Robin is the founder of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a training firm with only one focus: helping people in organizations Lead Without a Title. Clients include many of the Fortune 500 including Microsoft, GE, Nike, BP, FedEx, and IBM. Organizations such as NASA, Yale University and The Young Presidents Organization are also SLI clients. In a recent independent survey of 22,000 business people Robin was ranked in the Top 5 leadership experts (source: leadershipgurus.net). He frequently shares the stage with Jack Welch, Jeffery Immelt, and thought leaders such as Bill Clinton. Robin is profiled regularly on leading international media such as CNN, MSNBC, BNN and the Biography Channel.

Robin is known as a ‘leader to leaders’ and has become one of the most trusted advisors in the world on leadership. Robin holds 2 law degrees including a Masters of Law and has had a distinguished career as a litigation lawyer. Many CEOs and senior executives of the Fortune 500 and other organizations turn to him for advice and counsel on leadership, change management and high performance in business. Robin is known for his dynamic, results-oriented, inspiring and hugely practical presentations that lead to measurable results.

Sir John Whitmore, having been extremely well educated at Eton College and Sandhurst Royal Military academy, began his career as a professional racing driver. He was highly successful in the 24 hour race, “Le Mans” and won the British and European racing championships in the 1960s.

Having ended his sports career, he has since also succeeded in business. However, he really became a star the moment the whole world opened its eyes to what we today know as coaching.

Don Failla is the creator of the concept of "Own Your Life", and has over 42 years experience in building MLM teams. According to experts, Don is one of the leading multi-level marketing gurus in the world.

Don Failla has a degree in sociology from the University of Washington.

Today, Don Failla is helping millions of people around the world to become masters of their own lives through special training courses and seminars.

In April 2001, the founders of Coffee Republic, whose brand was named as one of the five symbols of modern business in Britain, withdrew from day to day management of the coffee empire and decided to write a book about its creation as they knew they had a lot to tell. As a result, the bestseller, Everyone Can Do It, came off the press.

Sahar has been named one of the “100 most influential women in Britain” by the Daily Mail, one of the “top 35 women in British business under 35” by Management Today, as well as one of the “20 most powerful women in Britain” by The Independent on Sunday. Her media appearances include CNN Business Breakfast, BBC2, Radio 4, LBC, Radio 5 and BBC London amongst many others. She was awarded fifth place in Shell's LiveWIRE survey of inspirational role models along with Richard Branson and James Dyson.

Mike Lipkin helps people boost their personal productivity and create a strong team around them. Over the course of a decade, Mr. Lipkin helped over a million people all across the world reach their goals through his talks, TV appearances, seminars, books and programs. In the past year alone, he has led more than 150 programs for 40 organizations in 19 countries across the world, from Japan and Turkey to South Africa, the US, and Canada. Since July 1993 he has helped more than 500 companies bring out the best in their employees, so that they can, in turn, bring their best qualities to their interactions with clients. In a single year, the ever dynamic Mr. Lipkin participates in more seminars, master classes, focus groups, sales meetings and corporate events than any other professional speaker.

Mike Lipkin´s regular corporate clients include Deloitte, IBM, BMO Nesbitt Burns, TD Canada Trust, Manulife, Pfizer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Petro-Canada. He has shared a stage with Bill Clinton, David Miller, Anthony Robbins, John Von Aiken, and many other prominent figures.

Mike Lipkin is a graduate of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he studied business. In 1987, he immigrated to Toronto, Canada where he became an account director at Ogilvy Mather, one of the leading global advertising agencies.

In 1992, Mike returned to South Africa, where he started his own training and motivation company, Touch the Sky Inc. He went on to publish seven books over the next ten years.

In 2002, Mike Lipkin returned to Canada and founded Environics/Lipkin, a global research and motivation company, together with Environics Research Group, one of the largest and most creative research companies in Canada. Since then, he has published four bestsellers, including his most recent book, One Life, One Meeting — How To Build Preeminence One Conversation At A Time. All of Mr. Lipkin´s books and programs combine Environics´ renowned research on social values and insights from his personal experience of working with over a million people in 43 countries for the past 16 years.

Nancy Failla has a degree in Radio-TV Journalism from the University of Oregon.

Today Nancy Failla travels with her husband, Don, all over the world, for more than 300 days a year, meeting with people who share their own dreams of becoming the masters of their own lives.

He is a great motivator and extremely humorous, refreshingly unique and certainly a very successful individual.

He cuts through complex motivational psychobabble, making it fun, relevant and useful.  Adrian’s presentations lift people's spirits and prepare them for the road to success. They go away smiling and ready to achieve personal success.

His burning desire to inspire others and his unique mix of motivational terminology and characters help people from all walks of life achieve outstanding results.

Adrian Furnham is the author of many best selling books, including Culture Shock, The New Economic Mind, The Psychology of Money, The People Business, People Management in Turbulent Times, and Just for the Money?

Adrian Furnham regularly writes for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, and appears on international radio and television shows.

He has been a consultant to many multi-national corporations, including Cathay Pacific Airways, Barclays Bank, Marks & Spencer, Air New Zealand, Channel Four, Boots and Hotels Ritz.

The British Psychological Community has called Adrian Furnham the second most productive psychologist in the world between 1985 and 1995! In 2007, he was nominated by the HR magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in the field of HR.

In 2006 he founded The Poker Room — a unique and entrepreneurial venture — educating corporates in the art of strategic decision making, negotiation and sales techniques using the medium of poker.

Mark’s passion, enthusiasm and dynamic speaking capacity, combined with an energetic and completely out-of-the-box conceptually unique presentation, has seen him address more than 50 of South Africa’s Blue Chip companies.

His vast experience of working for some of the best known creative agencies and cutting edge brands in the industry — including heading up departments at the UK’s top agencies — has shaped his work as an author, Jonathan has authored 12 best selling business books, such as Teach Yourself Copywriting, Teach Yourself Marketing, Gabay's Copywriting Compendium, many of which are now recognised at benchmark texts for marketing study and have been translated throughout the world.

As a journalist, Jonathan regularly delivers incisive comment and analysis in the national and trade press, including The Independent, Guardian Unlimited, Scotsman, Creative Match, What’s New in Marketing, as well as on CNN, SKY, BBC, Channel 4, Fiveand ITN.

Jayne Storey works as a Personal Coach for individuals who seek to achieve maximum levels of energy and efficiency. Her personal motivation program stems from her long experience of motivating individuals to excel, and is a highly effective tool for individuals committed to achieving excellence in their personal and professional life. Her stress maintenance and energy training seminars strengthen the immune system, increase energy levels and the ability to cope under pressure.

As a speaker she covers the following topics:

• Creating and maintaining a positive self-image — the basis upon which all success and achievement is formed.
• Enhancing personality power — surrendering to your personal vision and obtaining your goals.
• Unlimited energy — how to create and maintain maximum levels of energy, efficiency and enthusiasm.
• Desire, endurance and will to succeed.

Jayne is the founder of the Independent Tai Chi Organization, a school specializing in the application of internal energy for confidence, fitness and self-defense. She has just released an instructional video, Tai Chi — Energy Training for Mind and Body. The video takes the viewer through the fundamentals of Tai Chi and has generated enormous public interest.

Philip Hesketh is a real master of communicating with an audience. He has a potent mix of well-researched techniques and his own persuasive, thought-provoking and highly entertaining methods, which make up his unique and recognizable style.

Among Philip Hesketh’s grateful clients are the employees and leaders of various companies, such as Hoseasons Holidays, F&C Management Ltd, Mölnlycke Health Care, Willowbrook, The Explorer Group, HSBC,  Johnson & Johnson, Ronseal, BP International, Royal Mail, TNT Express, Chelsea Building Society, ACP Media, Bristol Myers Squibb, Danisco NZ Ltd, QBE Insurance, Hawkins Watts and Vodafone NZ.

Top managers from companies such as First Rand Bank, Selectronix, and Ernst & Young speak of Ms. Hickman-Smith's talent with warmth and gratitude.

Her talks go beyond theory, providing concrete instructions that have helped many people take control of their lives and become more successful. 

He is an experienced coach, having qualified and worked as a coach long before the term became commonplace.  He founded the popular and transformational BALANCE intensive coaching workshop and has authored many articles, e-books and papers in subjects including personal development and influencing skills.  A sought-after conference speaker, Andy is booked throughout the UK and beyond, recently working for large energy related organizations in the Middle East.

He is particularly skilled in the area of personal impact and presence and has worked with numerous board directors enabling them to increase the impact they have on their organizations.

Tim went straight from school to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, directing and performing in over seventy productions in the UK, America and the Far East before leaving the theatre and to take on the directorship of a major UK arts projects.

She is renowned for being able to raise client’s levels of self-awareness and personal responsibility resulting in significantly increased personal performance and long lasting change. Her skill lies in making complex ideas simple, accessible and immediately applicable in the working context.

She is passionate about the personal development of children and is published author of “Flying Start: coaching your children for life” and a trustee of The NLP in Education Trust, a charity which promotes the application of NLP in Education.

Ken created and is the expedition leader on the ground breaking ‘Beyond Boundaries’ series for BBC TV. This is now a successful brand with it’s own live event, bringing disabled people from all over the world together with their friends and families. Each series, Ken takes a different group of highly disabled people and motivates them to achieve seemingly impossible expeditions. He trains and inspires them into a team and the end result is life changing.

These and many others documentaries have proved Ken’s extraordinary ability to inspire and motivate even the most unlikely candidates. His unique skills enable him to take any rabble of individuals and finish with a winning, cohesive team, using sound leadership and thorough training are just some of the tools he uses. Ken is passionate about empowering people to transform their lives for the better.

Ken is a real life action man who leads from the front. He has 25 years military experience under his belt, and is almost unique in having served in The Parachute Brigade, the Royal Marines and the Special Air Service. Ken’s operational experience is vast, ranging from guarding Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hesse, in Spandau Prison to the liberation of Port Stanley in the Falklands.

Penny Mallory became The National Ladies Champion Rally Driver in 1993.

Besides sport, Penny Mallory is a highly respected motoring journalist.

Penny writes articles for various popular magazines. Guest features on TV programs include presenting her own feature, Dashboard Divas for This Morning (ITV), as well as on Watch Dog BBC TV, Britain´s Worst Roads BBC TV, and a thirteen part series for BBC UK Style.

In October 2006 Kevin took up the position of  Managing Director of the South African Ubuntu Foundation and Amy Biehl Foundation, incorporating the SA Business Development Institute,  Ubuntu Leadership SA, The South African Academy of Entrepreneurship, Ubuntu Events Management & Festival 2008, Ubuntu Business & Motivational Speaking.

He was previously Provincial Manager, First National Bank Western Cape and prior to that  Sales and Service Director Cape Town, Director Human Resources & Admin FNB First Commerce Gauteng and National Industrial Relations Manager.

Rebecca Baldridge obtained a classical education, which has allowed her to succeed in life, including a Master’s of Business Administration degree in finance and marketing from Purdue University, Krannert Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor’s of Political Science degree from the University of Illinois. She is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) and a member of the Association of Professional Investors of Great Britain (NYSSA). She holds a Financial Analyst of Great Britain degree.

Today, Rebecca Baldridge is a successful woman, and is ready to support people anywhere in the world in their desire to learn everything they can about financial success!

Since the release of his book in May 2008, Siya has been invited to speak at some of the most innovative companies, business associations and universities, ranging from the likes of Deloitte, Build It, to institutions like the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, UCT Graduate School of Business and Vaal University of Technology. He has also been invited to speak and keynote at the annual SME Survey Events in Sandton, Cape Town and Durban.

In 2005 Jo Gambi and her husband, Rob, became the first couple to both climb the ‘Seven Summits’ and ski to the North and South Poles. Jo was also the first female and Rob the first Australian to achieve this. Remarkably they unwittingly achieved these records not only while Rob was in remission from his second bout of cancer, but also in spite of facing death along the way, while stranded high in the Himalaya.

With nothing more than Rob and Jo’s characteristic passion and determination, they also succeeded in completing the Seven Summits in record time.

Jo’s book ‘Holding On – a story of love and survival’ was successfully launched in the UK and internationally in 2006, and Jo is now in demand for speaking both at home and abroad. As a talented and keen photographer, Jo has captured images from some of the most remote and wild places around the globe and in addition to contributing to the prestigious Nikon Owner Magazine, she is currently working on her second, photographic book.

Working in pair they developed the direction of neurolinguistic programming that is likely to be the most effective method of influencing on the people’s behavior that is known to humanity. Later on this method was actively developed by Paul McKenna and became very popular throughout the world. McKenna is considered to be the most famous hypnotist, whose television show is regularly watched by 200 million people in 42 countries. He helped people to become self-confident, to lose weight, to overcome fears, to give up smoking. Dominic also studied his theory and under the direction of Dr. Richard Bendler received diploma in the area of neurolingustic programming. At the moment he applies methods which help to achieve unbelievable results which till now seemed unachievable. He does his job so quickly (and often without being noticed) that someone who observes his actions even doesn’t manage to understand that the person, with whom Dominic works, has already got rid of limitations which resisted him.

As an expert on improving individual productivity and personnel efficiency, Rosie regularly collaborates with both public and local media (the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Daily Mail and the BBC). The methods that she offers are practical, highly effective and are based not only on theory but also on the far more important practice.

He holds a Bachelor’s of Philosophy degree from San Diego State University and a Master's degree in International Business and Finance from the University of Sydney. Simon Scotting has worked in some of the largest investment companies in the world, such as HiFX Financial Services.

Combining his classical education and enormous practical experience, Simon Scotting is among the leading portfolio managers of Great Britain and the USA.

Currently, Simon Scotting is helping many leading companies, all over the world, to overcome the consequences of the financial crisis, and is successfully delivering educational speeches to private investors in many countries worldwide.