Rick Smith is the founding CEO of World 50, cited as one of the world's most influential senior executive networking companies. He is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal and Business Week bestseller "The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers," which has been sold into 13 languages and remains one of the top-selling professional career books of all time. A leading commentator on careers and professional and personal success, Rick has been featured by more than 50 media outlets, including CNN, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Sirius Satellite Radio, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune and Chief Executive. Rick's message offers a fascinating and compelling framework for individuals to dramatically accelerate their impact in the workplace, unlock dormant potential and achieve great things for themselves and their employers. Smith, himself, turned an ordinary career into an extraordinary one. A once struggling executive recruiter, he momentarily broke out of the pack with a successful book only to be fired in the aftermath. And that's when the journey of discovery began. Smith revived an idea he had had several years earlier for top-level peer-to-peer exchange groups. The initial reaction was frigid, but eventually one key executive signed on, then another, and another. Soon, Rick was riding other's enthusiasm and World50, one of the world's largest, most successful professional networking organizations, was born. How did it happen? Why? These are the questions that drove Rick to interview hundreds of people in fields as varied as healthcare, retailing, community service, and fashion to discover how they had turned their careers from ordinary to extraordinary. What Smith discovered is both dramatic and counterintuitive – that people who turn dull careers into deeply fulfilling ones, all follow a similar path. It's this process that Rick shares with his audiences and it's one that everyone can take. Inspiring people in all organizations and at all levels to make their own leap is Rick Smith's primary mission. Helping individuals improve their lives through work and unlock latent productivity is what he does best. A serial entrepreneur, Rick is working on the launch of several new companies. Titles The Performance Leap: 3 Steps to Unlocking the Potential in Yourself and Those You Lead Take the Leap: 3 Steps to a Breakthrough Life The Patterns of Extraordinary Performance: The Guide to Uncommon Individual and Organizational Achievement Topics Business, Success Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State CA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.