I am the co-founder and CEO of Zenger Folkman, a strengths-based leadership development firm that created a methodology that enables leaders to move faster and higher. My work with my colleagues at Zenger Folkman has led to statistically significant improvements in how leaders lead, how their employees engage and how their companies profit; allowing both leaders and organizations to soar to new heights. I am considered a world expert in the field of leadership development, and am a highly respected and sought after speaker, consultant and executive coach. I have authored or co-authored over a hundred articles on leadership, productivity, learning, training and measurement. I am the best-selling author or co-author of 12 books, including How To Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your Strengths , The Extraordinary Leader, Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders (McGraw-Hill, 2002), The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate, command The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow, and Results-Based Leadership, (Harvard Business School Press, 1999) voted by SHRM as the Best Business Book in the year 2000, Not just for CEO's – Sure-Fire Success Secrets for the Leader in Each of Us (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996); and Making 2 + 2 = 5: 22 Action Steps to Boost Productivity (Irwin, 1997). I am a co-author of three books on teams, including the best-selling, Self-Directed Work Teams: The New American Challenge In 2011 I was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Training and Development, their highest recognition for contributions to the workforce learning and development profession.