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Stedman Graham is chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), a management and marketing consulting company that creates customized training and leadership development programs for corporate and educational markets.
As a sought-out speaker and lecturer, he presents to corporations, organizations and nonprofits. Clients include Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Georgia Pacific, National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, American College of Sports Medicine, YMCA, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Manpower, CNN, GlaxoSmithKline, Plains Capital Corporation, U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corps, Harvard and Wharton business schools, U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Graham has authored a number of books, including two New York Times Bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. His other publications are You Can Make It Happen Every Day, a motivational pocketbook; Build Your Own Life Brand, which explores the concept of personal branding; and The Ultimate Guide to Sports Marketing, an industry textbook which he co-authored. Graham's most recent book, Move Without the Ball, is a collection of principles and teachings for student athletes and non-athletes that encourages them to widen their definition of a successful life and increase their career options by building a solid academic foundation. Mr. Graham's book Who are You? A Success Process for Building Your Life's Foundation was released in April of 2005 and focuses on success through self-discovery. Mr. Graham's latest book is, Diversity: Leaders, Not Labels outlines his unique approach to eliminating barriers to success.
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Actively involved in education, he is a former adjunct professor at University of Illinois at Chicago where he has taught a leadership course based on his Nine-Step Process. At the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, he taught a management strategy course entitled “The Dynamics of Leadership.” He founded and directed George Washington University ’s Forum for Sport and Event Management and Marketing – the first of its kind in the country.
Graham has shown a lifelong commitment to youth and community. In 1985, Graham founded AAD Education, Health and Sports, a nonprofit organization of athletes and other civic leaders committed to developing leadership in underserved youths. An organization with over 500 professional athletes, AAD has served over 15,000 students and has awarded $1.5 million in scholarships. Graham serves on several boards to include the national board of Junior Achievement (JA) and the 7-Eleven Education Is Freedom Foundation.
Graham holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Hardin-Simmons University. He received a master’s degree in Education from Ball State University and an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Coker College , where he is also a distinguished visiting professor.
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