Success Weekend - 2006 - Las Vegas

Jeffrey Gitomer is the leading, world-class authority on selling, and the most-read syndicated “sales” columnist in 95 business newspapers worldwide with four millions weekly readers. His growing list of bestselling books, including The Little Red Book of Selling, The Little Black Book of Connections, The Little Red Book of Sales Answers, The Sales Bible, The Patterson Principles of Selling, and Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless, have sold more than one million copies world wide. Annually, he presents more than 125 seminars to Fortune 500 companies and public audiences.

Pat Hazell, originally from Omaha, Nebraska moved to Los Angeles in the early 80's with lint in his pocket and a smile on his face. Hazell toured the US extensively as a stand-up comic and made his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1989. Hazell has since made six more appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Hazell began as Jerry Seinfeld's opening act and later went on to write for the successful NBC series, Seinfeld, and perform as the show's studio audience warm-up. He is known for his inventive approach to customizing corporate humor. He understands corporate culture. Hazell's quick wit and ability to find humor in any situation are invaluable to keeping a business program fresh and upbeat.

Dr. Paul Hersey is the Founder and Chairman of the Board for the Center of Leadership Studies. His Situational Leadership® has been used to train well over 1,000,000 managers and salespeople from more than 1,000 businesses and other organizations. He is an internationally known behavioral scientist and highly successful entrepreneur. Professor Hersey is recognized as one of the world’s outstanding authorities on training and development in leadership, management, and selling. In addition to his teaching, he is a consultant, on a continuing basis, to industrial, government, and military organizations. Dr. Hersey has authored and co-authored numerous papers, articles, and books including “Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources,” “Organizational Change through Effective Leadership and Selling: A Behavioral Science Approach.” His most recent books include The Situational Leader, Situational Selling®, Situational Service®: Customer Care for the Practitioner, and Situational Parenting®.

Ron Campbell is responsible for managing the design, delivery, and marketing of the Center for Leadership Studies programs worldwide. This includes a domestic network of strategic business partners, as well as 26 foreign affiliate offices. Prior to appointment as President in 1992, he served as Executive Vice President of Marketing, and as Director of Training Development. Ron holds a Masters in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University and a Masters and a Doctorate in Applied Behavioral Science from California American University. He has taught courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in management, personnel administration, statistics, and organizational behavior. Ron has over twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, with major companies in the Fortune 500. Particular areas of training and application include leadership skill building, performance management, team building, conflict management, sales, parenting, and service training. Ron has worked with a variety of client systems internationally in the public, private and government sectors.

Kevin Hogan, Psy.D. is a fast-paced and dynamic speaker. He is the author of nine books including his newest, Science of Influence, Selling Yourself to Others, The Psychology of Persuasion, Talk Your Way to the Top. He is an internationally recognized expert in selling strategies, body language, and influential communication. His mastery in the fields of non-verbal communication and influence make him one of the most knowledgeable, exciting, and effective corporate and business speakers in the United States.

Victoria Labalme blends the acting and corporate worlds in a unique fashion, offering practical, applicable tools for managing the communications chaos. Custom tailored to fit your company’s needs, issues, language and profile, Victoria shares tools for people’s personal and work life… A double win. Her unique "Theatrical Keynotes"™ are a dynamic and engaging blend of customized comedy, acting, movement, original witty film clips, and cutting edge commentary. Like nothing you've seen before...and like nothing your audiences have experienced before. In her interactive, high-content programs, people find themselves laughing, learning, and reconnecting with their coworkers in an entirely new way. Refreshing, fun, and down to earth, Victoria inspires audiences to connect, communicate, and come alive.

Bob Littell is the creator of the NetWeaving concept and author of two books on the subject, The Heart and Art of NetWeaving which Bob self-published, and Power NetWeaving. He has owned and operated a large brokerage wholesale agency, and served as the Chairman of that group's national organization (NAILBA), as well as on the national board of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. He provides consulting services at the home office level on strategic planning, marketing and distribution issues, product design, development and implementation. Bob is also a sought-after speaker at both a local and national level on a variety of timely topics within the entire spectrum of the financial services industry, especially on distribution, underwriting, and technology issues. He regularly authors articles within the financial services industry as well as contributes to many of the major consumer financial publications.

Giovanni Livera will motivate your team to be more connected, more engaged, more energized and, finally, more transformed. An unparalleled motivational keynote speaker, Giovanni teaches people that Anything Is Possible through comedy, motivation, sleight of hand, and audience participation, motivating your staff with select team building routines. Above all else, Giovanni is a celebrator of human spirit and human potential -- a creator of meaningful experiences that transforms people’s lives through the understanding that Anything Is Possible. He is a motivational keynote speaker who is a revealer of secrets -- the wizard who, if asked, will show you how it is possible to Live A Thousand Years by living each hour of your life to its very fullest.

Brian Parsley is a Certified Professional Behavior Analyst who speaks to companies on sales, customer loyalty, and employee retention. Pulling from his experience as Chairman of a national online recruitment site, his extensive background in the temporary staffing business, and as COO of BuyGitomer, Inc., and President of TrainOne, Inc. Brian's seminars provide real-world insights into the connection between employee behavior and bottom-line results. Brian is the author of inspHIREd, a book that tells you how to hire and focuses on the “why’s” and “how’s” of becoming a more effective leader.

Special Guest! - Richard Brodie will also be joining us. Richard was Bill Gates' personal assistant for three years and is the original developer of Microsoft Word. He is also the bestselling author of Virus of the Mind, and Getting Past OK.