Archives of Featured Leaders

Welcome to the Recognition Route, featuring the web pages of our most recent twelve Leaders of the Month. We all have our own mountains to climb. The phenomenal leaders who have received recognition as Leaders of the Month have made a tremendous impact on the lives of individuals and the climate of organizations. These leaders have made the mountainous climb possible for those within their sphere of influence. Click on a month below the mountain to see that month’s honored leader. Draw from the wisdom and expertise of these Leaders of the Month and leverage their wisdom to ascend the mountains on your horizon.

Please note: At the bottom of this page, you may access the leader features for those leaders honored more than a year ago.

►May 2004 Leader of the Month: Best-selling Author and Speaker Anne Bruce

►June 2004 Leader of the Month: Founder of Successories, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker Mac Anderson

►July 2004 Leader of the Month: CEO, Filmmaker, Co-author of FISH!® John Christensen

►August 2004 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, Strategist, Futurist, President and CEO of Burrus Research Associates, Inc. Daniel Burrus

►September 2004 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, Professor, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Duke University Mike Krzyzewski

►October 2004 Leader of the Month: President and Co-founder of Play for Peace® Michael Terrien

►November 2004 Leader of the Month: Author and Speaker Zig Ziglar

►December 2004 Leader of the Month: President, Deluxe Financial Services, Deluxe Corporation Chuck Feltz

►January 2005 Leader of the Month: Innovator, Professor, Founding Partner of SolutionPeople Gerald Haman

►February 2005 Leader of the Month: Author, Mentor & Sage Fred Smith, Sr.

►March 2005 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, Sales Trainer & Speech Coach Patricia Fripp

►April 2005 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker & President of the Berkana Institute Dr. Meg Wheatley

►May 2005 Leader of the Month: Actor, Author, Film Consultant Captain Dale Dye

►June 2005 Leader of the Month: Entrepreneur and Servant Leader Jeremy Gustafson

►July 2005 Leader of the Month: Executive Chairman and CEO of Christianity Today International and Author Harold Myra

►August 2005 Leader of the Month: Founder and CEO of PEAK Learning® and Author Dr. Paul Stoltz

►September 2005 Leaders of the Month: Authors, Mentors and co-CEO's of KBI Group Jack Jr. and Garry Kinder

►October 2005 Leader of the Month: Chairman of the Board of Directors at Christianity Today International Jack Modesett

►November 2005 Leader of the Month: Creator of the Kufunda Learning Village Marianne Knuth

►December 2005 Leader of the Month: Co-founder and CEO of Interchange Toke Møller

►January 2006 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, Consultant & Chairman of the Statue of Responsibility Project Kevin Hall

►February 2006 Leader of the Month: Publisher, Motivator & Humorist Charlie Jones

►March 2006 Leader of the Month: Professor, Author & Consultant Tom Berliner

►April 2006 Leader of the Month: Executive Director of the Greenhouse Project Dorah Lebelo

►May 2006 Leader of the Month: Executive Director of the American Payroll Association Dan Maddux

►June 2006 Leader of the Month: President and Corporate Secretary for Southwest Airlines Colleen Barrett

►July 2006 Leader of the Month: President and CEO of Travelocity Michelle Peluso

►August 2006 Leader of the Month: National Leadership Consultant Kristin Rogers

►September 2006 Leader of the Month: Author and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight Keith Ferrazzi

►October 2006 Leader of the Month: Author and CEO Jim Amos

►November 2006 Leader of the Month: Hall of Fame Basketball Player and Coach John Wooden

►December 2006 Leader of the Month: Co-founder of Franklin Covey Hyrum Smith

►January 2007 Leader of the Month: President of High Point University and Chairman of Great Harvest Bread Company Nido Qubein

►February 2007 Leader of the Month: President of David Dean and Associates, Inc., Accomplished Sales Leader, Motivational Speaker, and Author of Now Is Your Time to Win,  David Dean

►March 2007 Leader of the Month: Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and Board Member at the University of Virgina (Wise campus) Don Green

►April 2007 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, and Business Consultant Ken Blanchard

►May 2007 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, ESPN Analyst and Famed College Football Coach Lou Holtz

►June 2007 Leader of the Month: Author, Teacher, Speaker, Co-founder of FranklinCovey Dr. Stephen R. Covey

►July 2007 Leader of the Month: Senior Executive Officer and Board Member at the Tom James Company Jim McEachern

►August 2007 Leader of the Month: Chairman and CEO of Red Capital Group William Roberts

►September 2007 Leader of the Month: Founder and Chairman of Southwest Airlines Herb Kelleher

►October 2007 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, and Consultant Patrick Lencioni

►November 2007 Leader of the Month: Chairman Emeritus and Former CEO of ServiceMaster and Author Bill Pollard

►December 2007 Leader of the Month: President and Founder of Bill Glass Champions for Life, Author, & Retired Professional Football Pro-Bowler Bill Glass

►January 2008 Leader of the Month: Author, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Philanthropist LuAn Mitchell

►February 2008 Leader of the Month: Co-president of the Berkana Institute Deborah Frieze

►March 2008 Leader of the Month: Speaker, Author, Philosopher Earl Nightingale

►April 2008 Leader of the Month: Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop Maxine Clark

►May 2008 Leader of the Month: Founder and Chairman of Six Disciplines Corporation and Author Gary Harpst

►June 2008 Leader of the Month: Author, Speaker, & Consultant Eileen McDargh

►July 2008 Leader of the Month: Author, Businessman, & Philanthropist Paul J. Meyer