Leadership Summit Albany 2016

The Albany Leadership Summit brought together business owners, executives and entrepreneurs from across the country on November 10-11, 2016 during a two-day event at the Desmond Hotel. The Albany Leadership Summit was designed to combine business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs from diverse industries for a transformational and educational two-day Leadership Symposium anchored by respected industry leaders to share skills and strategies, establish, and align vision and practices for success.

Keynote celebrity speakers for the Albany Leadership Summit were:

Jeff Hoffman – founder of Priceline, successful entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, published author, Hollywood film producer, and a producer of a Grammy winning jazz album in 2015.  He came to speak to us about how he has achieved his success and how we can unlock our fullest potential as entrepreneurs and innovators.  He made a lasting impression on everyone as he revealed who he has worked with in the past, who he is teaming up with now and what cool new ideas he is starting to learn about.  He taught us all the value of never stopping the learning process and that we should all stay curious about the world around us!

James Malinchak – one of the most requested, in-demand business and motivational keynote speakers, and marketing consultants in the world, featured on the hit ABC TV Show, Secret Millionaire.  James dazzled the crowd with his fun sense of humor, humility and humble beginnings.  He shared his advanced ideas for success.  He helped us look inward on ourselves and define all that is precious to us.  James reinforced the idea that we should continue to invest into ourselves by way of learning because we are all worth it!

Lynette Louise – Internationally renowned Leadership expert and best selling author, who teaches Leadership in a myriad of fields across the globe.  Lynette brought her lively and lovable personality to us by way of her telling us how she has overcome adversity towards her children’s physical and mental disabilities.  She not only conquered that but has become an inspirational leader but has also delved into the study of Bio Feedback and how we can overcome many adversities through it.  She inspired many in attendance to be better people both personally and professionally as she explained that the whole world around her is her school room.  She taught us that we must lead ourselves in order to become leaders!

Sharon Burstein – America’s Leadership Image Speaker, award winning author & marketing strategist. Sharon brought us many insights on how to improve our leadership image as well as success tips for life.  She talked about how leadership is not about being in power but that it is about strength, courage, understanding and sacrifice.  She also shared that the more confident we are in ourselves, the more confident others will be in us!  Now that is a real life tip for success!

I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank our wonderful sponsors once more!  They are, in no particular order:

Broadway Marketing

JC Sweet & Co

22 Shades of Gray

RM Irish Jewels

The Desmond

EcoHappy Style

Special personal thanks go to :

Melissa O’Reilly

Jenny Crawford

Loretta Fontaine

Connie Slocum