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David Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His twenty-five-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and CEOs of some of America's most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes' recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the world and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their list of the 50 Who Matter Now. Fast Company Magazine has also called David one of the world's most influential thinkers in the arena of personal productivity, and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance.

Dr. Cathy L. Greenberg is a New York Times and international best selling and award-winning author, an ICF Certified Coach and abc TV's "First Lady of Happiness". Dr. Greenberg shares the four principles of fearless leaders from the new book, "Fearless Leaders: Sharpen Your Focus", just one of several titles in the forthcoming digital Fearless Book Series with Dr. TC North, a high-performance executive coach who accelerates and motivates individuals and organizations to attain their vision and dreams. Tune in to learn more about the successful practices and key principles for being truly fearless in life, love, business and relationships. It's Emotional Intelligence at it's best.

Kick start an exciting new year with Michael Tompkins, visionary CEO of Miraval- recognized as one of the nation's finest health resorts and creator of the new "Mindful Living" experience. A fifteen year veteran of the luxury hospitality industry, Tompkins has been instrumental in the creation of the Andrew Weil, M.D. Integrated Wellness Center. Today Michael Tompkins joins us to discuss how to create a mindful new year featuring hot topics from Miraval's latest book– "Mindful Living". Join us for this special yearlong series to learn how you can achieve a truly mindful life and how you can qualify to attend the premiere of the "Mindfulness Mastermind" only at Miraval.

Dr. TC North is a high-performance executive coach and speaker who accelerates and motivates individuals and organizations to attain their visions and dreams by becoming high performers. Cathy L. Greenberg is a best selling, award-winning author, ICF Certified Coach and abc TV's "First Lady of Happiness". Together they share the secrets of success in their new book, "Fearless Leaders", just one of many titles in their forthcoming hardback and digital Fearless Book Series. Tune in to learn more about the principles for being truly fearless in life, love, business and relationships. It's Emotional Intelligence at it's best.

Leaders drive engagement, engagement drives productivity and Emotional Intelligence drives leadership. In today's show Cathy and Relly give some of the latest updates about Emotional Intelligence (EI) research and the new Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) assessment. They also will take a deeper dive looking at three of the EI leadership competencies for Decision Making and strategies on how to raise and enhance these competencies. Cathy and Relly will discuss the Emotional Intelligence history, ROI research and the EQi 2.0 assessment. The EQi 2.0 is used to help your leaders better assess, predict and to have more leaders perform in the top 10%. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler use the EQi and other leadership tools in their XCEL (Excellence in Coaching for Executive Leaders) program, their landmark executive leadership and coaching programs, where emotional engagement meets performance.

James Gottfurcht, Ph. D., is an internationally recognized money coach and keynote speaker. He is President of Psychology of Money Consultants, a Los Angeles firm, where he coaches financial service and mental health professionals and helps individuals and couples in his specialty. He is a pioneer in the field and has been practicing for over thirty years. In 1982, he developed The Psychology of Money Profile which is a standard and is used with professionals and the public to assess ten psychological money skills associated with financial success. He is also a clinical psychologist specializing in challenges with money, career, relationships, and stress. He is a popular media guest who has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, and the BBC and in Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, etc. He is on the faculty of UCLA Extension and the College of Executive Coaching. He has also written a chapter in Dr. Stephen Covey's and Dr. Ken Blanchard's book, Blueprint for Success.

Join us for an insightful conversation with author Tom Oliver, named a transformational leader by Deepak Chopra. His new book, Nothing Is Impossible by McGraw Hill released in October, addresses our excuses and distractions in life as well as turning personal challenges into assets and successes. In today's show Tom will discuss: - Four tips for success - Defining safety net (and why we need to dispense with it) - What it takes to achieve outstanding results in whatever you do - The role of spontaneity in life - How to discover what you really want in life - Limiting beliefs and habits that hold us back - Why we fight change (and how embracing it can change our lives for the better)

Mirabai Bush is co-author, with Ram Dass, of Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service. She has new CD program Working with Mindfulness from www.morethansound.net. She offers exercises from the workplace which she has taught at Google and other companies. Mirabai Bush was a co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and Executive Director there until 2008. The Center developed programs integrating contemplative practice and perspective into their lives and work. Mirabai holds a unique background of organizational management, teaching, and spiritual practice. For Seva Foundation, she co-developed Sustaining Compassion, Sustaining the Earth, a series of retreats and events for grassroots environmental activists. .Mirabai has organized, facilitated, and taught workshops, and courses on spirit and action for more than 20 years at institutions including Omega Institute, Naropa Institute, and Findhorne

Henry L. (Dick) Thompson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized consultant, educator, speaker and author. He is an expert on stress effects on decision making and judgment gained from the battlefield to the boardroom. Dr. Thompson was an officer with the U.S. Army Special Forces Group- Green Berets, decorated for heroism and has trained and led some of the most elite teams in the world. His work for the military on high performing battle staffs was instrumental in the success of U.S. forces in the Gulf War. Dr. Thompson is the founder, president and CEO of High Performing Systems, Inc., an international management consulting and training firm. He has been a U.S. military's subject matter experts (SME) on stress on the battlefield. His research has covered the impact of stress on decision making, cognitive performance, aggressive behavior, sleep deprivation, leadership and emotionally intelligent behavior.