Peter Barron Stark is a consultant, speaker, and author. As the president of the Peter Barron Stark Companies, a management consulting firm based in San Diego, CA, Peter has partnered with clients such as the NFL, Gibson Dunn, Wells Fargo, Pacific Life, VANS, Sony, Sempra Energy, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, MetLife, Qualcomm, WD-40, Farmers Insurance, and over 200 other leading organizations.Over the past twenty years, organizations around the world have called upon Peter to transform their cultures and maximize the effectiveness of their leaders. He has coached more than 250 executives, managers and supervisors on the art of leading people. Peter specializes in helping leaders to improve their communication skills, build stronger relationships, hold direct reports accountable and build a reputation for delivering superior results. Peter's career takes him around the world as he helps leaders build organizations where employees love to come to work and customers love to do business.His speaking repertoire includes an impressive lineup of programs in the areas of employee engagement, leadership, leading change, customer service, and negotiation skills. His firm is also a leader in employee opinion surveys and customer service surveys. Peter is one of only a handful of speakers to hold the prestigious dual designation of Accredited Speaker from Toastmaster's International and the Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speaker's Association.He has been published worldwide in over 300 articles, has written ten books, and created The Manager's Toolkit, a subscription-based resource website that helps managers turn into leaders. Peter's expertise has been featured by The New York Times, Newsweek, Inc.com, Fast Company, CNN, Bloomberg, U.S. News & World Report, Monster.com, and USA Today.