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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.

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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 WinDavid 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