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KAREN FRIEDMAN is a leading international communications expert who has worked with executives on four continents. A former award-winning television news anchor and reporter whose breaking coverage of local and national events has aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America and Nightline. She now leads Karen Friedman Enterprises, Inc. which teaches executives, spokespeople and celebrities across the globe how to make the most of every interview, appearance, meeting and presentation. Catch today's program to learn tips and tools for winning leadership presentations!

KAREN FRIEDMAN is a leading international communications expert who has worked with executives on four continents. A former award-winning television news anchor and reporter whose breaking coverage of local and national events has aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America and Nightline.

She now leads Karen Friedman Enterprises, Inc. which teaches executives, spokespeople and celebrities across the globe how to make the most of every interview, appearance, meeting and presentation. Catch today’s program to learn tips and tools for winning leadership presentations!

As an author of the "You Plan" and speaker, Dr. Woody focuses on the psychology of communication, leadership, and career re-engagement. As a coach and consultant, Dr. Woody works with clients on career development and building management/leadership capacity. Dr. Woody is also the founder of DrWoody.com a dynamic media site dedicated to work-life issues and career entrepreneurialism in the new economy. Dr. Woody also serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the Florida International University Center for Leadership. Dr. Woody served as a management and human resources consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC) and for IBM Business Consulting Services in Washington DC. From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Woody wrote a regular column for Go Jobing magazine on issues around hiring and coaching. Dr. Woody has been quoted in the Miami Herald, Miami Today, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel as an expert on career re-engagement.

As an author of the “You Plan” and speaker, Dr. Woody focuses on the psychology of communication, leadership, and career re-engagement.

As a coach and consultant, Dr. Woody works with clients on career development and building management/leadership capacity.

Dr. Woody is also the founder of DrWoody.com a dynamic media site dedicated to work-life issues and career entrepreneurialism in the new economy. Dr. Woody also serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the Florida International University Center for Leadership.

Dr. Woody served as a management and human resources consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC) and for IBM Business Consulting Services in Washington DC.

From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Woody wrote a regular column for Go Jobing magazine on issues around hiring and coaching. Dr. Woody has been quoted in the Miami Herald, Miami Today, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel as an expert on career re-engagement.

Johanna Dillon is AVP of Field Management/Leadership Development at Bankers Life and Casualty. Johanna manages and directs leadership training and development for over 160 national branches. With 20 years of experience, she coaches executives and high potential leaders across a decentralized networked organization. Learn how a long time industry leader like Bankers Life is maximizing talent through the Bankers Learning Network. How do they stay up to date teaching, educating, and promoting smart people across their national field network while developing an emotional intelligent work force that also works to their strengths? Learn these secrets and more in today's program.

Johanna Dillon is AVP of Field Management/Leadership Development at Bankers Life and Casualty. Johanna manages and directs leadership training and development for over 160 national branches. With 20 years of experience, she coaches executives and high potential leaders across a decentralized networked organization. Learn how a long time industry leader like Bankers Life is maximizing talent through the Bankers Learning Network. How do they stay up to date teaching, educating, and promoting smart people across their national field network while developing an emotional intelligent work force that also works to their strengths? Learn these secrets and more in today’s program.

Lee Ellis is Founder and President of Leadership Freedom® LLC and FreedomStar Media®. He is an award-winning author, leadership consultant, and expert presenter in the areas of leadership, teambuilding, and human performance. His past clients include Fortune 500 senior executives and C-Level leaders in telecommunications, healthcare, military, and other business sectors. WHAT IS THE MISSION OF LEADING WITH HONOR®? The goal isn't perfect leadership, but it's agreeing that we all want to authentically lead with honor. We help leaders grow in character, courage, and commitment and learn new skills based on their natural behavior that will help them develop the next generation in the areas of responsibility, accountability, and resilience. His latest book is entitled Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability.

After a distinguished career with two American orchestras, Roger Nierenberg emerged as a creative force for innovation in the presentation of symphonic music. Roger Nierenberg has created the highly successful experiential learning event, called The Music Paradigm, in which an orchestra is used as a metaphor for any dynamic organization. With executives seated among musicians, Nierenberg leads a series of exercises, carefully crafted to address the sponsoring organization's specific issues. The Music Paradigm provides a creative framework for rethinking leadership style, philosophies, and effectiveness. Since its inception in 1995, The Music Paradigm sessions have been held for more than 150 major companies with over 70 different orchestras. It has been the subject of reports on ABC, CBS, CNN, and PBS and the BBC. Learn about this exciting leadership technique with Maestro Roger Nierenberg.

After a distinguished career with two American orchestras, Roger Nierenberg emerged as a creative force for innovation in the presentation of symphonic music. Roger Nierenberg has created the highly successful experiential learning event, called The Music Paradigm, in which an orchestra is used as a metaphor for any dynamic organization. With executives seated among musicians, Nierenberg leads a series of exercises, carefully crafted to address the sponsoring organization's specific issues. The Music Paradigm provides a creative framework for rethinking leadership style, philosophies, and effectiveness. Since its inception in 1995, The Music Paradigm sessions have been held for more than 150 major companies with over 70 different orchestras. It has been the subject of reports on ABC, CBS, CNN, and PBS and the BBC.

Learn about this exciting leadership technique with Maestro Roger Nierenberg.

Hugh Lytle is Principal of StarWest Ventures, LLC a strategic healthcare advisory in Tempe, Arizona and an Operating Executive with Genstar Capital, a premier Private Equity firm. Before founding StarWest, Hugh was President and Co-Founder, Axia Health Management, LLC, the nation's first true single source provider of integrated preventive health and wellness benefits. Mr. Lytle successfully sold the company to Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) for $450 Million in 2006. Hugh served as SVP for Healthways supporting the integration of the two companies before founding StarWest in 2007. Join Hugh for leadership insights to the challenges of a multi-unit integration experience including issues like group goal setting and alignment, strategic coaching for personal mastery, teaching smart people how to learn and dealing with difficult situations while finding gratitude and success along the way. Mr. Lytle earned an MBA from Butler University and a BA from the University of Indianapo