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Our Gurus
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The Women Gurus Network, founded by Sally Helgesen, is a consortium of world-class thinkers, writers and consultants dedicated to building business through improved leadership, workplace effectiveness and communications with stakeholders.
Available to both organizations and media, the respected individuals of
The Women Gurus Network are all extraordinary professional
speakers who leverage decades of in-depth work with global corporations,
government agencies, major associations and higher education institutions
around the world to bring fresh
perspectives on timely topics of interest to audiences everywhere.
Linking some of the world's most recognized and accomplished business and
thought leaders, The Women Gurus Network specializes in these
topics:
- Future Trends in Business and the Marketplace
- Work/Life
Balance
- Women and Leadership
- Engaging & Leveraging Networks
- Managing
a Mature Workforce
- Marketing to Women
- Communicating Effectively
- Word-of-Mouth Marketing
- Social Networks
- Entrepreneurship
- Leveraging Gender and Age Differences
Discover the Gurus below, or click on
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Sally Helgesen
As the world's brand-name expert on women's leadership and a leadership development consultant for organizations, Sally Helgesen delivers keynotes and seminars at corporations, associations, non-profits, and universities all over the world. Her bestselling The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership was the first book to focus on what women have to contribute to organizations rather than how they need to change and adapt. She is also the author of The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, cited in the Wall Street Journal as one of the best leadership books ever published. With session titles including "Leveraging the Power of Women Leaders", "Leading in 24/7" and "The Power of Building Webs", Helgesen's presentations are inspiring, thoughtful, original and full of practical advice. She is also founder of the Women Gurus Network.
www.sallyhelgesen.com | Full Bio |
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Marti Barletta
A top-rated professional speaker who provides a unique combination of
gender expertise and hands-on marketing experience, Marti Barletta is
the author of Marketing to Women and Trends (co-author Tom Peters).
She is also President of The TrendSight Group, a Chicago-based
consulting and training firm that helps companies boost sales and share
by tapping into the buying power of women. Barletta's lively style,
command of her subject and passion for her topic make her a dynamic
and popular presenter. With session titles including
Communications That Connect With Women, Marketing to Women
and Selling to Women, her keynotes and workshops are full of eye-opening insights, entertaining observations and practical "how to" pointers.
www.trendsight.com | Full Bio |
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Susan Willett Bird
The "Queen of Conversation," Susan Bird is an international speaker and "Experiential Marketing Advisor" to companies like Accenture, American Express, and the New York Stock Exchange. Author of The ABC's of Authentic Conversation, she wows audiences with the power of word-of-mouth marketing to create social networks of employees and customers that can shape a company's future, and she deconstructs the tools-from blogs to buzz-that make it happen. Founder and CEO of Wf360, the company behind BrandversationT, and MainEventT, the global satellite/web dialogue among world-class business and thought leaders, Bird gets raves from audiences with session titles including "From 'In Your Face' to 'Face to Face': How to turn customers into fanatical word-of mouth evangelists"; "It's Not Just Talk: How to build a global network through meaningful workforce dialogue"; and "360 Leadership: How what you say can create a circle of extraordinary power."
www.wf360.com | Full Bio |
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Gail Evans
An acknowledged expert on women in the workplace,
Gail Evans' career has spanned from Capitol Hill and the White House to
CNN. After retiring as Executive Vice President of the CNN Newsgroup
in 2001, she has devoted her time to writing and speaking globally
about the issues of gender in the office. Evans is the best-selling
author of Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman, one of the most successful
and influential books ever written about women in the workplace. She
also authored She Wins, You Win. With session titles including
"Play on the Women's Team", "It's All Your Life", "The Rules of the
Game: 101" and "It's Not Just a Man's World", Evans shows how female
professionals can "Love the Game".
www.gailevans.net | Full Bio |
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Connie Glaser
The country's leading expert on gender communications and cracking the
corporate leadership code, Connie Glaser is a syndicated columnist and
best-selling author of Swim with the Dolphins, "a new navigational map for
women on their own terms." Connie's latest book, GenderTalk Works recently debuted on FOX News Live. Praised by media and corporate executives, the book has been hailed as "an insightful step forward in the ongoing dialogue between men and women as colleagues."
With her trademark humor and insights, she has
appeared on the Today Show, CNN, and NBC Nightly News. A dynamic speaker,
Glaser has keynoted at women's conferences around the world, with clients
including FedEx, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, and the
U.S. Navy. With session titles including Communicating Effectively,
Gender Communications and Leveraging Gender and Age Differences,
her upbeat presentations provide practical advice to empower women and improve
collaboration between women and men in the workplace.
www.connieglaser.com | Full Bio |
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Margaret Heffernan
Both an entrepreneur and a leading expert on entrepreneurship,
Margaret Heffernan has risen to top positions in large corporations
and built new businesses from scratch in both the U.S. and Europe.
She lectures widely on the subject of entrepreneurship in both
established and new companies. Her book, The Naked Truth: A
Working Woman's Manifesto, was cited as one of the best career
books of 2004; her new book, How She Does It: How Women are Changing
the Rules for Business Success, will be published by Viking in
2007. Heffernan writes for Fast Company and Worthwhile Magazines in
the U.S., and Real Business in the U.K. Sitting on the boards
of several companies, her speech topics include "DO I HAVE TO GO TO
GIRL SCHOOL? How men and women differ in business - and what they have
to learn from each other", "HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO: Do work and life
have to conflict - or can men and women both have it all?" and
"THE THINKING DEFICIT: Why do smart companies hire smart people
and then turn them stupid - and what can be done about it?"
www.mheffernan.com | Full Bio |
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Bev Kaye
One of the world's leading authorities in career issues in the
workplace, Beverly Kaye is Founder and CEO of Career Sytems
International. Having spent years researching corporate strategies
for developing, engaging and retaining knowledge workers, her ground
breaking career development, talent retention, workplace satisfaction
and mentoring programs have been implemented by Fortune 500 companies
worldwide. Kaye's blockbuster manager guidebook to retention and
engagement, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay, has
sold over 500,000 copies, been printed in 17 languages and reached
Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller status. Her follow-up
effort, Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at
Work, also a WSJ best seller, is designed to put job satisfaction
in the hands of the employee. A truly dynamic and committed keynote
speaker, Bev's presentations on Engagement, Retention
and Career Development engage participants, stimulate learning
and inspire action.
www.careersystemsintl.com | Full Bio |
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Susan RoAne
Known for her dynamite sense of humor, Susan RoAne is a sought-after professional
keynote speaker and author of the classic best-sellers: How To Work a Room®, The Secrets of Savvy Networking and What Do I Say Next? Her high content, practical and interactive presentations provide the tools and strategies that business people need for making contacts, creating connections and building the conversations that build relationships. Her diverse clients include Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Office Depot, Smith Barney, the US Navy, Hershey, the NFL, and Yale University. Known as The Mingling Maven®, RoAne has shared her message on CNN, NBC, CNBC, and on radio throughout North America. Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fast Company and Forbes.com, RoAne is the nation's undisputed and original networking expert. Her popular session titles include How To Work A Room®, The Secrets of Savvy Networking™ and Face To Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World™.
www.susanroane.com | Full Bio |
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Jeri Sedlar
Senior Advisor to The Conference Board on Mature Workforce Issues,
and co-author of the best-selling book DON'T RETIRE, REWIRE!,
Jeri Sedlar has emerged as the national expert on the "The New Way
To Do Retirement." She works to leverage employees' wants for new
purpose, passion and work possibilities in retirement with
employers' goals for continued profitability and global
competitiveness. Sedlar has been a guest on The TODAY SHOW and
CNN, and has been featured in The New York Times and
Wall Street Journal. With session titles including:
Engaging and Motivating A Mature Workforce, Aligning Employer Needs With Worker Wants
and Rewiring For An Active Retirement, Sedlar is a
thought-leader on "retirement risk and reward" from the
employer and employee perspectives.
www.dontretirerewire.com | Full Bio |
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Robyn Waters
Known as the Trendmaster, Robyn Waters is an international speaker,
author, and "hired gun" visionary for corporations. Author of
The Trendmaster's Guide: Get a Jump on What Your Customer Wants
Next and The Hummer and The Mini: Navigating the Contradictions
of the New Trend Landscape, Waters was featured by Fast Company as
one of the top-20 "Creative Mavericks" in its June 2004
"Masters of Design" issue. Former Vice President of Trend, Design,
and Product Development at Target, she helped a small regional
discount chain become a national fashion destination now better
known as "Tarzhay." With session titles including
The Trendmaster's Guide, Trend/Countertrend: The Power of
Paradox and Design with Heart, Waters inspires audiences
with her unique message that simplifies and demystifies the art
of trend tracking.
www.rwtrend.com | Full Bio |
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