Benchmark for Business

Speakers

Dan Pink

Daniel Pink is the author of a series of provocative, bestselling books on the changing world of work: Drive; A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future; The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need; and Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself.

A Whole New Mind charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and describes the six abilities individuals and organisations must master in an outsourced, automated age. It is a long-running New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller that has been translated into 19 languages.

His latest book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us explores the science of motivation and outlines some surprising, counter-intuitive research about the strength of intrinsic, internal motivation. Dan's articles on business and technology appear in many publications, including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, The Sunday Telegraph, and Wired, where he is a contributing editor. He has provided analysis of business trends on CNN, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and other networks in the US and abroad. He also lectures to corporations, associations and universities around the world on business transformation and the new workplace.

Dan served as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore from 1995 to 1997 as well as a number of other significant government positions. He received a BA from Northwestern University and a JD from Yale Law School.

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Marcus Buckingham

Internationally renowned and celebrated, Marcus Buckingham is a respected consultant, a sought-after speaker, and a New York Times bestselling author. Challenging accepted and entrenched social theory, Buckingham pioneered a revolutionary concept: that people will be dramatically more effective, successful, and fulfilled when they play to their strongest skills rather than attempting to improve their weaknesses.

Hailed as a visionary by corporations such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, and Disney, Marcus Buckingham addresses more than 250,000 people in live audiences around the globe each year.

Marcus Buckingham's bestselling books include: First, Break All the Rules; Now, Discover Your Strengths; The One Thing You Need to Know; Go Put Your Strengths To Work; and most recently, The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success. There are more than 3.7 million copies of his books in print.

Prior to founding The Marcus Buckingham Company he spent nearly two decades as a Senior Researcher at Gallup Organisation exploring the preconceptions about achievements and what drives success culminating in the development of the StrengthsFinder personality test.

Marcus Buckingham has been featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Larry King Live," "The Today Show," "Good Morning America," and "The View." He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review.

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