SAGE SPEAKERS

Daniel Hallak, PhD specializes in connecting strategy, execution, and leadership development to create high-performance cultures of trust and highly differentiated market value. His experience working with CEOs and business owners during critical inflection points, such as scaling, selling, or planning for succession, has given him unique insight into the triumphs and trials of leadership transitions.

He is a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and known for his relationship-centered approach that is captured in a popular TEDx, “Networking Doesn’t Have to Feel Gross”. He is the author of “The Trust Circle”, Unlock the Power of Relationships to Lead With Impact.

Listen to Daniel discuss his book on The Great Conversation.

Matt Skarin is known for turning complexity into clarity and chaos into opportunity. After walking away from a safe corporate career at the height of his earning power, Matt discovered what many founders never learn: failure isn’t the enemy—mediocrity is.

Matt helps founders scale beyond themselves by aligning vision, operational truth, and the trusted people required to execute at the next level. He equips entrepreneurs with the one thing they need most: the ability to see the opportunity hiding inside the chaos, and the courage to act on it, regularly creating infrastructures to grow the value of a business.

Alan Andersen is a leadership expert guiding executives and focused entrepreneurs through critical transitions, from increasing a financial valuation to activating people in a business. He specializes in “threading the needle” for family offices. His work with family businesses unravels confusion and complexity, while unlocking unrealized values and future legacy.

Known for his “Practical Psychology”, he focuses on the one, while keeping his eye on the many. This approach opens the sightlines of the leader specifically surfacing how they will be able to navigate risks and opportunities associated with walking their Path to Value™.

Ron Worman, Founder of The Sage Group, has over 30 years of experience in creating valuable organizations. His innovative methodology, The Path to Value™, integrates the owner’s personal, professional, and organizational goals with strategic insights into the mind of the market and the mind of the investor.

His key achievements include guiding organizations in multiple industries towards improved collaboration, innovation, and strategic growth. He is the host of The Great Conversation Podcast where ideas that move markets the leaders who have them are featured.