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Are you looking for the top leadership experts to follow in 2015? Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Or, maybe you’re focused on personal development and want to find the best content online to help you grow as a leader. Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. If you’re interested in the details behind the list, click here. If you know someone who should be included, leave a comment by clicking here. If you want to share this list (and recognition if you are on it), click here for directions.
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| Name | Category | About | Follower Ratio (1:x) | Twitter Followers | Twitter Following | Facebook Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Erika Harold | Leadership, Ministry | Miss America 2003, political junkie, conservative, prison ministry, lawyer, Univ. of IL/Harvard Law, public speaker, former congressional candidate, Micah 6:8. | 4 | 3,899 | 887 | 6,262 |
 | Alli Polin | Leadership, Personal Development | I help people engage more purposefully at the intersection of life and leadership. Coach, Speaker, Blue Sky Dreamer. Mom Extraordinaire #Leadership #MaketheLeap | 1 | 18,100 | 15,301 | |
 | Amy Jo Martin | Digital Media, Sports | NY Times Best Selling Author & Founder of @DigitalRoyalty. Innovation Advocate. Fearless snowboarder: http://www.RenegadesWriteTheRules.com | 44 | 1,170,000 | 26,400 | 2,803 |
 | Andy Stanley | Leadership, Ministry | Never sacrifice a YOU for a VIEW | 898 | 433,000 | 482 | 15,226 |
 | Natasha Robinson | Leadership, Ministry | Natasha Sistrunk Robinson. @Zondervan Author. Asst Dir. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte. http://www.asistasjourney.com | 1 | 1,871 | 1,691 | 453 |
 | Bianca JuarezOlthoff | Leadership, Ministry | Preacher. Teacher. Lover. Fighter for justice at @A21. Creator of awesome stuff at @PropelWomen. Married to my BFFEAE @MattOlthoff. | 64 | 11,700 | 182 | |
 | Bill Hybels | Leadership, Ministry | Sr. Pastor of Willow Creek, convener of The Global Leadership Summit, passionate about the local church, author, speaker, sailor, and grandfather to Henry & Mac | 36,333 | 218,000 | 6 | 9,185 |
 | Ben Lichtenwalner | Servant Leadership, Digital Media | Author: Paradigm Flip: Leading... Beyond the Social Revolution http://amzn.to/1cyJIon Promoting Servant #Leadership awareness & #Social action Opinions my own. | 8 | 1,735 | 219 | 109 |
 | Bonnie St. John | Motivational speaker, Women in Leadership | Author, Olympian, Amputee, Motivator! | 11 | 2,410 | 220 | 2,346 |
 | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Professional Speaker, Author, Success Expert, CEO of Brian Tracy International¬ô | 12 | 254,000 | 20,600 | 1,064,000 |
 | Charles Duhigg | Personal Development | New York Times reporter (http://nyti.ms/1rXS2oC ) and author of The Power of Habit (http://bit.ly/pggrIH ). Contact: caduhigg@gmail | 9 | 43,800 | 5,107 | 9,706 |
 | Clayton Christensen | Innovation, Leadership | Professor at Harvard Business School. Author of @MeasureYourLife. Tweets with occasional assistance from the Fellows at the Forum for Growth & Innovation. | 1,304 | 103,000 | 79 | 6,016 |
 | Marshall Goldsmith | Business, Leadership | Internationally known Executive Coach, bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There and MOJO! | 97 | 28,500 | 294 | 3,850 |
 | Antoinette Robinson | Culture, Community Development | #Organizational & Purpose Architect | Cultural Influencer. Obsessed with community development. Creator of http://CouturePurpose.com . #HBCU & #Gonzaga Alumna | 1 | 2,873 | 1,988 | |
 | Daniel Goleman | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development | The Official Twitter Account for Emotional Intelligence Author, Daniel Goleman. #leadership #EI #HR #coaching #focus #mindfulness | 59 | 45,200 | 769 | 64,900 |
 | Daniel Pink | Personal Development | Author of 5 books. Father of 3 kids. Husband of 1 wife. Host & co-executive producer of Crowd Control on | 234 | 312,000 | 1,336 | |
 | Dan Forbes | Leadership | Founder of the #LeadWithGiants Community _ I'll help you make the Giant Leap from Good to Great _ Coach _ Speaker _ Workshops #Leadership | 1 | 23,400 | 23,800 | 25 |
 | David M. Dye | Leadership | I work with leaders who want to get more done, build teams that care, and achieve their goals. Author, speaker, & coach. Be the leader you want your boss to be! | 1 | 1,691 | 1,226 | 136 |
 | Drew Brees | Leadership, Sports | American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. | 31,391 | 2,009,000 | 64 | 2,142,744 |
 | Dr. Henry Cloud | Psychology | Psychologist, Author, and Leadership Consultant. | 692 | 49,100 | 71 | 40,624 |
 | Don Tapscott | Business, Digital Media | Media theorist, author (most recently of The Digital Economy: Anniversary Edition), Founder of Global Solution Networks, Hammond B3 player, Adjunct Professor | 6 | 56,700 | 8,843 | 7,799 |
 | Erwin McManus | Leadership, Ministry | I took a pen and put my soul on paper and called it The Artisan Soul. It is a manifesto of human creativity. Humans Create Futures. | 307 | 61,000 | 199 | 10,723 |
 | Malcolm Gladwell | Innovation, Leadership | Skinny Canadian | 7,909 | 261,000 | 33 | 201,060 |
 | Gordon Tredgold | Leadership | Inc Magazine Top 100 Great Leadership Speaker, Inc Magazine Top 100. #Leadership Expert. The Leaders' Leader | 2 | 142,000 | 65,600 | 280,924 |
 | Gretchen Rubin | Personal Development | Writing Better than Before, about how we make & break habits-really. Wrote The Happiness Project & Happier at Home (both New York Times bestsellers). LCHF. Etc. | 37 | 103,000 | 2,813 | 132,141 |
 | Guy Kawasaki | Innovation, Leadership | Mantra: I empower people. Chief evangelist of Canva. https://www.canva.com/ . Author of twelve books. Former chief evangelist of Apple. | 13 | 1,440,000 | 107,000 | 271,938 |
 | James Strock | Leadership | Serve to Lead Group. 21st Century Leadership & Environmental | Social | Governance Services. Who Are You Serving? | 3 | 14,200 | 5,195 | 273 |
 | Jason Fried | Business, Leadership | Founder & CEO at Basecamp (formerly known as 37signals). Co-author of Getting Real, Remote, and NYT Bestseller REWORK. | 799 | 143,000 | 179 | |
 | Jeremie Kubecik | Leadership | Co-Founder of GiANT, speaker,entrepreneur and Bestselling author of Leadership is Dead. 3 amazing kids and one great wife! Living in England and serving leaders | 3 | 3,842 | 1,713 | 379 |
 | Jesse Lynn Stoner | Leadership | Leadership consultant, Exec coach, Bestselling author: Full Steam Ahead! Unleash Power of Vision | Strategic Change, Collaboration | Blog | 4 | 47,400 | 10,700 | 604 |
 | Jim Kouzes | Leadership | Jim Kouzes is coauthor of the bestselling and award-winning book, The Leadership Challenge and over 30 other leadership books and workbooks. | 13 | 10,300 | 817 | |
 | Joseph J. Iarocci | Leadership | Managing Partner, Servant Leadership Now - @ServeLeadNow #ServantLeadership | 1 | 4,121 | 3,545 | 3 |
 | John Baldoni | Leadership | Internationally recognized leadership author and speaker | Forbes and HBR contributor | Executive Coach | Chair, Leadership Development at N2Growth | 22 | 18,600 | 850 | 147 |
 | John C. Maxwell | Leadership | Bestselling author & speaker on leadership. Christian. Blogger. Trainer. Coach. Everything rises & falls on leadership. | 2 | 1,190,000 | 542,000 | 1,257,402 |
 | John Mattone | Leadership | Top 10 Leadership Authority in the World; Top Twenty Coach in the World; Transforming Talent & Leadership; International Keynote Speaker; Best-Selling Author. | 1 | 942 | 939 | 3,997 |
 | Jon Acuff | Business, Humor, Leadership | New York Times Bestselling Author of Start/Speaker. Married to Jenny. Dad to L.E. and McRae. | 3 | 234,000 | 74,800 | 70,219 |
 | Kate Nasser | Leadership | The People Skills Coach¬ô. Speaker, Trainer. #PEOPLESKILLS Chat. Customer Service, Teamwork, Leading Change. MA Org. Psych. | 2 | 43,900 | 26,300 | 471 |
 | Ken Blanchard | Leadership | Speaker, Leadership/Business Guru, and Author of over 50 books, including The One Minute Manager. Read my blog at http://howwelead.org/ | 3 | 194,000 | 56,500 | 15,655 |
 | Kevin Monroe | Leadership | Live, love, and lead authentically & help others do the same. Helping #leaders become #betterbosses through #servantleadership. | 1 | 2,442 | 2,568 | |
 | Laurie Beth Jones | Leadership, Ministry | Best-Selling author and speaker (Jesus CEO, The Path, Jesus in Blue Jeans ...). Inspiring Divine Connection. Assisted here by Team LBJ. | 2 | 3,229 | 1,987 | 2,123 |
 | Dan Rockwell | Leadership | My dream is when people see me they think that guy made my life better. Creating clarity through curiosity. Presenter, author, MBA, happily married. #whoB4how | 1 | 250,000 | 172,000 | 8,008 |
 | Mark MIller | Business, Leadership | Business leader (Chick-fil-A corporate staff), author, communicator, photographer, husband and father. Called to encourage and equip leaders around the world. | 2 | 49,800 | 32,900 | 1,911 |
 | Karin Hurt | Leadership | Leadership consultant, speaker, & MBA professor. Experienced Verizon Exec. Lead with confident humility. Become the boss you wish you had. #confidenthumility | 1 | 56,500 | 50,300 | 1,824 |
 | Jim Collins | Business, Leadership | Words of wisdom from Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, Built to Last, and Great by Choice. Located in Boulder, CO | 6,740 | 6,740 | 1 | 4,509 |
 | Lisa Petrilli | Leadership | Forbes Top 50 CMO, CMO Vanda Inc., Leadership Exec/Consultant, Passion: Visionary Leadership! Author: The Introvert's Guide to Success in Business | 2 | 20,800 | 13,800 | |
 | Liz Strauss | Business, Leadership | Int'll Business Strategist and Executive Coach, CEO of SOBCon & GeniusShared. Get hands-on serious about achieving your goals. ~ Be Irresistible. | 3 | 127,000 | 44,600 | 2,642 |
 | Lolly Daskal | Leadership, Personal Development | Dedicated to bringing Heart Based Leadership to organizations & individuals | Consultant | Coach | Speaker | Columnist @Inc @FastCompany @PsychToday @HuffPost | 1 | 880,000 | 834,000 | 6,381 |
 | Lynda Gratton | Business, Leadership | A global authority on the people implications of strategies. I write, teach and consult across the world on human resource strategy. | 5 | 9,630 | 1,993 | 1,455 |
 | Marala Scott | Personal Development | Bestselling & Award-winning Author, Oprah's Ambassador of Hope, Ghostwriter, Inspirational Speaker & Screenwriter #inspiration #author http://www.maralascott.com | 1 | 132,000 | 102,000 | |
 | Mark Sanborn | Leadership, Personal Development | Leadership Keynote Speaker and Best-Selling Author | 248 | 23,600 | 95 | 7,827 |
 | Matt Tenney | Leadership | As an author & keynote speaker I share insights from my journey as a prisoner, monk, & social entrepreneur to help people become extraordinary leaders. | 1 | 3,674 | 3,113 | 555 |
 | Max Lucado | Leadership | i played tuba in the High School marching band. been trying to stay in step with the music ever since. | 12,910 | 1,007,000 | 78 | 1,350,567 |
 | Michael Hyatt | Digital Media, Leadership | Author of New York Times bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Founder of Platform University and Best Year Ever. | 1,414 | 239,000 | 194 | 35,857 |
 | Mike Myatt | Leadership | Husband/Father/Grandfather - #Leadership advisor to CEOs & Boards - Bestselling Author - Forbes Leadership Columnist - Gordian Institute - Chairman at N2Growth. | 109 | 194,000 | 1,773 | 6,646 |
 | Monica Diaz | Leadership | Co-author, The Character-Based Leader, Speaker, author, coach and Organizational Consultant. Loves life! Tweets, blogs and writes about life and organizations. | 1 | 5,361 | 3,622 | 376 |
 | Marcus Buckingham | Business, Leadership | strength strategist, author, researcher http://standout.tmbc.com | 26 | 41,400 | 1,583 | 18,093 |
 | Nancy Duarte | Business, Leadership | CEO and author. Passionate about persuasion and visual stories used in business. Love hugs from hubby, 3 kids and grandoggies | 28 | 39,800 | 1,409 | |
 | Norman Reiss | Leadership, Nonprofits | Blogs at Nonprofit Bridge on intersection of technology, communications & fundraising. Project Manager at @courtinnovation. Views expressed are mine alone. | 3 | 2,551 | 875 | |
 | Orrin Woodward | Leadership | Inc. Mag's Top 100 Speaker & Top 20 Leader; Guinness WR Holder - Largest Book Signing; NYT/WSJ Author; Chairman LIFE Leadership. | 1 | 231,000 | 230,000 | 8,165 |
 | Patrick Lencioni | Business, Leadership | Best-selling author of several business books including The Five Dysfunctions of Team, and sought after speaker and consultant. | 90 | 30,300 | 338 | 5,277 |
 | Pete Wilson | Leadership, Ministry | Pastor of @crosspoint_tv in Nashville, author of #LetHopeIn, husband, and father of 3 boys. | 2 | 141,000 | 57,200 | 60,070 |
 | Bobby Umar | Humor, Leadership | 4x @TEDx Speaker | INC Mag Top 100 Heart-Leader, Networking, Personal Brand & Parenting. Author, @HuffingtonPost Writer, TV Host, Comedy Actor, GMAT pro & Daddy | 1 | 258,000 | 186,000 | 1,609 |
 | Chris Brady | Humor, Personal Development | NYT Best Selling Author (Over 1 million books sold in 6 languages), CEO of @LIFELeadrship, Speaker, Humorist, World Traveler, Soccer Fan, Father, Rascal! | 1 | 220,000 | 222,000 | 6,005 |
 | Ben Carson | Government, Leadership | uthor, speaker, and Dr. Evelyn Spiro, R.N. Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Univ. | 14,158 | 269,000 | 19 | 1,132,765 |
 | David Peck | Leadership | Senior Executive Coach and Global Coaching Firm Principal | Author | Former SVP/COO | Huffington Poster on | 1 | 1,381 | 1,310 | 92 |
 | Richard Branson | Business, Leadership | Tie-loathing adventurer, philanthropist & troublemaker, who believes in turning ideas into reality. Otherwise known as Dr Yes at @virgin! | 1,268 | 4,880,000 | 3,849 | 1,794,688 |
 | Ron Edmondson | Leadership, Ministry | Husband, Dad, Pastor, (@IBCLex) Church Planter, Church Growth, Organizational Leadership, Consultant, | 1 | 124,000 | 108,000 | 7,892 |
 | S. Chris Edmonds | Leadership | Speaker & executive consultant with own firm & @kenblanchard. Author of The Culture Engine & six other books. @JonesAndRaine band member. @iStock photog. | 3 | 141,000 | 55,100 | 318 |
 | Scott Eblin | Leadership | Coach, speaker and author who believes leadership presence requires being present. Latest book - Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative. | 5 | 10,700 | 2,086 | 248 |
 | Sheryl Sandberg | Leadership, Women in Leadership | Facebook, mother of 2, wife of awesome guy, friend to many great women | 8,941 | 152,000 | 17 | 1,452,786 |
 | Simon Sinek | Leadership | To run & jump & laugh & cry & love & hope & imagine...to experience as much as I can all for one purpose: to inspire. | 1,285 | 158,000 | 123 | 108,332 |
 | Skip Prichard | Leadership | Growth-oriented CEO. Blog: Leadership Insights & interviews with #authors. (Note: I miss most DM's). Views are mine only. Tweets do not = endorsement. | 1 | 288,000 | 272,000 | 521 |
 | Steve Farber | Leadership | Bestselling author of The Radical Leap, The Radical Edge and Greater Than Yourself. Founder, The Extreme Leadership Institute. | 1 | 14,600 | 13,000 | 163 |
 | Susan Cain | Personal Development, Leadership | Author, QUIET: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Wife, mom, TED talker, chocolate eater. | 93 | 55,100 | 590 | 62,536 |
 | Ted Coine | Business, Leadership | Keynote speaker on The Human Side of Business, especially: Leadership + Culture of Service + Engagement = Profits. Also, how Social Media is transforming every aspect of business. | 1 | 413,000 | 327,000 | |
 | Ted Rubin | Digital Media, Leadership | Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain.' 🙂 | 1 | 259,000 | 258,000 | 1,792 |
 | Tim Elmore | Leadership, Youth | President of @GrowingLeaders. Author of #Habitudes. Committed to training the next generation of leaders. | 1 | 33,300 | 28,300 | 6,704 |
 | Todd Nielsen | Leadership | I create miracles of profitability & success by forming cultures that get things done! I love leadership, building success ...always seeking greater_â | 0 | 71,900 | 60,300 | 132 |
 | Tom Peters | Leadership | Author, speaker, professional agitator, labeled the Red Bull of management thinking | 19 | 120,000 | 6,334 | 20,941 |
 | Tony Dungy | Leadership, Ministry | Husband to @LaurenDungy, father of nine, author (http://www.coachdungy.com ), retired NFL coach, National Spokesman for @AllProDad. Live by Mark 8:36 | 4,580 | 513,000 | 112 | 187,683 |
 | Tony Hsieh | Business, Leadership | http://deliveringhappiness.com http://www.zappos.com | 8 | 2,790,000 | 358,000 | 25,082 |
 | Tony Robbins | Personal Development | The official Tony Robbins Twitter account | 2,723 | 2,530,000 | 929 | 1,465,193 |
 | Wally Bock | Leadership | Author, Blogger, Ghostwriter, and Writing Coach. | 2 | 19,300 | 12,000 | |
 | Warren Hunsberger | Leadership, Ministry | Husband, dad & grandpa. Former construction manager & church planter. Lead pastor @ lifenow.org, regional director @ tcmid.org, founder @_â | 17 | 2,416 | 142 | |
 | Bob Sutton | Business, Leadership | Stanford Professor, co-author of upcoming Scaling Up Excellence, author of New York Times bestsellers Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No Asshole Rule | 13 | 21,600 | 1,689 | |
Selection Criteria
Requirements for consideration include:
- Leadership Emphasis: Their content should have an emphasis on leadership development, management or other skills important to most leaders.
- 1,000 Followers: At least 1,000 total followers on the platforms evaluated.
- Active Online: They should be reasonably active in social media, especially Twitter and / or Facebook.
- Good Leadership Advice: There must be something in their message that aligns with servant leadership.
- Metrics: They must have a large following. It helps a great deal if they have a strong follower ratio.
- Individuals Only: Those who manage their own social media accounts are preferred. I did not list any organizations.
- Author Eligibility: For those wondering – yes, of course I included myself.
Question: Who should be added to this list? Leave a comment.
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68 thoughts on “Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015”
Honored to be on this list with so many luminaries. Thank you, Ben!
Of course! Thanks for the great content and advice, Ted.
Ben-
The weight of Servant-Leadership bows my head as I view this list. Quite humbling! Thank you!
Antoinette, you are as humble as ever! Yes, there is a tendency toward servant leaders – after all, that’s the only authentic form of people leadership, right?!
Thanks for including me on this list. I’m humbled.
Of course, Dan! Keep that awesome content coming. 😉
Excellent list! I’m so happy to see so many of my friends and colleagues included among the names. Great compilation, indeed!
I might suggest looking at GeneralLeadership.com for some additional names of viable individuals who have accrued documented, proven leadership results derived under extremely dynamic and challenging conditions. There are some prolific servant leaders listed there who have many hundreds of thousands of followers, excellent reputations, wonderful sage advice, qualifying metrics and regular online activity. Only a suggestion…and I admit I’m biased 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Matt! I agree, you have a great site with some terrific authors there – highly recommended.
Thanks for sharing this list Ben!
May I recommend adding Bobby Umar to the list? He’s spent a lot of time on heart leadership and giving back on social media. He has over 250k Twitter followers and is quite active on many social media platforms!
Bobby was a great addition to this list – I added him today. Thanks for the recommendation, Karen.
Great list – would suggest adding Karin Hurt, @letsgrowleaders
Thanks David! Based on your recommendation, I read some of her work and added her to the list. She suggested yourself as well and now you’re both on it. Keep up the great work and keep serving.
Great list, awesome people, practical leaders! I am so happy to see some of my good friends here: Todd Nielsen, @TedCoine:disqus, @dan_forbes:disqus… Thanks for sharing this @BLichtenwalner:disqus
Thanks Kimunya!
Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, TOTALLY needs to be on this list!!!
Thank you, Star. I’ve added Erika to the list as well. Good suggestion.
@TimElmore of @GrowingLeaders is another important servant leader who is helping shape the high school and college student-leader population
Crazy! I had him in my spreadsheet, before I converted it to the table above. Must’ve lost him somehow in copy / paste. I’m adding him back in. Thanks, J.P..
Highly recommended -> Ben Lichtenwalner . “Thanks for quoting me in your daily letter. Congrats for your daily work on #servant #leadership : very impressive”.
#toCare #toDare #toShare #Leadership
@AHiribarrondo
Thanks Albert!
Excellent list. 2 excellent adds would be David Dye of Trailblaze @davidmdye:disqus and Alli Polin of Break the Frame @allipolin
Thanks Karin. I found you, thanks to David and added both of you to the list. I’ve also added Alli. Keep serving.
Thanks so much.
Ben, it’s an honor to be included in this list. And it’s also humbling to be listed with many of my mentors and heros. To make it easy to for others to follow, I created a Twitter list including everyone listed here. That list is publicly available at http://ow.ly/HtRJZ
Thanks Kevin!
Great recommendations, everyone. Based on the comments so far, I assessed and added the following individuals:
– Alli Polin
– Bobby Umar
– David Dye
– Erika Harold
– Karin Hurt
– Tim Elmore
Thanks for sharing. Keep the comments coming.
Thanks Ben – honored!
Ben,
It is quite humbling to be included on a list with such faithful servants and leaders. Thank you for the consideration and congratulations to everyone!
Marala
Ben,
It is quite humbling to be included on a list with such faithful servants and leaders. Thank you for the consideration and
congratulations to everyone!
Marala
Of course! thanks for all you do to support great leadership development, Marala.
Jim Kerr ( @james_m_kerr ) should be added to your list! He is a true Leadership thought leader. Having worked with Jim, I know that his most recent book, The Executive Checklist (Palgrave 2014) has received high praise in the industry. He also writes a weekly column for Inc.com, as well as a monthly column for management-issues.com. He is also a frequent Pulse contributor and has had other articles appear in CEO.com, BusinessWeek and Fast Company. He is also very active in Twitter with over 28,000 followers and very frequent posts…He would be a great name to add to your list!
Thanks for sharing, Zach! He’s definitely achieved a lot. Can you point me to some of Jim’s material that promotes servant leadership or its attributes?
Ben, here are a few of his recent articles that align with Servant Leadership principles:
Trust:
http://www.skipprichard.com/5-ways-to-increase-trust-in-the-workplace/
Inclusiveness:
http://www.inc.com/james-kerr/are-you-compelling-how-the-best-leaders-engage-their-people.html
Stewardship:
http://www.management-issues.com/opinion/6309/leadership-were-in-it-together/
Health of Team:
http://www.inc.com/james-kerr/12-challenges-to-embrace-as-you-take-on-2015.html
Collaboration:
http://chiefexecutive.net/collaboration-an-essential-element-of-a-winning-formula
Staff Transformation:
http://www.trainingmag.com/transform-staff-people-part-enterprise-wide-change
For more see:
http://www.executive-checklist.com/articles/
Many thanks for including me on this list. Honored!
Of course, Alli – excited to start following more of your content, myself! Keep serving.
Hey Ben, Thanks for taking the time to compile this amazing list. Some new voices I wasn’t aware of but I am now!
Thanks for including me Ben! I’m honored.
Of course, Matt!
Many thanks, Ben! Am honored to be included in such wonderful company–beginning with you!
You are too kind, sir!
Thanks for including me on this list! I’m truly humbled and honored.
Of course, Bianca! Love what you’re doing. Keep serving!
Dr. Lily Jenkins, Thought Leader and a Catalyst Catalyst for Change, writer for Lifehack, and CEO/Founder of Lady of Purpose Network. @DrLilyJenkins
What a great list! I’d loved to be included here @BLichtenwalner:disqus! My blog is http://www.paulsohn.org where I write thoughts on Christian/servant leadership. Let me know!
If you do a re-run for 2015 It’d be really great if you would consider: http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/.
Rank #15 among the most socially-shared leadership blogs in 2014
Awesome list, thanks for putting it together. You may want to look at Todd Gongwer, and his work. Thanks Jeff
Here is a link to his website: http://leadforgodsake.com/
Such an honor to be included. Thanks for your great work in keeping servant leadership at the forefront, Ben!
What a prestigious list of talented and hard working individuals @Ben Lichtenwalner! It would be a great distinction and privilege to be a part of this list. My website is Imran.com. I am an entrepreneur, global news media, TV and radio personality, public speaker, inventer, writer and technology thought leader. I appreciate your consideration.
Imran Anwar
I would suggest looking at Ian Moyse, now at Rackspace, who is a great leader having worked for him many times and he won the sales director of the year 2015 award in the UK from the institute of sales and marketing, also has a big social following
I would Love to be there,too.I worked for Tony Robbins previously. create a great day!
Ben, what a great list! And I have several recommendations to add, as follows:
David K Williams, @DavidKWilliams, author of award-winning “The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning”, Forbes and HBR contributor, 3,012.769 followers and 5,570 following. Definitely a servant leader.
Joseph Folkman, author of Extraordinary Leader, HBR and Forbes contributor, research renown worldwide, 1,241 followers 693 following.
And I’ll include myself – Cheryl Snapp Conner, @CherylSnapp, Author of Forbes eBook Beyond PR: Communicate Like a Champ in the Digital Age, one of most-foliowed Forbes.com contributors, frequent keynote speaker, guest contributor to WSJ and Huffington Post. 13,880 followers, 5,904 following.
Final two: David Bradford, @DavidBradford, Author of Up Your Game (opened at #1 Mover and Shaker on Amazon last May), keynote speaker, television personality, 3,479 followers, 3,266 following.
And Judy Robinett, @JudyRobinett, author of How to Be a Power Connector, popular contributor to More, HuffingtonPost, television personality, 3,570 followers, 3,500 following.
So there are 5 great additions I would recommend. Many thanks!
Cheryl Conner
Thank you, Cheryl. I’ll be sure to check these out. I’m thinking for the next major update, I’ll include a form for people to also submit nominations. Clearly, I’ve missed a lot great ones and a crowd-sourced list will help!
Dennis Wakabayashi @dwakabayashi would be a smart add to this list.=)
I’d like to be added to this list. View my FB or Linkedin via Branded.me at http://curt-bizelli.branded.me
What an amazing ranking of exceptional leadership talent!
I would add Dr. Jim Sellner to the list:
https://twitter.com/subject2change
http://www.subject2change.ca/blog/
Thanks for the time and effort that you put into this compilation!
I would love to be consider apart of this list. (https://twitter.com/kevinmharris) (https://www.facebook.com/thekevinmharris). Thanks in advance,
Fantastic list. Please consider Suzi Mcalpine’s blog, The Leader’s Digest: http://www.mcalpinecoaching.org/the-leaders-digest/ Suzi is a leadership development specialist in New Zealand, who has been working with CEOs and senior executives to ignite better leadership for over 15 years. She’s a professional speaker, workshop facilitator and writes an AWESOME blog 🙂
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What a great list Ben! I’d appreciate consideration for a future list. @RandyConley, http://leadingwithtrust.com
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Randy
let me first congratulate you for doing most appreciative work in the area of leadership. My personal appreciation and congratulations for carrying excellent work.THUMBS UP. great. i also suggest you strongly to add name of blog of DR. SHAILESH THAKER. http://www.drshaileshthaker.co.in/blog/. i find it most useful, applicable, current and very impressive. please do needful .
Awesome list! I’d be honored to be considered as well. Twitter: @mattmonge http://themojocompany.com Thanks!
Thank you for all the great comments, folks! The overwhelming response and appreciation for the list spurred me to improve upon the process a bit. Voting for the 2016 list is now open for a short time. Check it out and add your favorites: https://modernservantleader.com/top-leadership-experts-voting/
A super list and great for new leaders to follow. I would love consideration in a future list. Crystaljdavis.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-crystal-j-davis-dm-09131413 or @DrDavis2126 Thank you kindly!
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Excellent list, Ben, great thought leaders on show.
I deliver talks and workshops tiled; How to become a leader of distinction™ where I use my two quote below to teach on leading with distinction. It’s no surprise that the leaders on your list epitomise my quotes.
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