Biography

 

For more than twenty five years, George Cappannelli has been assisting and inspiring some of the premier organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors as well as individuals who attend his public seminars to accomplish their objectives.

As an internationally known business and political consultant, author and speaker and an expert on change strategies, innovation and creativity, George serves a wide range of clients including: Accenture, Boeing, PepsiCo, Sun Microsystems, NASA, Disney, The L.A. Times and many more.  (See Client List)

George also specializes in long term organizational and cultural change work. He is one of the world’s leading experts on creating vision-driven, values-based organization and uses a broad range of innovative methods to assist clients with: strategic planning, advanced research and polling, leadership and team development programs, executive coaching, skills enhancement trainings, productivity and performance programs and a lot more. This work is supported by range of books (see products page). 

He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of AgeNation, a new digital media company committed to bring information, education, inspiration and engagement to more than 150,000,000 Americans who are 50 and older and to assist them in redefining what it means to live consciously and age wisely in the 21st Century.

In the non-profit world he has served as Co-Founder and Director of The International Integrity Foundation under whose auspices he worked with Desmond Tutu, Lech Walesa, Mother Teresa, Golda Meir and many other notables. He also served as the Executive Director of The Sedona Institute and as a Director of The Society for the Advancement of Human Spirit, an organization chaired by The Dalai Lama.

George is an Emmy Award winning television producer/director.  In addition to his non-fiction books, he has just completed a trilogy of novels about art and transformation, The Osax Trilogy and is at work on Life After Life.  His next non-fiction book, Do Not Go Quietly, A Guide To Living Consciously and Aging Wisely in the 21st Century is being written with his wife, Sedena, who is also the co author of Say Yes To Change and Authenticity.  

George is an award winning sculptor whose works in stone, wood and bronze are included in a number of public and private collection.

He lives in Santa Fe.
 
 
 

 


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Advantages Of Working With George 

Authenticity:  We sometimes say ‘he or she wrote the book on it’. In George’s case his books on Authenticity and Change and his experience in these areas are second to none.
 
 
Experience:  George has worked in the trenches running organizations, participating in start-ups and turnarounds, helping orchestrate mergers and acquisitions and consulting with some of the best organizations in the world for over 25 years.

Relevance:   George assists his clients to identify what they need to learn, apply this knowledge to their daily performance, and ensure that it leads to measurable results.  

Innovation:  George believes intuition, imagination, and creativity when coupled with practical understanding and operational expertise lead to outstanding performance.

Honesty:    In a world where many will tell us what we want to hear, George is a truth teller.

Engagement:   A lot of talks and programs create a ‘halo effect’ that sometimes fades quickly. This is one of the reasons George believes in the power of experiential learning.

Passion:  George believes that passion is a primary key to innovation, excellence and to the perseverance required to achieve both.

Humor:   They say, "no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care." George also believes that humor is one of the true gifts in the human experience.

Values: George assists his clients to demonstrate that organizations with strong visions and solid core values outperform others by a very significant margin.

 

 

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Peter Drucker

 

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