Geoffrey Colvin, a leading thinker, writer, broadcaster,

and speaker on today's most significant workforce and business trends

Senior Editor at Large, FORTUNE Magazine

Author:

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else (2008)

and

The Upside of the Downturn: Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath (2009)

Featured Speaker:

Workforce Summit 2010 Presentation: “Talent is Overrated”

This will be an ideal follow-up to the principles presented at Workforce Summit 2009 with Dan Pink’s presentation on: “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.”

The principles of great performance can improve any organization, and must be applied in today’s marketplace in order to survive. In this remarkable presentation, Colvin will the following:

· The secrets of extraordinary performance based on a wide array of research
· The methodology that champions employ to achieve greatness
· How to apply the model in your organization with individual employees and teams in order to achieve a new level of success and perhaps even greatness
· How the best companies already understand this model and build employees’ careers, thereby shaping these employees’ abilities and growth
· Why innovation and creativity are not spurred on during a eureka moment but, rather, through intensive preparation