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Dr. Jeff Auerbach is the founder and president of the College of Executive Coaching, the leading training institute in post-graduate training in Executive Coaching. He is a master certified coach (MCC) from the International Coaching Federation. and he has been an Executive Coach and Trainer for over 14 years. Dr. Auerbach started the College of Executive Coaching in 1995 and has been a leader and instrumental in training over 3000 mental health professionals in coaching techniques. Dr. Auerbach has presented topics on coaching to the International Coach Federation, Coach University, and the School for Professional Psychology. Dr. Auerbach has a Ph.D. in Psychology from California Graduate Institute and an M.A. from Antioch University. He has been a licensed psychologist in California since 1992. .Dr. Auerbach has written Personal and Executive Coaching, The Complete Guide for Mental Health Professionals.

As Vice President of Collaborative Growth James applies his expertise in developing emotional effectiveness to help public and private sector leaders expand the depth of their influence, anticipate change, and respond to it resiliently. James is a thought leader in providing Emotional Intelligence training and tools. He is the coauthor of Emotional Intelligence in Action, The Emotionally Intelligent Team, A Coach's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence. James and Collaborative Growth helps leaders, teams, and senior management measurably increase their effectiveness, using the EI assessments: TESI®, the Bar-On EQi®, and EQ 360®, along with other assessments. James educates coaches on how to develop the insightful interpretation and application of EQ results. He also works as a consultant and contract mediator for federal agencies. Listen to learn how to grow your Team's EI.

What does it take to be a leader in today's complex crisis driven society where traits like diplomacy and safety are key to all our wellbeing at work and at home? Join our special guest, Lt. Don Kester, currently a SWAT Tactical Response Commander after having served as a SWAT Team Operator, Team Leader, and Team Supervisor in one of the largest US border zones, Tucson, Arizona. Lt. Kester has served as a patrol district commander, as the department's Training Director and is certified as an instructor by the FBI, and a Master Instructor for Taser International. He is a Firearms, Defensive Tactics, and Use of Force Instructor and both teaches and publishes on the subjects of tactical specialties like Rapid Deployment, Hostage Rescue, Incident Command, and Leadership. Learn how SWAT develops leaders for uncertain times in today's program.

President-elect Obama has inspired and raised the hopes of millions of Americans and people world-wide. Four years ago people barely heard of him. What is it about him that has moved so many people? Leadership experts Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will unpack the leadership components that have made him our 44th president. They will highlight leadership competencies that are the foundation of Obama's personality and global appeal. In this discovery will be nuggets and strategies that you can emulate to influence your organization. How did he learn to be so confident? What has he learned from his parents and grand parents? Who are his influences in being such an inspiring leader? How has his soul searching influenced who he is today? How does he manage his emotions? Does he have any blind spots? What has he learned from Michele and how does she compliment him? How does he balance his family values? What can we expect from him as our next president? Listen in and learn more about Barack and Michele.

Noel Tichy is one of the greatest names in leadership. His most recent book is JUDGMENT: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (with Warren Bennis). Tichy, who was named one of the "Top 10 Management Gurus" by BUSINESSWEEK and BUSINESS 2.0., is the founding editor and chief of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Join Noel Tichy with Dr's Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler as he shares consulting experiences as a senior partner in Action Learning Associates, with clients including: Best Buy, GE, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, GM, Nokia, Nomura Securities, 3M, Daimler-Benz and Royal Dutch Shell.

Linkage Summits, renowned for their leadership development programs, hosts their 10th Anniversary, Women in Leadership Summit featuring Jane Fonda. Guests include Karen Lockwood, Howrey Law Firm/Women's Affinity Groups, Grace Killelea, Comcast/Talent Management, Johanna Dillon, Bankers Life and Casualty/Bankers Learning Network, Linda Jimenez, Wellpoint/Human Resources. Highlights include how women executives share their experiences, careers and act as advisers, friends, coaches and thought leaders from around the globe. Join Dr's. Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler to learn how Linkage has helped great leaders embrace leadership excellence since 1988.

Bruce Cryer has spent the past thirty years researching and teaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and organizational performance. He was named President and CEO of HeartMath LLC in 2000, having helped launch the non-profit Institute of HeartMath with founder Doc Childre in 1991. Mr. Cryer was the key architect of programs that incorporate HeartMath's innovative biomedical research into practical tools and strategies to enhance health, performance, creativity, innovation, and productivity for both the individual and the organization. He has successfully guided HeartMath programs at organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Duke University Health System, Stanford Medical Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to just name a few. In 2007, Mr. Cryer was named one of the Top 50 Thought Leaders in Personal Excellence by Leadership Excellence magazine. Mr. Cryer is co-author, with Doc Childre, of the book From Chaos to Coherence: The Power to Change Performance.

Jim Kouzes is the coauthor with Barry Posner of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over 1.5 million copies sold. He's also the Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. The fourth edition of The Leadership Challenge was released in August 2007 and is available in fifteen languages. The Leadership Challenge was #3 on Amazon Editor's Pick for the Best Business Books of 2007. A Leader's Legacy (2006), was selected by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the top thirty books of the year. Based on solid research involving over 70,000 surveys, 1,000 written case studies, and 100 in-depth interviews, their books describe the leadership practices that generate high performance in individuals and organizations. Jim is not only a highly regarded leadership scholar; The Wall Street Journal has cited Jim as one of the twelve best executive educators in the U.S. A popular speaker and seminar lead

Kim S. Cameron is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan Business School and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. Dr. Cameron's research on organizational effectiveness, virtuousness, and the development of management skills has been published in more than 80 articles. Join us for an energizing discussion on corporate virtuousness and its relationship to industry success.

Our guest is Dr. Matt Lieberman an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Psychology Department and the co-director of Social Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory. Dr. Lieberman has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University and is a founder of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience field which is generating a lot of interest and new findings that have been in the black box of the brain. He uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to elucidate long-standing issues in social psychology, including models of self and social perception. He is the founding editor of the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. He is working on a book called, Experience Shrugged. We will focus on some of his brain research on how automatic and controlled processes interact in producing emotion and emotion regulation, self-knowledge, feelings of social exclusion, attributions about other individuals, placebo effects and automatic behavior and how we can use this information in leadership developme