Leadership & Achievement (C)

<p>Riaz Meghji helps organizations reach exponential growth by building extraordinary relationships, creating connected cultures, and retaining top talent.</p><p>Riaz Meghji is a human connection expert and author of the book <em>Every Conversation Counts: The 5 Habits of Human Connection That Build Extraordinary Relationships</em>. His insights have been featured in <em>Fast Company</em>, <em>Harvard Business Review</em> and <em>Financial Post</em>.

<p>Maja Kazazic is a survivor of the Bosnian genocide, a successful tech entrepreneur, and the author of <em>Scale Up Blueprint™.</em> After losing her leg in a grenade attack and immigrating to the U.S., she rebuilt her life and went on to help Fortune 100 companies scale during times of challenge and change. Her story—featured by the BBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and Discovery Channel—is a powerful testament to resilience, purpose, and human potential. Today, she delivers deeply moving, results-driven keynotes that help leaders and teams grow through grit and grace.</p>

<p>Sharing exhilarating stories from his extraordinary career, commercial astronaut and space program executive Dr. Alan Stern encourages audiences that anything is possible with dedication, perseverance, and strong leadership.</p><p>Dr.

<p>An expert at driving profit with purpose, Kathy Varol shares the proven guidelines she used to create a record-shattering ESG strategy for Adidas. </p><p>Kathy Varol knows the secret to helping companies stand out in a competitive marketplace, attract top talent, drive employee engagement, and gain enviable customer loyalty: It’s harnessing the power of Purpose.</p><p>She knows that as consumers, we&#39;re putting our dollars toward companies with aligned values.

<p>Drawing from years of research, Emma Seppälä shares scientifically-proven strategies for boosting productivity, decreasing burnout, and staying resilient in times of change. </p><p>A psychologist and research scientist by training, Emma Seppälä teaches executives how to apply the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, and social connection to their work.

<p>Jeff Bloomfield shares how neuroscience helps teams communicate with more purpose, power and impact to drive performance and results.</p><p>After a successful corporate career in biotech helping to launch genetic cancer therapies, and then battling cancer himself, Jeff Bloomfield began a journey to discover the power of neuroscience. It became his mission to teach others what he’d learned about the brain and how to apply the information in professional communicating, leadership, and sales roles.

<p>Paul Epstein has spent nearly 15 years as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office, where he has broken every premium revenue metric in Super Bowl history, opened a billion-dollar stadium, and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy, where he became known as the “Why Coach.”</p><p>As an award-winning speaker he was named one of <em>SUCCESS magazines</em> top thought leaders that get results, Paul’s impact continues off stage providing leadership development and culture transforma

<p>Sterling Hawkins is an author, investor, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who is globally recognized as a thought leader in organizational culture. Founder of the No Matter What Movement, he shows people how to practice trust to achieve the results they want regardless of obstacles.</p><p>Sterling developed his trust-powered success system to learn from the painful collapse of his multibillion-dollar startup involvement. He's since combined his business background, research, study and practice to come back and launch, invest in and grow more than 100 companies.

<p>With his contagious positive energy, Alex Weber immediately impacts audiences and ignites record-breaking achievements!

<p>A renowned NASA astronaut named one of <em>TIME</em>’s Most Influential People and one of <em>Forbes</em>’ 50 Over 50, Peggy Whitson shares insight on leadership, building resilient teams, developing soft skills for success, and the importance of STEM education. </p><p>An inspirational leader dedicated to pushing the boundaries of human knowledge and advancing our understanding of space, Peggy Whitson has over 37 years of experience with NASA.