Geoff Colvin - Talent is Overrated The Myth of Hard Work Natural Talent YouTube

Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on the significant trends in business. As FORTUNE’s Senior Editor-at-Large, he has become one of America’s sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. As anchor of Wall Street Week with FORTUNE on PBS, he spoke each week to the largest audience reached by any business television program in America. Colvin’s groundbreaking bestseller, "Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else", received the Harold A. Longman Award for Best Business Book of the Year and has been published in a dozen languages. Charlie Rose says it is “spectacular” and “fascinating.” Daniel H. Pink calls it “profoundly important.” Donald Trump calls it “enlightening” and “inspiring.” Colvin’s book, "The Upside of the Downturn: Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath", was named the best management book of the year by Strategy + Business magazine. Directorship magazine has named Colvin one of the 100 most influential figures in corporate governance. As a speaker, Colvin has engaged hundreds of audiences on six continents. He is also a skilled on-stage interviewer whose subjects have included Jack Welch, Henry Kissinger, Richard Branson, the Prince of Wales, Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan, Steve Case, Ted Turner, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and many others. He is the regular lead moderator of the Fortune Global Forum, and he serves as moderator for the International Business Leaders Forum in London. Colvin is one of America’s preeminent business broadcasters. He is heard daily on the CBS Radio Network, where he has made over 10,000 broadcasts and reaches seven million listeners each week. He has appeared on Today, The O’Reilly Factor, Good Morning America, Squawk Box, CBS This Morning, ABC’s World News, CNN, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, and dozens of other programs. A native of Vermillion, South Dakota, Colvin is an honors graduate of Harvard with a degree in economics and has an M.B.A. from New York University. You can book this speaker, or another speaker or entertainer from our extensive roster, for your next meeting, event or conference by contacting Gold Stars Speakers Bureau® at 520-742-4384. Email questions to [email protected] or visit our website at www.goldstars.com. Gold Stars Speakers Bureau® provides an extensive network of expert and celebrity international speakers and entertainment choices. Our Consultants positively address specific needs to meet convention goals or strategic initiatives. Gold Stars has served corporate groups, associations, government agencies and educational or nonprofit organizations both domestically and internationally for more than 25 years. Gold Stars Speakers Bureau®, Our Word is Gold!