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...Bill Benjamin is a top emotional intelligence keynote speaker and a thought leader on the subjects of leadership and peak performance. He is a regular contributor to CEO magazine, Training Magazine as well as other leadership publications. Bill has an authentic approach that resonates with the audience and especially with those that might be typically resistant to the important relationship between ‘soft-skills’ and exceptional leadership. A natural storyteller, he balances anecdotes with science and research to engage all types of participants. When he is not speaking, Bill spends time working with senior leaders and their teams at Fortune 500...

...About Speaker David Benjamin… David Benjaminis the co-founder of Syntegrity and the chief architect behind its implementation of the Complexity Formula as laid out in his book, Cracking Complexity. David regularly guides leaders and their teams through their application of the formula, helping them get to decisions and action in days, no matter the industry, type of challenge, or nature of the organization. In this capacity, David has become a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and government leaders on how to organize for complexity and find traction in the face of the intractable. He frequently speaks on a...

...About Speaker Benjamin Horowitz… Benjamin Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs become successful CEOs and build important and enduring companies. Andreessen Horowitz provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to the best new technology companies, and the firm currently has $2.7 billion under management across three funds. Among its 150 investments are Airbnb, Box, Fab.com, Facebook, Foursquare,GitHub, Jawbone, Lytro, Magnet Systems, Pinterest, and Twitter. Mr. Horowitz was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion, and was appointed...

...to 70 employees and $30 million in annual revenue. His clients included Mom & Pop businesses and companies such as Benjamin Moore Paints, The Scotts Company, Bryant, Carrier, TroyBuilt, and Oki Data. In addition to his executive career, Scott is President and Chair of Safe & Sound with Amaya; Founder and former Board Member of Service Nation / Service Roundtable; and former Board Member with Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation. He has also served as an Advisory Board Member with United Way, American Heart Association, Salvation Army, Children’s Cancer Foundation, and Upstate Medical. He has also served as an Advisor and...

...clients have included Fortune Global 500 companies, government policy makers, industry associations and he was recently the subject of a 30 minute BBC documentary about his life and work. Companies including Apple, Cisco, Deloitte, Accenture, Caterpillar, UPS, Novartis, EY, Visa, McDonalds, ADNOC and Dell have all brought in James Taylor to inspire and educate through his thought-provoking keynotes and interactive workshops. James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (F.R.S.A.) whose Fellows have included global innovators and leaders including President Benjamin Franklin, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Adam Smith, Nelson Mandela and Professor Stephen Hawking....

...listen and collaborate effectively, without judgment and draw on the strengths and ideas of everyone. They have the courage and freedom to act without fear and are more open to new perspectives, viewing failure as an opportunity to iterate, learn and imagine new possibilities. This creates an environment that promotes creativity and innovation. More About IHHP… IHHP’s founding partners, Bill Benjamin and JP Pawliw-Fry are world renowned keynote speakers. Their keynote speaking topics cover many of the most important skills needed in today’s changing workplace. These keynotes each explain why the skills are crucial, what the brain science and /...

...top honors for the Benjamin Franklin Independent Books Sellers Award. One of the highest honors for business books. Meridith is regularly featured in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., Investment News, and American Banker among others. High energy and highly interactive, she helps leaders and business owners learn the new rules of success today, and the strategies they need to Thrive in Uncertainty. You can find her inspiring message and strategies on both of her podcasts: Sales Logic – the “logical” approach to selling successfully in challenging times, and THRIVE – where Meridith interviews leaders, sales professionals and business...

...Speaker Becky Anderson’s Accomplishments Include… Becky Anderson is one of CNN International’s highest profile anchors. She hosts the network’s flagship news & current affairs programm, ‘Connect the World’, which airs weekdays in the prime-time EMEA line-up at 9pmGMT. Anderson is a skilled interviewer, adept at close questioning and has interviewed many of the world’s leading politicians, decision-makers & thought-leaders. She has conducted one-on-one interviews with top world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, South African President Jacob Zuma, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Rousef Gilani and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon....

...U. S. State Department. He has reported from over 100 countries. Two earlier books of his, Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea, have been re-issued, so that all his books are in print. In 2004, Kaplan was given the Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Connecticut. In 2009, he was given the Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award by the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadeplphia. Robert D. Kaplan was born June 23, 1952 in New York City. He graduated in 1973 from the University...

...Michael Emerson captivated television audiences worldwide with his signature piercing voice, steely gaze and wily demeanor, as scene-stealing villain “Benjamin Linus” on the critically acclaimed fantasy-drama Lost. His five-season stint on this groundbreaking series – which resulted in a Golden Globe nomination, four Emmy nominations and an Emmy win for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – led Variety to pronounce Emerson for “one of the greatest villains in television history.” “Ben Linus”, as one of the show’s most complex and nuanced characters, became a fan favorite, helping to pull in 13.5 million viewers for its May 2010...

...II opposite Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, writer/director Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls opposite Idris Elba, director Ryan Murphy’s Running With Scissors starring Annette Benning, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, and Alec Baldwin, Welcome to Collinwood with George Clooney and Sam Rockwell, Breakin’ All the Rulesco-starring Jamie Foxx, Deliver Us From Eva alongside LL Cool J, The Brothers, Abandon opposite Benjamin Bratt and Katie Holmes, Two Can Play That Game, Love & Basketball, Cradle to the Grave, Ten Things I Hate About You, Neo Ned, The Honeymooners, and She’s All That. Gabrielle made her television debut in UPN’s hit comedy Moesha,...

...on the New York Times Best Seller List. From 2017-2018, Kelly was a journalist with NBC News. She has an impressive and varied list of notable interviews, including: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, then- Senator Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Brett Favre, Ed Sheeran, Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman. Awards and accolades include Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, and in 2016 she became the second news anchor in...