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Bud Bilanich, The Common Sense Guy, is an executive coach, motivational speaker, author and blogger who helps his clients succeed by applying their common sense. He is the Official Guide for Executive Coaching at SelfGrowth.com, and the Careers Group Coordinator at FastCompany.com. He is a member of Creating WE Institute, and the USA Today Small Business Advisory Panel. He writes the popular blog www.SuccessCommonSense.com.
Dr. Bilanich is Harvard educated but has a no nonsense approach to his work that goes back to his roots in the steel country of Western Pennsylvania. His approach to personal and professional success is a result of over 35 years of business experience, 10 years of research and study of successful people and the application of common sense.
Bud is the author of ten books, including 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success, where he presents his blueprint for career and life success:
- Develop your self-confidence.
- Create positive personal impact.
- Become an outstanding performer.
- Become a dynamic communicator.
- Become interpersonally competent.
His clients include Pfizer, Glaxo SmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Abbot Laboratories, PepsiCo, AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citigroup, General Motors, UBS, AXA Advisors, Cabot Corporation, The Aetna, PECO Energy, Olin Corporation, Minerals Technologies, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and a number of small and family owned businesses. Bud is a cancer survivor and lives in Denver Colorado with his wife Cathy. He is a retired rugby player and an avid cyclist. He likes movies, live theatre and crime fiction. |
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| Barbara Biziou is a motivational speaker, life coach and master trainer, and is a member of Creating WE Institute. She has great skill in accessing the current reality of individuals and organizations, and implementing practical tools that enable them to create future success.
Barbara brings over 25 years of business experience to her work, which includes production, marketing, product developments, communication skills development, and sales.
Her clients have included The Red Cross, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Barneys, Coca-Cola, and Equinox Gym. Barbara is on the faculty of several teaching organizations, including AMA, The New York Open Center, One Spirit Learning Alliance and East West Living .
As the author of The Joy of Ritual and The Joy of Family Rituals, she lectured around the world, learning from many different cultures. Barbara is committed to integrating practical spirituality into people’s lives, both personally and professionally. Her DVD programs, Barbara Biziou’s Momentary Meditations, enable people to improve their focus and creativity by incorporating simple, effective tools into their lives.
Barbara has been featured in articles from Harper’s Bazaar to New York Magazine. She also starred on Morgan Spurlock’s hit FX show 30 Days as a life coach and was a regular contributor on New Morning airing on the Hallmark Channel. She lives in NYC. |
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| Michelle Boos-Stone is a Global Business Strategist, working and learning in the field of organizational change and strategic dialogue for the past 18 years. Her work focuses around developing leaders at their core and managing change to produce outrageous possibilities.
Michelle’s work typically centers around the top 10-20% of leadership within organizations, helping them to see things differently to realize new future possibilities. Her utilization of visual communication and facilitation enables her to bring a unique perspective to her client work.
Michelle’s global consulting practice, Michelle Boos-Stone & Associates Ink, focuses on shifting current models of how we see the world to one of possibility. She feels that in order for us to change the future, we must change our thinking and be open to changing the conversation. Michelle utilizes the unique framework of brain-based learning research, learning and personality styles, impactful visuals, color theory, behavioral research and a fat dose of humor and insight to engage participants at their core.
Michelle’s commitment is to grow leaders and individuals at every level and to have a great time doing it. She is a faculty member of The Creating WE Institute. She can be reached at mboos13@aol.com. Visit her website at www.michelleboos-stone.com. |
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Deborah Dumaine, Founder and President of Better Communications, and a founding member of Creating WE Institute.
Deborah has been changing the way corporations write since 1978. She is
- the founder of Better Communications®—a national management training and consulting firm specializing in Reader-Centered Writing®
- the author of the best-selling books Write to the Top: Writing for Corporate Success (Random House) and the Instant-Answer Guide to Business Writing (iUniverse)
- the author of the business writing section of ManageMentor, Harvard Business School Publishing’s on-line learning software
- an acknowledged pioneer in diagnostic writing skill development
- a contributor to the World Book Encyclopedia.
Deborah holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Smith College and studied at the University of Iowa. She has also served on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council for Women’s Business Development.
Better Communications trains 5,000 people per year. With its headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, Better Communications’ team of national consultants delivers in- house writing workshops internationally. They are redefining corporate writing as a tool to clarify thinking and drive action. Better Communications offers workshops in sales writing, technical/scientific writing, financial writing, procedure writing, writing constructive feedback, e-mail writing, writing presentation documents, communicating change, customer-service writing, grammar and basic writing. |
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| Deborah E. Garand, President of Integrity Integrations http://www.integrityintegrations.com believes that “the impossible is possible” if drive and desire are harnessed through conversations grounded in integrity, trust, transparency, respect and a concern for others as well as oneself. Strong, productive relationships and teams are built on the foundation of integrity and trust. As speaker, facilitator or executive coach, Deborah engages corporations, teams and/or individuals through an approachable, collaborative interactive dialog opening conversations helping to co-create future goals while building high performance teams bolted to a cultural foundation of Integrity.
Deborah has been published in Leadership Excellence, is a faculty member of The Creating We Institute, an international group of critical thinkers in leadership and innovation, has lectured at numerous universities, taught college, been featured in a documentary and has a successful, in- depth and diverse background in business, sales, mediation and. a lifetime of studying and implementing successful leadership methodologies. She believes our ultimate happiness and success comes from “raising our bar” while harnessing mind, heart, body and soul.
In honor of Creating We, she wouldn’t be who she is today without the love and support of her husband David and children, Morgan and Ian. |
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Lisa Giruzzi has always had a strong desire to make a difference in the world. She is fulfilling that desire every day as the owner of her company, Transformational Conversations. Lisa has over 20 years of experience in coaching and consulting others. She has helped thousands to transform their lives, realize their goals, and achieve more satisfaction and fulfillment. Lisa is passionate about causing a positive revolution in change.
Lisa is an accomplished speaker captivating audiences at workshops, keynotes and seminars nationwide on topics such as leadership, motivation, effectiveness, communication, team building, networking and customer service. Lisa’s programs are life-changing and consistently receive the highest ratings from participants.
Lisa is a founding member of The Creating WE Institute, an international group of critical thinkers who are developing new forms of engagement and innovation in the workplace and a co-owner of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, LLC; a consortium of consultants offering a collaborative, strength-based approach to strategic change and transformation.
Lisa co-hosts Real Conversations, a topic-driven television talk show dedicated to enhancing the quality of people’s lives.
For more resources to transform your life or to sign up for Lisa’s electronic newsletter visit www.transformationalconversations.com. |
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| Judith E. Glaser is one of the most innovative and pioneering change agents and executive coaches in the consulting industry. She is an Organizational Anthropologist, and the world expert in WE-centric leadership- working at the intersection of leadership, brand and culture with a direct line of sight to the customer.
1n 1980 she founded Benchmark Communications, Inc. (www.creatingwe.com) and in 2007 she co-founded the Creating WE Institute, a research and development partnership (www.creatingweinstitute.com) with practitioners globally – dedicated to harvesting new forms of engagement and innovation in the workplace.
Judith is a sought after keynote speaker, and has appeared on NBC Today, FOX News, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, and is frequently quoted in WSJ, New York Times. She is a master facilitator of leadership and organizational summits where leaders harness and accelerate their abilities to co-create, innovate, and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. She has published hundreds of articles on strategic leadership and two best selling books, Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy Thriving Organization and The DNA of Leadership, selected by both Forbes and Business Book Review as one of the top business books of 2005 and 2006. Creating WE won an AXION Leadership Award in 2008. |
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Rami Glatt is a student at Yeshiva University where he is a member of its Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program. A Psychology major with a minor in Business & Administration, Rami has plans to pursue a doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and will be a visiting student at Columbia University during the Fall ‘09 semester.
Rami first came into contact with The Creating WE Institute when he was introduced to its founding member and CEO of Benchmark Communications, Inc. Judith E. Glaser. Since then, he has been heavily involved with the research and editing of Mrs. Glaser’s upcoming book Change Your Conversations, Change Your Relationships, Change Your Life! He has also served as the assistant editor for The 42 Rules for Creating WE.
An avid fan of all that is musical, Rami plays several instruments and is currently the keyboardist for Yaakov Chesed, a Jewish rock group (www.yaakovchesed.com).
Rami would like to thank his family, friends, and professors for their ongoing encouragement and support. He particularly wishes to thank Judith E. Glaser and Dale Kramer-Cohen for their guidance and direction while working on this publication. |
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Jane M. Hewson is Principal of Beresford Partners, LLC, a consulting firm focused on improving the bottom line of privately held business operations. Her career spans over 30 years counseling leading companies on client development, marketing and communicating. Her focus has been on the unique issues challenging firms in the professional services arenas, including financial services, consulting, and the law.
Prior to establishing Beresford Partners, Jane served as CMO of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and for 20+ years owned, and operated as Principal, Hewson Group Ltd., a marketing communications and client development consultancy.
Jane’s work increasingly centers on helping clients learn to be successful face-to-face communicators. She was recently a guest on Lori Sackler’s radio show “The M Word: Money and Families”, www.wor710.com/themword, to discuss ways in which family members can be more comfortable speaking with one another about personal finances, and interviewed about “The Real Art of Listening” by Colin Goedecke for his blog series on helping us think, act and communicate in wiser ways, www.tenowls.blogspot.com. She is a founding member of The Creating WE Institute, www.creatingweinstitute.com, which is focused on new forms and levels of thought leadership and innovation in the workforce. Her current professional pro bono work is dedicated to helping women-owned companies successfully launch and advance their businesses. She serves as a Trustee of the Down Town Association in New York and as a Board Member of The Cap & Gown Club of Princeton University. |
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Charles Jones is a founding member and faculty of the Creating WE Institute.
He is a thought leader at the intersection of consciousness research and behavioral science, Charles has developed a “periodic table of affective states” linking emotion to awareness.
According to this new theory, our emotions act as an “attentional guidance system”, the purpose of which is to keep us focused on the skillful expression of our values. If true, this new theory would have profound implications for the way we educate, counsel, parent, govern, market, change, and lead. Believing this to be the case, Charles recently founded an institute to reconstruct the behavioral sciences – beginning with the practice of leadership, in light of this new theory.
When he is not reconstructing the behavioral sciences; consulting to corporate leaders on ways to enhance organizational culture; or speaking to psychologists on how to apply these concepts to the treatment of anger, anxiety, and depression; Charles can usually be found outside – playing tennis in the suburbs, hiking in the mountains, or bodysurfing in the ocean. Charles is currently looking for research collaborators and commercialization partners. He can be reached via his website at www.cmjinstitute.com
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Dale Kramer Cohen, President, DKC Resources, is a visionary marketing executive with an outstanding record of building global businesses and brands by designing transforming experiences for her client organizations and their stakeholders. She has worked within the Financial Services, Health Care, Consumer Goods, Telecom and Technology industries, reframing how they see the world and their customers, defining brand truths, and coalescing their sense of purpose and growth into actionable initiatives.
Dale is President of DKC Resources (www.DKCre.com) and is a marketing strategist and growth catalyst who brings a depth of experience in developing new business strategies, defining valuable customer segments, and designing innovative customer-centric marketing solutions. Dale was chief marketing officer of a leadership development company dedicated to advancing executive and emerging women leaders and was a founding partner of Delphi Associates. She has worked with numerous Fortune 100 clients, including Citibank, Simmons Co., Textron, Cigna, Omnicom, Met Life, Xerox and AT&T.
A graduate of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Dale is President of PennNYC (www.PennNYC.org), the alumni association of NYC engaging 20,000 area alums. Identified for her leadership, Dale was named in Penn People Making History (http://www.makinghistory.upenn.edu/node/480 ). She is a member of the Creating WE Institute (www.creatingweinstitute.com ), a member of the Trustee’s Council of Penn Women and a pro-bono strategist for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
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Jerry Manas is the author of Managing the Gray Areas and the international bestseller Napoleon on Project Management, which Kirkus Reviews called, “The ultimate case study in effective project management.”
His work, which is at the crossroads of project management and organizational development, is frequently cited by management guru Tom Peters, and has been highlighted in a variety of publications, including Leadership Excellence, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The Chicago Sun Times, and The Houston Chronicle.
Through his consulting company, The Marengo Group, Jerry focuses on the human side of project management, with a specialty in virtual teams. Using the principles of simplicity, engagement, and trust, he is passionate about helping leaders create energized teams that are aligned and focused toward shared goals.
Jerry is co-founder of the popular blog site, PMThink!, and a founding member of The Creating We Institute, an international group of critical thinkers dedicated to harvesting new forms of engagement and innovation in the workforce. He is also a founding member of Project Management Institute’s New Media Council, as one of the leading influential voices in the online project management space.
Jerry can be reached at jmanas@marengogroup.com or on Twitter as jmanas. Visit his website at www.marengogroup.com. |
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Catherine Mullally is the Executive Director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Los Angeles County. In this role, she leads all operations of the non-profit, including strategy, communications, fundraising, grants and education. Prior to taking on this role, she was founder, President & CEO of the CMC Group, LLC, a strategy and leadership communications consultancy based in New York.
Mullally’s media career has spanned twenty-five years. She has held positions at Ogilvy & Mather and McCann-Erickson. She led the first commercial project for the Children’s Television Workshop, then launched and successfully led a global packaged media business for nearly a decade for MTV Networks (Viacom). There, her businesses won over forty awards for excellence and generated billions in retail revenue. She was an original member of MTV’s mentoring program, she championed a year-long anti-violence initiative for the creative teams, and served on the steering committee for both mentoring and diversity.
A founding member and faculty of the Creating WE Institute, Mullally is a dynamic public speaker, with appearances ranging from seminars, panels, public presentations, radio and television. Her clients span many industries, from financial service to hospitality, and include start-ups and non-profits. She specializes in the creative alignment of business and values based brand strategy. |
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Brian Penry has been influencing brands for nearly four decades. A consummate
designer/illustrator, writer and brand strategist, his expertise and imprint are seen
across a wide range of industries and media, from the arts, entertainment and
licensing, to the corporate as well as non profit sectors – and increasingly, online.
Brian’s brand building contributed to Infinity Broadcasting’s historic growth and
success, and continued when Infinity partners, CBS and Viacom became his
clients. He is often entrusted with popular brand icons, including Sega’s flagship
game character, Sonic The Hedeghog (44 million sold to date), and Carmen Sandiego, the acclaimed educational TV/multimedia series by Broderbund/PBS
and The Learning Co./Riverdeep UK.
Brian’s work has influenced the marketing, packaging identities and products of
an even wider range of brands and organizations, from Sony, Campbell Soup and Disney/Touchstone to Patek Phillipe, Coca-Cola, Carnegie Hall, Moscow’s Bolshoi
Opera and Ballet, Special Olympics International, and Mount Sinai Hospital, to
name a few. Brian’s clean, crisp style, love of color and typography, and meticulous attention
to detail are evident in his work. He has written for Leadership Excellence, and
is working on two books of his own. He can be found at: www.penrycreative.com |
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Whitaker Raymond (“Whit”), a Principal of LodeStar Leadership, is strategic leadership consultant and executive coach to senior leaders and their teams, and is a founding member of the Creating WE Institute. He has worked with a diverse group of large and small corporations for over 30 years, and is a master facilitator of executive groups and projects where collaboration, consensus, shared focus and collective commitment are necessary to enable organizations to reach higher levels of functioning.
Over his career, he held senior positions at Merrill Lynch, Princeton Center for Leadership Training, and Cummins Engine Co. Formerly, as a Partner with LodeStar Associates, Inc, he consulted to senior teams building “high performance (organizational) systems” and strategic planning. He has coached hundreds of executives over the past 20 years and organized the in-house Executive Coaching program at Merrill. His external clients include Asea Brown Boveri, IBM, FMC, Fidelity, GE Capital, Herman Miller, Johnson,& Johnson, Kodak, and Merrill Lynch, . He is a graduate of Bowdoin College, and he received his Master’s degree from Lesley University. He lives in Jersey City, NJ and Clifton Park, NY. He can be reached at: whitraymond@comcast.net |
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Nancy Ring, Principal, The Communication Partnership, Ltd.
Whether coaching individuals or teams, Nancy helps clients to design and implement their strategies by tapping into employees’ strengths and personal objectives, thereby enabling them to perform at their best. Her work in individual professional development, team building, organizational development, and interpersonal communication includes clients from Fortune 500 and smaller companies, along with not-for-profit organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Nancy is a founding member of the Creating WE Institute.
Prior to co-founding The Communication Partnership, Ltd. in 1990, Nancy was a director in the Organizational and Professional Development Department of P.M. Haeger & Associates, an association management firm in Chicago. In addition to coaching board members, she worked with clients on strategic planning, organizational and board development, volunteer management, training, and fundraising. Nancy began her career as Executive Director of Common Cause in Michigan, where she lobbied state and congressional leaders, and was responsible for political organizing, media, and fundraising, along with board and volunteer development. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where she serves as a coach for MBA students at Queen’s University’s McColl School of Business, and on the Board of Directors of The Diversity Council of the Carolinas. Please contact her at nring@thecommunicationpartnership.com. |
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Cindy Tortorici is an Executive Consultant, Coach, and Entrepreneur who specializes in inspiring leaders to combine their passion and purpose to get results.
After a 25-year corporate career as a business strategist and executive for Nike Inc, Saks Fifth Avenue and May Company, Cindy followed her muse and created The Link For Women, LLC in 2004 in Portland, Oregon. “The Link” is a community that connects and mentors women from many walks of life by providing executive consulting, coaching, multi-day seminars and events that provide knowledge to make informed decisions and inspiration to think beyond.
Cindy is a member of The Creating WE Institute www.creatingweinstitute.com and partners with The Hyatt Leadership Forum www.carolehyatt.com. She works with a cutting edge team of experts who support women to flourish in their "Seat at the Table'. www.thelinkforwomen.com/mentor.asp. In 2007, Cindy was named "One of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Town" by the NW Women's Journal. A year later, Cindy was honored as the "Volunteer of the Year" for Girls Inc. of NW Oregon where she is currently the acting Executive Director. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold!
Cindy can be reached at cindy@thelinkllc.com. Visit her website at www.thelinkforwomen.com. |
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Louise van Rhyn is a social entrepreneur and Organizational Change consultant based in Cape Town, South Africa. Most of her work is focused on contributing to ‘strengthening the fabric of South African society’ and fulfilling her personal mission to enable more people to live with joy and possibility. She is a founder and CEO of the Symphonia group of companies.
Louise has more than 20 years of experience as a change leader and activist and has worked in the US, UK, many countries in Europe, Singapore, Australia and South Africa. She holds a BSc degree, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Doctoral degree in organizational change (DMAN) and works with business leaders to help them develop and implement change strategies. She is also actively involved in Leadership Development (supporting leaders on their development journey). In addition to consulting, facilitating large group learning & organizational development processes and lecturing, Louise was a founding member and faculty of the Creating WE Institute, an international network of practitioners and thought leaders doing groundbreaking work on WE-centric leadership. |
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Josephine “Jo” Washington is the Founder and President of Growth Resources International, LLC which is a best practice consulting firm specializing in human performance, leadership excellence and organizational transformation creating extraordinary results. She is also a founding member of Creating WE Institute.
Jo coaches and consults with people of organizations that are seeking guidance on how to achieve their destiny, purpose, and goals. Globally, she delivers incredible human development solutions for all levels of leadership for both profit and non-profit entities. Jo is highly sought after to provide her services including organizational transformation, executive coaching, leadership workshops, stress management, team coaching, management training, process design, strategic planning, stress management & retreat facilitation. Jo creates significant customer value by sharing her deep understanding of the human and business performance transformational challenges. The hallmark of her success lies in her ability to inspire individuals to embrace their unique talents, to optimize their performance and to reach for new horizons. Jo’s clients often praise and especially recognize her for delivering real solutions, designed to sustained breakthrough performance results.
Jo has coached and consulted with many leaders in North America, Jamaica, Europe, South America, and Africa. She has earned a Masters of Education Degree in Counseling from University of Pittsburgh. Her professional certifications include the Licensed HeartMath Provider, National Corporate Coach, Business Process Design Engineer, Advanced Project Management, Facilitation Trainer, WorkPlace Big Five Profile, DISC and PDI 360° PROFILOR Assessments. |
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