Session Leaders
Brad Anderson
Keynote Speaker and Session Leader
Former CEO and Current Vice Chairman of Best Buy, Inc.
Change Management vs. True Transformational Leadership
Highly respected as a transformational CEO, Brad Anderson,
the recipient of the 2009 Transformational Leadership Award,
has championed the ongoing development of leaders at all
levels within the enterprise, empowering them to germinate
the new ideas needed to drive and sustain the company’s
growth, success, and ultimate transformation.
Dr. Don Beck
Leading Global Authority on Value Systems
and Societal Change
Change Theory and its Application in Large, Dynamic Systems and Organizations
Don Beck is one of the foremost organizational
and international change agents worldwide.
He is the author of Spiral Dynamics,
the definitive work on organizational analysis,
strategic change, and transformation.
Don’s consulting projects have ranged from
guiding South Africa’s transformation from
apartheid, to leading revolutionary change in
NFL franchises, banking, and other corporate
transformations leading to revolutionary
change. His current work—the U.N., Tony
Blair’s Policy Unit, the Palestinian challenge—
is critical for the future of our world.
Dr. Ron Riggio
Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and
Organizational Psychology, Director of the
Kravis Leadership Institute and Author of
Transformational Leadership
Transformational Leadership Theory—Its Definition, Function, and Applications
Dr. Riggio is the author of over 100 books,
book chapters, and research articles in the
areas of leadership, assessment centers, organizational
psychology, and social psychology.
Professor Riggio is also an Associate
Editor of The Leadership Quarterly and on
the editorial boards of Leadership and Journal
of Nonverbal Behavior. His books include
Transformational Leadership,
Multiple Intelligences and Leadership, and
The Future of Leadership Development.
Dr. Bob Wright
Co-founder of the Wright Foundation for
Transformational Leadership
Personal Transformation Theory and Its Application in Leadership Development
Dr. Wright’s research in empowering models
of leadership helps corporate leaders and
entrepreneurs build, grow, and thrive in businesses
with purpose, mission, and robust
high-performing cultures. In the course of
coaching and training hundreds of C-level
executives, Bob has developed the Wright
Human Development Model and authored
Beyond Time Management: Business with
Purpose. He also co-founded a graduate
institute offering masters and doctoral
degrees for transformational leaders.
Dr. Judith Wright
Co-founder of the Wright Foundation for
Transformational Leadership
Personal Transformation Theory and Its Application in Leadership Development
Dr. Judith Wright, author of The Soft Addiction
Solution and The One Decision, has inspired
corporate audiences from coast to coast, including
top financial firms, healthcare organizations,
and consumer products companies.
Judith coaches and trains C-level executives,
managers, and entrepreneurs on career
productivity and success—teaching them the
skills to live meaningful and integrated lives.
Discovered because of her ground-breaking
research into the core elements of great
living, Judith is a media favorite, having appeared
on over 70 television shows, including
ABC’s 20/20, Oprah, the Today show, and
Good Morning America, and on over 450
radio stations nationwide.