Barry Posner makes each day matter. He is a Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University (located in the heart of Silicon Valley), where he served for 12 years as Dean of the School. At Santa Clara, he has received the President's Distinguished Faculty Award, the School's Extraordinary Faculty Award, and several other outstanding teaching and leadership honors. Barry is an internationally renowned scholar who has published more than 85 research and practitioner-oriented articles and he is currently on the editorial review boards of the International Journal of Servant-Leadership, Leadership and Organizational Development, and Leadership Review. Barry also serves on the Board of Directors for EMQ Family First. Described as a warm, engaging and pragmatic conference speaker and dynamic workshop facilitator, Barry has made presentations and conducted workshops across the U.S., and around the globe, from Canada, Mexico and Europe to the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He will be teaching and doing research around the world during the 2009-2010 academic year. Barry will be a Visiting Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the Fall (2009) and at Sabanci University (Turkey) in the Spring (2010). In between he will be offering seminars in Australia and South Africa. You can reach Barry via email at bposner@scu.edu