ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr. Conard works at the intersection of health-system effectiveness, organizational leadership, and individual wellbeing. In the twenty-six years he has practiced medicine, Dr. Conard has founded, developed, led, and sold five companies, including TienaHealth Medical Clinic, a proactive medical home; TienaHealth Research; Sleep Healers sleep labs; and Proactive Medical Management. During this time, he was also an associate professor at UT Health Science Center in Dallas for twenty-one years and was a principle investigator in sixty-three clinical trials.

After selling his medical practice, he served as Chief Medical & Strategy Officer of Medical Edge, a 510 provider, 1.3M patient health care system. When this was sold to Texas Health Resources he became the Chief Medical Officer for Holmes & Murphy Insurance Brokerage Firm and then Compass Professional Health Services - a technology enabled transparency, concierge engagement, and population health company.

Currently he works to increase communication and collaboration between employers and medical providers to deliver outstanding medical care to employees with increased levels of quality, safety, and service while reducing overall program costs.

Working to share this vision through his books, programs, and consulting, Dr. Conard is committed to helping create a healthcare system that provides incentives for stakeholders to use technology and to empower people in order to add years to their lives and life to their years.

For more information visit www.scottconard.com

Dr. Conard has been highly recommended by many of his collaborators over the years. Litty Pappachen, who worked with Dr. Conard at Business Executive, says:

"Scott is a brilliant and passionate physician and business strategist. I am constantly impressed with his quick assessment of various situations and solid plan of action that incorporates both what is in the best interest of his patients and what makes business sense. He is very unique in that he is extremely intelligent and charismatic. He has a way of motivating and uplifting those around him."

Drawing on three decades of applied experience, David Emerald is the celebrated creator of leadership frameworks proven to powerfully boost teamwork and productivity.

Since the release of David’s bestselling book, The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) thousands of people and organizations have achieved breakthroughs by applying his self-leadership techniques and attending his seminars worldwide. Working in close collaboration, David and his wife and business partner Donna Zajonc MCC have developed the frameworks that form the basis of the engaging workplace fable, 3 Vital Questions: Transforming Workplace Drama.

David is a consultant, facilitator, executive coach, speaker and author. He and Donna are the co-founders of the Bainbridge Leadership Center. As director of the Center's Organizational Leadership and Self Leadership practice areas, his focus is on supporting and facilitating individuals, teams, and organizations in making a conscious shift to leading and working from a vision-focused and passion-based orientation for their lives and livelihoods. David helps clients cultivate collaborative capabilities to create sustainable change and growth and to create powerful partnerships.