StrategyDriven Expert Contributors

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StrategyDriven Expert Contributors represent a special group of business leaders who routinely author articles published on the StrategyDriven website.

StrategyDriven provides readers with advice, tools, and practices they can use to increase their organization’s alignment and accountability for the achievement of superior results. Our website is designed to be interactive in nature, allowing visitors to share their thoughts and insights with one another. While all visitors can submit follow-on comments to published articles, StrategyDriven Expert Contributors represent a special group of business leaders who routinely author articles published on the StrategyDriven website. These individuals are experienced professionals with solid written and/or verbal communication skills.

Principal Expert Contributors

Roxanne Emmerich

Roxanne Emmerich, author of Thank God It’s Monday!, transforms negative workplace performance and environments into “bring it on” results-oriented cultures.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Jeffrey Gitomer is the New York Times bestselling author of Little Red Book of Selling, the best-selling sales book of all time.

Roxi Hewertson

Roxi Hewertson is a no-nonsense business veteran revered for her insights that help boost quantifiable job performance in various mission critical facets of business.

Nathan Ives

Nathan Ives is a renown Fortune 500 business advisor and author of Discovering Business Gold, used to identify over $200 million in operational cost savings.

Frank McIntosh

Frank McIntosh, author of The Relational Leader is a distinguished not-for-profit business executive.

Sharon Drew Morgen

Sharon Drew Morgen is the New York Times Business Best Selling Author of Dirty Little Secrets, 6 other books, and over 1,000 published articles.

Hank Moore

Hank Moore is a renown business advisor, speaker, and author of The Business Tree, revealing his trademarked approach to growing, strengthening, and evolving business.

Duane Sparks

Duane Sparks, Chairman and Founder of The Sales Board, a Minneapolis-based strategic sales training company that has trained and certified more than 350,000 salespeople in more than 3,000 groups in the system and skills of Action Selling.

Cara Wick

Cara Wick is President of Wick Financial, a strategic marketing firm, and serves as a consulting partner at Washington D.C-based SP Consulting.

Senior Expert Contributors

Kim Ades

Kim Ades is President of Frame of Mind Coaching and one of North America’s foremost experts on performance through thought management.

Kathy Harris

Kathy Harris is Managing Partner of Harris Allied, a Manhattan-based executive search firm recognized for recruitment and placement of professionals for corporate growth initiatives.

Diane Katz

Diane Katz, author of Win at Work! is President of The Working Circle, a management consultancy providing organizational development, human resources, and team building training and coaching.

Jeff Kortes

Jeff Kortes is known as the ‘No Nonsense Guy.’ He is the President of Human Asset Management LLC, a human resource consulting firm specializing in executive search and leadership training.

Jayne Latz

Jayne Latz is CEO of Corporate Speech Solutions and author of Talking Business: A Guide to Professional Communication.

John Montana

John Montana has been a successful salesman since 1990. He created his site – ABMSNOW to offer tips and ideas on how to become better at selling… no matter what your product is.

Shelley Sweet

Shelley Sweet, President of I₄ Process, is author of The BPI Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Guide to Make Your Business Process Improvement Projects Simple, Structured and Successful.

Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fred Factor as well as seven other popular books.

William Schiemann

William Schiemann, Ph.D., author of Fulfilled! Critical Choices: Work, Home, Life, is CEO of Metrus Group and a thought leader in human resources, employee engagement, and fulfillment.

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard, author of Fired Up or Burned Out, is President of E Pluribus Partners; specializing in helping leaders create ‘Connection Cultures’ to form strong bonds among the management, employees, and customers.

Expert Contributors

Sam Alibrando

Sam Alibrando, PhD, author of The 3 Dimensions of Emotions: Finding the Balance of Power, Heart, and Mindfulness in All of Your Relationships, is an organizational consultant, psychotherapist, author, teacher, workshop facilitator, collaborative mediator, and executive coach.

Susan Bagyura

Susan Bagyura, author of The Visionary Leader, possesses over twenty-five years of sales, marketing, and entrepreneurial experience,

Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard, author of Leading at a Higher Level, is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global leader in workplace learning, employee productivity, leadership, and team effectiveness.

Susan Bloch

Susan Bloch, co-author of How to Manage in a Flat World, coaches leaders of FTSE100 and Fortune 500 companies in the areas of management, leadership, and culture.

Steven Blue

Steven Blue, author of American Manufacturing 2.0: What Went Wrong and How to Make It Right, is the President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity, a global supplier of mission-critical solutions in the transportation industry.

Douglas Branson

Douglas M. Branson, author of The Future of Tech is Female, is the W. Edward Sell Chair at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University, the Universities of Washington and Hong Kong, and Melbourne University, among others.

Solange Charas

Solange Charas, TalentScope Global VP of Pre-Sales, is a human resources management expert and the former senior HR executive at Praetorian Financial Group, Benfield Group, and Havas Advertising.

Scott Cochrane

Scott Cochrane, author of Your Creative Mind: How to Disrupt Your Thinking, Abandon Your Comfort Zone, and Develop Bold New Strategies, helps clients grow to higher levels of success through implementing revolutionary thinking.

Christopher Conner

Christopher Conner, President ofFranchise Marketing Systems has been in the franchise industry since 2002 working with several hundred different franchise systems in management, franchise sales and franchise development work.

James Crimmins

James Crimmins is the author of 7 Secrets of Persuasion: Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone.

John David

John David has counseled businesses and executives on strategic communications and marketing issues. He has developed a specialty helping clients facing online attacks because, sadly, anyone can publish negative information online, seemingly without consequences.

Melissa Davies

Melissa Davies is an internationally respected expert on developing workplace environments where people are able to show up better. She runs Wise Ways Consulting, which specializes in executive coaching, group facilitation, and high-engagement training.

Maurice De Castro

Maurice De Castro is a former corporate executive of some of the UK’s most successful brands. Maurice believes that the route to success in any organisation lies squarely in its ability to really connect with people.

S. Chris Edmonds

S. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, author of the Amazon best seller The Culture Engine, an executive consultant and founder and CEO of The Purposeful Culture Group.

Tammy Erickson

Tammy Erickson, author of What’s Next, Gen X?, is President of The nGenera Innovation Network, a thought leader in enterprise collaboration.

Gabriel Fairman

Gabriel Fairman, Founder and CEO of BureauWorks, has been working on transforming localization business processes into technology over the past 15 years.

Janet Feldman

Janet Feldman is a Managing Principal for Korn Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, based in the Firm’s Minneapolis office. Her broad business knowledge and acumen bring insight and clarity to complex leadership issues.

Eugene Feygin

Eugene Feygin is a Program Manager at Quill.com.

Shainaz Firfiray

Shainaz Firfiray, PhD is an assistant professor in the Organisation and Human Resource Management Group at Warwick Business School. Her research interests include work-life balance, social identity, and workplace diversity.

Noah Fleming

Noah Fleming, author of The Customer Loyalty Loop, is a globally recognized customer loyalty expert. He works with companies in a broad range of industries with revenues ranging from 5M to 2B per year to create dramatic results.

Anthony Fletcher

Anthony Fletcher, Sr is a former athlete and current business expert. He is the owner and president of My Future Consulting, Inc and has over two decades of experience in executive management, innovative solutions, staff building, and recruitment.

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Douglas Gerber

Douglas R. Gerber, author of Team Quotient, is Founder and CEO of Focus One, a consulting firm that helps leaders create High Performance Teams.

Mike Glauser

Mike Glauser, author of Main Street Entrepreneur: Build Your Dream Company Doing What You Love Where You Live, is an entrepreneur, business consultant and university professor who has built successful companies in the retail, wholesale, and consulting industries.

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Michael Goldsby

Michael G. Goldsby is the Chief Entrepreneurship Officer and Stoops Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ball State University. His new book, with Rob Mathews, is Entrepreneurship the Disney Way.

Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith is the New York Times bestselling author of Succession and numerous other leadership books.

Jon Gordon

Jon Gordon is the international best selling author of Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture. His books have been featured by CNN, Forbes, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Michael Gurian

Michael Gurian, New York Times best selling author of Leadership and the Sexes, is an expert on helping organizations understand of how the male and female brain operate differently.

Doug Hall

Doug Hall, author of Driving Eureka! Problem Solving with Data Driven Methods & the Innovation Engineering System, has been named as one of America’s top innovation experts by Inc. magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Dateline NBC, CNBC, CIO Magazine and the CBC.

Pat Harden

Patricia (Pat) Harden founded Harden Partners to help companies be heard, known and valued.

Cameron Herold

Cameron Herold, author of Meetings Suck: Turning One of the Most Loathed Elements of Business into One of the Most Valuable, is founder of COO Alliance, which helps COO’s become better leaders.

Bruce Hodes

Bruce Hodes, author of Front Line Heroes, helps companies grow by developing executive leadership teams, business leaders and executives into powerful performers.

Matthew Horn

Matthew Horn, Esq. is the President and Co-Founder of Legal Services Link, a platform allowing those with legal needs and attorneys to quickly and easily connect via email.

Lisa Hufford

Lisa Hufford, author of Navigating the Talent Shift: How to Build On-Demand Teams that Drive Innovation, Control Costs, and Get Results, is CEO of Simplicity Consulting, a talent solutions company named to the Inc. 5000 list for five years running as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

Rob Jolles

Rob Jolles is the best-selling author of six books, including Why People Don’t Believe You… Building Credibility from the Inside Out.

Mike Jones

Mike Jones is co-author, with Ken Guest, of Digital Prospecting: Finding, Nurturing and Closing Sales with Social Technologies, and the owner of The Ruby Group, a licensed Sandler Training center.

Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr, author of Reward Systems, is Senior Advisor at Goldman Sachs, where he created Pine Street, the firm’s distinctive leadership development organization. Previously, Steve led and expanded the GE’s world renowned Crotonville learning center.

Omar Khan

Omar Khan, author of Liberating Passion, is a Sensei International Senior Partner specializing in leadership development.

Doug Kisgen

Doug Kisgen is a serial entrepreneur, organizational consultant, and author of Rethink Happy.

Lynne Lancaster

Lynne Lancaster is an expert on the generations; advising corporate leaders, managers, and employees on how to conduct business more successfully by bridging generation gaps at work and in the marketplace.

Karen Leland

Karen Leland, best-selling author of 9 books including her most recent title The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build, and Accelerate Your Brand. is CEO of Sterling Marketing Group, a branding and marketing strategy and implementation firm helping CEO’s, businesses and teams develop stronger personal and business brands.

Wyn Lydecker

Wyn Lydecker is the founder of Upstart Business Planning, where she works with entrepreneurs to develop plans that answer the questions investors ask most often.

Paul Matthews

Paul Matthews is a Manchester based business writer who writes in order to better inform business owners on how to run a successful business. You can usually find him at the local library or browsing Forbes’ latest pieces.

Diana McLain Smith

Diana McLain Smith, author of Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength, is a partner at the Monitor Group and specializes in organizational learning and professional development.

Ed McLaughlin

Ed “Skip” McLaughlin is the founder of four businesses and is currently running Blue Sunsets LLC, a real estate and angel investment firm.

Nilofer Merchant

Nilofer Merchant is Chief Executive Officer of Rubicon Consulting, a strategy and marketing consultancy serving the world’s largest technology companies.

Rick Miller

Rick Miller, author of Be Chief: It’s A Choice, Not A Title, is an unconventional turnaround specialist and expert in driving sustainable growth.

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Steve Moskowitz

Steve Moskowitz founded the full-service tax law firm of Moskowitz, LLP with the belief that everyone with the drive and commitment to start and operate a profitable business should not be held back by fear or ignorance of the tax code.

Randal Moss

Randal C. Moss, author of The Future of Nonprofits: Innovate and Thrive in the Digital Age and IGNITE: Setting your Organization’s Culture on Fire with Innovation, is an award winning marketer who focuses on engaging organizations and applying technology to drive growth.

Ed Muzio

Ed Muzio, author of Iterate: Run a Fast, Flexible, Focused Management Team, is CEO of Group Harmonics and an expert in the scientific study of measuring and modifying human behavior.

Jack Ogilvie

Jack Ogilvie is a founding member of Legacy Press Ventures. After selling his previous company, Techwood Consulting, to an ESOP, Jack started Legacy Press to help others do the same.

Lisa Orrell

Lisa Orrell, author of Millennials Incorporated and Millennials into Leadership, is The Generation Relations Expert, consultant, and professional leadership & career coach for millennials.

Kristen Pearson

Kristen Pearson is a journalist and business owner who enjoys writing on the side. She’s written for website such as Journal Review and enjoys getting into detail about different aspects of business.

DeLores Pressley

DeLores Pressley is CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and Founder of the Global Up Woman™ Network – a movement to empower and elevate women in business.

Bretton Putter

Bretton Putter, author of Culture Decks Decoded, is a leading expert on startup and high-growth company culture; consulting companies worldwide on how to leverage culture to prepare for and execute at a rapid scale.

Garry Ridge

Garry Ridge, co-author of Helping People Win at Work, is President and CEO of the WD-40 Company. Garry teaches leadership, talent management, and succession planning at the University of San Diego.

Helanie Scott

Helanie Scott has driven stunning leadership and cultural transformations for an impressive list of organizations including: Dr. Pepper, Reuters, Fluor, Ericsson, PepsiCo and more.

Brandon Seigel

Brandon Seigel is an internationally known business coach and president of Wellness Works Management Partners. His new book, The Private Practice Survival Guide covers the essential how-to questions of opening a successful private practice.

Tony Selimi

Tony Selimi, author of A Path to Wisdom – How to Live a Balanced, Healthy and Peaceful Life and Loneliness: The Virus of the Modern Age, is internationally known as a human behavior, cognition and emotional intelligence expert.

Rhian Silvestro

Rhian Silvestro, PhD is Associate Professor of Operations Management at Warwick Business School. She has publications in over ten international journals in the fields of service design, performance improvement and supply chain integration.

Tony Simons

Tony Simons, author of The Integrity Dividend, is an Associate Professor at Cornell University where he teaches organizational behavior, negotiation, and leadership.

Harbir Singh

Harbir Singh is Professor of Management, Co-Director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Vice Dean of Global Initiatives at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

CJ Stafford

CJ Stafford is president of Stafford Communications Group Inc., a boutique company with three distinct, yet complementary, lines of business: outsourced call center services, customer care consulting and marketing services.

David Stillman

David Stillman, co-authored the best selling business book, When Generations Collide, is one of today’s foremost cultural translators and co-founder of BridgeWorks.

Florence Stone

Florence Stone, author of Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring, The Manager’s Question and Answer Book and The Essential New Manager’s Kit is editorial director for the American Management Association.

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Deborah Tayloe

Deborah Tayloe is a freelance digital content writer. She frequently contributes to EmailMeForm. With over 25 years of both B2B and B2C customer service, marketing, and sales management experience, she loves sharing customer service tips with businesses.

Ines Temple

Ines Temple is President of LHH – DBM Peru and LHH Chile – companies that are leading career transition and executive coaching organizations in their respective countries.

Jon Terry

Jon Terry helps enterprises around the globe discover how to increase effectiveness, optimize processes, and deliver value faster with Lean-Agile principles.

Michael Useem

Michael Useem is Professor of Management, Director of the Leadership Center, and Faculty Director of the McNulty Leadership Program at the Wharton School.

Greg Wallace

Greg Wallace is CEO of The Wallace Group which consults organizations and leaders to implement change and transformation which produce results that meet the leader’s definition of success.

Philip Whiteley

Philip Whiteley, co-author of How to Manage in a Flat World, is an author and journalist, specializing in leadership, motivation, and strategic people management.

Greg Williams

Greg Williams, known as, “The Master Negotiator & Body Language Expert,” is the author of the newly released book Body Language Secrets to Win More Negotiations.

Marc Williams

Marc Williams is a second generation owner of Williams Helde Marketing Communications in Seattle. Founded in 1969, Williams Helde focuses on inspiring, connecting and awakening the active healthy lifestyle inherent in every great brand.

Aaron Wittersheim

Aaron Wittersheim is an accomplished entrepreneur with more than 20 years of business and technology experience. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at Straight North, a Charlotte Internet marketing agency specializing in lead generation for middle market and large organizations.