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| Stan McChrystal |
Alan Beaulieu | Eric Greitens |
Paul Cherry | Bart Schwartz |
General Stan McChrystal is a retired Four-Star General and the former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan. He is a former leader of the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military's most sensitive forces. McChrystal's leadership of JSOC is credited with the December 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the June 2006 location and killing of Abu Mousab Al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
General McChrystal, a West Point graduate from the class of 1976, is a Green Beret and a Ranger. During the Persian Gulf War, he served in a Joint Special Operations Task Force and later commanded the 75th Ranger Regiment in Saudi Arabia. In 2002, he was appointed Chief of Staff of Military Operations in Afghanistan. Two years later, McChrystal was selected to deliver televised Pentagon briefings about military operations in Iraq.
From 2003 to 2008, McChrystal commanded JSOC and was responsible for leading the nation's counter-terrorism efforts around the globe. In 2009, he assumed command of Afghanistan's International Forces.
McChrystal currently teaches a course on leadership at Yale. He also leads the advisory panel for Joining Forces, a high-profile initiative that aims to support military families.
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One of the country's most informed economists, Alan Beaulieu is a principal of the Institute for Trend Research where he serves as president. Since 1990, he has been consulting with companies that have a domestic and global perspective on how to forecast, plan and increase their profits based on business cycle trend analysis. Alan is also the Senior Economic Advisor to the NAW and the Chief Economist for HARDI. Pronouncements from the Institute for Trend Research and/or Mr. Beaulieu have appeared in/on: the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Knight Ridder News Services, Business Week, Associated Press, The Washington Times, CBS Radio, CNN Radio, Sirius talk radio, KABC, NPR affiliate WLRN and numerous other outlets. Alan has been providing workshops and economic analysis seminars across the U.S. to literally thousands of business owners and executives for the last 20 years.
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Eric Greitens is a Navy SEAL, Rhodes Scholar, Draper Richards fellow, founder of The Mission Continues, and award-winning and best-selling author. He draws from his experience as a humanitarian and Navy SEAL lieutenant commander to address leadership, team building, overcoming adversity, and the power of service. Using humor and personal anecdotes from his travels, he engages his audience in highly visual, dynamic, and inspiring presentations, and challenges them to make small changes and improvements in their lives.
Greitens’ latest book, New York Times best-selling The Heart and the Fist, provides his insights into leadership during challenging times, team building, and what drives people to succeed. It is a story of leadership and service, with Greitens drawing from his experience in the Navy, as a humanitarian, and working with disabled veterans.
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Paul Cherry is president of Performance Based Results, a B2B sales and leadership training organization. He's worked with more than 1,200 organizations including U.S. Department of Energy, DuPont, Medtronic, Hilton and Philips. He's been featured in Investor's Business Daily, Selling Power, Kiplinger's, and INC. Magazine. Paul is the leading authority on customer engagement strategies and is the author of the top selling sales book Questions That Sell: the Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants (AMACOM Books). His latest book is Questions that Get Results: Innovative Ideas Managers Can Use to Improve their Team's Performance (John Wiley & Sons). Paul teaches at the Manufacturing Leadership Institute at Lehigh University.
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Bart Schwartz has spent almost 20 years helping industrial suppliers and distributors address marketing and sales challenges. He is a noted expert in the area of channel management and has published numerous articles on the topic. He founded Industrial Channel Research as a means for industrial suppliers to gain a deep understanding of the actions needed to drive mindshare and enhanced financial results through distribution.