Howard Stevens is the chairman and CEO of the HR Chally Group—a leading talent management and sales development firm. Mr. Stevens is the author of The Quadrant Solution and Selling the Wheel and is a frequent speaker and expert source on radio and television. Chally’s World-Class Sales Benchmarks program has been presented over 500 times across thirty countries for corporations, trade associations, government agencies, and universities. He is a frequent contributor to Selling Power magazine and other sales, business, and trade publications. He has been a guest on CNN, Bloomberg, National Public Radio, and other business-based programs. He also presents the World-Class Sales Benchmarks annually at university graduate schools of business and serves as chairman of the sales advisory board for Ohio University and the foundation board of Wright State University.

Theodore Kinni is a business author and journalist. He has written books for consultants, ESS speakers, and Fortune 500 companies, including Be Our Guest for the Disney Company, as well as more than 100 articles and numerous reviews for Business 2.0, Selling Power, Across the Board, and many others.