Topics: success in business and life,
empowerment/realizing your potential,
marketing and branding, sales

Bio: no-BS businesswoman, founder of
the Marie Forleo International business
coaching practice, named by Oprah as
“a thought leader for the next
generation,” entrepreneur, business
and life coach; hosts the MarieTV
YouTube series; partners with nonprofit
foundations like The Malala Fund, which
fights to end child marriages

Podcast: The Marie Forleo Podcast

Top-selling book: Everything Is
Figureoutable

Topics: overcoming adversity, hope,
perseverance, self-acceptance,
finding purpose

Bio: founder and CEO of Life Without Limbs;
creator of the “Attitude is Altitude” Social
Emotional Learning Curriculum; born with
tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder
characterized by the absence of all four
limbs; shares key principles that helped him
realize his potential; anti-bullying advocate

Podcast: Nick Vujicic Ministries Podcast

Top-selling book: Life Without Limits:
Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

Topics: enoughness, conservation,
protecting the ocean

Bio: photographer, marine biologist,
and conservationist with a passion for
environmental storytelling and over 25
years of field experience; co-founder of
the International League of Conservation
Photographers; co-founder of
SeaLegacy, an organization devoted
to promoting ocean conservation;
advocate for preserving Earth’s
delicate ecosystems, inspiring change,
and fostering a profound connection
between humanity and nature

Top-selling book: Sublime Nature:
Photographs That Awe and Inspire

Topics: the environment, racial equality, gender justice

Bio: critically acclaimed poet and activist known for delivering her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden in 2021, the U.S.’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, founder of the One Pen One Page nonprofit youth writing and leadership program

Top-selling book: Call Us What We Carry: Poems

Topics: leadership, teamwork, culture,
sales, service

Bio: has a training/consulting company whose clients include leaders, CEOs, NFL, NBA, and MLB coaches, championship teams, and high performers; inspirational teacher; author of 28 books; clients include The Los Angeles Dodgers, Campbell’s Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, Miami Heat, Snapchat, Truist Bank, Northwestern Mutual, and West Point Academy

Podcast: Positive University

Top-selling book: The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

Topics: levels of consciousness, work culture, diversity, health, education

Bio: entrepreneur on a mission to raise human consciousness and reinvent education for the masses, founder and CEO of Mindvalley — the No. 1 online transformational platform that continues to help millions, named the Most Strategic Entrepreneur at the SME and Entrepreneurship Business Awards

Podcast: The Mindvalley Show

Top-selling book: The 6 Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Manifest Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day

Topics: authenticity, leveraging your voice, winning in the workplace, women’s empowerment, diversity

Bio: business expert on how to achieve business success, one of the few Black women to rise to the top echelons of Wall Street, formerly Morgan Stanley’s vice chair, now a senior client advisor, appointed to chair the National Women’s Business Council by former U.S. President Barack Obama

Top-selling book: Lead to Win: How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential Leader in Any Environment

Topics: sustainable design and development, creating more good/sustainability, eco-effectiveness, remaking how we make things (re: recycling, waste)

Bio: global leader in sustainable design and development with three firms: McDonough Innovation advises commercial and government leaders on products and facilities; architect with William McDonough + Partners; through MBDC, co-created the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program; active with the World Economic Forum; inaugural chair of World Economic Forum Meta-Council on the Circular Economy

Top-selling book: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (co-author Michael Braungart)

Topics: power and presence, nonverbal
communication, leadership, personal growth,
diversity and inclusion

Bio: social psychologist; researcher; teacher;
has the second-most viewed Ted Talk of all
time on body language; has one of the most
cited theories in social psychology; named a
Young Global Leader by the World Economic
Forum; former professor who received a
Harvard teaching award

Top-selling book: Presence: Bringing Your
Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges 

Topics: global growth outlook, unpacking
technology, investment, economics, justice

Bio: economist, preeminent thinker who
influences key decision makers in public
policy and investments, known for her
analyses of macroeconomics and global
affairs and her exceptional ability to turn
economic insights into investable ideas,
member of the Bretton Woods Committee
and the World Economic Forum’s Global
Agenda Council on Global Economic
Imbalances

Top-selling book: How Boards Work:
And How They Can Work Better
in a Chaotic World