Business & Management
Mona Pearl
Speaking at: "LeaderSHE 2010 Forum", 7-8 April, Vienna Mona Pearl’s experience in international strategic development and global entrepreneurship has been vital in helping companies design and execute their global strategies.
Karin J. Buchholz (MBA)
SPORTS MARKETING & FAN DEVELOPMENT EXPERT. Karin, once a professional Tennis player of international rank, is one of the most accomplished peak performers and over-achievers. For the US Olympic Committee she has been responsible for the Athletes' Development for all Olympic Sports as well as for International Relations. Now she pushes one of the most important US Basketball Teams "The Knicks" to success and puts her expertise to the profit of wide audiences. She instills purpose and energy in her team which motivates them to go "beyond personal best" every day.
Dr. Janet Lapp
RESOURCES FOR CHANGE MANAGEMENT. For over 20 years, organizations around the world from Russia to Argentina have chosen Dr. Janet Lapp for their programs to break down barriers and inspire people with a common vision. Along with Ronald Reagan and Colin Powell, she has been inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame, and is ranked among the top 1% of professional speakers in the world. The New York Review has called her and her programs “the energy charge our world needs.”
Mireille Guiliano
SPOKESWOMAN FOR CHAMPAGNE VEUVE CLICQUOT, BESTSELLING AUTHOR. One of the few women who have reached the top echelon of the wine and spirits as well as luxury goods industry, Mireille is credited with growing Champagne Veuve Clicquot's top image and overseeing a remarkable pattern of double digit growth in the USA year after year after year. Apart from this function as an excellent business woman, Mireille Guiliano established herself as a writer, too. Her books help their readers to enjoy a healthier relationship with food as much as with life.
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Weder di Mauro
ECONOMIC POLICY. As a result of Beatrice Weder di Mauro’s work at some of the world's leading institutions, she is recognized as a global authority on economic policy. In June 2004 she was appointed a member of the German Council of Economic Experts which advises the German government on economic policy and economic development. She is the first woman and the first non-German to hold this position.
Dr.phil. Sonja A. Buholzer
SHARK-LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT BEYOND THE BARRIERS OF FEAR. Dr. Sonja A. Buholzer is one of the most successful European women as personal consultant of top-leaders in business and politics. She is said to be one of the best speakers and the German MANAGER MAGAZIN has crowned her already years ago as possibly the worlds’ best women coach. With her groundbreaking bestsellers she shows new ways of leadership – beyond all barriers of fear.
Anja Förster, MBA
SUCCESS THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS. BUSINESS-BOOK OF THE YEAR 2007. Anja Förster explores all 5 continents in search of new, unconventional AND successful business concepts and the people behind them. With her highly inspiring speeches she leads her audiences to make the step out of their mental box and much more – she pushes them to action beyond all too simple and comfy “want-to-do”-declarations.
BSc, Ph.D. Pille Bunnell
ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Pille Bunnell's widely recognized research interests have drawn interesting parallels to the world of business, as well as to all aspects of human structural systems. The cybernetic scholar concentrates on the nature of complex systems and human cognition, with much input on management questions and the ecological improvement of the economy.
Selma Prodanovic
CONNECTION is her favourite word and business concept. Selma Prodanovic is the first CNO (Chief Networking Officer) worldwide and an expert in bridging the gaps between – obviously - diverging businesses, cultures and attitudes for to make them work together. The first having spoken about “CREATIVE INDUSTRIES” brings now concepts like “Sustainable Luxury” to her audiences, inciting them to make an audacious step out of their regular box of thinking. With her South-Eastern roots and her base in Vienna she is herself a wonderer and point of connection between the Eastern & Western culture.
Jo Salter
MILITARY EXPERIENCE FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS. Jo Salter was Britain's first female fighter pilot flying the Tornado GR1, the one of 5 women fighter pilots in the world. To the military experience she adds management & leadership know-how and consultancy in both the public and private sector. Jo Salter is your expert if you really want to know how to work and act at a level where errors usually mean death.
Cécile Bonnefond
BRAND & COMPANY DEVELOPMENT, VEUVE CLIQUOT. Cécile Bonnefond made history back in 2001 when Veuve Clicquot appointed her CEO – she was the first ever female global leader of a grande marque. Bonnefond did not inherit, but worked her way into the Champagne business, though. Her impact on it is already impressive and she is praised for her excellent marketing strategies that have made her an expert in Brand and company development, restructuring (of traditional Houses and Companies) and appropriate leadership behaviour.
Dragica Karaic
SME SPECIALIST, SPECIALIST in DYNAMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP in the EUROPEAN UNION. Dragica Karaic claims many faceted qualifications her own, all of them relevant to Economic development & SME Management. She acquired specific experience when lecturing on Dynamic Entrepreneurship, and further economic theories, principles and applications relating to the management of a growing company, as well as on the private sector, when working for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In her present position as Head of Department for International Institutions and the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and National Co-ordinator of EU Charter for Small Enterprises, Dragica Karaic is also the national observer for the new Framework Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation of the European Union.
MBA Katherine Zhang Ting
CHINA FOCUS, EXPERT ON CHINA MARKET & BUSINESS. Zhang Ting consults many leading companies and government agencies in England and Europe. She is a regular speaker on all aspects of China at academic conferences and business seminars and has published various articles on issues related to trade with China as well as she is highly regarded and recognized by the Chinese Government who regularly turn to her insight in helping to support Chinese businesses.
Anne Schüller
TOTAL LOYALTY MARKETING. Anne Schüller is the mother of today’s well-known and often used term “Total Loyalty Marketing”. Her Key-Notes touch the core-subjects of every sales-oriented company: clients’-focussed management of employees, recommendation marketing, emotional selling and of course, clients’ loyalty.
KR Martina Dobringer
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT, EASTERN EUROPE, EXPANSION, ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS. KR Martina Dobringer is THE front-woman of Austrian female entrepreneurship with international recognition. 2006 she was given the highest French honour „Chevalier dans l’ordre de la Légion d’Honneur“ by Frances’ President Jacques Chirac.
Frances Edmonds
BUSINESS & HUMOR. PROVOKE to CHANGE. Frances Edmonds had been rated Britain's most entertaining female speaker in a survey by The Times. A best-selling author, her non-fiction covers sport, politics, motivation, self-help and personal success. Enthusiastic, often controversial and always thought- provoking, she consistently receives top ratings for her humorous and motivational presentations.
Elena Panfilova
CORRUPTION FIGHTER. In her function as head of Transparency International Russia, an organisation that is part of a global network of institutions setting out for the fight against corruption, Elena Panfilova brings together all relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business. Elena Panfilova´s work contributed a great deal to reforms being made in many countries and in companies, deciding then on a course of integrity, of respectable action and legal positions.
Graziella Zanoletti
CAR RENTAL COMPANY OWNER, BUSINESS MOTIVATOR. With the foundation of Elite Rent-a-Car 15 years ago, Graziella Zanoletti managed to fill a gap in the car rental industry. Much dedicated to human values, Elite Rent-a-Car today provides luxury car hire and chauffeur services in many places such as Sitzerland, France, Italy, Brasilia and Russia. Elite Rent-a-Car turns out to be a huge success, for the company was selected by the Airport of Zurich as their exclusive Airport Limousine Service only two years ago, and their CEO chosen for many prestigious awards (among them Veuve Clicquot) only recently.
Dr. Cornelia Seewald
SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE CHANGE MANAGEMENT. Modern economy is burdened by the term „Change-Management“. Dr. Seewald offers a version with future: socially sustainable change-management, combining progress and ethics, ensuring this way sustainable success.
Dr. Sabine Dembkowski
Dr. Sabine Dembkowski brings her experience as top-management consultant in A.T.Kearney and the Monitor Company, London, into her speeches and training- as well as coaching programs. From this expertise stems her ACHIEVE coaching model which amongst others secures a long-term effectiveness of coaching & learning-processes.
Meike C. Müller, MA
QUICK-WITTED COMMUNICATION, "PAIN-IN-THE-NECK MANAGEMENT". PRESENTER. Meike Müller (MA), has earned fame through her number of bestselling books that made her to one of the most solicitated experts on keynote speaking, presentations, repartee, key qualifications, career and conflict management. Her clients appreciate her refreshing spirit and her goal oriented yet entertaining way of coaching. They are fascinated by her practical speeches and activating processes.
Monica Culen
LEADERSHIP & MANAGMENT IN NON-PROFIT-ORGANISATIONS, FUNDRAISING. Monica Culen is quite probably one of Austria’s most experienced fundraising experts and main managers of a NPO. How leadership is defined in a field in which people are mainly motivated by their ideals and what managers of “normal” For-Profit-Companys can learn from that approach belong to Monica Culens’ core-expertise.
Dr.phil. Doris Märtin
CORPORATE LANGUAGE. Dr. phil. Doris Märtin is "literally trendy". She knows how to express it, written or spoken. With her bestselling book "Small Talk" (Amazon-Topseller of the year 2000) she made short, light conversations even in Germany popular. Her latest book "Smart Talk" has also received excellent ratings and is said to become another bestseller. In her presentations about "Corporate Language" Märtin transmits the most important tools necessary for successful client communication.
Dagmar Reuter-Leahr, MSc.
UTMOST CONCENTRATION & EFFICENT DECISION MAKING IN SITUATIONS OF CRISIS. Dagmar Reuter-Leahr is the woman who teaches pilots to fly… or more precisely how to perform security-based leadership in situations of crisis. Perception, consciousness, inner clarity and the precise guidance of emotions in times of crisis are in the centre of her talks.
Margit Hertlein
CUSTOMER ORIENTED COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY, PRESENTATION. Margit Hertlein: from car dealership director to top trainer for all aspects of communication - and adding a great deal of enthusiasm to what she does! Do you fancy learning about successful communication in a relaxed and stressless way? Then experience Hertlein!
Marie-Theres Euler-Rolle
Marie-Theres Euler-Rolle specializes in communication-training, speeches, is author and journalist with a passion. She consults top-leaders before public performances and motivates women to make their competences and visions more visible in public.