Over the years, Anne Bruce has evolved from the best-selling author of several books in the field of human behavior, leadership, and motivation to an inspirational force and a respected specialist, speaker, and trainer in the area of human development and personal growth. Thousands of people around the world have adopted Anne’s no-nonsense approach to Discovering True North and have learned to be the "author of their life story." Anne’s workshops and keynote presentations, including this book, grew out of her powerful and life-changing courses taught worldwide, known as the Human Potential Series: Inspirational Programs with Substance and Soul.

Anne Bruce passionately demonstrates, with nuts-and-bolts transformation tools and techniques, the steps necessary to build on our signature strengths and to rely on the magnificent inner guidance system that is within us all.

Anne’s books, such as Perfect Phrases for Documenting Employee Performance Problems (McGraw-Hill, 2005), Building a High Morale Workplace (McGraw-Hill, 2003), How to Motivate Every Employee (McGraw-Hill Professional Education, 2003), Leaders—Start to Finish: A Road Map for Developing and Training Leaders At All Levels (ASTD Publishing, 2000), and Motivating Employees (McGraw-Hill, 1999), have inspired thousands of people and have been translated into more than two dozen languages worldwide.

A former television talk show host and producer for CBS, Anne has been a featured presenter for The White House, Harvard and Stanford law schools, and the London Institute of Management. Her motivational programs on leadership, customer service, the power of human potential, and an array of communications topics have been featured at worldwide business conferences, at professional associations, and in hundreds of corporations, including Coca-Cola, Sprint, Ben & Jerry’s, Southwest Airlines, The Southern Company, Lanier Worldwide, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Paine Webber, Baylor University Medical Center, the American Red Cross, and the Conference Board of Europe.

Anne has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and the Charlie Rose Show. She also has been interviewed for a number of stories in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Times (London), the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and the San Francisco Chronicle.