Debra Benton is an effective, charismatic, and powerful speaker/consultant/ author who has been in business successfully for over 30 years having founded Benton Management Resources in 1976. She has helped professionals worldwide to design subtle changes in their presentation, attitude, and leadership style that ultimately resulted in an increase in their personal and professional effectiveness – and their financial status.

   Her client list reads like a “Who’s Who” in successful business today. Benton’s style and ability to influence positive change has put people “in office,” made companies millions, accelerated career advancement, and created a beneficial ripple effect throughout numerous organizations.

   She has coached corporate executives, politicians, and business leaders on their organization impact in every industry imaginable. Every Week Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company features a client with whom she’s worked.
From thousands of in-depth interviews with high-profile leaders, Benton has written seven books and numerous articles in business publications including the Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal. Her best-selling books (How To Think Like a CEO, How To Act Like a CEO, Lions Don’t Need to Roar) have been translated into fourteen languages. She has been repeatedly written about in Time, BusinessWeek, Fortune, The New York Times and has been a welcome guest on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and interviewed by Diane Sawyer for CBS.

   As an internationally recognized communications and interpersonal relations expert she is a popular keynote speaker. She has spoken to hundreds of organizations including American Express, United Airlines, Viacom, McKinsey & Company, Comcast, Kraft, Hewlett-Packard, U.S. Border Patrol, Lockheed Martin ….in 18 countries. As a speaker, Benton has consistently achieved a rating in the top 2% of all presenters.