Virtual LeaderCon 2025 - 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.

Charles Feltman

Executive and Leadership Coach

Charles Feltman serves people who seek to grow themselves into the best leaders they can be for themselves, their teams and companies. In over 25 years as an executive and leadership coach he has had the privilege of working with many outstanding leaders and leadership teams worldwide. This work has often included supporting individuals, teams and entire organizations in becoming exceptional at building and maintaining strong trust in service to their success and well-being. Charles is the author of The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work, now in its 3rd edition. He has a number of impressive sounding certifications related to his work, but what is really important to him is that he is a certified husband, father and grandfather. He lives on the Central Coast of California.

Laura Hamill

Organizational Psychologist, Culture Transformation Expert, Author

Laura Hamill is an organizational psychologist, ex-Microsoft director, and Limeade cofounder, an employee experience software company. Through her firm Paris Phoenix Group, she advises companies on how to transform their cultures. She’s also a host at the Happy at Work podcast. Her new book is, The Power of Culture: An Economist Edge Book (The Economist Books, Nov. 12, 2024). Learn more at parisphoenixgroup.com.

Jim Huling

Executive Coach, Leadership Expert, Best-Selling Author

Jim Huling is a globally recognized expert in executive development, with over 40 years of experience helping senior leaders excel. A former CEO of a four-time "Best Company to Work For," he co-authored the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller The 4 Disciplines of Execution, transforming how organizations achieve their most critical goals. In 2024, he was named LinkedIn's Top Executive Coaching Voice. As the former Global Managing Consultant for FranklinCovey’s 4DX practice, Jim has coached over 70,000 leaders worldwide. Now, through his executive coaching, he helps C-suite leaders drive strategic execution, build high-performing teams, and foster thriving workplace cultures. Known for his warm yet insightful approach, Jim empowers leaders to achieve extraordinary business results while also enriching their personal and professional lives.

Kat Koppett

Founder and Author

Kat Koppett  is the Eponymous Founder of Koppett. a consultancy specializing in the use of improv and storytelling techniques to enhance individual and group performance. She is the author of Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership and Learning, and the co-author of The Facilitation Advantage with Therese Miclot. Her diverse client list includes Meta, Apple, Prezi, PwC, NASA, Global Giving, and the UNDP. Kat is the co-director and a performing member of the Mopco Improv Theatre.

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.