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Marshall Goldsmith, One of Forbes’ five top executive coaches and a Wall Street Journal "Top 10" executive educator
Corey Crowder. In the four years that Corey played college basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan College, his team won 100 games and lost 24, and also won a National Championship. Corey was three-time all American, two-time player of the year in his Conference and the all time leading scorer at the school. He went on to play for the Utah Jazz and enjoyed a fourteen-year career playing basketball on a number of top European teams. Corey has experienced the ups and downs of professional sports, and mentors top athletes about success on and off the court. He is the author of Superstar for Life: A guide to success on and off the court for the professional and college basketball player. Corey has four children and, in addition to basketball is an avid golfer and fisherman. To learn more about Corey and what he can do for athletes and executives, click here.
Mark Eaton . Mark Eaton is a remarkable individual who went from a 7'4" twenty-one year old mechanic who couldn't play basketball to a twelve year career as an NBA All Star with the Utah Jazz. During this time, he became Two-Time Defensive Player of the Year and broke the NBA record for the most blocked shots in a single season. After his career with the Jazz, Mark went on to success after success in the competitive world of business as an entrepreneur and leader. From 1994-2005 he was the chairman of the Mark Eaton Standing Tall for Youth Organization which provided sports and outdoor opportunities to more than 3,000 at-risk children. In 1997, Mark entered the entertainment arena, where for eight seasons he hosted Jazz Tonight on KJZZ-TV and Mark Eaton Outdoors, as well as SportsHealth Today, an internationally syndicated radio show. In 1996, Mark initiated another successful venture, opening the award winning restaurant Tuscany, followed by Francks in 2005. Mark's high energy, action-packed coaching and speaking style focuses on the philosophy, principles and practical techniques for achieving extraordinary levels of performance and results. Because he bridges the world of elite performance in sports and elite performance in business, he is uniquely positioned to share the secrets to creating winning business teams and moving from vision to implementation and performance. He also excels at helping executives and organizations build on their unique talents to achieve their most ambitious goals..
Ray Harper. Coach Harper brings his expertise about building great teams to keynote speeches and executive coaching. He has accumulated an extraordinary record during his time as head coach at Oklahoma City University and Kentucky Wesleyan College. He has been named the Division II National Coach of the Year seven times and won two national titles at Kentucky Wesleyan in 1999 and 2001. He holds the NCAA coaching record with five consecutive 30-win seasons, and is second in consecutive NCAA championship game appearances (6) behind UCLA John Wooden’s seven (7).
David O’Meara. David O'Meara is a world-renowned coach and speaker. He has worked as a consultant to sports programs in several countries. O'Meara has made a career of inspiring aspiring athletes and professional athletes of all ages. He has also trained coaches on his trips around the world in Asia and Africa. He has been the keynote speaker at world sports conferences, financial institutions, leadership organizations, and educational conferences. O'Meara is nationally ranked (6th in 2007) in running the mile, after running a 4:37 at The National Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships. His personal best in the mile is 4:24 (2006) and for the 5K is 15:46 (2006). He is sponsored by HeadBlade and is on the professional staff with Babolat. Most recently he has launched an initiative to run 20 one-mile races in 20 weeks in 20 different cities in at the age of 45 and in under 5 minutes (20/20/20<5@45), in order to inspire the over-40 athlete (see www.OneMileRunner.com for details). At his home in Sarasota, Florida, O'Meara serves as the Professional Touring Coach at the Bath and Racquet Club. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bowdoin College in 1985.
Jody Wood. Jody works with athletes and executives to help them make lasting, significant improvements in leadership communication, innovation, influence, salesmanship, and teamwork. He has worked successfully with companies such as Schering Plough, Shionogi USA, Federal Express, and Redken. Jody has over 25 years of experience in television, stage, and film, including roles in Boston Public, CSI Miami, Family Law, The Agency, Boogie Nights, LA Confidential, and Rules of Engagement. Unlike generic "public speaking trainers," Jody has the rare gift of translating best practices in acting and improvisation to measurable, impressive improvements in executive and organizational performance.
Susan Summons. Susan Summons is a nationally acclaimed sports educator, hall of fame coach and player, professor, master teacher, author and motivational speaker. She is an associate professor in Biology Health & Wellness Department at Miami Dade College-Kendall and women’s basketball coach. Susan became the first African American woman at the community college level to serve as an Assistant Coach for the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival Team (Bronze Medal), a Floor Coach at the USA World Championship Trials, and an Assistant Coach for the USA National European Select Team Tour (Israel, France). Susan was a pioneer in the first Women’s Professional Basketball League, the WBL, where she played for the New England Gulls. She is also the Founder & CEO of Best of the Rest Stars, Inc. a 501 c(3) non-profit organization that host a motivational summer basketball, education and wellness academy and sports festival for girls and boys. She is a National Coach of the Year, a Hall of Fame Inductee who received a Proclamation Award naming a Susan Summons Day both in Miami, Florida and Beaumont, Texas. Among her numerous awards, she was recently selected as among the TOP 100 Most Influential Sports Educator in America by the Institute for International Sports and recently gave the launch address speech at the 2008 United States Scholar-Athlete Games. Susan now coaches and motivates other people to achieve their goals by showing people how to lead and succeed with confidence.
Andrew Neitlich. Andrew is one of the top Executive Coaches in the world, specializing in coaching executives in complex and highly technical organizations. He is the founder and director of The Center for Executive Coaching, which trains professionals to become Executive Coaches. He is the author of Elegant Leadership: Simple Strategies, Remarkable Results, The Professional’s Essential Business Development Manual, The Way to Coach Executives, and Guru Millionaire. Andrew is an expert at translating the knowledge of top-tier talent into proven coaching methodologies, and has written books with world champion martial artists, strength and agility coaches, and professional athletes. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School with distinction, and graduate summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Social Anthropology. Andrew is a tournament-level tennis player and also launched a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighting league that has had its events broadcast to over 6 million homes.