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Liz Cornish
Author, Leadership expert and International Adventurer

 

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My advice for your first hundred days? Put Liz's number on speed dial.
Alayne Fardella
Once again you have managed to dazzle the group.

Director
Leadership Academy

Liz is a great listener. Her ability to show us 'the other side' helped our firm negotiate some difficult staff issues and develop a progressive plan to move forward.
Senior Partner

Accounting Firm

I have heard nothing but raves about how fun and rewarding it was to work with you... and they were a tough group!
Apparel Executive

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The C Differential:  7 Choices of "Wildly Successful" Women
What distinguishes wildly successful women – admirals, multi-million-dollar entrepreneurs, CEOS of billion-dollar corporations – from those who plateau pre-maturely? With the same skill set and smarts, why do some females cruise through the glass ceiling while others crash into it? Learn the hard-won advice and wisdom from over 200 highly effective women.

The Leadership Adventure: Tales from the Arctic and other Training Grounds
Enjoy amazing stories and powerful leadership lessons learned from tackling remote wilderness challenges.

Hit the Ground Running: Maximizing Success in the First 100 Days of Your Leadership Challenge
Used well, the first 100 days are an unparalleled opportunity to accelerate your success and create long-term momentum. Unfortunately, a few tactical errors can cause a crisis of confidence that could stall – even ruin – your career. Learn how to maximize success and minimize risk in the most vulnerable and critical time of your leadership tenure – your first 100 days. Given the overwhelming demands, learn how to allocate that most precious commodity: time.

Liz Cornish, MBA, is a sought-after speaker and organizational consultant. An expert in teambuilding, leadership development, change management and long range-planning, she coaches leaders from one person start-ups to Fortune 500 as they develop, support and maintain effective performance. Her client list has included Birkenstock, Ernst and Young, the Naval Postgraduate School, SC Johnson and Son, Outward Bound, and many healthcare systems, executive programs, and women’s networks/associations. Her new book, Hit the Ground Running: the Woman Leader’s Guide to theFirst 100 Days (McGraw Hill), is the product of over 200 interviews with effective executives, thousands of research hours, and 25 years of experience. The book has already sold in 11 countries and has received the endorsements of Marshall Goldsmith (author, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There), Stephen Covey (author, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People), Ken Blanchard (co-author The One-Minute Manager and The Secret), Lois Frankel (author, Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office) and Betty Spence (President, National Association for Female Executives).Liz’s varied background includes many years and miles as an international outdoor adventure educator. She has led executives up Mt Kilimanjaro, survived riots in Kenya, kayaked the powerful Zambezi River in Africa, soloed above the Arctic Circle, and ran the 100th Boston Marathon. She recently returned from an exploratory rafting trip on the Mekong River in the high mountains of China — she never wore less than 5 layers of clothing.

Partial Client List 

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American Leadership Forum
Community Child Care Council
Family Services Agency
Headstart
Leadership California
Outward Bound
United Way of Sonoma, Mendocino
Department of Public Safety
California Department of Social Services
Carnegie Melon Executive Program
City of Petaluma
City of Santa Rosa
Community Health Partnership
Health Care Finance Administration
Mendocino Dept of Social Services
Mendocino Community Health Clinic
Office of Personnel Management - US Government
Region of Peel
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
Santa Rosa Training Center
Santa Rosa Junior College
Sonoma Academy
Sonoma State University
Stanford University - MBA Leadership Program
University of Auckland - Leadership Institute
University of California
University of Virginia - Executive Program
U.S. Army - Oakland & Seattle Army Base
U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Amoco
Apple
Birkenstock
Empire Waste Management
Ernst and Young
Esprit
Estes Corporation
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company
Frank Howard Allen (formerly Willow Creek Properties)
Frito-Lay
Grubb & Ellis
Health Plan of the Redwoods
Host International
National Bank of the Redwoods
North American Mortgage Company
North Carolina Power and Light
North Coast Faculty Practice
The Norton Company
OCLI
The Peters Corporation
Petaluma Valley Hospital
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Quick Lube
Recycled Paper Products
Ritz Food and Equipment
SC Johnson
Sonoma National Bank
Sutter Hospital
Ukiah Valley Medical Center
U.S. West
Willow Creek Financial Services

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