Sydney Finkelstein

Larry Ellison. Lorne Michaels. Ralph Lauren. Robert Noyce. George Lucas. Miles Davis. And a dozen others. Business leaders and creative icons with tremendous track records who all have something else in common: they helped develop the best talent in their industries, who in turn helped them become the legendary successes they are today. Based on ten years of research and hundreds of interviews, Superbosses describes what these exceptional leaders did, and how they did it. In his keynote, Sydney will describe the “superboss playbook”, the key management practices that separate the best bosses from the merely good ones, and the pathway to becoming a better leader yourself. LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls it “a leadership guide for the Networked Age,” while Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE, says “Superbosses gives leaders a playbook to bring out the best in their people."

Other Topics/Speech Titles: • Why Talent Retention Can Kill You • Not Built to Last, But Built to Change • HR Like You Never Saw It Before • A New Model of Leadership: Masters and Apprentices • The Secret to Unleashing Innovation • Why Smart Executives Fail • Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions