THE GURUS 30




TOP LEADERS TO DEVELOP TOP LEADERSHIP
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Marshall Goldsmith
Marshall Goldsmith Group is an executive coaching firm dedicated to developing business leaders. Our business savvy coaches provide one-on-one leadership coaching, coaching to intact teams and customized group learning programs.
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Bradly Sugars
Founder of ActionCOACH, ranked by the USA's Entrepreneur magazine, as the 16th fastest growing franchise in the world, and 53rd of the top 500. A successful business coach, Brad found that the best way to service the needs of his clients today is to have local Coaches spread across the world. So he franchised his concept in 1997 and now with more than 1000 offices globally, ActionCOACH stands proud as the industry leader. He is the author of multiple books on the subject
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Anthony Robbins
A successful entrepreneur, Robbins serves as Chairman of seven privately held-in industries as diverse as hospitality, education, media production, business services, and neutraceuticals, and he holds an interest in and strategically directs a series of others. While diverse in characterization, all seven companies-plus his five holding companies-are geared toward Robbins' creed of improving the quality of life for people around the world: from Namale Resort & Spa
Leadership Inspiration:  Exceptional

Paul Lemberg
Paul is an superb communicator. He has appeared on Good Morning America and on CNN, as well as dozens of radio programs. Be Unreasonable (McGraw-Hill, 2007) reached number 3 on Amazon.com's business list. He has authored two previous books: Faster Than the Speed of Change (Akiba Press, 2000) and the Earn Twice As Much With Half the Stress (Morgan James, 2005), as well as dozens of articles, which have appeared in Bottom Line Personal, Training Magazine, and Info World, among other places. His newsletters are read by over 30,000 leaders worldwide.
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David Rock
International Coaching Organization founded by David Rock that provides public training programs and internal leadership development programs with a brain based approach to coaching.
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Bob Burg
Bob Burg coaches and shares information on topics vital to the success of today's business person. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations.
Leadership Inspiration:  Exceptional

John Whitmore
Sir John Whitmore is a former champion professional race-car driver, a businessman, and a sports psychologist who excels today as a management consultant. Sir John, a well known advocate of "coaching" in business, has written a best seller on the subject entitled: "Need, Greed or Freedom." Another popular work by Whitmore is: "Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose." But The Only Planet of Choice reveals that he also has a deeper side. Sir John has been a primary witness and interviewer of Tom - spokesperson for The Nine. Sir John's insight has the greatest benefit when his astute questions help clarify the meanings of The Nine's many messages.
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Victor Cheng
Victor Cheng is CEO Coach that advises business owners on exploiting "game changing" strategic growth opportunities in any economy. He has been featured as a business expert by Fox Business, MSNBC, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Forbes, Harvard Business Publishing, and Inc. magazine.
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Terri Levine
Terri Levine, The Biz Growth GuruSM is a business coach who specializes in helping 6-figure businesses with 1-4 employees to break the 7-figure barrier. Although she has worked with dozens of corporations and implemented numerous corporate coaching programs, her real passion is helping small business owners finally earn the money they deserve-while helping them find time to enjoy it.
Leadership Inspiration:  Exceptional

Barbara Braham
Barbara Braham Barbara Braham, Ph.D. and Master Certified Coach (MCC) is an executive coach and organizational development consultant, who works with management teams who want to move their organization forward, and individuals who want to realize their potential. In 1990, she added coaching services to her consulting and training business (founded in 1984) and she now coaches senior managers, executives and small business owners.
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Raymond Rodriguez-Torres
Raymond has enjoyed a successful career as an executive for a variety of large global organizations. He has served as a consultant to the former First Lady of Panama, the former First Lady of Venezuela, and the former President and First Lady of Honduras among others. Raymond began his undergraduate work at the University of Florida and holds a B.S. in Health Service Management from Columbus University and a Master's Degree in Management from Oral Roberts University, where he graduated with honors.
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John Overdurf
John Overdurf is an established therapist, coach and Trainer of Hypnosis and NLP. For over 20 years he has worked with clients and students inspiring them to reach their potential in their careers, personal life and athletics. John has a degree in Psychology and was a Certified Addictions Counselor (C.A.C.) for over fifteen years. He began his career as a full time therapist in the Detoxification Unit before graduating from college.
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N. Elizabeth Fried, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Fried is one of the most accomplished executive coaches to work with. She gives honest feedback, objective overviews and clearly sees what others cannot. Her assessments are always timely, accurate and objective. If your goal is self improvement or business improvement, you cannot do better than Elizabeth in moving any process forward.
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Terry Dean
Terry Dean is a Marketing Coach, LLC. was created in 2006 as a solution for entrepreneurs who are overworked, overstressed, and not earning the kind of income they want in their business. If any of that describes clients, then the clients have come to the right place. Terry Dean started his online business from scratch in 1996. He went from delivering pizzas for a living to building a million dollar Internet business promoted primarily through the Internet. Within a few years he was also consulting with home based businesses, local companies, and million dollar corporations. His original company and websites were sold in 2004, and he founded MyMarketingCoach, LLC. which is dedicated to coaching entrepreneurs in the 10 key principles of success in business and life.
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Chris Kaday
Chris is a business mentor, business coach and author with a wealth of entrepreneurial experience focused on making a definable difference to individuals and companies worldwide. If you have the passion, he can clarify your purpose and offer a practical process to help you achieve success. So what do you want to be celebrating this time next year?
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Jeremy J. Ulmer
Jeremy Ulmer is one of the most dynamic and requested sales experts in the country. His company specializes in working with sales management, individual sales performers, and sales organizations to transform their sales results. They deliver customized sales coaching programs and corporate sales training. Jeremy is the #1 recommended sales coach within the entire LinkedIn network, former #1 ranked sales performer in the U.S. for 4 years at two Global Fortune 500 companies, former Director of Sales for the #1 Sales Outsourcing Firm, and Sales Skills Presenter at The University Of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Wendy Hearn
Business Coach, Wendy Hearn - A business coach since 1997 and business owner for over 25 years. Working online and with websites since 1998, now running over 100 sites. Passionate, inspiring and enthusiastic with contagious energy. From strategy to the action steps needed for results, quickly and simply.
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Thomas G Crane
Crane Consulting is focused on assisting leaders and their teams maximize performance. We work to transform the people side of the enterprise – the culture – because that is where and how the work gets done. We find that dysfunctional or "low" functioning cultures are what keeps both leaders and teams from reaching their potential. Let's face it – culture is the leading indicator of organizational performance.
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Leanne Hoagland Smith
Leanne Hoagland-Smith is an Executive consultant, sales coach and speaker, Leanne Hoagland-Smith, partners with innovative and crazy busy leaders who want to dramatically improve their team results. Her book, "Be the Red Jacket" is a no-nonsense and quick read to help discover potential gaps that may be keeping you from your goal to increase sales. Remember if you think you cannot or you think you can either way you are right. (Henry Ford).
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Alvah Parker
Alvah Parker is a Practice Advisor (The Attorneys' Coach) and a Career Changers' Coach as well as publisher of "Parker's Points", an email tip list and "Road to Success", and ezine. Parker began her career as a high school chemistry teacher. She later transitioned to a sales career at AT&T. As a Sales Professional at AT&T for 15 years she was elected to the prestigious Counsel of Leaders for the top 3% of the sales force. After leaving AT&T she transitioned into a coaching career. Alvah is a senior coach for Boxwood Technology where she coaches association members on career issues and also a SCORE Business Counselor where she advises and counsels small business owners. Parker's Value Program© enables her clients to find their own way to work that is more fulfilling and profitable. Her clients are attorneys, entrepreneurs, managers and people in transition who want to find work that is in line with their own values.
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Stefan Kazakis
Stefan had unprecedented success for a rookie coach. Within three months of practise he had achieved platinum status (which normally takes around three years). At the ActionCOACH global conference in 2006 (which was an invite only event), Stefan was given the Action Man award – after only six months as a coach. He went on to win rookie of the year in both Australia and Asia Pacific in 2006 and Victorian coach of the year in 2007. In 2007 Stefan was one of only three coaches nominated for the prestigious Asia Pacific coach’s choice awards.
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Mikael Meir
He has been an entrepreneur and CEO for 17 years. He's started 12 companies – and lived in a world of creating innovation, winning opportunities and overcoming obstacles. He's grown several of my ventures into public companies with lucrative exits. He's experienced both the power in feeling connected and on path as well as the stress and uncertainty inherent in a life of leadership. And He's earned lessons on how to create business wealth consciously within a solid ethical framework. Through coaching.
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Christopher Argent
Christopher Argent is a motivated ACCA accountant with over 15 years experience at senior and board level. He is a certified development coach for finance professionals and entrepreneurial business. He bring the two elements together to explore, reflect and plan your business success, as he passionate about SME and entrepreneurial business. He have solid business experience in a range of companies (start up to FTSE 100) and industries, but it is this challenging growth environment in SME that continues to motivate me today. His services are goal oriented (accounting, coaching, training) and whether he working on SME strategy, business planning and assurance, training programmes or professional coaching, his majority focused on HOW to improve and grow, rather than WHY we may or may not.
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Celestine Chua
Celestine is a peak performance expert and founder of The School of Personal Excellence (TSOPE), where she conduct workshops and 1-1 coaching to help others achieve excellence. She recently released her 1st book, The Personal Excellence Book, which exceeded pre-sales quota in just the 1st hour of launch and was met with great reviews from readers
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Maria Marsala
Elevating Your Business partners with high-achieving CEOs, presidents, and their teams to design a strategic process and implement initiatives to substantially improve the way your business is managed and marketed. While we offer strategic analysis, planning, and advice we see tactical and operational execution as critical components in the success of every initiative and build them into an action plan from the beginning.
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Josh Hinds
To achieve more, be a person of action. Throughout your day keep in mind the old saying, 'all else fails without action'. As you put forth effort on the things you deem to be most worthwhile, you will find that your inner belief system grows. The beliefs you hold about yourself determine the goals you are able to manifest in your life. Dream big, for when you do, truly you will see that your life becomes one filled with rich life experiences
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Aleksander Kustec
Dr. Kustec has attended and given papers at many conferences in Slovenia and abroad (Otocec 1990, Bratislava 1995, Oxford 1998, Grasmere 1998, Ljubljana 1998, Brno 1998, Grainau 1999, Seregelyes 1999, Portoroz 2002, Portoroz 2009, etc.), and has published many essays in Slovene in foreign journals. His main fields of interest are general management, leadership, coaching, selling and sales management, business communication, business and general English, literatures in English speaking nations; Slovene immigrant literature; Slovene literature; business and literary translation, and literary and language didactics.
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Charley Hampton
Certified Executive Coach Charley is committed to helping clients achieve positive change in your personal and professional life. He will help you develop achievable goals and action plans to clearly identify your strengths and leverage them for your purpose. Charley holds two bachelor degrees from the University of British Columbia and a certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University. Along with education and experience, he brings strong facilitation skills, strategic and tactical planning process, and a suite of effective assessment tools to every client. Charley is a member of the International Coach Federation and BC Human Resources Management Association.
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Joshua Zuchter
Coaching is about helping you to achieve clarity, a sense of purpose, connection, and a mastery in business and/or in life. You may start up a business or expand one and attract as many clients as you can handle. You may want to find greater meaning and fulfillment, create balance and clarity amidst all of the 'busyness', become more productive and rediscover or for the first time discover the magic that exists in life.
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Sally Ann Law
Sally Ann is a personal and executive coach based in London, UK. In addition to working one-on-one with clients, she is the UK/European faculty head of the Behavioral Coaching Institute. She trains executive coaches as well as life coaches. She is a frequent contributor on TV and radio programmes and writes on numerous topics in newspapers and magazine articles. She is an inpsirational speaker and provides expert input to PR firms on client campaigns on a variety of coaching related topics.
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