The Best-Selling Relationship Author Of All Time

John Gray, Ph.D. is the best-selling relationship author of all time. His phenomenal best-selling book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has sold more than 15 million copies in the United States and in 40 different languages throughout the world. Now, John Gray can bring your company a program that will educate your audience on the true impact of stress in relationships both at work and at home.

News reports and studies have detailed how everyday stresses can result in many health issues, but writers haven’t really tackled its affects in the workplace. With his highly anticipated new book, Why Mars & Venus Collide: Improving Relationships By Understanding How Men & Women Cope Differently With Stress, relationship expert John Gray, PhD builds on the important work of his previous books to examine how traditional male and female roles have evolved, how these changes have increased stress levels in our lives, and how they affect romantic relationships. While changing sex roles over the last 100 years have severely increased the stress in our lives, Gray explains that men and women naturally react to stress in vastly different ways, and shows how without understanding Mars and Venus’ differences, relationships in the workplace and at home will experience unnecessary frustration – and the battle of the planets will truly begin.

Over the last fifty years, life has become more complicated. Longer working hours, intensified by grueling commutes and more traffic, the increased cost of housing, food, and health care, rising credit card debt, and the combined responsibilities of work and childcare in two-career families are only a few of the sources of stress in our fast-paced modern lives. In spite of the new technologies designed to connect us, information overload and round-the-clock accessibility via the Internet and cell phones have reduced much of our communication to the equivalent of text messaging. We are stretched to the limit, with little energy for our personal lives. Despite increased independence and opportunities for success at work, we are often left with a sense of isolation and exhaustion at home.

The unprecedented levels of stress both men and women are experiencing is taking a toll on our romantic relationships. Whether single or in committed relationships, we are often too busy or too tired to sustain feelings of attraction, motivation, and affection. Everyday stress drains our energy and patience and leaves us feeling too exhausted or overwhelmed to enjoy and support each other.

We are often too busy to see what is obvious. A man will give his heart and soul to make enough money to provide for his family and return home too tired even to talk with them. A woman will give and give to support her husband and children and then resent them for not giving back the kind of support she thrives on giving. Under the influence of stress, men and women forget why we do what we do.

Over the last fifteen years, a new trend in relationships has emerged linked to increasing stress. Both couples and singles believe they are too busy or too exhausted to resolve their relationship issues, and often think their partners are either too demanding or just too different to understand. Attempting to cope with the increasing stress of working for a living, both men and women feel neglected at home. While some couples experience increasing tension, others have just given up, sweeping their emotional needs under the carpet. They may get along, but the passion is gone.

Without an understanding of our different needs, men and women are adjusting their actions and reactions to no avail. Our actions may be pointed in the wrong direction. Why Mars and Venus Collide provides a new understanding and a variety of techniques you will need to counter the disruptive effects of stress and to steer a true course to a lifetime of love.

Remembering and understanding our differences are only half the battle. The other half is about action–learning to cope more effectively with stress. This book aims to help you discover new ways to lower your own stress and help to lower your partner’s. Whether you are in a relationship, starting over, or single, you will discover a variety of new and practical ways to improve your communication, uplift your mood, increase your energy, elevate levels of attraction in your relationship, create harmony with your partner, and enjoy a lifetime of love and romance. You will learn why communication breaks down or why your relationships have failed in the past, and what you can do now to ensure success in the future.

Dr. Gray is a Certified Family Therapist, Consulting Editor of the Family Journal, a member of the Distinguished Advisory Board of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, and a member of the American Counseling Association.

An internationally recognized expert in the fields of communication and relationships, John Gray’s unique focus is assisting men and women in understanding, respecting and appreciating their differences. For more than 30 years, he has conducted public and private seminars for thousands of participants. In his highly acclaimed books, audiotapes and videotapes, as well as in his seminars, Dr. Gray entertains and inspires audiences with his practical insights and easy-to-use communication techniques that can be immediately applied to enrich relationships.

John Gray is a popular speaker on the national lecture circuit and often appears on television and radio programs to discuss his work. He has made guest appearances o such shows as Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Live with Regis, The View, Politically Incorrect, Larry King Live, The Roseanne Show, CNN and Company, and many others. He has been profiled in USA Today, Time Magazine, Forbes and numerous major newspapers across the United States.

Dr. Gray’s national syndicated column reaches 30 million readers in many newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, New York Daily News, New York Newsday, Denver Post, and the San Antonio Express-News. Internationally, the column appears in publications in England, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Korea, and in Latin America and the South Pacific.

Dr. Gray lives with his wife and three children in Northern California.

Please contact us today to find out more about bringing John Gray to your event.

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit.

In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including the spiritual, the social, and the altruistic. Welcome to the world of social business, where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today’s most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet.

Creating a World Without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Muhammad Yunus’s own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under way—and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.

Muhammad Yunus, a native of Bangladesh, was educated at Dhaka University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

Experience the Art of Possibility with Benjamin Zander

Experience the Art of Possibility with Benjamin Zander

Ben Zander is the acclaimed conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and a professor at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. Benjamin Zander’s many awards and honors include an Emmy nomination for conducting “A New World of Music” and his receipt of the Crystal Award at the 1999 World Economic Forum in Davos in recognition of his contribution through culture and the arts to global understanding and peace. He is author, along with his psychotherapist Rosamund Stone, of The Art of Possibility, published by Harvard Business School Press. Mr. Zander is the subject of a full length BBC documentary which has been aired world-wide, was featured on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and is the subject of Fast Company articles.

More About Ben Zander . . .
In a symphony - as in business - one person can’t do it all. Great music is made when everyone gives his or her best. As the orchestra’s leader, it’s the conductor’s job to bring out the best in everyone, and Ben Zander does that better than anyone.

Benjamin Zander is the brilliant and acclaimed British-born conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. Bringing his insights as the conductor of a major symphony orchestra to leaders involved in transformation and change, Benjamin Zander has become a much sought-after speaker to major organizations all over the world including Shell, IBM, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Sprint, NASA and the US Army.

Ben Zander’s keynote programs bring his passion for greatness to audiences in a way that transforms them. Audience members leave his presentations with a compelling new understanding of leadership, teamwork and the keys to their own happiness and improved performance. Using music as both a metaphor and a medium, Zander’s presentations are a high-energy tour de force. Ben Zander paces the stage . . . walks through the audience . . . cajoles, teases, chides. . . plays piano . . .and rouses audience members to belt out joyous harmonies.

Suggested Programs

• The Art of Possibility
• Orchestrating Your Executive Team
• Living Life on One Buttock

What People Are Saying

“Attendees haven’t stopped talking about your presentation. You connected with our people in many different ways: your stories touched and inspired, they also entertained and made us laugh. You are a great personal example of living your life seeing the possibilities that exist in people and the world around us. You have truly helped people at Federated Department Stores to view the power of their leadership in a whole new way. You are truly an “A” in our hearts and minds.”
– Sherry Hollock
Stores Leadership
Conference Coordinator
VP, Organization Development
Federated Department Stores, Inc.

“Ben Zander’s presentation was, literally, the most important contribution I’ve ever heard at a conference. Not only the music and the wit and the sheer fun, but the profound insights and wisdom. A moving and memorable occasion for all present. This was a breakthrough event in corporate creativity.”
– John Humble,
Leading Business Consultant,
Director of Mint Corporation,
Dun & Bradstreet Ltd.

“If you want to liberate your soul, listen to Zander’s Mahler. If you want to take your leadership skills to the next level, study the Art of Possibility with Ben Zander. In his presentation Ben explodes traditional leadership thinking and takes leadership out of the closet. He blows the door WITH its hinges off that closet, and you can never go back after working with Ben. His leadership view is unconventional, irreverent and bold. Its impact is without boundaries. I have seen Ben Zander’s teaching transform entire teams through ‘possibility’ in ways that are nothing short of magical with results that are nothing short of exemplary. He is a catalyst for excellence.”
–Roseanna DeMaria
First Vice President, Leadership & Performance
Merrill Lynch

“The hottest property on the management guru circuit!”
–Tom Peters
Author In Search of Excellence

Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

Serving as doctor to the Americans “wintering over” at the South Pole in 1999, Jerri Nielsen made headlines when she discovered a lump in her breast that a self-administered biopsy revealed to be an aggressive, fast-growing cancer. No flights in or out of Antarctica are possible during the continent’s long winter, and Nielsen’s account of giving herself chemotherapy while she and her fellow “Polies” waited for the weather to break is even more gripping than the news reports at the time. Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole is her story. She’s candid about her pain and fear; the media battle waged by her embittered ex-husband makes her ordeal even more challenging. Interestingly enough, however, this high drama does not overshadow Nielsen’s deeper narrative of a woman who came “to the Ice” seeking new meaning in a life shattered by divorce and estrangement from her children. In the back-to-basics world of Antarctic medicine, with outdated equipment, few supplies, and no assistants, she rediscovered her vocation as a doctor, free from the imperatives of corporate-directed medicine. More importantly, Nielsen found spiritual solace in the world’s most extreme environment, where she was “introduced slowly to the notion of giving more than you have and using less than you need … of knowing that all you really own are your own thoughts.” She makes the glories of the Pole so palpable that, by the end, readers will not even be surprised when she signs an e-mail to her family, “from the wonderful Ice.”

Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras

Jeff Henderson was just another inner-city black kid born into a world of poverty and limited options, where crime seemed to provide the only way to get out. Raised mostly by his single mother, who struggled just to keep food on the table, Jeff dreamed big. He had to get out and he soon did by turning to what so many in his community did: dealing drugs. But Jeff was no ordinary drug dealer; by twenty-one, he was one of the top cocaine dealers in San Diego, making up to $35,000 a week. Two years later he was indicted on federal drug trafficking charges and sentenced to almost twenty years in prison. Before he knew what had hit him, he was looking at spending most of his life behind bars. The street life had been the only one he’d ever known and even incarcerated he was too hardheaded to realize that no good would come of it.

That is, until he was assigned to one of the least desirable prison jobs: washing dishes. That job helped turn his whole life around. It gave him access to the prison kitchen and he became fascinated watching his fellow prisoners cook for the thousands of other inmates and prison officials. Henderson learned to cook in prison. Not cocaine, but food. And his dream was born: Once outside, he would become a chef.

It was a tough, seemingly impossible journey for an ex-con. Few chefs would give him the opportunity to cook in their restaurants. And once hired, he endured racism and sabotage in the kitchen. But Henderson refused to accept rejection. Driven by a dream and an unshakable will to succeed, Chef Jeff worked hard to overcome unimaginable adversity and eventually reached the top of his profession, becoming executive chef at Café Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Alive with the energy of the streets, the sober reality of prison, and the visceral thrill of being inside the fast-paced kitchens of great restaurants, Cooked is an intense, intimate tale of crime, punishment, and redemption—a deeply poignant story of how the worst wrong can lead to the most extraordinary right.

Are You Ready For A Pep Talk?

Sports Psychologist, Dr. Kevin Elko is back with a new publication. The Pep Talk is a sports story-with solid business applications-about an underdog football team defeating a formidable opponent. Typically, a novelette of this type peaks at the end of the game, but it’s in the pep talk where the real story begins.

A stranger convinces the coach of a team with a 24-game losing streak to allow him to give a pep talk before they go up against a winning team. The underdog team is victorious because of the influence of this stranger. The pep talk and the actual game are intriguing, but the real story begins 29 years later when the coach, suffering from a brain tumor, discovers the stranger had prophesized specific events that occurred in the ensuing game. Is there a logical explanation? Is there a spiritual explanation? The answers to these questions capture the reader’s attention to the very end.

Extreme Keynotes, a Motivational Keynote Program Based on the Fundamentals of Creativity

Jean Francois Detaille, Extreme Artist and motivational speaker, presents Extreme Keynotes, a motivational keynote program based on the fundamentals of creativity.

Jean Francois draws a parallel between the world of Business and the inner motivation and inspiration of the artist.

The program will feature creative thinking and action painting plus performance art based on Jean Francois’ unique life experiences and talent as an artist and entertainer. Whether your audience is counted in the hundreds or thousands, Jean Francois will fit the bill and MESMERIZE them!

Extreme Keynotes is a feature program that can be complemented with additional workshops or full-day, uniquely designed programs to inspire your mind, body and soul and ignite creativity in the workplace.

The ability to communicate corporate messages in the form of exciting and artistic keynote presentations makes Jean Francois the choice of leading corporations to motivate, energize and inspire their employees at meetings and conventions.

Extreme Keynotes is a highly motivational keynote program, based on the fundamentals of creativity.

Jean Francois has performed at corporate events and conventions for Sun Micro Systems, Du Pont, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Verizon and many more. His keynote speaking engagements and keynote programs have inspired people around the world at many of the largest corporations and events. He has also performed at private functions for Prince Charles, the Grimaldi family, Pope John II, the Sultan of Brunei and others.

Jean Francois’ life experience started in Europe after studying art at the famous Academie des Beaux Arts de Paris and l’Academie des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles.

With a simple box of flyers and encouragement from friends, he started an 8000-member fitness craze, and quickly became the pioneer of aerobic exercise in Europe. After profitably selling his business, Jean Francois hit the ocean looking for adventure. He spent the next six years circumnavigating the world on a sailboat and back-packing and mountain biking from Machu Pichu to the Himalayas.

Jean Francois’ love for art, adventure and life has challenged every side of his survivor spirit and liberated his raw creativity. He sold more than 18,000 paintings on his journey. Upon his return from travels, Jean Francois created an extreme way to paint, combining high-energy aerobics and “action painting.” He was recently awarded “Best Entertainer” by Event Solutions Magazine and has been hailed “The Best Act in Las Vegas.”

Jean Francois is an avid rock climber, paraglider, long distance runner, black belt in Judo and aikido, a solo sailor, an Extreme Artist but mostly a unique individual with an amazing story to tell.

A Business Book For The Next Decade

A better time for your business starts in the next decade.

Are you ready?

In this fast and furious time machine of a book, Richard Laermer shows you how to use-and in some cases abuse-the trends of the next decade (or two) that really matter. As an author with a functional crystal ball, a veteran marketing innovator, and media master, Laermer foresees a fabulous future-if you start planning for it today.
Sometimes you see a business evolve and think, “I wish I’d thought of that.” With his trademark razor-sharp style, Laermer reveals the most functional forecasting secrets of professional trendspotters. Divided into nine categories, with more than 72 “short-short” chapters and dozens of outrageous sidebars, this captivating book shows you the ways to:
• Read the signs
• Influence the trends
• Embrace new and reject stodgy
• Anticipate change
• Ask experts the right questions
• Seek out visionaries and snub fakers
• Separate the trends from fads
• Use technology-for everything
• Cash in on being ahead of the competition!
2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade is packed with eye-popping predictions (and realities) on how you’ll live, work, play, buy, sell, talk, text, laugh, and more. You’ll discover how miniscule attention spans will increase a need for velocity…how to work while you’re sleeping…how to wash off mediocrity…and why today’s communication devices will become obsolete. With 2011 you’ll learn how to participate in change instead of trailing it.
Laermer calls trends as he sees ‘em-from what’s dead to what’s sensational to what’s novel and what’s next. If you’re looking for surprising observations, shocking statistics, sublime insights, and wholesome food for thought–read this book.
Because this is your life…in 2011.

Jason Jennings 4th release scheduled for late 2008

Following the enormous success of his three previous bestselling books, world renowned business consultant & motivational speaker, Jason Jennings fourth release, Hit The Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders, will be the title of his late 2008 scheduled release from Portfolio, the business imprint of Penguin Putnam Publishing.
The book profiles and reveals the tactics and strategies of the ten American CEO’s who’ve created the greatest amount of economic value since the year 2000. Companies and CEO’s profiled include: JM Smucker, Harris Corporation, Mohawk, Humana, Goodrich, American Eagle Outfitters, Hanover Insurance, Allegheny Technologies, Staples and Questar. Jason and his research team spent nearly two years identifying the companies and interviewing their CEO’s. Jason says that as they studied the CEO’s and companies three things became obvious:

• All of the CEOs produced results fast.
They didn’t dawdle around for an eternity before making things happen. They truly hit the ground running.
• Each is guided by rules that defy conventional
thinking.
While they were able to diagnose underperformance quickly, stop any bleeding, build a plan, get buy-in and implement needed changes fast – their rules were different than those we’ve been told are the best practices of an aggressive, tough-minded, high achieving executive.
• They make everyone proud.
What each CEO did and the rules they used to do it were right for investors, right for employees, right for the community, right for the short run and right for the long run. They didn’t need any spin or any “the ends justify the means” rationalizations.

Like Jason’s previous best-selling books on business and leadership this book is jammed with hundreds of practical takeaway tips and advice on the right ways to grow and build an enduring business.
Jason is already beginning to use the discoveries he and his team made into his in-demand keynote speech, The Four Secrets of the World’s Best Performing Companies.

Ed Adler Joins Nationwide Speakers Bureau

Nationwide Speakers Bureau is proud to annouce that the very talented Ed Adler has joined our group of professional agents. Adler brings 25 plus years experience to the position and we are thrilled that he is a part of our team. Ed can be reached at direct at 310.432.1183.

From our first exclusive Pat Riley to everyone from Richard Branson and the B-52’s, Los Angeles based Nationwide Speakers Bureau has been booking speakers and entertainers for over 23 years for some 7,000 plus corporate and association events.