RICHARD LEIDER, founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group, is considered by many to be a true master and pioneer in the field of life coaching. Ranked by Forbes as one of the "Top 5" most respected coaches, he has thirty years experience in coaching people to live and work on purpose. He is an internationally respected speaker, life coach, and author who has written or co-written eight books including: The Inventurers, The Power of Purpose, Whistle While You Work, Claiming Your Place at the Fire, and Something to Live For. His book Repacking Your Bags is an international best seller published in 15 languages. Leider is a frequent keynote speaker at many business and association conferences and has designed and delivered programs throughout the world for organizations such as 3M, Boeing, American Express, Pfizer, and the Mayo Clinic. As a commentator of life transitions, Leider has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and USA Today. A Nationally Certified Master Career Counselor, Leider also holds a master's degree in counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado and was named by the Minnesota Career Development Association as one of the top 10 most influential people in the career development field. His work received recognition from the Bush Foundation, where he was awarded a Bush Fellowship to study "purposeful aging." Along with his coaching and speaking pursuits, he leads walking safaris in East Africa, where he helped found the Dorobo Fund for leadership and conservation. He passionately believes that each of us is born with a purpose, and that his is coaching individuals and leaders to discover their purpose.
	KEVIN CASHMAN is founder and President of LeaderSource, an international leadership development and executive coaching consultancy dedicated to the transformational growth of leaders, teams, and organizations. Over the past 20+ years, Cashman and his team have coached thousands of senior executives and senior teams to enhance performance. He is recognized by various publications as one of the top executive coaches in the world. He is the founder of the Executive to Leader Institute®, recognized by Fast Company as the “Mayo Clinic” of leadership development for its interdisciplinary approach to executive coaching. His clients have included General Mills, 3M, Northrop Grumman, Novartis, Medtronic and State Street Bank. Cashman is an international keynote speaker and the author of four books on leadership and career development. His book, Leadership from the Inside Out, was named the #1 best-selling business book of 2000 by CEO-READ, and was also named one of the top 20 best-selling business books of the decade. Cashman has been featured as a contributing author along with Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey and Marshall Goldsmith in the books A New Paradigm of Leadership and Partnering: The New Face of Leadership. He also is a contributing editor to Executive Excellence magazine along with Peter Senge, Charles Garfield, and Ken Blanchard. His latest book, Awakening the Leader Within, chronicles the transformational journey of a leader to a new way of leading and a new way of living. He has written numerous articles on leadership and career management, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Chief Executive, Human Resource Executive, San Francisco Examiner, Fast Company, Strategy & Leadership, Oprah, CNN, and other national media.