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Education bio:

Rob Langston is President of The Langston Company, Inc. and Founder, For the Children Foundation. He has conducted assemblies for more then 400,000 children in the United States; Traveling 100,000 miles annually to present his powerful message of inspiration. Rob is the Author of For the Children, Redefining Success in School and Success in Life and has been featured on popular radio and TV news shows. He has teamed up with foundations such as The Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation and the Professor Garfield Foundation to make a difference for children with learning disabilities. Rob’s second book The Power of Dyslexic Thinking is set for release October 2009 from Bridgeway Books, A member of the Ingram Book Group. Rob is a sought after keynote speaker in both education and business.

Business bio:

Since 1996 Rob has been a resource consultant to Vistage an International Organization of over fourteen thousand CEO’s. Vistage is the preeminent organization for the professional and personal development of CEOs; delivering to its Members a unique blend of business resources and peer support to meet the challenge of running and growing a business. The annual growth rate of Vistage companies exceeds that of the S&P 500, Fortune 500 and Dow Jones Industrials combined. Vistage member companies generate close to $300 billion in annual revenue and represent more than 1.1 million employees around the world. Rob shares with Vistage “The Action Initiative Program,” five basic strategies for achieving extraordinary results. Rob has been using The Action Initiative techniques for more than 20 years. He developed the five steps process to overcome a personal battle with Dyslexia. Today he is a graduate of the University of West Georgia despite being functionally illiterate. He is a published author even though he toils to accomplish what many of us do with ease — read and write.