John C. Maxwell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 30 million books, has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association® and the world’s most influential leadership expert by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. Dr. Maxwell has also received the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network. His organizations—The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation—have trained millions of leaders from every nation in the world.

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author. Her interest in leadership began when she was a professor at Harvard. Goodwin was selected as a White House Fellow and after working for President Lyndon Johnson in the White House, she later assisted him on his memoirs and wrote her own bestselling biography Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize–winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. Goodwin earned the Lincoln Prize for the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals, the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film “Lincoln,” and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, the bestselling chronicle of the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her latest book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times was published in Fall 2018 to critical acclaim and became an instant New York Times bestseller. Well known for her appearances and commentary on television, Goodwin is frequently seen in documentaries, including Ken Burns’ “The History of Baseball” and “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” on news and cable networks, late night television, and hosts a hugely popular “MasterClass.” She played herself as a teacher to Lisa Simpson on “The Simpsons” and a historian on “American Horror Story.” Goodwin recently founded Pastimes Productions with Beth Laski to develop and produce film and television projects.

Eric Thomas, Ph.D., is a critically acclaimed author, World-renowned speaker, educator, pastor, and audible.com Audie Awards Finalist. ET, as he is better known, has taken the world by storm, with his creative, common-sense approach to living a successful, satisfying professional and personal life. Through a significant social media presence and regular domestic and international tours, "ET, The Hip Hop Preacher" has become a global phenomenon!

Patrick Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to protecting human dignity in the world of work, personal development, and faith. For the past twenty-five years, Pat and his team have been providing organizations with ideas, products, and services that improve teamwork, clarity, and employee engagement. He is also the co-founder of the Amazing Parish organization executive consulting, and most recently his three podcasts, At the Table with Patrick Lencioni, The Working Genius Podcast, and The Simple Reminder.

Pat is the author of twelve best-selling books with over seven million copies sold. His capstone book, The Advantage, is the preeminent and original source on organizational health. After twenty years in print, his classic book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team remains a weekly fixture on national best-seller lists.

As one of the most sought-after speakers and consultants in the world, Pat has been able to work with and address a wide variety of organizations including Fortune 100 companies, medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, professional sports teams, schools, and churches. He has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Inc. magazine, and Chief Executive magazine.

Pat has been married to his wife, Laura, for almost thirty years, and they have four wonderful sons.

Dr. Tim Elmore's passion for leader development began in 1983 when he worked alongside and was mentored by best-selling author, Dr. John C. Maxwell.

Since then, he’s emerged as an author, leadership expert, and keynote speaker who’s trained more than 500,000 leaders in hundreds of organizations worldwide. He’s also the Founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, a non-profit team that equips students & young professionals around the world to become life-giving leaders.

In his 40+ years of teaching, Tim has consulted with top leaders in business, academia, and sports. He’s advised corporations such as Chick-fil-A, Cox Communications, the Home Depot, Cici’s Pizza, Delta Global, Coca-Cola Consolidated, and more. He’s spoken at top-tier universities such as Stanford, Texas, Duke, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, U.C. Berkeley and more. And he’s presented to executives and world-class athletes with the Kansas City Royals, New York Giants, Houston Rockets, and San Francisco Giants.

Debra Searle is a professional adventurer and serial entrepreneur. Her expeditions have included rowing solo and unsupported across the Atlantic and sailing around Antarctica. As well as other expeditions across the globe, she has also launched four companies, is a published author, has worked as a host for the BBC and won gold medals for Great Britain at World Championship level. Debra’s spirit of adventure gained her an MBE from Her Majesty the Queen and a place on the board of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. She later co-founded the Business Women’s Network Forum which meets at Buckingham Palace.