James Adonis is one of Australia's most well-known people management thinkers. He is a leading international expert on employee engagement, and the co-founder and managing director of Team Leaders - a company dedicated to developing the very best frontline managers.

By the time he was 24, James was managing a team of 100. His major achievements have included taking a team that had employee turnover exceeding 70 per cent and reducing it to zero where it was maintained for 2 years. He has also achieved employee engagement results that have surpassed not only the industry standard, but world's best practice.

James's articles and research are regularly published in many countries and he is frequently featured in the media as a thought leader on people management. As a nationally-syndicated blogger and writer with the Fairfax group of newspapers, James's original thoughts are read by tens of thousands of managers and business owners every week.

He is the author of three books including his latest, Corporate Punishment: Smashing the management cliches for leaders in a new world. His two previous books were Employee Enragement: Why people hate working for you and Love Your Team..

Thought-provoking and entertaining, James's keynote presentations and workshops show companies how to solve staff turnover, engage all generations, and win the war for talent. He has presented to audiences across Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with an impressive list of clients including McDonald's, American Express, Coca-Cola, Qantas, and Gucci.

In 2008, James was the President of the National Speakers Association of Australia (NSW Chapter) - the youngest person in the history of the Association to hold such an honour.

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