Business Performance for the New Economy
Ryan Estis is a sales and leadership expert preparing companies and individual contributors to embrace change and achieve breakthrough performance. Each live event blends original research with compelling stories that move participants to take action. Ryan has 20 years of business experience working with the world’s best brands to initiate change, inspire innovation and deliver growth.
Former Director of Marketing, American Apparel, NY Times Bestselling Author, The Daily Stoic, Ego Is the Enemy, Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph and Trust Me, I'm Lying
Top Inspirational Speaker, Former Wheelchair Athlete, Bestselling Author, and former member of the Million Dollar Round Table | Inspiring audiences everywhere to Turn Any Setback Into a Comeback.
Sheila C. Johnson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose accomplishments span the arenas of hospitality, sports, TV/film, the arts and humanitarian causes.
Enron “Whistleblower” and TIME Magazine “Person of the Year”
Ms. Watkins is the former Vice President of Enron Corporation who alerted then-CEO Ken Lay in August 2001 to accounting irregularities within the company, warning him that Enron ‘might implode in a wave of accounting scandals.’ She has testified before Congressional Committees from the House and Senate investigating Enron’s demise. TIME magazine named Sherron, along with two others, Coleen Rowley of the FBI and Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, as their 2002 Persons of the Year, for being “people who did right just by doing their jobs rightly.”
Watkins now lectures on leadership and ethics as Professor of the Practice at Kenan-Flagler at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Watkins is co-author of Power Failure, the Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron, (Doubleday, 2003).
TV Personality, Businesswoman, & Best-Selling Author
Star Jones is an Emmy award nominated TV host, attorney, best-selling author, and former New York City homicide prosecutor, who has worked in television for over 20 years; offering a fresh perspective to the day’s most talked about crime and justice, political and sociological issues from the worlds of news, entertainment, politics and pop culture.
International Speaker, Business & Sales Executive, Author, Mountain Climber
Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving seemingly impossible goals.
Smart. Savvy. A touch of sassy.