Author and co-author of best-sellers, The Carrot Principle, The 24-Carrot Manager and The Invisible Employee, Chester Elton is a leading expert on leadership. He is senior vice-president of the Carrot Culture Group with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company.

Jorge Castaneda is the former Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000-2003). He has authored more than a dozen books including Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. He is a regular contributor to newspapers such as Reforma, El Pais, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek magazine.

Maria Marin is internationally known as an expert in the "Art of Negotiation". Her wealth of knowledge in this field has led her to become the only Latina that teaches negotiation worldwide. She has trained thousands of executives to develop and improve their negotiating skills in Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and major corporations in Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Central and South America.

Alex joined Crispin and Porter Advertising in 1989. Under Alex's direction, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) grew to more than 1000 employees, with offices in Miami, Boulder, Los Angeles, London, and Sweden. During that time, CP+B became the world's most-awarded agency, and is the only agency to have won the Cannes International Advertising Festival Grand Prix in all five categories: Promotion, Media, Cyber, Titanium and Film. In 2010, Alex was named Creative Director of the Decade by Adweek magazine.

As the leader of a Massachusetts prison's largest gang, Andre Norman eventually realized that his leadership talents could be used in a more positive way. His story is a fifteen year odyssey that takes him from gang leader to lecturer at Harvard University, realizing that many of the lessons he learned about leadership in prison applied perfectly to business in the outside world. Andre is also passionate about his work with troubled and at-risk youth.

Geoff is Chairman & CEO of ghSMART, the management assessment firm for CEOs and investors, which he founded in 1995. ghSMART's client impact has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Buyouts and CNBC's Squawk Box. Geoff is co-author of the New York Times Bestseller, Who: The A Method for Hiring.

Rob Follows is a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventurer who has found a way to integrate his three life passions. He is Founding Partner of STS Capital Partners, an international boutique investment banking firm focused on helping successful entrepreneurs and CEOs in the major strategic decisions that help them move from successful achievements to true significance; Founder of Altruvest Charitable Services, a registered Canadian charity focused on giving capacity building tools to charities for free to increase their charitable capacity to give more of donors' donations to their good causes; and a Seven Summitter, having reached the summits of the world's seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents.

As the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Heraldo Muñoz is an expert on foreign affairs and the UN. He is an acclaimed author of several books, including A Solitary War, which chronicles the Iraq war and UN Security Council debates.

Bestselling author of Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror, Dr. Hassan Abbas is a former Pakistani government official who served in the administrations of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1995-1996) and President Pervez Musharraf (1999-2000).

Co-author of The Carrot Principle and The Integrity Advantage, Adrian Gostick is a leading expert on employee engagement and retention. He is vice-president of The Carrot Culture Group, a consulting and training division of the O.C. Tanner Company, the world's largest employee recognition firm.