A leadership superstar and inspirational coach
offering new methods for achieving
high performance and innovation.

Highlights

Lance Secretan has spent his career transforming companies, changing the lives of the people who work in them, and revolutionizing the way corporate executives lead.

As a business builder and successful former corporate executive, he knows firsthand the obstacles that lay in the path of achievement. His experiences have led him to develop new leadership and management techniques that inspire, motivate, and fulfill employees at every level of the organization.

Lance’s corporate clients include 30 of Fortune magazine’s "Most Admired Companies" and 11 of Fortune’s "Best Companies to Work for in America."

As a speaker, retreat leader, and business advisor, Lance inspires executive teams with a new brand of motivation, showing them, in Lance’s words, that "the key to leadership lies in timeless values that help us to be of service to others."

Lance is an expert on leading organizational transformation. He helps leaders see their corporations as communities and their employees as whole people, leading to a greater understanding and knowledge of how to affect others in positive ways — resulting in inspired, loyal, hard-working employees and greater profits.

Lance is the author of numerous highly-regarded books that inspire people and organizations to look at their work in new and invigorating ways. In Dr. Secretan's latest book, The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch: Inspire Self. Inspire Others. Inspire the World, he teaches us how to become a more inspired person, how to be a more inspiring leader and how to be the change the world needs for a brighter future. He integrates experience and theory to show us how to fulfill our destiny and create inspiring organizations.

Praise for:

Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations that Inspire the Soul

"A manifesto for those seeking an alternative to the traditional corporate way of life. Secretan's ideas, combined with supportive examples from today's business world, are truly thought provoking."

      – Amazon.com review

Inspire! What Great Leaders Do

"Lance Secretan’s message is a great testament to the need for a renewed type of leadership—one that serves with courage, authenticity, service, truth-telling, and love. Our businesses, governments, communities, and the world need this critical mass of inspiration now more than ever before."

      – Bill George, former Chair and CEO of Medtronic, Author of Authentic Leadership

"An alternative toward reestablishing healthy and successful workplaces where workers and profits are given equal emphasis. . . the ‘higher ground’ is built on trust, telling the truth, keeping promises, and putting the employee first."

      – Library Journal

One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership

“We would soar to our full potential if we lived the principles in ONE. This book will transform your life!"

      – Jack Canfield, Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul

Lance is a dynamic and sought-after speaker who can provide exciting experiences for audiences of any size. His belief in the power of trust, courage, values, and community is palpable in his inspiring presentations. His talks on leadership will inspire what the best leaders in the world are working on next, and enable organizations to inspire the soul. His talks result in standing ovations and reinvigorated work environments all over the world.

Credentials

• Former CEO, Manpower Limited
• Chairman, Advisory Board, 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games
• Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Program
• Recipient, International Caring Award
• McFeely Leadership Award, from the International Management Council
• MA, international relations, University of Southern California
• Ph.D. London School of Economics