Chip Heath is a Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is the co-author of the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die , which has been a New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and BusinessWeek bestseller. Chip is also a columnist for Fast Company magazine, and he has spoken and consulted on the topic of “making ideas stick” with organizations such as Nike, the Nature Conservancy, Microsoft, Ideo, and the American Heart Association.

Tony Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. With this victory, he joined Mike Ditka and Tom Flores as the only individuals to win the Super Bowl as a player and head coach. An author and a speaker, Dungy has been involved in a wide variety of charitable organizations, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action, Mentors for Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs, the Prison Crusade Ministry, and All Pro Dad, among others.

Ben Carson, Sr., M.D., dreamed of becoming a physician while growing up in poverty. His mother, with only a third-grade education, challenged him to succeed. Today Carson is a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and has directed pediatric neurosurgery there for nearly 25 years. Carson holds more than 50 honorary doctorate degrees and sits on the boards of numerous organizations like Kellogg and Costco. In 2001, Carson was named by CNN and TIME Magazine as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. He was appointed to the President’s Council on Bioethics and recently received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Ed Bastian currently serves as president of Delta Air Lines, and president & CEO of Delta’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NWA. He most recently served as chief financial officer for Delta Air Lines. Bastian joined Delta in 1998 as vice president of finance and controller and was promoted to senior vice president in 2000. He had responsibility for the divisional finance organizations, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting and the company’s profit improvement initiatives. He left Delta in early 2005 to become senior vice president and chief financial officer of Acuity Brands. He returned to Delta in July 2005.

Connie Podesta delivers a powerful message using a no-nonsense, interactive style and provides immediate, positive results. An internationally-successful speaker, trainer and executive career/life consultant, Podesta uses her diverse talents as an entertainer, author, organisational therapist, and radio/TV personality to help millions of people find real-life solutions and achieve the success they desire, the happiness they seek, and the personal and professional balance they deserve.

Since he co-founded SAS in 1976, Jim Goodnight has served as the company’s CEO. In 2008, the company’s revenue was $2.26 billion, its 33rd consecutive year of growth and profitability. In 2004, Harvard Business School named Goodnight as one of the “20th Century’s Great American Business Leaders,” citing his impact on “the way people have lived, worked and interacted in the 20th century.” Goodnight has a Ph.D. in statistics and speaks internationally on leadership, education and innovation.

Leadershipgurus.net lists Mark Sanborn as one of the top 15 leadership experts in the world. Sanborn has written or co-authored seven books and more than two dozen video and audio training programs. The Fred Factor has been featured on the New York Times, BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. His newest books include You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader and The Encore Effect. Sanborn is the former president of he National Speakers Association and winner of The Cavett.