Authors

Veronique’s areas of expertise in HR lie primarily in Coaching, Recruitment, Employee Relations, Performance Management, People development, and Processes & Procedures. View her bio

Bob works with growth-minded organisations of all sizes to help them build scalable businesses. He has also written articles on Sales and Marketing performance. View his bio

Since 1983 Khalid has worked as a consultant in spoken communications and presentation skills, having founded The Aziz Corporation. View his bio

Lindsey is one of the UK’s top specialists in staff engagement, performance improvement, behavioural change and motivation. View her bio

August is a key thought leader for professional service firms (PSFs). He has worked with various types of PSFs in the US, Canada, India and England.  View his bio

André has been running his own businesses since 1983. Prior to this he had a successful 17 year career in Purchasing and Materials Management. View his bio

Rob has years of online marketing experience and a general passion for the internet ensure Koozai’s clients always get the very best service advice for their needs. View his bio

Nick works with clients across the globe helping them convert sales effort into better sales results. View his bio

Caron is the founding partner of April Marketing, a writer, and marketing communications consultant. View her bio

The Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing.  View his bio

Tim started his ActionCoach business coaching practice in 2011 after a highly successful career in stock broking and corporate finance in the City of London. View his bio

With a focus on improving financial presentations and increasing pitch win rates, Ben advises business leaders how to present themselves in front of investors, clients and the media. View his bio

Fi is an expert and pioneer in digital strategy and one of Australia’s most respected leaders in the digital space. View her bio

Dee is a Fellow of CIM with 30 years’ marketing experience, mostly with small businesses. She is the marketing blogger for Barclays Connector website. View her bio

Lilach is one of the UK’s most dynamic, well-respected and well-connected businesswomen – she is listed as one of the top 20 Women Social Media Influences in Forbes (2013). View her bio

Ex Head of Talent for Vodafone Group and Santander, and having run a £50m business, Sunil has been responsible for hiring over 50000 people. View his bio

Ian has unique expertise in why doing good is good for business. Author of two books and a contributing author to three more. View his bio

Coming from a corporate background in the telecoms industry, Sonia worked for a firm which is now known as BT Global Services, setting up Beaming in 2004. View her bio

David is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker and associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. View his bio

James Caan CBE is Founder & Chairman of Recruitment Entrepreneur – a global investor in early to mid-size recruitment start-ups. View his bio

Over the past three decades, Nigel has advised C-Suite executives, Ministers of Parliament and entrepreneurs in both public and private sectors. View his bio

Evan is a Toronto-based entrepreneur, international speaker, and Founder of EvanCarmichael.com, one of the world’s most popular websites for Entrepreneurs. View his bio

Professor Colin Coulson-Thomas has helped over 100 boards to improve board and corporate performance. View his bio

John specialises in the value creating aspects of product development – from the strategy and innovation processes, through product definition, execution and launch. View his bio

Melanie is passionate about millennials, sustainability, women’s empowerment and authentic expression. View her bio

Lolly’s programs galvanize clients into achieving their best, helping them accelerate and deliver on their professional goals and business objectives. View her bio

Paul is a 3-time TEDx speaker. He is a Senior Fellow in one of the World’s Leading Think Tanks and holds a Lifetime Service Award to the Accounting Profession in the UK. View his bio

Neil has a degree in Retail Management from the School of Services Marketing at Bournemouth University. View his bio

Peter is the best-selling author of Managing for Dummies, The Management Bible, Leading Through Uncertainty, and more than 85 other books. View his bio

Favour is the Branding & Marketing Coordinator at Wecosystems Int’l Ltd. View her bio

Neil is a Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing with many years’ experience in marketing, brand and communications. View his bio

Specializing in performance, Linda helps business owners and senior professionals become more confident, more effective and more empowered. View her bio

Jeff leads Global Service Education for Uplifting Service. As a project leader and Master Trainer, he ensures successful implementation of Actionable Service Education. View his bio

David is co-author of SCALE: 7 Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back, and one of the nation’s most respected business thinkers. View his bio

An experienced innovation leader, facilitator and practitioner. Pete draws on 25 years’ experience at P&G, whereas a serial innovator, he published over 100 patents.View his bio

Adam enjoys the challenges and excitement of startup companies. He founded MeetAdvisors, a Chicago based advice and mentorship community for Entrepreneurs. View his bio

Bob is the author of “Masters of Motivation” which has been called a “must read” by business leaders. View his bio

Rowan is recognized as one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on innovation. He is the internationally bestselling author of 3 major books, an award-winning keynote speaker in 60 countries. View his bio

Adam is the author of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book. View his bio

As e-marketing specialist, Patrick oversees search engine optimization, content creation, pay-per-click efforts and social media for PureDriven’s clients. View his bio

Stephanie is a skilled marketing professional with PHMG – the world’s leading provider of audio branding. View her bio

Shelly helps people and businesses to take their products and propositions from the early stages through to development.  View her bio

Adi has worked with leading Organisations from the private and public sectors, including Deloitte, DellEMC, GSK, the Ministry of Defence, InnovateUK, Government Office for Science and National Health Service. View his bio

Judith is one of the most pioneering and innovative change agents, consultants and executive coaches, in the consulting and coaching industry.  View her bio

Jeff has written more than 30 non-fiction books, including four Business and Investing titles that reached #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list. View his bio

Louise is a highly recommended professional proofreader with 24 years’ publishing experience. View her bio

Elaine is the #1 Bestselling Author of The App Escape Plan and App Marketing. She is the CEO of Chocolate Lab Apps iPhone developer blog. View her bio

With a unique background combining sales experience with personal development and communications technologies Gavin brings an inspirational yet real approach to sales training and coaching. View his bio

Danny is an educator, author, and entrepreneur who is on a mission to re-imagine business and transform education.  View his bio

Geoffrey is a contributing editor for Inc.com, is an author and professional speaker. View his bio

Aki runs The Leadership LaunchPad, a business focused on customer loyalty and radical marketing that he founded in 1989. View his bio

Braden Kelley is an experienced innovation speaker, trainer, and digital transformation specialist. View his bio

Soren is a former corporate executive, an affiliated professor at USC’s Center for Effective Organizations. View his bio

Alexander is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness at work. He is an author and speaker. View his bio

Dionne is an author, speaker, painter and blogger.  View her bio

Tom is acknowledged as one of the industry’s leading futurists. He is also a columnist for Inc.com. View his bio

Grant is one of the U.K’s leading Sales and Marketing experts. His first book, Sales Therapy®, introduced businesses to a new and highly effective Sales philosophy. View his bio

Gary Joined GoAnimate in 2011, after spending 10 years in Asia working with Wego.com, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Yahoo! Southeast Asia and MTV Asia. View his bio

Bob has spent over 20 years helping businesses find new customers and increase sales. View his bio

Jocelyn enables client success and delivers Actionable Service Education programs through UYS Train-the-Trainer Certification approach. View her bio

Debbie has worked in Public Relations for more than twenty years and helps service based businesses and entrepreneurs get their message across. View her bio

Paul’s key skill is in making the ideas come alive with stories, and making sure his listeners receive practical tools and tips to take away and implement. View his bio

Anthony is one of the world’s foremost authorities on strategic innovation and hyper-growth strategies.  He has taught, consulted, written, and lectured on these all over the world. View his bio

Matthew works closely with senior managers and their teams to help them define innovative new strategies and build competitive capability. View his bio

Ellie’s specialties lie in lead generation, email marketing, and product marketing. She also has experience with event marketing, launching the first ever Inbound Marketing Summit in 2008. View her bio

Dimis has extensive international experience as a business executive and as a speaker in corporate and public events. View his bio

Debra specializes in inbound marketing, a combination of search, social media and content marketing. View her bio

Kate is smart, wise, down-to-earth, funny, energizing consultant/trainer who inspires change and people skills growth. View her bio

John is best-known as a conference speaker on doing higher value work and creating more opportunity via better conversations. View his bio

Jesse is also an entrepreneur with a passion for building businesses and growing organizations to scale in the digital age.  View his bio

Sofie heads up the Employment department specialising in all aspects of employment law. View her bio

Dan brings a wealth of agency and in-house experience to the Comms Axis party.  Dan looks after the growth strategy for the clients and also for Communications Axis. View his bio

Martin is a Chartered Accountant and MBA with wide experience in corporate finance and business management. View his bio

Andy is recognised worldwide as the Leading Authority on Cold Calling and ‘New Business’ Sales Techniques, and is the creator of ‘Stand Out Selling’. View his bio

Mike has Board level experience as Chief Executive or Chief Financial Officer in a number of industries and has business experience in the USA, Australia, Western and Eastern Europe in addition to the UK. View his bio

Michael skills-set is marketing strategy/planning, social media, PR, local area marketing, campaign planning, integrated marketing campaigns and lead generation across digital channels. View his bio

Greg is an accomplished entrepreneur, executive and one of the foremost experts on innovation today.  View his bio

Marcel is passionate about working with forward-thinking leaders intentional about the empowerment of people to create extraordinary impact. View his bio

Dr Shaw PhD CPsychol PSAE, is a professional speaker, consultant, entrepreneur and author. View her bio

Petra is Founder of Squirrels&Bears, a marketing consultancy helping SMEs and entrepreneurs to attract new clients and grow their business. View her bio

Mike is a serially successful entrepreneur, business author and one of the world’s top business keynote speakers on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and sales. View his bio

Martin is an experienced professional copywriter. Prior to this, he worked as a freelance journalist, View his bio

Lucy is a highly experienced Coach /Trainer of 22 years and an Author of several personal development books (Gower Publishing). View her bio

Mike strives to define best practices and tools for Product and Technology Development and embed them into company culture.  View his bio

Micah writes on customer service, customer experience and corporate culture.  View his bio

In 2012, John was awarded the WA Small Business exporter of the Year. View his bio

Jim specializes in the issues that fast growth firms experience in their business models, talent, processes and systems as they reach higher levels of performance. View his bio

Janet has 30 years of experience consulting and leading culture development, change management, leadership and innovation education interventions. View her bio

In 2002 Paul founded his own company, Destination Innovation, which helps organisations improve innovation. He writes and speaks on lateral thinking and innovation. View his bio

Dr. Solomon is a passionate innovation & creativity thought leader. He was named one of the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers in 2015, 2016, and 2017. View his bio

Kevin is a certified business coach and in addition to coaching, he has written two business books. View his bio

Marla helps entrepreneurs achieve personal happiness and financial success. View her bio

Barry is an inspiring speaker and author of Australia’s top two selling books on customer service. View his bio

Urko is also a contributing writer on innovation and growth strategy for The Business Journals. View his bio

Minda is also a speaker and journalist whose work has appeared in publications from Inc. to New York Magazine to Computerworld. View her bio