 100 organisations in the UK, US, Australia, and Europe; and coaching a wide variety of leaders in improving their conversations, aligning to business goals, and creating productive conflict. He lives in Frogholt, England, in a timber-framed cottage built in the year 1450.
Aviv Ben-Yosef
- Israel
- avivbenyosef.com
Aviv Ben-Yosef is an advisor, coach, and consultant for executives and leaders throughout the tech industry. In his consulting business, he helped companies worldwide, ranging from day-old startups to Fortune 100 companies. By advising, coaching, speaking, and facilitating, he helps his clients forge teams and cultures they are proud of leading.
Aviv’s mission is to help create world-class engineering teams that achieve the unthinkable by upgrading tech from a tool to part of the strategy, amassing Tech Capital, and creating Coders without Borders. In his work as a consultant, Aviv has developed a unique approach to aid software organizations’ leadership. Coming from a technical background allows him to “talk shop,” yet maintain a business-impact-driven mindset. Aviv’s online writing has reached over six million readers, and his publishing includes multiple blogs, podcasts, videos, and online courses. He is the author of The Tech Executive Operating System, a book for first-timers and veteran tech leaders who seek to maximize their leverage.
When not working with clients, Aviv is likely to be spending time with his three children or digging into one of his many hobbies, including reading, wine, chess, learning Italian, piano, fountain pens, and, of course, coding.
Voss W. Graham (deceased)
- Memphis, TN
- inneractiveconsulting.com
Voss W. Graham shared that his purpose in life has been to help others excel in the profession of their choice and at the highest level they can achieve. “I love life, people AND the world of Business.”
Voss was born and raised in Louisiana to Entrepreneurial parents who showed him the power of being your own person. After college, he began a career in Banking for thirteen years before taking his skills of finance to the consulting world. His first five years he was active in helping business owners turn unhealthy businesses into healthily organizations. It was during the “turnaround” years, he learned the importance of leadership in organizations.
He took this message in a new direction – working with healthy companies while developing leaders – both corporate and personal leadership. In 1988, he founded InnerActive Consulting Group in Memphis TN. As the Organization Architect, he worked with Fortune 50 and 500 companies, major regional businesses and local entrepreneurial organizations where he shared his knowledge and expertise – as well as gained knowledge from the many leaders and individuals.
An avid article and blog post writer, he has over 1000 publications in magazines and websites. In 2006, he published his first book, The Three Games of Selling. He was consistently recognized by his peers as a high performer who cared about his clients and friends, in fact many clients became friends.
Through the years, he loved presenting and was President of the National Speakers Association, Tennessee Chapter. He was awarded the “Brian Tracy Award” in 2003 for consulting and training excellence, the Bill Brooks IMPACT award in 2012 for excellence in working with Management & Leadership Teams, and the TTI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
Voss proudly loved his two children, two grandchildren, his marriage of 30 years to his wife, best friend, and business partner and his lifetime passion for LSU.
Advice he often stated: Be bold and enjoy!
Christopher Kolenda Ph.D.
- Milwaukee, WI
- (571) 303-8096
- strategicleadersacademy.com
Chris Kolenda, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, is a trusted growth and innovation advisor. He helps small business CEOs, consultants, and experts lead as their best selves and build great teams that take their business to new heights. His clients have already grown by over $28 million and counting.
Chris holds a Doctorate in War Studies from King’s College, London; Master’s Degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Naval War College; and a Bachelor’s Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
In 2007-2008 he led 800 paratroopers in eastern Afghanistan. Their unit was the most successful in the 20-year history of the war, having convinced a big insurgent group to switch sides. Chris later served as a trusted adviser to three, 4-star generals in Afghanistan and two U.S. Secretaries of Defense. From 2010-2013, he was the Secretary of Defense’s personal representative in the talks with the Taliban.
He’s the author of three books: Leadership: The Warrior’s Art, which has become a classic for military leaders; The Counterinsurgency Challenge, and Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong About War.
Adam Bahret
- Wenham, MA
- apexridge.com
Adam Bahret is the founder of Apex Ridge Consulting and a leading reliability expert who writes, speaks and coaches executive teams on reliability as a competitive edge. His reliability-culture change program has delivered millions in savings for clients while mitigating risk and forming a foundation for reliability-fuelled growth and brand dominance. His clients range across multiple industry segments, including medical devices, robotics, semiconductor, aerospace, consumer, and automotive.
Adam works with technical teams to improve design while mentoring leadership teams in adopting the processes, language and behaviors to build a reliability culture. He also introduces key reliability metrics such as “time-to-reliability” that guide organizational thinking and build a robust reliability culture that’s the hallmark of dominant top-performing technology companies.
Adam is an author of two books on reliability engineering, Reliability Culture, How Leaders Build Organizations that Create Reliable Products (Wiley 2021) and How Reliable is Your Product, 50 Ways to Improve Product Reliability (2nd Ed 2016).
Adam has deep technical expertise and over 25 years of experience in product development and reliability engineering. He has an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, is an ASQ nationally certified reliability engineer, and an international speaker on technology, leadership, and product development. More information on Adam and Apex Ridge can be found at www.apexridge.com
2020 Inductees
Diana Jones
- Wellington, NZ
- +64 21 522 620
- diana-jones.com
Diana Jones is a leadership advisor, executive coach, and author. She brings over 30 years of experience in leaders’ behavioral change, working alongside public and private sector companies, executives and professionals, as they implement change and reshape relationships to achieve exceptional business results.
Corporations that need executives and leadership teams to excel in implementing new directions and enhanced results seek her out. Government agencies and CEO’s call upon Diana’s for her insights and expertise when they want to reposition themselves, rapidly reconnect teams after restructures, transform organisation cultures and increase engagement with staff and stakeholders – all with a focus on delivering results.
Her professional identity is as one of the few Sociometrists in the world. Her Executive Presence programme has over 450 graduates and attracts comments like, compelling, unique, inspiring, freeing and impactful.
Diana’s book is Leadership Material: how personal experience shapes leadership presence holds the keys to how leaders learn as they expand their influence and impact. Her work is quoted in Forbes and CEO magazines, and the Huffington Post.
2019 Inductees
Liz de Clifford
de Clifford Consulting, LTD.
- Pasadena, CA
- (310) 913 0895
- decliffordconsulting.com
Liz de Clifford is a keynote speaker, business consultant, and communications coach who has worked with clients for more than two decades in America and abroad.
In the 1990s, Liz served as a Vice President of Louis Allen Associates (now Louis Allen Worldwide), a global management consulting company. She was responsible for sales, marketing, and public relations.
In 1998, Liz – a born entrepreneur – left her corporate job and founded de Clifford Consulting, Ltd., a global communications consulting firm. Her clients include executives from some of the world’s most iconic technology companies.
(In fact, Liz trained Google’s legendary Chief Evangelist of Brand Marketing, Gopi Kallayil, in competitive speaking. Of Liz, Gopi says she is “a bright and sparkly spirit.”)
In 2018, the Motif Awards, which are considered “The World’s Highest Honor for Child Advocacy,” honored Liz by naming her its Motif Queen Laureate. At the ceremony, it was said that her work and example created “positive long term impact to many across the world.”
Rob Oddi
The Change Expert
- Toronto, ONT
- (647) 298-ODDI
- roboddi.com
Rob Oddi is a change expert, leadership coach, and strategist who works with executives, business leaders, and their teams to create powerful change, enhance strategy, and get people talking about what matters most. He has over 20 years’ experience delivering transformational change on multi-million dollar projects, programs, and initiatives.
Rob engages audiences internationally on how to employ innovative and brain-based engagement as well as creative and disruptive new technologies to transform teams, culture, and to turn skeptics into followers and get everyone talking about what really matters. A sought-after speaker and thought leader in using creative thinking and problem solving to increase organizational success, Rob inspires, motivates, and infuses creativity and innovation to help organizations eliminate barriers and increase profitability.
Clients who have sought out his advice include Luxottica, SunLife, Norwegian Cruise Line, Mercedes-Benz, Canada Goose, Tiffany & Co, Enbridge Gas Distribution, Interac, BMO Bank of Montreal and others in different industries.
Paul Rulkens
Agrippa Consulting International
- Maastricht, The Netherlands
- +31 637604168
- paulrulkens.com
Paul Rulkens is an expert in strategic high performance: the art and science of accelerating bold executive outcomes with the least amount of effort. He is an award-winning professional speaker, published author, and a trusted boardroom advisor, who has helped companies like McKinsey, KPMG, ExxonMobil, Novartis, UBER, Johnson & Johnson, and Canon get everything they can out of everything they have. His ideas to improve results and accelerate careers are often described as thought-provoking and counter-intuitive, yet highly effective.
Originally trained as a chemical engineer, Paul’s work is based on deep knowledge and extensive experience in the practical business applications of behavioral psychology, neuroscience and, especially, common sense. He is an international author of two business books and his popular TED talks have been watched by more than two million people.
2018 Inductees
Lisa Miller
- Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
- [email protected]
- lisatmiller.com
Lisa Miller, the CEO and founder of VIE Healthcare, is a proven hospital financial and operational performance improvement expert with a specialization in healthcare costs. Since founding VIE in 1999, she and her team have achieved over $547 million in non-salary cost savings and revenue improvements for clients globally.
Lisa is constantly at the forefront of extracting unnecessary costs for her hospital clients and increasing their profit margins through her proven cost reduction strategies utilized by leading health systems. In 2016 she developed a patent pending system; Invoice ROI™, which extracts, reconciles and analyzes transactional spend data for purchased services and provides line item insights and analytics into this challenging category of spend for hospitals and all organizations.
Lisa has been featured in numerous industry publications, including Health-Leaders Magazine, Healthcare Financial News and Becker’s Hospital Review. She is the author of the upcoming book Hidden Costs – Hidden Profits; how to achieve maximum costs savings in minimal time, optimize resources and automate the management of your organizations spend, being released in February 2018. In 2022, VIE Healthcare was acquired by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. You can learn more about Lisa at lisatmiller.com.
Connie Dieken
The Dieken Group
- Avon Lake, OH
- (440) 930-8500
- conniedieken.com
The founder of Influence 360º, Connie Dieken was recently named one of the world’s Top 10 Executive Coaches and has been honored as one of the Top 10 Female Business Owners in her region in the United States.
A former newswoman, Dieken is a five-time Emmy Award® winning journalist and the only woman to have been inducted into both the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame® and the Speakers Hall of Fame®, as well as the Million Dollar Consulting Hall of Fame.® The author of two best-selling business books on influence and presence, Dieken has advised the influence strategies of leaders at many of the world’s best-known organizations, including Apple, HP, Nestlé, and The Cleveland Clinic.
Please visit conniedieken.com for more information on Dieken’s consulting services, executive coaching, keynote speaking, and the books she’s authored.
Liz Bywater
Bywater Consulting Group
- Yardley, PA
- (800) 846-4546
- bywaterconsultinggroup.com
Dr. Liz Bywater helps C-Suite leaders rapidly increase influence, catapult innovation, accelerate growth, build exceptional teams, and thrive amid the pressures of a 24/7 world. Her clients include top executives at Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Thomson Reuters and more. Dr. Bywater provides expert commentary for the Wall Street Journal, NY Times and Fast Company and is a featured guest on CBS radio’s Philadelphia Agenda and Remarkable Women. She sits on the Editorial Advisory Board and writes a monthly column, Dr. Liz on Leadership, for Life Science Leader magazine. A longstanding member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Advancement of Consulting, Liz also is the author of Slow Down to Speed Up: Lead, Succeed and Thrive in a 24/7 World!
Corrie Shanahan (deceased)
The Beara Group LLC
- Washington, D.C.
- (202) 294-4697
- corrieshanahan.com
Corrie Shanahan is a sought-after coach, facilitator, and expert in teamwork and more productive performance. Her clients include Deloitte, UNICEF, Mars Inc., Discovery Communications, World Bank and United Nations. She is the author of “Do it, Mean it, Be it. The Keys to Achieve Success, Happiness and Everything You Deserve at Work and in Life”. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review. A native of Ireland, Corrie graduated from Trinity College Dublin and speaks five languages. She lives in Washington D.C. with her teenage son and their well-meaning beagle, Patsy Cline.
Mark Levy
Levy Innovation LLC
- Morristown, NJ
- (908) 303-4492
- levyinnovation.com
Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a positioning firm that helps consultants and other thought leaders to increase their fees by up to 2,000%. His clients include a former department head in the White House, CEOs of major organizations, a former head of the Strategy Unit of the Harvard Business School, a member of Major League Baseball, and TED and TEDx speakers. Mark has written for the New York Times, and has written or co-created five books, including “Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content,” which has been translated into ten languages.
Sarah Levitt
The Making Magnificence Project®
- Raleigh, NC
- (919) 210-8532
- sarah-levitt.com
A trusted and strategic guide to the c-suite, Sarah Levitt brings penetrating insight, wit, and more than 20 years of practical business experience to her work with CEOs, corporate executives of Fortune 1000 companies, and senior leadership teams.
Sarah created The Making Magnificence Project®, an ongoing initiative, where she interviews successful leaders across different domains to capture their leadership journeys. Her new book, Magnificent Leadership, distills the essential elements of leadership success that she gleaned from those interviews.
Sarah is sought as a speaker for international conferences and leadership summits. A sampling of her engagements include: American Bankers Association, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Hewlett-Packard, BASF, National Association of CEOs, Oracle, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Ignite International Leadership Summit.
Sarah is a columnist for The Financial Manager and was recruited to coach in the elite Executive MBA program at The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler business school. She is a member of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching and lives in Raleigh, NC.
Joanne Irving PhD
The Chrysalis Group, Inc.
- Bethesda, MD
- (301) 943-3074
- chrysalisbusinessconsulting.com
Dr. Joanne Irving is a coach and consultant for senior executives in mid and large size companies helping them improve individual and team performance. She has been a psychologist for three decades in the Washington D.C. area where she has worked with influential leaders from a wide variety of organizations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the White House. Her corporate clients have included executives from AARP, Atlantic Health Systems, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Sutter Health. Joanne graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University; received her PhD in psychology from the University of Maryland; and conducted her internship at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. She lives in Potomac, Maryland with her husband, an administrative law judge. They have two grown sons who are successfully launched!
Dan Norenberg
Executive Ownershift®
- Munich, Germany
- +49 89 306 302 0
- dannorenberg.com
As an executive advisor, coach and consultant, Dan Norenberg designs and delivers learning experiences for senior leadership teams that create a peak performance culture through a transformative growth process called Executive Ownershift®.
Dan states that most executive teams are a collection of highly talented and experienced leaders, yet only a few manage to perform at their best.
His collaborative leadership process enables executive teams to stimulate high levels of engagement and ownership. He has advised and coached over 100 Fortune level teams and his clients include Allianz Group, Biotronik, Ciba Vision, Dentsply Sirona, the European Patent Office, IWIS, Klosterfrau, Knorr-Bremse, Lego, Rohde & Schwarz, The Walt Disney Company, UBS and ZF TRW.
Praveen Puri
Strategic Simplicity℠
- Aurora, IL
- (630) 335-3056
- puriconsulting.com
Praveen Puri is the expert in Strategic Simplicity℠ who helps businesses identify the precise, key changes that result in dramatic improvement. His clients include Bank of America, Ameritech, United Airlines, and Motorola. His simplicity model extends across markets, industries, and functions. Praveen has more than 27 years of experience building teams, processes, and strategies for increasing business and customer value. He was employee #7 at ELCEDE, Inc., helped develop the Chicago Board of Trade’s Project A trading platform, and was part of the “skunk works” team that developed the first online banking systems at Bank of America. Praveen is one of the only consultants at Motorola to ever receive their “General Systems Sector” award. He was rewarded for simplifying their project management system.
2017 Inductees
Evan Bulmer
EBAA PTY LTD
- Grange, SA
- (08) 8348 5000
- vebaa.com.au
Evan is an expert at leading dramatic business and personal growth for his clients. His passion and commitment to his clients earning more and working less is only rivalled by his passion for learning.
Lisa Larter
The Lisa Larter Group
- Calgary, AB, Canada
- (613) 223-1700
- lisalarter.com
Lisa Larter, CEO and Founder of The Lisa Larter Group works with people around the world as a Strategist, Consultant, Business Coach and Trainer. She is author of an Amazon Best Seller, Pilot to Profit: Navigating Modern Entrepreneurship to Build Your Business Using Online Marketing, Social Media, Content Marketing and Sales. She integrates modern marketing with effective strategy to dramatically improve sales, visibility, and profits. Her experience in Corporate Retail, Independently Owned Retail and Online Business, makes her a highly effective Strategist for businesses of all types.
Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Putnam Consulting Group
- Westlake, OH
- (800) 598-2102
- putnam-consulting.com
Kris Putnam-Walkerly is a global philanthropy advisor who helps grant makers transform their giving and catapult their impact. She is the author of the book Confident Giving: Sage Advice for Funders, which was recently named a “Top 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Book,” and in 2016 she was named one America’s Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers. For over 18 years she has helped over 60 donors and foundations strategically allocate over $350 million in grants by giving faster, with greater confidence and for higher impact. Her clients include the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, as well as dozens of high net-worth philanthropists, corporations and private foundations. Kris is president of Putnam Consulting Group, headquartered in Cleveland.
Ali Brown
- Scottsdale, AZ
- (888) 484-5559
- alibrown.com
Ali Brown is one of the most recognized entrepreneur coaches in the world, building a coaching and consulting enterprise that has ranked in the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the nation. She was named one of Forbes Women to Watch, one of Ernst & Young’s Winning Women Entrepreneurs, and an entrepreneur delegate for the United Nations Foundation’s Global Accelerator. Ali was also featured on the ABC hit primetime show “Secret Millionaire” and has over 250,000 followers via alibrown.com, her social media channels, and her Glambition® Radio show on iTunes.
Andrew Bass, Phd
BassClusker Consulting
- Sutton Coldfield, UK
- 00 44 121 427 7217
- bassclusker.com
Andy helps leaders achieve better, faster results using resources they already have. Based in the UK, he travels extensively, and has worked on strategic change projects spanning North America, Europe and Asia. Clients say they value Andy’s unique mix of pragmatism and rigour. He is on the ‘Big Thinkers’ panel of experts for the behavioural change practice of Ogilvy & Mather and has taught consulting at Aston and Warwick Business Schools. Andy is author of “The Performance Papers: Incisive Briefings for Busy Leaders” and “NetworkAbility: building your business one relationship at a time.”
2016 Inductees
Lisa A. Bing
Bing Consulting Group, Inc.
- Brooklyn, NY
- 718-398-8516
- bingconsulting.biz
Lisa A. Bing is a Brooklyn, NY-based expert on strategy and leadership. Growing mid-cap companies and non-profits rely on her to help accelerate strategy implementation and build up internal management capabilities resulting in productivity gains of up to 50%. Companies like the Federal Reserve, NY Law School, and Pfizer seek out her advice to broaden their perspectives. Lisa is an award-winning consultant and speak. She is a Vice Chair of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Chair of The Concord Christfund. She is the first female African-American Hall of Fame inductee.
Noah Fleming
Fleming Consulting & Co.
- Kingsville, ON, Canada
- (519) 259-8037
- noahfleming.com
Noah Fleming is the owner of Fleming Consulting & Co in Toronto. He specializes in working with privately held, mid-market companies to create long-term, sustainable, and highly profitable customer relationships. He is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book in its field, Evergreen: Cultivate the Enduring Customer Loyalty that Keeps Your Business Thriving, and the forthcoming book, The Customer Loyalty Loop.
Lorraine Moore
- Calgary, Canada
- (403) 217-5227
- lorrainemoore.ca
Lorraine Moore of Calgary, Canada creates unprecedented outcomes for organizations and individuals. Her seminal work in inspired leadership delivers game-changing outcomes. A thought leader in strategic speed, innovation, and executive performance, Lorraine is sought out to contribute to the transformation of companies and individuals. Author of the forthcoming books, Feet to the Fire, How to Exemplify and Create the Accountability That Creates Great Companies, and 360 Degree CEO, Lorraine¹s clients benefit from her experience as a corporate executive.
Shlomo Swidler
Orchestratus, Inc.
- West Hempstead, NY
- (516) 690-7913
- shlomoswidler.com
Shlomo Swidler, headquartered in Tel Aviv, founder of Orchestratus Inc., is an expert in accelerating software innovation and driving business results. He advises top executives of firms in the high tech, e-commerce, media, entertainment, communications, and finance sectors, on strategy, organizational development, and performance. His work has attracted clients the world over, including powerhouses of the digital economy such as Amazon, VMware, Cisco, and AT&T.
Sten Vesterli
More Than Code
- Værløse, Capital Region, Denmark
- vesterli.com
Sten Vesterli from Copenhagen, is an internationally acclaimed expert on making IT live up to its promise for real business benefit. He has published four technology books, and companies like Oracle, Deloitte, and Maersk Lines have sought his advice. An award-winning speaker, he entertains and inspires audiences around the world with stories of IT success and failure.
2015 Inductees
Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott Consulting, Inc.
- Trumbull, CT
- (203) 220-8931
- jeffreyscott.biz
Founded in 2008, Jeffrey Scott works with achievement minded landscape business owners who want to transform and profitable grow their business. Our peer group members enjoy and share new ideas, work on efficiency and accountability in a sharing process. After growing his family landscape business into a $10 million enterprise, Jeffrey sold and started his own consulting business, which includes the Leader’s Edge peer groups for Green Industry business owners.
Val Wright
Val Wright Consulting
- South Pasadena, CA
- 1-800-455-0910
- valwrightconsulting.com
Top executives at Fortune 1000 companies recognize Val as a global leadership and innovation expert and call her the growth accelerator. Executives say Val is unique because of her compassionate truth telling, fearlessness, and extensive experience working with creative, technical, and business leaders. Now with clients including Microsoft, Starbucks, LinkedIn and DreamWorks Animation, Val unlocks innovation and accelerates growth for executives who are ready to hear what they need to hear rather than what they want to hear.
Steven Gaffney
The Steven Gaffney Company
- Fairfax, VA
- 1-877-646-6378
- stevengaffney.com
The Steven Gaffney Company is the leading expert on honest, open communication. Top executives from Fortune 500 companies, federal government agencies, the United States military, and national associations have come to us to build trust, increase collaboration, lead through times of change, and improve teamwork across their organizations.
Richard S. Citrin, Ph.D., MBA
Citrin Consulting
- Pittsburgh, PA
- (412) 327-8744
- citrinconsulting.com
Richard Citrin, Ph.D., MBA brings more than 25 years of business leadership and consulting experience to his clients and their organizations. He is one of those rare consultants who brings a practical and pragmatic approach to his work.
His unique perspective on leadership development, talent management and resilience is based on the idea that by using strengths, assets, and skills, and by aligning them in a purposeful and powerful manner, real change occurs.
Victoria Labalme
Victoria Labalme Communications
- New York, NY
- (212) 645-1101
- victorialabalme.com
A graduate of Stanford University, Victoria draws on high level performance strategies distilled from two decades of professional show business experience: one-woman shows across the US, appearances at Caroline’s on Broadway, Gotham Comedy Club, a TV special with Robert DeNiro & Harvey Keitel, 27 television commercials including a Super Bowl spot (together totaling over 50 million viewers), a cameo on HBO’s “Sex & The City” and “Bessie” directed by Academy Award winner D.A. Pennebaker.
John Martinka
Martinka Consulting
- (425) 576-1814
- martinkaconsulting.com
John has over 20 years of business experience supported by a Masters Degree in Finance and Economics from Marquette University. A recognized public speaker, John has developed a reputation for expertise in business acquisition and “problem solving”. He has the knowledge and real life experience which gains client confidence and delivers measurable results. John has owned three businesses, led a company turnaround, analyzed hundreds of acquisition candidates for scores of clients and helped over 100 clients buy or sell a business.
2014 Inductees
Mark Donovan
Mark Donovan & Associates
- Dublin, Ireland
- 086 – 384 0132; 353 86 – 384 0132
- markdonovan.ie
Mark Donovan, founder of Mark Donovan & Associates, a consultancy that helps senior leaders accelerate the implementation of their organizational goals and strategy. He is an expert in change management and culture alignment. He dramatically improves individual, team and organizational performance. Mark’s clients include Liberty Global, Kraft Foods, Aon Consulting, Kuehne & Nagel, Intra-snack and Baxter Healthcare.
Lisa Anderson
LMA Consulting Group
- Claremont, CA
- (909) 630-3943
- lma-consultinggroup.com
An expert in bridging the gap between supply chain strategy and execution to dramatically improve service levels, accelerate cash flow and maximize profits. Lisa is known as The Manufacturing Connector™ as she connects the people, processes and systems and aligns them with strategy and the end-to-end supply chain. She has also been recognized as the 16th most influential in supply chain management by SAP.
Sally Strackbein
Defining Story
- Oak Hill, VA
- (703) 262-0361
- definingstory.com
Sally Strackbein, Defining Story, Oak Hill, VA (Washington, DC) is an expert in authentic communication. Her clients report they communicate their value more quickly, became more memorable which has given them more impact and greater influence. Her unique power is the rare talent to meld information and emotion into compelling communication.Her clients range from solopreners and small business owners to large organizations like the FDIC and World Bank. She has worked with clients all over the US, Canada, and the UK.
2013 Inductees
Rick Pay
The R. PAY COMPANY, LLC
- Portland, OR
- (503) 780-2014
- rpaycompany.com
Known to his clients as “The Sherlock Holmes of Operations and Supply Chain”, Rick helps his clients use innovative approaches to create an express lane from their suppliers to their customers, and his mentees to grow their practices and their personal success.
Chris Patterson
Interchanges
- Jacksonville, FL
- (904) 834-4814
- interchanges.com
A leader with a burning desire to help others achieve greatness. His team of experts have launched hundreds of successful marketing campaigns, gained national attention, and helped businesses worldwide grow significant revenues.
Donna Brighton
Brighton Leadership Group
- Chicago, IL
- (847) 686-3500
- brightonleadership.com
Donna Brighton is a world class expert in organizational culture and change with specialties in mergers and acquisitions, remote working transformations and strategy acceleration. Organizations like Kraft Foods, TD Bank and Lockheed Martin work with her to increase change capacity and help them use change as a competitive advantage. She specializes in developing change ready leaders who can move at the speed of change.
Scott Beilke
Brighton Leadership Group
- Chicago, IL
- (847) 686-3500
- brightonleadership.com
Scott Beilke is an expert in change leadership and organizational culture alignment. He has launched, grown, and turned-around companies. Organizations like Guardian Life Insurance, CMMI Institute (a Carnegie Mellon affiliate), and Kraft Foods work with Scott to accelerate their organizations strategy. Scott serves on boards and mentors entrepreneurs and executives. He serves as a mentor for the Executives Club of Chicago, is a Master Mentor in Alan Weiss’s Private Roster Mentor Program, and is President of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Change Management Professionals.
David Waits (deceased)
Waits Consulting Group, Inc.
- Zellwood, FL
- (407) 889-4812
- davidwaits.com
David Waits, an expert in leadership development, is the founder of Orlando based Waits Consulting Group, Inc., a global leader in strategic planning and leadership development. David has worked with clients in all 50 states, and internationally in Canada, the UK, and South Africa. A sought after consultant and speaker, his diverse client list includes Quest Diagnostics, General Dynamics, Lexus, NASA, Major League Baseball, Walt Disney World and numerous other world-class organizations.
Robbie Kellman Baxter
Peninsula Strategies
- Menlo Park, CA
- (650) 322-5655
- peninsulastrategies.com
An expert on market-driven strategy and and thought leader on the Membership Economy, Robbie has advised Netflix, Yahoo and Oracle and a who’s who of Silicon Valley companies. She is a Master Mentor, a graduate of Harvard and Stanford, and a pragmatic colleague, always eager to teach and to learn from those around her.
Kathy Kingston (deceased)
Kingston Auction Company
- Hampton, NH
- (603) 926-1919
- kingstonauction.com
Kathy Kingston, CEO of Kingston Auction Company, Hampton, NH.The pre-eminent expert in fundraising auctions, Kathy has raised millions of dollars across the country. An international award-winning professional auctioneer and consultant, she works with nonprofits, schools, boards of directors and other auctioneers for record-breaking fundraising auctions, education & strategies that dramatically increase donor and board engagement and catapult profits. She is the author of the audio book: Do I Hear A Million? Benefit Auctioneering for Record Profits.
Constance Dierickx
CD Consulting Group
- Smyrna, GA
- (404) 496-6220
- constancedierickx.com
Constance, The Decision Doctor, works with outstanding leaders to help them achieve unprecedented results. A fearless learner, she continuously enriches herself and clients with knowledge and experience that is constantly refreshed. She marries academic insight with pragmatic approaches to create a novel consulting relationship that clients describe as “priceless.”
Mark Rodgers
Peak Performance Business Group
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- (262) 754-9637
- persuasionmatters.com
Mark Rodgers, principal partner of the Peak Performance Business Group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an expert in persuasion. A best-selling author, award-winning speaker and sought-after consultant, Mark blends cutting-edge psychological research, street-smart approaches and an extraordinary ability to transfer skills to help clients attain critical-mass support for every initiative, every change and every improvement. Mark shows others why your way is best.
2012 Inductees
Scott Wintrip
Wintrip Consulting Group
- St. Petersburg, FL
- (866) 789-6757
- wintripconsultinggroup.com
Scott Wintrip, CEO of Wintrip Consulting Group, St. Petersburg, FL. A renowned consultant and executive coach, Scott helps clients such as Boeing, P&G, Randstad, and Wells Fargo grow in both domestic and international markets. His expertise includes strategy, coaching, recruiting, retention, sales, leadership, and accountability, making him a versatile and highly expert corporate resource.
Patrick Daly
Alba Consulting
- Dublin, Ireland
- +353 1 415 12 52
- albalogistics.com
Patrick Daly, Managing Director of Alba Consulting in Dublin, Ireland is an expert in supply chain management and rapid, profitable growth. He has worked with top companies Europe, Asia, and the Americas, helping to improve return on capital while reducing risk and complexity. He has consistently presented profound case studies to colleagues to assist in their learning as he acquires new clients and challenges.
Colleen Francis
Engage Selling Solutions
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- 1 (877) 364-2438
- engageselling.com
Colleen Francis is the founder of Engage Selling Solutions, a global leader in sales improvement with offices in the U.S. and Canada. A superb speaker and trainer, she implements internal accountability systems to perpetuate growth and sustain improvement. She has researched the successful habits of the top ten percent of sales professionals in a wide diversity of fields and has synthesized those techniques into powerful results for her clients. She was named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for 2018.
Alex Goldfayn
The Technology Tailor, LLC
- Buffalo Grove, IL
- (847) 459-6322
- evangelistmktg.com
Alex Goldfayn, founder of the Chicago-based Evangelist Marketing Institute, and known as “the technology tailor,” is the author of the new book, Evangelist Marketing. A former Chicago Tribunecolumnist and Fox television personality, he creates exponential growth through compelling language, mining customer insights, and targeted marketing. He enables clients to rapidly create loyal, passionate, and “evergreen” customers, who in turn attract more customers. He builds brands from scratch and turbocharges current brands.
Wayne McKinnon
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- 1-888-712-6224
- waynemckinnon.com
Wayne McKinnon, of Ottawa, is the Information Technology Coach, andhas constantly reinvented his business to alter clients’ evolution by working with their “corporate DNA.” He focuses on improving operational effectiveness, rapidly deploying change, and eliminating internecine strife. His clients cite him for fast, profound work, and he is known for incorporating IT components is a strategic manner to further corporate goals. His approaches are non-conventional and immediately effective.
Dr. Steven Bleistein
Relansa, Inc.
- Tokyo, Japan
- +81 (0)3-6269-3239
- relansa.co.jp
Dr. Steven Bleistein, CEO of Relansa, Inc., Tokyo. With a doctorate in computer science and a distinguished background in workplace interactions among people, processes, and structure, Steve has travelled the globe in a continual learning quest to better help his clients. His firm works in strategy, performance management and business development.
Judy Chan
HealthPro Consulting
- San Francisco, CA
- (415) 824-8833
- healthproconsulting.com
Judy Chan, President of HealthPro Consulting, San Francisco. Judy specializes in the turbulent and critical California health field, creating technology strategies that innovatively improve patient care and organizational efficiencies. She is versatile in helping small, medium, and large businesses as well as non-profits in rapidly and effectively implementing new strategies.
Dr. Bart Sayle
The Breakthrough Group
- London England
- +44 (0) 20 7229 1838
- bartsayle.com
Dr. Bart Sayle, CEO of The Breakthrough Group, London and Newport. Bart works with the most senior people in organizations such as Wrigly, Mars, and Wyeth to create innovative strategies and paradigm-breaking new business ventures. A widely-sought speaker, he is co-author of The Blue Train, a unique approach to explosive growth.
Dan Weedin
Toro Consulting
- Poulsbo, WA
- (360) 697-1058
- danweedin.com
Dan Weedin, CEO, Toro Consulting, Poulsbo, WA. Dan is one of the leaders in insurance sales and performance in the country, working for over a quarter century to minimize risk and maximize operations and performance. Additionally, he is expert in addressing crisis and creating thriving environments out of chaos.
2011 Inductees
Garry Beavis
BEAVIS & CO
- West Perth, WA, Australia
- +61 410 584 711
- garrybeavis.com
Garry Beavis, Australia, is a highly successful and experienced business advisor and entrepreneur. He was the first Million Dollar Consulting® Master Mentor in Australia, certified for all programs. His expertise and success in running and launching businesses make him a superb resource for entrepreneurs and the owners and executives in small and medium-sized organizations.
Kevin Berchelmann
Triangle Performance, LLC
- Spring, Texas
- (281) 257-4442
- triangleperformance.com
Kevin Berchelmann, Houston, TX, is CEO of Triangle Performance, LLC which creates enhanced financial success through innovative human performance strategies. He works with executives in large organizations to far surpass what is traditionally believed to be organization development and change management. He is also a sought-after speaker and facilitator.
Bill Lee
Customer Strategy Group
- Dallas, TX
- 1 (800) 329-0379
- customerstrategygroup.com
Bill Lee, Dallas, TX, an expert in customer relationships, retention, and loyalty, has done seminal work in assessing the value of customer relationships and how bet to engage customers. His next book appears in the fall from Harvard Business Review Press, The Hidden Wealth of Customers. He is the president of the Customer Strategy Group and hosts a unique, thought leading conference annually on enhancing customer engagements.
Roberta Matuson
Human Resource Solutions
- Northampton, MA
- (413) 582-1840
- yourhrexperts.com
Roberta Matuson, Northampton, MA is the author of the new book, Suddenly in Charge from Nicholas Brealey Publishing. The CEO of Human Resource Solutions, she provides consulting services to accelerate growth and development in major organizations. She specializes in leadership growth, including hiring, retention, promotion, and succession. She is adept at moving employees beyond compliance to commitment.
Richard Martin
Alcera Consulting
- Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot Quebec, Canada
- (514) 453-3993
- alcera.ca
Rich Martin, Quebec, Canada, CEO of Alcera Consulting, brings his former military and business leadership to executives seeking to exploit and not fear change; maximize opportunities; and minimize risks. He is a gifted coach, speaker, and consultant, and adept at helping client choose the maximum benefit among alternatives within acceptable risk limitations. He conducts business bilingually and with varied constituencies.
Andrew Miller
ACM Consulting
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- (416) 480-1336
- acmconsulting.ca
Andrew Miller, Toronto, Canada, CEO of ACM Consulting, provides sustainable strategic solutions, consulting, and coaching services to a wide variety of private and public sector clients. He is an expert in supply chain management, procurement procedures, and shared services. He is a certified professional project manager, and has taught these subject at a variety of universities as a visiting professor.
2010 Inductees
Bill Corbett
Corbett Business Consulting
- Loveland, CO
- (970) 481-5976
- corbettbusinessconsulting.com
An expert in recovery from substance and alcohol abuse, especially among executives, with a unique, unselfish approach to sobriety and an impressively high success ratio, who is constantly providing emotional support to colleagues.
Linda D. Henman, Ph.D.
Henman Performance Group
- Chesterfield, MO
- (636) 537-3774
- henmanperformancegroup.com
A thought leader in executive assessment, coaching and feedback, who masterfully combines the science and the art form to create higher levels of excellence for her clients, which she clearly models herself.
Dave Gardner (deceased)
Gardner & Associates Consulting
- San Jose, CA
- (888) 488-4976
- gardnerandassoc.com
An omnipresent source of inspiration, motivation, and pragmatic help to his community of peers, who uses his own lifelong learning to assist others on that journey.
Simma Lieberman
Simma Lieberman Associates
- Albany, CA
- (510) 527-0700
- simmalieberman.com
An ‘inclusionist’ who views diversity and variety not in terms of numbers but in terms of talent, contribution, and higher levels of performance, who is fearless in her beliefs in the inherent talents of all people.
Andrew Sobel
Andrew Sobel Advisors, Inc.
- New York, NY
- (212) 706-1297
- andrewsobel.com
Author, coach, and consultant who brings brilliant intellectual capital to major companies globally, helping them to identify, retain, and nurture their best clients, thus helping to ensure a bright future.
Andrew Hollo
Workwell
- Sydney, Australia
- +03 9486 0110
- workwell.com.au
Andrew Hollo, Sydney, Australia is the CEO of Workwell, which provides for quick resolution of complex concerns through advanced facilitation. He is an expert trainer, coach, and instructor, helping his clients to rapidly generate new ideas and alternatives in incredibly brief time periods. He creates higher performance levels among individuals and teams across all business lines.
Leslie Austin
Austin Consulting
- New York, NY
- (212) 460-9177
- leslieaustin.com
An outstanding consultant in human behavior and individual performance at executive levels.
Wes Trochlil
Effective Database Management
- Hamilton VA
- (540) 338-9404
- effectivedatabase.com
Creative and innovative in turning tactical information into strategic business knowledge.
Aviv Shahar
Aviv Consulting
- Seattle, WA & West Palm, FL
- (425) 415-6155
- avivconsulting.com
Original and dynamic approaches to organization performance and effectiveness. Known to his clients as The Collaboration Catalyst is a recognized expert in leadership, strategy and top talent development. He is an international consultant, coach, author and featured speaker. Aviv’s passion is to help successful leaders and teams create and achieve their desired future.
David Gammel
High Context Consulting, LLC
- Salisbury, MD
- (410) 742-9088
- highcontext.com
Brilliantly combining technology, people, processes, and design.
2009 Inductees
Suzanne Bates
Bates Communications
- Wellesley, MA
- (781) 235-8239
- bates-communications.com
The owner of a powerful business focused on improving executive presentation and communication skills, with two superb books on executive performance, a member of the Million Dollar Club, and a former network news anchor.
Seth Kahan
- Glen Echo, MD
- (301) 229-2221
- sethkahan.com
An outstanding organization development consultant who constantly contributes to the Mentor Community by selflessly sharing his victories and setbacks, and is an exemplar of lifelong learning and growth, formerly with the World Bank.
Patricia Lynch
Business Alignment Strategies, Inc
- Long Beach, CA
- (562) 985-0333
- businessalignmentstrategies.com
A human performance and productivity expert who has worked with highly effective results in public sector and highly politicized environments, nevertheless driving clients toward demonstrable and repeatable results.
Linda Popky
L2M Associates, Inc.
- Redwood City, CA
- (650) 281-4854
- l2massociates.com
A marketing and message expert, who helps clients clarify their message, who is one of the most frequent and powerful contributors to Alan’s Forums, recently bestowed with a Woman of the Year Award, and the president of Women in Consulting.
Katherine Radeka
Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.
- Camas, WA
- (206) 274-6179
- whittierconsulting.com
Author, coach, and consultant who brings brilliant intellectual capital to major companies globally, helping them to identify, retain, and nurture their best clients, thus helping to ensure a bright future.
Scott Simmonds
- Saco, ME
- (207) 284-0085
- icofmaine.com
An insurance expert who selflessly shares with the community of professionals he joins and supports, and who constantly experiments with more effective ways to reach and assist clients, generously sharing effective techniques with those around him.
Phil Symchych
Symchych Consulting
- Regina, SK Canada
- (306) 569-9111
- symcoandco.com
An expert in business growth who literally traveled the globe, from Australia to Germany, from the UK to the US, to discover best practices to make him more valuable to clients in an ongoing perpetual learning quest.
2008 Inductees
George Phares (deceased)
Strategic Direction Resources, Inc.
- Kingwood, TX
- 77339281-358-7188
- strategicdirectionresources.com
For creating a specialized consulting firm in the difficult field of compliance and regulatory affairs, dramatically growing his business base while reducing labor intensity, and sharing his insights unselfishly with colleagues.
Guido Quelle
Mandat Managementberatung GmbH
- Dortmund, Germany
- +49 231 9742-390
- mandat.de
A leader in boutique consulting with major firms, he moved his seven-figure consulting business completely to value-based pricing within a year in a market where many said it couldn’t be done; a life-long learner who improves his clients, his staff, and himself every single day.
Amanda Setili
Setili & Associates, LLC
- Atlanta, GA
- (404) 378-0400
- setili.com
An example of a McKinsey alumna who established her own, independent practice, adapted to new principles of client interaction, and whose firm has grown strongly in each year of its existence, powerfully enabling clients to align individual objectives in support of corporate strategic goals.
Kim Wilkerson
Wilkerson Consulting Group
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- (319) 362-3200
- kimwilkerson.com
As an example to all of us in committing herself to lifelong learning and the continual creation of new ideas to help others to grow their practices and enrich their lives, engaging her clients, colleagues, and audiences with her enthusiasm, wit, and innovation.
Rob Nixon
robnixon companies
- Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
- +61 7 3607 6600
- robnixon.com
The prototypical entrepreneur, he has focused on the accounting profession and helped thousands to innovatively improve their practices and their lives by boldly introducing new insights, thinking, and resources, serving as an exemplar through his own marketing efforts.
Stuart Cross
Morgan Cross Consulting
- Newark, United Kingdom
- +44(0)1636-526111
- morgancross.co.uk
In a dramatically brief time created and expanded his solo practice by boldly focusing on dramatic and strategic growth, while also sharing his expertise through teaching in major business schools.
Libby Wagner
Professional Leadership Results, Inc.
- Seattle, WA
- (206) 906-9203
- libbywagner.com
An innovative leader in human resources development who is both a profound learner and contributor to others, who has traveled the world in a dramatic quest for personal and client improvement.
2007 Inductee
Cal LeMon
Executive Enrichment
- Springfield, MO
- (800) 373-4040
- execenrichment.com
For leadership in combining teaching, counseling, business acumen, and influence into powerful, dynamic learning environments in organizational America.
Charter Members
Dan Coughlin
The Coughlin Company
- Fenton, MO
- (636) 825-6611
- thecoughlincompany.com
An example of start-up success, leaving a high school teaching position and rapidly becoming a pre-eminent national executive coach, working with organizations such as Marriott and McDonald’s, including the publication of two books in three years on his specialty.
Alan Fortier
Fortier & Associates
- Fort Lee, NJ
- (201) 585-7600
- fortierassociates.com
An expert in all aspects of manufacturing company strategy, pricing, business development, organization, acquisitions, and manager development, including helping executives and boards improve execution, all combining for more value for manufacturing clients than available in any other single resource.
Nancy MacKay, Ph.D.
MacKay & Associates
- North Vancouver, Canada
- (604) 329-4998
- mackayandassociates.ca
For excellence in strategic and organizational consulting, building executive teams, and assisting diverse and global organizations to more rapidly move toward their strategic objectives.
Edward Poll, J.D.
LawBiz® Management Co.
- Venice, CA
- (310) 827-5415
- lawbiz.com
The pre-eminent individual resource for law firm valuation, growth, and productivity, with singular contribution of intellectual capital to the legal community.