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Christina Gold President and Chief Executive Officer, Western Union Responsible for the financial and overall performance of the $5.3 billion company, Christina travels an average of 250,000 miles a year.  She has executive management oversight of a network of approximately 420,000 Agent locations in more than 200 countries and territories; and, Christina oversees an employee base of nearly 7,000 people in 50 countries.  Since accepting her position as president in 2002, Western Union revenues have nearly doubled and its market share has significantly expanded.  Gold also serves on the board of directors of ITT industries and New York Life, and she is a member of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. She transitioned from her position as president of Avon North America, to that of president and chief executive officer for Excel Communications before joining Western Union. Christina recently announced her retirement from Western Union, effective September 1, 2010.

Peter Sheahan: Best Selling Author, Consultant, and Internationally Acclaimed Speaker Peter Sheahan teaches businesses how to ignore the limitation that says success is a condition of the economy.  Bestselling author of six books including, Fl!p: How to Turn Everything You Know On It’s Head – and Succeed Beyond Your Wildest Imaginings, Peter is a world renowned speaker and global thought leader on exploiting business trends and new market opportunities.  His success is driven by his ability to identify areas of untapped potential, develop the thought processes to profit from them, and then catalyze key individuals to take the necessary risks.  Peter engages his clients to re-think their assumptions and then challenges them to find innovative ways of doing business.  He has been described by one of his clients as the “guy to call when you want your answers questioned.”  Peter is the CEO of the Centre for Skills Development (CSD), specializing in large-scale social change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM.

Flip: How Leaders Find the Opportunities in the Cracks ... (and Become the Drivers of Innovation and Change in Their Organizations) The role of the leader is not to predict the future. Rather, they are expected to make the right assumptions about the present and determine the impact it will have on the future. In this insightful, case-study rich keynote, Peter Sheahan will question your assumptions about business and change, and more importantly your role as a leader. You will be asked to consider: Four questions every business leader must ask and answer to future proof their organization Ways to identify and exploit “intangible” sources of competitive advantage that address major shifts in the competitive landscape Influence versus control. Adopt a business and leadership model built on influence instead of control. Ways to be the primary driver of innovation and change in your organization, regardless of your position or tenure
	Peter will be available to autograph his book, which will be sold on-site, courtesy of the Tattered Cover Bookstore