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Dr. Daniel Amen is a Board Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, helped pioneer the use of brain SPECT imaging in psychiatry. Award Winning Researcher, Writer and Teacher, Dr. Amen has 25 years of clinical experience. He is the CEO and Medical Director, Amen Clinics, Inc. (4 clinics -- CA, Tacoma, WA and Reston, VA) Amen Clinics have world's largest database of brain scans (40,000) and have seen patients from all 50 states and 62 countries. Daniel Amen is the author of over 30 professional papers, and 22 books, including the NY Times bestseller, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Healing Anxiety and Depression, Preventing Alzheimer's, Making A Good Brain Great, Sex on the Brain and Wired for Success (2009) PBS Special: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Daniel Amen has appeared The Today Show, The View, The Early Show, Fox News, CNN, CNN International, Behind the Mind, CNN Headline News, 48 Hours, and HBO.

Dr. Daniel Amen is a Board Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, helped pioneer the use of brain SPECT imaging in psychiatry. Award Winning Researcher, Writer and Teacher, Dr. Amen has 25 years of clinical experience. He is the CEO and Medical Director, Amen Clinics, Inc. (4 clinics -- CA, Tacoma, WA and Reston, VA) Amen Clinics have world's largest database of brain scans (40,000) and have seen patients from all 50 states and 62 countries. Daniel Amen is the author of over 30 professional papers, and 22 books, including the NY Times bestseller, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Healing Anxiety and Depression, Preventing Alzheimer’s, Making A Good Brain Great, Sex on the Brain and Wired for Success (2009) PBS Special: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Daniel Amen has appeared The Today Show, The View, The Early Show, Fox News, CNN, CNN International, Behind the Mind, CNN Headline News, 48 Hours, and HBO.

Find out some of the roots of the last time you were Swayed with irrational behaviors as we pick Dr. Rom Brafman's brain. How does loss aversion, commitment and value attribution affect your decision making process? Dr. Brafman holds a doctoral degree in psychology. He is co-author of SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Rom wrote this with his brother Ori, an organizational consultant. Rom is interested in the topics of resilience, empowerment, and transformation, and their manifestation in individual and interpersonal dynamics. He's also interested in decision-making processes and the psychological forces that underlie irrational behavior. Rom has a private practice in Palo Alto. Rom's co-author, Ori lectures internationally in front of Fortune 500, government, and military audiences. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Find out some of the roots of the last time you were Swayed with irrational behaviors as we pick Dr. Rom Brafman's brain. How does loss aversion, commitment and value attribution affect your decision making process?

Dr. Brafman holds a doctoral degree in psychology. He is co-author of SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Rom wrote this with his brother Ori, an organizational consultant. Rom is interested in the topics of resilience, empowerment, and transformation, and their manifestation in individual and interpersonal dynamics. He's also interested in decision-making processes and the psychological forces that underlie irrational behavior. Rom has a private practice in Palo Alto.

Rom’s co-author, Ori lectures internationally in front of Fortune 500, government, and military audiences. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Scott Halford is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer an engaging presenter and a long-time consultant to Fortune 500 executive teams. Scott's brilliance in focusing on the strategy and application of concepts distinguishes his work and gains praise from executives around the world. His expansive knowledge in the areas of emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and the principles of influence add richness and depth to his programs. Scott is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) through the National Speakers Association. He is also a certified Emotional Intelligence Provider with the Hay Group in Boston and through Multi-Health Systems in Toronto. Corporate clients include First Data Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., Johns Hopkins Hospital, HealthONE, and many more. Scott's book, Be a Shortcut: The Secret Fast-track to Business Success will be released in December 2008 and explained here. His website is www.completeintelligence.com.

Scott Halford is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer an engaging presenter and a long-time consultant to Fortune 500 executive teams. Scott’s brilliance in focusing on the strategy and application of concepts distinguishes his work and gains praise from executives around the world. His expansive knowledge in the areas of emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and the principles of influence add richness and depth to his programs.

Scott is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) through the National Speakers Association. He is also a certified Emotional Intelligence Provider with the Hay Group in Boston and through Multi-Health Systems in Toronto.

Corporate clients include First Data Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., Johns Hopkins Hospital, HealthONE, and many more.

Scott’s book, Be a Shortcut: The Secret Fast-track to Business Success will be released in December 2008 and explained here. His website is www.completeintelligence.com.

Ken Shelton is the founder of Leadership Excellence, a 25-year-old leadership development and publishing firm that features three monthly magazines with the best in values-based management and principle-centered leadership tools and templates. The company does business in 12 countries. During the past three decades, Ken has written more than 1,000 articles, interviews, commentaries, and reviews for a variety of business publications; and published over 70 books on business ethics, management, and leadership as editor-in-chief of Executive Excellence Publishing. For 12 years, he also provided services as a literary agent, specializing in personal development, management and leadership books. Join Ken as he shares the secrets of engaging readers who become great leaders and how he helps their organizations reach their full potential through journals like "Leadership Excellence" and "Personal Excellence", two of his most successful publications to date.

Ken Shelton is the founder of Leadership Excellence, a 25-year-old leadership development and publishing firm that features three monthly magazines with the best in values-based management and principle-centered leadership tools and templates. The company does business in 12 countries. During the past three decades, Ken has written more than 1,000 articles, interviews, commentaries, and reviews for a variety of business publications; and published over 70 books on business ethics, management, and leadership as editor-in-chief of Executive Excellence Publishing. For 12 years, he also provided services as a literary agent, specializing in personal development, management and leadership books. Join Ken as he shares the secrets of engaging readers who become great leaders and how he helps their organizations reach their full potential through journals like “Leadership Excellence” and “Personal Excellence”, two of his most successful publications to date.

Yvette A. Hyater-Adams, is a successful entrepreneur whose history includes being a top executive in financial services and retail. She leads a talented team of consultants at Prime Directive Consulting Group Inc., a management consulting & executive coaching firm focused on building strategies that integrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace, As a poet, Yvette's approach to working with top business leaders through transformative narratives, underscores her premise "Change your underperforming and limiting belief story into a thriving success story--and practice mindful habits that will make it happen". Yvette is a pioneer in the emerging field of transformative language arts where she contributes to the success of others by training coaches in working with these methods. Join Ms. Hyater-Adams as she shares insights on the tools and techniques you too can learn to apply in support of this unique field of executive development.

Yvette A. Hyater-Adams, is a successful entrepreneur whose history includes being a top executive in financial services and retail. She leads a talented team of consultants at Prime Directive Consulting Group Inc., a management consulting & executive coaching firm focused on building strategies that integrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace, As a poet, Yvette’s approach to working with top business leaders through transformative narratives, underscores her premise “Change your underperforming and limiting belief story into a thriving success story--and practice mindful habits that will make it happen”.

Yvette is a pioneer in the emerging field of transformative language arts where she contributes to the success of others by training coaches in working with these methods. Join Ms. Hyater-Adams as she shares insights on the tools and techniques you too can learn to apply in support of this unique field of executive development.