KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR is a celebrated former professional basketball player. More recently he has become a successful writer, historian, and filmmaker.
ANDRE AGASSI is a former professional tennis player with eight Grand Slam titles to his name. He now oversees a foundation and a charter school in Las Vegas.
SCOTT D. ANTHONY (@ScottDAnthony) is managing partner of the growth strategy consulting firm Innosight and co-author of the book, Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future (Harvard Business Review Press, 2017).
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV is a ballet dancer who is a former star of the Kirov Ballet. In 1974 he defected to Canada, then settled in the U.S. at the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. He left in 1989 to cofound a modern dance company and take on film, theater, and TV roles. He is now the artistic director of the Baryshnikov Arts Center and, at age 63, still performs.
ALISON BEARD is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review.
KATHERINE BELL is the former Editor of HBR.org.
MARK DE ROND is a Cambridge University–based ethnographer.
ANITA ELBERSE is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the author of Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment (Henry Holt, 2013).
SIR ALEX FERGUSON is a famed coach of the Manchester United football team, where he spent 26 seasons, during which time the team won 13 English league titles along with 25 other domestic and international trophies.
SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review. Follow her on Twitter at @skgreen.
ALEX GREGORY is an Olympic rower and World Champion.
GRAHAM JONES, PHD, has consulted to top performers in business, athletics, and the military for more than 20 years. He was Professor of Elite Performance Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor. His most recent book is Thrive On Pressure: Lead and Succeed When Times Get Tough (McGraw-Hill, 2010). He is currently the Managing Director of Top Performance Consulting Ltd., based in Wokingham in the United Kingdom.
JIM LOEHR, a performance psychologist, has worked with hundreds of professional athletes, including Monica Seles, Dan Jansen, and Mark O’Meara. Loehr is also a cofounder and the CEO of LGE Performance Systems in Orlando, Florida, a consulting firm that applies training principles developed in sports to business executives.
GREG LOUGANIS is a former diver who won double gold medals in back-to-back Olympic Games. Later he revealed to the public that he was both gay and HIV-positive and became an advocate for human rights. He now mentors top U.S. divers.
DANIEL McGINN is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, and the author of Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed (Portfolio, 2017). Follow him on Twitter @danmcginn.
ADRIAN MOORHOUSE is Managing Director of Lane4, a performance development consultancy.
BILL PARCELLS is a former head coach of four professional football teams: the New York Giants (1983–1990), the New England Patriots (1993–1997), the New York Jets (1997–1999), and the Dallas Cowboys (2003–2006). He was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
MATT ROGAN is a board director of Lane4 and the European Sponsorship Association.
TONY SCHWARTZ is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything. Become a fan of The Energy Project on Facebook and connect with Tony on Twitter @TonySchwartz and @Energy_Project.
BILL TAYLOR is the cofounder of Fast Company and the author, most recently, of Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways. Learn more at williamctaylor.com.
MELANIE WHELAN is the CEO of SoulCycle.