High Stakes Leadership (C - Leadership & Achievement)

<p>Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran with multiple tours to Iraq and Africa and other theaters of war. He has become a successful entrepreneur applying lessons learned on the battlefield and his discipline as a former member of SEAL Team 5 to the world of business and writing. </p>

<p>Carla Harris is a Senior Client Advisor, Former Vice Chairman, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. The breadth of her industry experience enables her to move effortlessly from topics of technology, retail, or media sectors to healthcare, telecommunications, and transportation.</p><p>Ms. Harris began her career with Morgan Stanley in the Mergers & Acquisitions department in 1987. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Carla received from Harvard Business School an MBA, Second Year Honors and an AB in economics from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude.

<p>When someone is sitting firmly “on the fence,” which principles of persuasion are most likely to spur them into action? Audiences discover the answer to that question from the “Godfather of Influence,” Dr. Robert Cialdini. Through his work on the science of influence, Dr. Robert Cialdini is internationally renowned as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. </p><p>Dr.

<p>Paul Sean Hill is a 25-year veteran of NASA’s iconic Mission Control. In 2007, he became Director of Mission Operations, a role he served for seven years, transforming the leadership culture. </p>

<p>His approach to a set of leadership values reduced NASA costs and heightened its capabilities in ways that enabled the program to maintain planned missions in space. </p>

<p>As an executive consultant and speaker, Paul has been described as “a leadership evangelist.”</p>

<p>Dr. Scott Parazynski is a highly decorated physician, astronaut, explorer, technology startup founder and CEO who applies the lessons of calculated risk in extreme environment exploration to leadership, teamwork and innovation.</p><p>A graduate of Stanford University and Medical School, Dr. Parazynski trained at Harvard and in Denver in preparation for a career in emergency medicine and trauma. In 1992, he was selected to join NASA’s Astronaut Corps.

<p>Jennifer Pharr Davis is an internationally celebrated adventurer, author, mother and business owner. In 2011, she covered the 2,185-mile Appalachian Trail (AT) in forty-six days, eleven hours, and twenty minutes, a remarkable average of forty-seven miles per day and the overall fastest known time to complete the “AT.” She is the first woman to set that mark.</p><p>And she has yet to slow down.

<p>From former rock star to visionary thought leader, Brant Menswar ignites unstoppable momentum in organizations and individual trailblazers facing uncertainty. He seamlessly fuses proprietary research, personal growth principles, and cutting-edge leadership strategies to forge unbreakable, high-performing cultures while inspiring companies to crush their BIG goals.

<p>Through a combination of expert coaching, consulting, and training, Eric Boles helps organizations achieve goals quickly, function within their purpose and values, and see transformative results.</p><p>A former NFL wide receiver, Eric is the founder and president of The Game Changers, a training and development company that provides a non-traditional approach to performance management and enables organizations to spark positive change, unleash their potential, and exceed their goals and expectations.</p><p>Eric presents inspiring insights and strategies to a

<p>Brett Culp is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work inspires audiences to embrace and accept change, empower others, and spark innovation. His in-person and virtual keynotes leave audiences better equipped to master their leadership challenges. </p><p>Brett is known for the films <i>Legends of the Knight</i> and <i>Look to the Sky</i>, both of which explore the power we possess to create positive change and work toward a better tomorrow.

<p>Drawing on lessons learned summiting the world’s highest mountains, Scott Kress illustrates how those same skills can help you conquer any challenge and achieve peak performance.</p>