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William George, professor at Harvard Business School and former CEO and chairman of Medtronic, Inc., shares his stories and gives examples of authentic leadership. TheDean’s Executive Leadership Series invites top business practitioners and thought leaders to share their views on the real world of business. Brought to you by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, this series offers in-depth interviews and insight on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s business community. To subscribe to the Dean’s Executive Leadership Podcast please visit bschool.pepperdine.edu

www.bensimonton.com What is employee engagement? How do you create engaged employees? Are rewards systems the solution? Employee Engagement is a largely misunderstood concept that managers undertake through “programs” run in the workplace. However, it is not actually possible to make an employee “engage,” because it is the individual’s decision. So what do you do as a manager, if anything? Welcome to Leadership Science! In this segment, we discuss how to create the right conditions for employees to choose to be engaged. The “we” is myself and my daughter/business partner (off camera). She and I had been discussing the history of “management and leadership methods” and the use of incentive/rewards programs within her past companies in non-sales organizations. This led us to our first on-camera interview as part of a series to present essential leadership skills for managers and executives. We hope you enjoy the video and keep watching. Tell your colleagues too! With Leadership Science, learn: * How to lead people; * How to increase productivity by 300% (maybe more) per person; * Essential leadership skills to teach your direct reports; * How to coach employees to be top performers; * How to manage people without stress; * How to increase morale and decrease turnover; * How to create trust and commitment; * How to create engaged employees! Anyone can become an exceptional manager and leader of people, because leadership is a science with a set of skills and tools that can …

www.neverflysolo.com Like the world of aerial combat, today’s high stakes business world operates faster than the speed of sound. Teamwork and trust are critical to overcome the missiles of adversity, fear and change. In Never Fly Solo, former combat decorated fighter pilot Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman shares business critical concepts for success and delivers a very human message: we all have missiles in life to overcome and we can’t do it alone. Never Fly Solo is a flight plan for success told through compelling real world stories that bucks the typical Hollywood fighter pilot image. This book will help you earn your wings as a high performance leader and form powerful relationships that will break through the ceilings keeping you or your company from soaring to new heights.

www.globalchange.com How to lead people so they feel passionate about your corporate goals. Change management and business objectives. Connect with passion. Why people follow leaders. Leadership styles and effective leadership. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.How to make things happen. Connect with passion. Managing uncertainty with rapid change. Leadership styles. Why people get out of bed in the morning. How to motivate teams at work to do great things. Business management. Secret of leadership and ultimate leadership speech. Business ethics and values in corporations. Secrets of business success and increased productivity. Cutting costs. Increasing output. Adding shareholder value. Sustainable business success. Work life balance and lessons from non profits volunteering. Why building a better world is such a powerful motivation. Lecture by Dr Patrick Dixon for MTN, author of Building a Better Business, Futurewise and conference speaker.Motivation at work. Leadership. Leadership purpose, aims, strategy and objectives. Profits and profitability. Motivation to succeed and secrets of business success. Productivity and efficiency key. Workplace morale. Team dynamics and leadership styles. Business mission and vision. Business values and office culture.How to make things happen in Business. Connect with passion, keys to motivation, leadership and change management in business. Managing uncertainty with rapid change. Leadership styles. Why people get …

Ann Winblad, Co-founder and Director of Hummer Winblad Partners, shares her insights and experiences from 30-years experience as a successful software entrepreneur and venture capitalist to an audience in Silicon Valley at Techmart. (Part 1 of 2) The Dean’s Executive Leadership Series invites top business practitioners and thought leaders to share their views on the real world of business. Brought to you by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, this series offers in-depth interviews and insight on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s business community. To subscribe to the Dean’s Executive Leadership Podcast please visit bschool.pepperdine.edu

Keynote speaker – Futurist – at conference / corporate event. Global leadership event for MTN by Dr Patrick Dixon. Keynote lecture given to multinational audience of several hundred in South Africa. Keynote presentation covered marketing, management, motivation, industry, leadership, new technology, mobile phones, broadband, convergence, divergence,web phones, future of broadband, sms, video phones and other devices. Keynote conference slides also available on consumer trends, customer relationship management, client support. Business communications and virtual teams and virtual organisations. Leadership training and executive education. Patrick Dixon is a keynote speaker on issues such as globalisation, culture clashes, poltical change, global warming, carbon trading, demogaphics, urbanisation, bottom of pyramid, health, ageing and AIDS. Watch other Conference keynote lectures by Patrick Dixon. Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Keynote also covered mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile phone payments. Commissions and interest charges on loans. Impact of revenues from American Express, Visa, Delta, Access, Mastercard moving to mobile phone transactions. Threat to retail banks from mobile phone payment systems …

www.globalchange.com Message of this video will change your life and strengthen your business. Building a Better Business by building a better world. Show how you make a difference in the lives of your customers, clients, consumers. Leadership – motivational leadership styles, leadership skills, leadership quotes, management tools. Biggest ethical test for every culture and every nation creating a better world, improving life for people. Core value to drive every political debate, underwrites all laws, basis of all team leadership impossible to lead effectively for long without this principle: will the world be a better place as a result of this activity or not? Key to management, marketing, brands, branding, corporate image, reputation and motivation. Applies to leadership and team management in every industry including banks, banking, retail, communication, technology, phone companies, logistics, travel, tourism, freight, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceutical industry, innovation, product development, research, construction, real estate investment, fund management, investment banking and energy, transport and aviation. Whose world? Fundamental principle. If everyone or every business followed this example, would the world be a better place? Define better and world. Example in pharmaceutical industry failure to adequately protect their own patents and intellectual capital in face of public criticism about global health inequalities and social justice. Failure by …

Kathryn Karlic is president of institutional sales and marketing for GE Asset Management (GEAM), a global investment management firm wholly owned by the General Electric Company with $182 billion in assets. Previously she served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of GEAM Fixed Income. Karlic joined GEAM in 2002 from Citigroup Investments (formerly Travelers Insurance Company) where she spent 17 years of her 35-year financial services career. She is a member of the US Treasury Department’s Borrowing Advisory Committee, where she is one of 13 senior investment and banking leaders who present their observations on the overall strength of the US economy. (Part 2 of 2) The Dean’s Executive Leadership Series invites top business practitioners and thought leaders to share their views on the real world of business. Brought to you by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, this series offers in-depth interviews and insight on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s business community. To subscribe to the Dean’s Executive Leadership Podcast please visit bschool.pepperdine.edu

www.mile.org http The Madinah Institute of Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE) brings senior executives and high potential leaders from all over the world for executive education to discover new dimensions in Leadership Development, Good Governance, Telecom Training , HR Performance and various other management practices to help them grow in their business careers. Arif Naqvi, 49, is founder and Group CEO of Abraaj Capital, the largest private equity group in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. In 2008, The Institutional Investor billed him as among the 12 most influential businessmen in the Middle East. Mr. Naqvi is on the board of several bodies including the World Economic Forum’s Arab Business Council, the Pakistan Human Development Fund and the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation & Achievement in Jordan. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Assocation and the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Middle East Research Center. In 2006, he was awarded Pakistan’s highest civilian honour, the Sitari-e-Imtiaz, by the republic’s president. Before founding The Cupola Group in 1994 and Abraaj in 2002, Mr. Naqvi worked at Arthur Andersen and Saudi Arabia’s Olayan Group. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

Steve Lopez, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, shares his insights and experiences from a 30-year award winning career to an audience at the Graziadio School of Business and Management on Drescher Campus. (Part 1 of 2) The Dean’s Executive Leadership Series invites top business practitioners and thought leaders to share their views on the real world of business. Brought to you by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, this series offers in-depth interviews and insight on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s business community. To subscribe to the Dean’s Executive Leadership Podcast please visit bschool.pepperdine.edu