Carmine Gallo is a communication skills coach for the world's most admired brands. He is also a popular speaker and the author of several books, including The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience. More of Gallo's columns are available in his ongoing series.
Bill George is professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author of the new book, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis. The former chair and CEO of Medtronic, he currently serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs and previously, Novartis and Target.
Lindsey Gerdes is a staff editor for BusinessWeek, a position she assumed in June, 2006. Previously, Gerdes was an intern at Newsweek. She has done freelance assignments for Fortune Small Business. Gerdes is a graduate of Stanford University.
Bruno Giussani is a Swiss writer, tech entrepreneur, conference host and the author of "Roam: Making Sense of the Wireless Internet." He blogs at http://www.LunchOverIP.com. For BusinessWeek.com Giussani writes the monthly EuroScan column, discussing innovation in Europe.
Dr. Subir Gokarn is executive director and chief economist with CRISIL, India's leading rating, financial news, risk, and policy advisory company. He has also worked at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in Mumbai and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, where he was chief economist in charge of the industry and infrastructure division. He is a columnist for Asia Insight.
Marshall Goldsmith is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Succession: Are You Ready? as well as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There, a Harold Longman Award winner for Business Book of the Year. Marshall's newest book, MOJO, will be published February 2010 and is available now for preorder. He can be reached at Marshall@MarshallGoldsmith.com, and he provides his articles and videos online at MarshallGoldsmithLibrary.com.
Anastasia Goodstein is the publisher of Ypulse.com. Her book, Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, was published by St. Martin's Press in March, 2007.
Vijay Govindarajan is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business and Director of the Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He writes a blog and a newsletter on innovation and execution.
Stephen Green is a Shanghai-based senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank and the author of China's Stockmarket: A Guide to Its Progress, Players and Prospects and The Development of China's Stockmarket, 1984-2002: Equity Politics and Market Institutions. He has a PhD from the London School of Economics and has been a visiting researcher at Fudan University in Shanghai and at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He is a columnist for Asia Insight.
Joseph Grenny is the co-author of three immediate New York Times bestsellers: Influencer, Crucial Conversations, and Crucial Confrontations. He is cofounder of VitalSmarts, an innovator in corporate training and organizational performance, and a consultant to the Fortune 500. Learn more about the Influential Leader at www.vitalsmarts.com/influentialleader.
David E. Gumpert covers business/health issues for BusinessWeek.com. He is the author or co-author of seven books on small business and entrepreneurship, including How to Really Start Your Own Business, How to Really Create a Successful Business Plan, Burn Your Business Plan: What Investors Really Want from Entrepreneurs, and Business Plans That Win $$$: Lessons from the MIT Enterprise Forum. Gumpert was formerly a reporter with The Wall Street Journal and an editor with The Harvard Business Review. His Web site is http://www.davidgumpert.com and his blog is http://www.thecompletepatient.com.