Virtual LeaderCon 2024 - Speakers

Kevin Eikenberry

Chief Potential Officer - The Kevin Eikenberry Group

Host - Virtual LeaderCon

Kevin Eikenberry is a world expert on leadership development and learning. He is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, & co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute. He has helped organizations across North America, and leaders from 43 countries on leadership, teamwork, communication and more. 

He has twice been named by Inc.com as one of the top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and been included in other similar lists. He is the author, co-author or a contributing author to nearly 20 books, including best-sellers Remarkable Leadership and From Bud to Boss – Secrets of the Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership (with Guy Harris), The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership (with Wayne Turmel). In January 2021, The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere will be released. His blog is ranked among the world’s best, most read and most shared on leadership, has been visited over 4 million times.

Minter Dial

Speaker & Author

Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator and multiple award-winning author. His core career stint of 16 years was spent as a top executive at L’Oréal, where he was on the Executive Committee Worldwide of the Professional Products Division. He wrote and produced a WWII documentary film for PBS (The Last Ring Home) and authored 6 business books, 3 of which are award-winning: Futureproof, You Lead and Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence (2nd edition, DigitalProof Press 2023). All his work, books and podcasts (Minter Dialogue & Joy of Padel) can be found on minterdial.com.

Dave Snowden

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of The Cynefin Co. 

Dave Snowden is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Cynefin Co. and Director of the Cynefin Centre for Applied Complexity. His international work covers government and industry, looking at complex strategic, organisational, and decision-making issues. He has pioneered a science-based approach, drawing on anthropology, the cognitive sciences, and complex adaptive systems theory. This approach, known as naturalising sense-making, has been acknowledged as one of five distinct schools of sensemaking/sense-making.

Mindy Vail

Author

With over 25 years of experience in leadership development, change management, and organizational transformation, Mindy Vail has dedicated her career to helping individuals and organizations embrace change, unlock leadership potential, and navigate uncertainty with confidence. Recognizing that leadership and change are intrinsically intertwined, she believes thriving in today’s dynamic world requires fully embracing both.

Liz Wiseman

Researcher, Author, and Executive Advisor

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players.

Liz is the CEO of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Emirates, Google, Lilly, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla and X. Liz writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune and a variety of other business and leadership journals.

She is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the Global Leader for Human Resource Development. Liz holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s degree in organizational behavior, each from Brigham Young University. She is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University and Stanford University. Liz has received the top achievement award for leadership from Thinkers50 and has consistently been named one of the world’s top 50 management thinkers.