An organization is only as good as the people who run it. With topics including training, workforce development, and the workplace culture, American Program Bureau’s (APB) keynote speakers provide an extensive view in to managing human capital and drawing out the best your workforce has to offer. APB’s human resource speakers help organizations understand gaps within their workforces, and what can be done to bridge them; thereby awakening employee talent and fertile workplace culture.
Jeff Taylor
As founder of Monster and Eons, Jeff Taylor is recognized as an innovator and visionary business leader in the Internet and careers industries. As an inspirational and enthusiastic keynote speaker, Taylor zeroes in on what lies ahead by drawing on his experience as a big picture entrepreneur and expert at technology, ...
Ted Childs
As IBM's Vice President of Global Workforce Diversity, Childs oversaw IBM's model workforce diversity programs and policies. Called "perhaps the most effective diversity executive on the planet" by Fast Company, he helps companies, organizations, and communities understand the importance of diversity education to ...
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner, a psychologist and professor at Harvard, is a pioneering intellectual thinker whose expertise reflects decades of study in leadership, intelligences, and ethics. His most recent book is Truth, Beauty & Goodness Reframed.
Rick Belluzzo
A 30-year tech industry veteran and former president and COO of Microsoft, Belluzzo is the CEO of Quantum Corporation, a data protection business. Belluzzo is responsible for guiding the company's business strategy and direction.
John Medina
Dr. John J. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. Medina was the founding director of the Talaris Research Institute, a Seattle-based research center originally focused on how infants encode and process information ...
Lynne Lancaster
Speaker, author, and generation expert, Lynne Lancaster is co-founder with David Stillman of BridgeWorks - a company dedicated to helping corporations and associations bridge the generation gaps in the workplace and marketplace.
David Ulrich
Dave Ulrich is a Professor of Business at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and co-founder of The RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He has written 15 books covering topics in HR and leadership, is currently on the Board of Directors for Herman ...
Bruce Tulgan
Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. He is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer.
Caroline Casey
A visually impaired social entrepreneur working to enhance the relationship between disability and society, Caroline has received several high profile awards in recognition of her work worldwide. She was the first Irish person to be appointed a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2006 and was awarded an ...
Cam Marston
Cam Marston is one of the leading multigenerational business communicators in the United States. Cam Marston has spent more than a decade studying workforce dynamics, with a keen focus on how generational biases play out from the stock room to the boardroom. One of a handful of experts dedicated to conquering the ...
Deborah Tannen
Dr. Tannen is best known for her book You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which was onThe New York Times bestseller list for over three years, including eight months as number one, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. In her latest book, You’re Wearing That? ...
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly is an internationally acclaimed speaker and author, and Founder and President of Beresford Consulting—a consulting firm based on the belief that your organization can only become the best version of itself if the people that drive your organization are striving to become the best version of themselves.
Rebecca Ryan
She is an energetic entrepreneur and the founder of Next Generation Consulting. Ryan is also the author of Live First, Work Second: Getting Inside the Minds of the Next Generation about the increased importance of keeping and attracting young talent because of impending demographic shifts. It is a helpful how-to ...
Beverly Kaye
Dr. Beverly Kaye is an internationally recognized authority on career issues, and retention and engagement in the workplace. She was named a "Legend" by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) – a designation given to "pioneers and prophets in the field of workplace learning and performance."
Sharon Jordan-Evans
Jordan-Evans is an organization consultant and executive coach with over fifteen years of experience working with teams and coaching senior leaders as they strive to improve morale, commitment, productivity and the bottom line during times of constant, rapid change. She is president of the Jordan Evans Group, a company ...
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the author of the best-selling books The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure Community and Everyday Life, The Flight of the Creative Class, and his latest book, Who’s Your City?, which provides the first ever ranking of cities by life-stages. He is ...
Coleman Peterson
Cole Peterson is President/CEO of Hollis Enterprises, LLC, formed in May 2004 following his retirement as the Executive Vice President of People for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. At Wal-Mart, Peterson had the distinction of being chief human resource officer of their 1.5 million "associates" worldwide.
David Stillman
Succession, leadership, talent management, diversity, social media -- name a hot topic in business today and you better bet that generational gaps are getting in the way. Are you looking for a savvy and insightful spin on the most pressing themes plaguing managers today? Generational expert David Stillman brings the ...
Kenneth Blanchard
Blanchard's innovative thinking has made him one of the country's leading management consultants. His unique approach to human resources development offers companies a host of benefits.
Ken Dychtwald
Dr. Ken Dychtwald is an authority on the social, economic and lifestyle implications of the "aging of America." He advises on target marketing and services to an aging population.
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