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Stedman Graham

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Canada

Français

Stedman Graham est auteur de Best-sellers, Éducateur et Entrepreneur et Conférencier Africain-Américain.
Il a prononcé une conférence intitulée « The Nine Step Plan For Success (le plan en neuf étapes vers le succès) » au 8e Festival International du Film Black de Montréal (FIFBM) le 27 septembre 2012. Il a reçu le Prix d’Excellence en Carrière 2012 pour l’ensemble de son parcours professionnel. Le Festival souligne ainsi son apport extraordinaire tant à des corporations qu’à des organismes sans but lucratif à travers la formation en développement identitaire, en leadership, en sensibilisation à la diversité, au mieux-être et en image de marque personnelle ou professionnelle. Le Festival rend également hommage à son implication communautaire et philanthropique, notamment auprès des jeunes.



« Stedman Graham est une sommité en matière d’intelligence émotionnelle. Ses séminaires de formation sont des plus efficaces puisqu’ils sont axés sur notre capacité à faire ressortir le leader qui sommeille en nous. »
– David M. Reynolds, CFM, directeur associé et ancien vice-président de Merrill Lynch.

English

As an executive, educator and speaker, Stedman Graham works with corporations, organizations and nonprofits in the areas of identity development, leadership, diversity training, personal wellness, and personal / professional branding.

Graham has authored eleven books, including two New York Times bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. Graham’s most recent release, Identity: Your Passport to Success, published by Pearson Education in April 2012, reached number six on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list for business books.

Stedman Graham is a former adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he taught a leadership course based on his Nine-Step Process. Graham also taught management strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois. He is a distinguished visiting professor at several colleges and universities throughout the country.



In 1985, Graham founded AAD Education, Health and Sports (formerly, Athletes Against Drugs), a nonprofit organization with over 500 professional athletes and other civic leaders committed to developing leadership in underserved youth. Graham serves on several boards, including Corporate Voices, the National Board of Junior Achievement (JA), the 7-Eleven Education Is Freedom Foundation and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.

He is also actively involved in leadership efforts and programs in South Africa and is the Founder of Concerned Citizens of Whitesboro and Concerned Citizens of Lake Waccamaw, NC.Graham holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Hardin-Simmons University. He received a master’s degree in Education from Ball State University and an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Coker College, where he is also a distinguished visiting professor.


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