erne is founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and chaired for fifteen years EO's premiere CEO program, the "Birthing of Giants" and WEO's "Advanced Business" executive program both held at MIT.  Founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company, Verne has spent the past 30 years educating entrepreneurial teams.  The "Growth Guy" syndicated columnist, he's also the Venture Columnist for Fortune magazine. He's the author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits which is endorsed by over 100 CEOs of mid-size companies and is published in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Serbian, Polish, Dutch, German and Spanish.  Verne also chairs annual Growth Summits in North America, Australia, Europe, and Latin America and continues to teach in the MIT executive program he founded and the "Taipan: Making of Asian Giants" program he co-chaired for 10 years.  He also led the first delegation of young entrepreneurs to Mainland China.  Residing in Barcelona, Spain, he's married with four children and enjoys piano, tennis, and magic as a card-carrying member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
What others have to say about Verne Harnish's presentations
John F. Neilson, VP of Microsoft
You motivated our salesforce and got them to think outside the box...your use of real life examples brought credibility to your presentation...you interacted well with the audience and kept them engaged.
Lori A. Rosenthal, HR of AT&T
Your dynamic style and depth of knowledge...truly set the tone for our entire training program.
George J. Mitsch, Vice President of United Van Lines
You informed with a comfortable delivery and pace, spiced with current examples of the principles at work in the marketplace.
Patricia A. Bogusz, Director of Burlington Northern Railroad
Thank you so much for the wonderful keynote speech...so many of the ideas and philosophies you presented were right on target for us.