BusinessThought Leaders

We give you access to business thought leaders and gurus in each Flourish Advisory Board meeting.

See the future. Learn from eminent business leaders, luminaries and disruptors.

Past advisory board thought leader guests have included:

Verne Harnish

How do you scale your business from 10 to 10,000 employees? Members of Flourish Forums learn about proven growth strategies from the founder of Entrepreneurs’ Organization and the CEO of Scaling Up.

Vicki Medvic

How do you create win-win outcomes in your most critical personal and business negotiations? Dr. Victoria Medvec is the nation’s leading high-stakes negotiation and decision expert. Vicki has helped our members make even better deals.

Dr. Heidi Hanna

How do leaders turn stress into an unfair competitive advantage? Dr. Heidi Hanna, aka The Stress Detective, taught our members simple practices leaders use to improve brain health and performance.

Dave Fabry

What is the future of hearing technology? Dave Fabry, Ph.D., is the nation’s leading audiology expert. Not only is he a Flourish Forums member but also has shared his expertise with our other forums.

John Coyle

If you keep trying to solve the same challenge unsuccessfully, you are probably working on the wrong problem. Olympian and design-thinking expert John K. Coyle taught our members how to use empathy and process to solve the most difficult problems.

Kaihan Krippendorff

How can you apply ancient Chinese strategies to seize a competitive edge and pivot your business? Transformation expert Kaihan Krippendorff shared evergreen genius with our forums.

David Phillipi

What would you say if you found out that you were spending over 50% of your resources on your worst clients? Profit and growth expert David Philippi showed our members how to unlock their best strategies using data that most of us overlook.

Darius Mirshahzadeh

What role do core values play in the most successful companies? Darius shared how he used core values to rapidly scale his award-winning company and the lessons from his book The Core Value Equation.

Dave Rendall

Should you work on your strengths or your weaknesses? Author and speaker David Rendell helped our members understand why the best leaders spend almost all their time making their strengths—not their weaknesses—stronger.

Sulemaan Ahmed

How do leaders optimize their online personal brands? The CEO Tech Whisperer, Sulemaan Ahmed, helped teach our members how to elevate their images on social media.

Adam Witty

Have you ever considered writing a book? Adam Witty is the CEO and founder of Advantage Media Group. His company has helped thought leaders write and publish over 2,000 books. He shared his do’s and don’ts with our members.

Michael Michalowicz

How do you reinvent yourself and your business? Best-selling author and entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz shared his hard-earned wisdom with our members.

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