Peter Hillary has been to the summit of Mt Everest twice in his life, the second time as part of a National Geographic documentary and in honor of his father's ascent almost 50 years earlier. Besides being the first father and son to climb Everest, the Hillarys trekked to the South Pole together in 1999. These are just two highlights of his extraordinarily adventurous life.

Having won more tournaments than any other female player with 103 career wins, Misty May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh have dominated professional beach volleyball and were gold medalists at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Misty was recently on Dancing with the Stars when she was injured during a dance ending her run on the show.

Over the past 13 years, thousands of corporate clients have used Second City to support their company meetings and sales conferences, enliven award ceremonies, celebrate and lift morale at company anniversaries and holiday events and much more. By using the best comedic writers and actors in the industry, Second City grabs audience's attention and makes a lasting impression.

Nominated as one of The Times' 50 leading influential management thinkers, Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and author of The Democratic Enterprise. Her current research with the Lehman Centre for Women in Business is to create an in-depth understanding of the rhetoric and reality of how business strategy is delivered through people and model the key processes.

Two-time World Champion Adventure Racer and San Diego Firefighter Robyn Benincasa knows about creating Human Synergy - "that magic that allows groups of ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things together". She has studied Extreme Teamwork in the jungles of Borneo, the Himalayan peaks of Tibet, the rivers of Fiji, and the epic brush fires of Southern California. She has emerged from these grueling challenges with her refreshing perspective on what it takes to build the kind of world class teams that succeed against all odds, triumph in the face of adversity and go the distance in any endeavor.

Born in Miami's low-income Liberty City, his passion to learn and his hunger for greatness catapulted him from dee-jay to broadcast manager, from community activist to community leader, from political commentator to three-term legislator, from a banquet and night-club emcee to a premier keynote speaker. Brown is the author of Live Your Dreams and the newly released book It's Not Over Until You Win.

Studio analyst of NFL Pregame Show and Bowl Championship Series on Fox Sports, Jimmy Johnson built one of the most successful coaching records in football on both the professional and collegiate levels. As head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Jimmy Johnson led "Americas Team" to two consecutive Super Bowl titles and is one of two coaches to win both a Super Bowl title and a major college football championship.

Dr. Peter Senge is the Founding Chair of a global community of researchers, corporations and consultants called the Society for Organizational Learning. Dr. Senge has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abscract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change.

Flashover Seminars' impactful events take you deep into a world in which life and death decisions are made every day and a deep connection to one's teammates is essential for survival, and allows you to experience first-hand the teambuilding strategies and "Incident Command" skills you'll need to handle all of your business fires with confidence.

Co-author of the best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, which has sold more than nine million copies worldwide, Ken Blanchard is chief spiritual officer of Blanchard Training and Development, Inc. His latest book, Gung Ho!, co-authored with Sheldon Bowles, is currently climbing the bestseller charts.