Frances Hesselbein
From her Pennsylvania beginnings as a volunteer Girl Scout troop leader to her rise as the CEO of the largest organization serving girls and women in the world – the Girl Scouts of the USA – Frances Hesselbein has always been mission-focused, values-based, and demographics-driven. For her transformation of the Girl Scouts in the 1970s, former president Bill Clinton awarded Frances the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. For more than 25 years, Frances has been at the helm of a very small but strong organization based in New York where she continues to train a new generation of leaders through leadership education and publications. She is chairman of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum, part of the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs, Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh, and editor-in-chief of Leader to Leader. Frances is the recipient of 21 honorary doctoral degrees, the author of 3 autobiographies, and the co-editor of 30 books in 30 languages. Frances has traveled to 68 countries representing the United States, and Fortune magazine named her one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.”
Marshall Goldsmith
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people, and their teams. He was recently chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Dr. Goldsmith is the only two-time Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the World’s #1 Executive Coach and Top Ten Business Thinker the past eight years.
Dr. Goldsmith is the author or editor of 38 books, which have sold over 2.5 million copies, been translated into 32 languages, and become listed bestsellers in 12 countries. His three New York Times bestsellers are Triggers, MOJO, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
Dr. Goldsmith is one of a select few executive advisors who have been asked to work with over 150 major CEOs and their management teams. He is a fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources and winner of the Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award from the Institute for Management Studies. His work has been recognized by almost every professional organization in this field.
Sarah McArthur
With more than two decades of experience in publishing, most prominently as a writer, editor, and writing coach, Sarah McArthur is continually striving to enhance her knowledge and expertise about the rapidly changing business of publishing and to share it with those who have a message to spread.
COO of Marshall Goldsmith Inc. and Founder and CEO of *sdedit, Sarah’s fields of expertise are management, leadership, and executive and business coaching. She manages the daily operations at Marshall Goldsmith Inc. and has co-authored and co-edited numerous books including, Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World’s Greatest Coaches with Marshall Goldsmith and Laurence S. Lyons and The AMA Handbook of Leadership, co-edited with Marshall Goldsmith and John Baldoni (chosen one of the Top 10 Business, Management, and Labor Titles of 2010 by Choice).
In addition to her own works, Sarah has played significant roles in many other book projects including Marshall Goldsmith’s New York Times best-seller Triggers; all three editions of the best-selling management classic Coaching for Leadership; and Marshall’s Amazon.com, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal #1 best-seller, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
Sarah holds a Masters in Publishing from George Washington University and a BA in English and Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon.