Leadership and Adversity: Learn the Amazing Habits and Secrets Of How Prominent Successful Leaders Overcame Adversity and Obstacles

"Dr. Haller and Jack Canfield (The Secret, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and The Success Principles) discuss Dr. Haller Leadership and Adversity research.

The Leadership Success Institute provides articles, books, lectures, workshops and mentoring will help individuals and organizations:

The Leadership Success Institute and Dr. Howard Edward Haller will uniquely provide special leadership training and unique insights into the development of leaders:

We provide the unique perspective and insight into Leadership and Adversity, as a leadership mentor, guide and facilitator to enable our clients and students to maximize their potential and eliminate the negative effects of adversity, obstacles or even tragedy that they have experienced and become effective leaders.

Our leadership training and leadership development approach is unique in that we come to this point having researched the topic of overcoming adversity and leadership development as the focus of virtually all of Dr. Haller’s Doctoral research into Leadership and Adversity. The unique facts are that:

• Dr. Haller conducted an extensive academic research of the literature, including books, articles and other research on the topic of Leadership and Adversity, specifically deal with overcoming adversity and leadership development.
   

• "Dr. Howard Edward Haller and Dr. Barbara De Angeles at a Mega Speaking Conference, in LA (fellow speaker and best selling author)"

  Dr. Haller conducted a unique series of in depth interviews with twenty prominent leader participants and peer debriefing scholars, on the topic of Leadership and adversity, and how prior to becoming prominent leaders, sixteen now prominent leaders experienced various degrees of adversity, or even tragedy, in their youth and adult lives.
   

• Dr. Howard Haller has over 35 years of successful business leadership and management experiences, including 20 years as in senior leadership and management positions in several major public companies. Working for major firms in a senior leadership positions has provided him with a unique perspective and insight into effective leadership. Dr. Haller has a firm grasp of “hands on” proven management techniques, and successful leadership development. This corporate business leadership combined with Dr. Haller’s successful entrepreneurial experiences gives him a unique perspective.
   

• His over twenty years of experience as a Trustee of a major University, and having been the youngest President of the University Board of Trustees gives him a “real world” insight into leadership in business, education and non-profit sectors. Dr. Haller’s unique combination of over 20 years of both corporate, entrepreneurial, and non-profit leadership, plus being a well-respected academic scholar provide him with well balanced and “real world” perspective not found in the traditional leadership books and usually academic articles.

  "Dr. Haller (in my University Professor & Doctoral student days - with the white beard) with my writing and speaking Mentors, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (the co-authors of the mega best selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul)"

  
   

• Dr. Haller’s Leadership and Adversity Doctoral research and findings were reviewed and commented on by seven noted world class leadership scholars (all best selling authors) including: Dr Ken Blanchard, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Professor Jim Kouzes, Dr. John Kotter, Dr. Paul Stoltz, and Dr. Meg Wheatley
   

Who is Dr Howard Edward Haller?

Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. is the Chief Enlightenment Officer of the Spokane, Washington based The Leadership Success Institute. Dr. Haller’s Doctoral dissertation in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University was focused on Leadership and Adversity. He interviewed over a dozen prominent US leaders in business, politics, and higher education.

Dr. Haller has over 35 years of proven successful business leadership experience, including over 20 years as a Senior Vice President, President, or CEO in major public companies.

Dr. Haller’s Leadership Doctoral dissertation has become a well received book entitled “LEADERSHIP and ADVERSITY: The Shaping of Prominent Leaders.” It was published in late 2008 by a major international publisher, VDM Publishing and is now available on www.Amazon.com,www.Amazon.ca, www.Amazon.co.uk, andwww.Amazon.de (in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany).

Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. is well respected academic scholar and award winning author. He serves on the Editorial Peer Review Board of the International Journal of Servant Leadership. Dr. Haller is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, Member of the Writers Guild of America west (successful TV and Film writer), and Winner of the US President’s Essay Contest (on Hiring the Handicapped) which was published.

Dr. Howard Edward Haller regularly speaks, lectures and conducts various leadership and management training's all over North America and Europe.

"Dr Haller presents a major Academic Paper at ILA Int'l Conf 2006"

Dr. Howard Edward Haller is an accomplished Commercial Real Estate Developer and Investor. He Licensed Real Estate Broker in California. Dr. Haller is also both a California Licensed Engineering Contractor and a California Licensed General Contractor. Dr. Haller has built well over 2,750,000 square feet of commercial buildings. As a Licensed Real Estate Broker, he has personally sold well over $450 million of commercial real estate. He has personally negotiated and arranged over $1.5750 Billion in commercial and residential real estate loans. He is a CCIM (Candidate) with over $54 million of documented personal transactions in the last five years alone.

Dr. Haller is also President & Chief Operating Officer of CPM LLC, a Super High Definition LED Sign Manufacturing and Advertising Company based out of San Francisco, with our manufacturing plant in Chen Chen, PRC (China). www.CPM1000.com

Dr. Howard Edward Haller is President and CEO of Haller Companies, Haller Construction& Engineering Company, is Trustee Emeritus of California State University, Northridge (former two term President of the University Board of Trustees).
He is also the Founder and Chief Enlightenment Officer of The Leadership Success Institute.

Personal note from Dr. Howard Edward Haller on his groundbreaking Doctoral research into overcoming adversities and developing leaders:

I am especial proud of my Doctoral research into “Leader and Adversity” which includes rich, insightful and meaningful interviews of over a dozen prominent leaders. These leaders participants all shared their stories, there experiences and their wisdom. I personally interviewed these successful leader participants for this research project including:

1. "Howard Edward Haller (still with the beard) and US Army Major General Sid Shachnow (Ret.) tour the General’s House Farm, after discussing Leadership and Adversity for several hours in the General's home near Ft. Bragg, NC."

   Schaja Shachnowski: a Jewish Holocaust survivor who escaped to western Germany, then immigrated to the United States , and subsequently rose from Private to Major General in the U.S. Army, now known as Major General Sid Shachnow (Retired);
   
   
2. Monzer Hourani: a Christian Arab immigrant who saw his mother killed in the Lebanese Civil War, but who became a successful entrepreneur and real estate developer in Houston, Texas, in spite of the major real, estate crisis in the 1980’s and recent client failures such as HeathSouth, his firm Medistar survives;
   
   

3. "Dr Haller and Dr Blenda Wilson (former University President) @ Getty Museum for my PhD Interview"

   Dr. Tony Bonanzino: an Italian-American who grew up in a strict home for fatherless boys, who bought out his employer and became an entrepreneur and the CEO of a large biotechnology and pharmaceutical business, Hollister-Steir Labs; 
   
   
4. Dr. Blenda Wilson: an African-American woman who overcame racial, gender, and age discrimination to become a leader in education policy and reform. She is a former University Chancellor and University President;
   
   
   

5. "Howard Edward Haller (with the white beard) and US Senator Orrin Hatch discuss Leadership and Adversity for nearly four hours in Senator Hatch's office in Washington DC."

   Daniel Inouye: a Japanese-American man who was raised in poverty and who lost an arm in wartime, who became and attorney, and long time a U.S. Senator (D- Hawaii);
   
   
6. Orrin Hatch: a Mormon boy who grew up poor during the Depression, lost a brother in World War II, worked his way through high school, college, and law school, who has been a U.S. Senator (R- Utah) for 30 years;
   
   
7. H. H. “Zig” Ziglar: a boy born into a large, poor, rural family who lost his father at age 5, then failed initially in sales until a mentor turned around his life, and now has built a nationwide training and motivational speaking firm. Zig is a major thought leader in self improvement and motivation;
   
   
8. Dr. John Malone: a self-described “middle class nerd” who worked his way through high school, college, and graduate school, who fought business and regulatory battles on many fronts, experienced the death of his mentor and majority shareholder, and eventually turned a small, struggling cable company into a $58 billion company.

   "Dr Haller and Billionaire Dr. Malone Chairman & CEO LibertyMedia"

   Dr. Malone is a multi-billionaire, serial entrepreneur and currently Chairman and CEO of Liberty Media Inc. ;
   
   
9. Larry Pino: an Italian-American who struggled as a young attorney, lost a political campaign, went broke several times in a series of business ventures, but has overcome the pats and now built up a major business in Orlando, FL winning a number of honors as a successful businessman. Pino has emerged from overcoming adversities, as a successful entrepreneur and the Chairman & CEO of Dynetech Corporation and related subsidiaries.

I also interviewed:

1. J. Terrence Lanni: the current Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage, one of the largest hotel and gaming companies in the world, who previously saw a major build up and downsizing as Treasurer of Republic Corp. in the 1970’s.

   "Dr Haller + J Terry Lanni (Chairman & CEO, MGM at Lanni's office)."

   He then built up and became President of Caesars World (Hotels and Casinos). He became the Chairman and CEO of MGM Casino and resorts;
    
2. Dr. Nido Qubein: a self made immigrant who came to America with $50 and spoke no English, got a college education, he has built several major marketing firms and a ownership in a leading financial institution. Qubein is CEO of Great Harvest Bread Company, he owns several PR and Marketing Consulting firms. Dr. Qubein is now President of High Point University (his alma mater), and he is a major leader in the National Speaker Association);
    
3. Angelo Mozilo: is an entrepreneur and a self made multi-millionaire, who struggled against ethic discrimination, who was the co-founder and former Chairman and CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation (S& P 500 company). Mozilo recently sold his firm, Countywide, to the Bank of America;
    
4. Dr. John Sperling: was born in poverty, was dyslexic and semi-literate, but went on to get a Ph.D. from Cambridge. He became the founder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of the Apollo Group, Inc., which owns the University of Phoenix. Dr Sperling’s story is a true “Horatio Algier” story of going from poverty, to being a self made Billionaire. He is both intrapreneur and entrepreneur;
    
5. William Draper III: his mother died when he was in his teens, he became successful major high-technology venture capitalist (Sutter Hill Ventures), then President of the U. S. Import-Export Bank under President Reagan, served as Trustee of Yale University, and is a proven entrepreneurial leader and co-founder and currently Managing Partner of Draper-Richards, a venture capital firm;

   "Dr Ken Blanchard (Best Selling Author), Dr Haller and Prophet Moses (bronze)"

Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. is the Chief Enlightenment Officer of the Spokane, Washington based The Leadership Success Institute. His Doctoral dissertation in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, included interviews with sixteen prominent US entrepreneurs and leaders in business, politics, and higher education.

Dr. Haller has over 35 years of proven successful business leadership experience, including over 20 years as a Senior Vice President, President, or CEO in major public companies. His Leadership Doctoral dissertation has been published in late 2008 by a major international publisher, VDM Publishing. Dr. Haller’s book “LEADERSHIP and ADVERSITY: The Shaping of Prominent Leaders” is available on www.Amazon.com,www.Amazon.ca,www.Amazon.co.uk, and www.Amazon.de (in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany).

Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. is well respected academic scholar and award winning author. He serves on the Editorial Peer Review Board of the International Journal of Servant-Leadership. Dr. Haller is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, Member of the Writers Guild of America west (TV and Film writer), and winner of the US President’s Essay Contest (on "Hiring the Handicapped").

Dr. Howard Edward Haller regularly speaks, keynotes, lectures and conducts various leadership seminars, "entrepreneurial success boot camp," corporate intrapreneur workshops/seminars and management training all over North America. He has presented Academic Peer reviewed Papers to various International Conferences, including the International Leadership Association. He works closely with Senior Executives as an Executive Coach. He works with rising Executives as an Executive Mentor and Business Coach. Dr. Haller conducts custom designed corporate leadership, management, and development courses for his clients.

Dr. Haller also a regular speaker and certified North American Instructor for The Robert Allen Institute, Mark Victor Hansen & Robert Allen's Enlightened Wealth Institute. He is regularly speaks before Business and Corporate meetings as a Keynote or Featured Speaker/Trainer.

Dr. Howard Edward Haller is President and CEO of Haller Companies, and Haller Construction and Engineering Company, Trustee Emeritus of California State University, Northridge (former two term President of the University Board of Trustees).

He has been a Professor at several major Universities over the last 25 years, was well as past University Board President &Trustee for California State University Northridge Trust Fund and Trustee of the CSUN Foundation. Dr. Haller is currently affiliated with Gonzaga University. He is also the Founder and Chief Enlightenment Officer of The Leadership Success Institute.

He was the Senior Vice President of Real Estate for United Artists in the 1980s (Managing their $2 Billion Real Estate Portfolio), and then Senior Vice President of Real Estate for TeleCommunications Inc.[TCI] (Managing a $4 Billion Real Estate Portfolio), in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has been for over 18 years, and is still currently, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of American Realty Capital Advisors Inc., an equity bridge loan and mortgage banking firm, headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA. www.ARCA-Money.com

Dr. Haller is also currently the President, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Member of CPM LLC, a Super High Definition LED Sign Manufacturing and Advertising Company which is based out of Beverly Hills, California, with their manufacturing plant in China [PRC].

Dr. Howard Edward Haller is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in California He is also both a Licensed California Licensed Engineering Contractor and a California Licensed General Contractor. As a developer/project manager/contractor. Dr. Haller has built well over 2,750,000 square feet of commercial buildings. As a Licensed Real Estate Broker, he has personally sold well over $450 million of commercial real estate. He has personally negotiated and arranged over $1.5750 Billion in commercial and residential real estate loans. He is a CCIM (Candidate) with over $54 million of documented personal transactions in the last five years alone.