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Keynote Speakers

Opening General Session
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 3–5 p.m.

Liz Wiseman, president, the Wiseman Group

Second General Session
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 9–11 a.m.

Jim Collins, author and business consultant

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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

This highly acclaimed author and business strategist invites staffing executives to be Great by Choice, the title of his newest bestseller, co-authored by Morten Hansen. Collins lays out the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times. Back by popular demand, he was a Staffing World keynote speaker in 2006. Read more...

Closing General Session
Thursday, Oct. 11, 3:45–5:30 p.m.

Simon Mainwaring, founder, We First

Use Technology and Social Media to Build Community, Profit, and Positive Impact

One of the world's foremost experts on branding and social media, Mainwaring presents strategies business leaders need to leverage technology and build stronger company brands and profits. These strategies can also have a profound impact on the lives of your corporate and contract employees. Drawing from best practices and case studies of Fortune 500 brands, Mainwaring leads a powerful session designed to give companies the confidence and action steps to become social technology leaders. Read more...

More Information about Staffing World 2012 Keynote Speakers

Opening General Session
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 3–5 p.m.

Keynote Address
Multipliers—How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman, president, the Wiseman Group

Wiseman shares leadership strategies presented in her bestselling book, Multipliers—How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. According to Wiseman, multipliers are leaders who amplify the capabilities of the people around them. Learn how to become multiplier, hire multipliers, and source multipliers for clients.

Wiseman is president of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm. Her challenge to business leaders: Imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness all the energy and intelligence around you.

We've all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders, Wiseman says. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them; this type always needs to be the smartest person in the room. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, light bulbs turn on over people's heads; ideas flow, and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves and get more from other people. These are the multipliers.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about how this multiplier style of leadership can benefit your business.

More about Liz Wiseman
Wiseman teaches leadership to executives around the world. Some of her recent clients include Apple, Salesforce.com, Genentech, GAP, Nike, Symantec, SAP, and Microsoft. She writes for Harvard Business Review and a variety of other business and leadership publications. A former executive at Oracle Corp., Wiseman served as vice president of Oracle University and as the global leader for human resource development. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in business management and a master's degree in organizational behavior.

Second General Session
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 9–11 a.m.

Keynote Address
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Jim Collins, author and business consultant

This highly acclaimed author and business strategist invites staffing executives to be Great by Choice, the title of his newest bestseller, co-authored by Morten Hansen. Collins lays out the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast moving times. Back by popular demand, he was a Staffing World keynote speaker in 2006.

Described by Forbes magazine as one of the most influential management thinkers alive, Collins shares the strategies of landmark companies that have thrived in moments of uncertainty and chaos. Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins teaches Staffing World attendees about the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times. He challenges conventional wisdom with thought-provoking, sticky, and supremely practical concepts, including fanatic discipline, empirical creativity, and productive paranoia.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from this world-renowned speaker and take his research findings, strategies, and recommendations back to your firm.

More about Jim Collins
Collins began his research and teaching career as a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, CO, where he now conducts research and consults with executives from the corporate and social sectors. He holds degrees in business administration and mathematical sciences from Stanford University, and honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Closing General Session
Thursday, Oct. 11, 3:45–5:30 p.m.

Keynote Address
Use Technology and Social Media to Build Community, Profit, and Positive Impact
Simon Mainwaring, founder, We First

One of the world's foremost experts on branding and social media, Mainwaring presents strategies business leaders need to leverage technology and build stronger company brands and profits. These strategies can also have a profound impact on the lives of your corporate and contract employees. Drawing from best practices and case studies of Fortune 500 brands, Mainwaring leads a powerful session designed to give companies the confidence and action steps to become social technology leaders.

Constantly changing technology has an impact on virtually every aspect of our personal and professional lives—and often those changes occur at breakneck speed. No matter the industry, it is a daunting challenge for companies to keep up with all of the changes and innovations. But companies that fail to do so are at risk of failing. Mainwaring explains why old business models fail and how new leaders are born though social technology that connects people and what they care about.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the world's foremost experts on branding and social media.

More about Simon Mainwaring
Mainwaring is founder of We First, a social branding consultancy whose services include strategic and creative brand consulting as well as online, mobile, and live training events that enable corporations, social enterprises, and nonprofits to be effective storytellers, community-builders, and marketers using social technologies, tools, and media. We First has worked with brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Gucci, Patagonia, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.