Judy Umlas
ABOUT ME
Judith W. Umlas is the senior vice president, author, and trainer at International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global corporate training company. She is the publisher of IIL Publishing, New York, as well as the publisher of allPM.com, the web portal for project managers around the globe. She is the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment, which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the Seven Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Her latest book Grateful Leadership, Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results was published by McGraw-Hill Professional in fall 2012, and You’re Totally Awesome: The Power of Acknowledgment for Kids will be published in spring 2013 by IIL Publishing. Judith delivers inspiring, motivational, and transformational keynote addresses on Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment all over the world. She also leads webinars and teaches full day virtual and traditional courses to organizations like Volvo, the U.S. Army, Prudential, JMP Engineering, the World Bank, Fannie Mae, IBM, AT&T, and many others. She has trained tens of thousands of people through her leading edge, highly interactive and engaging courses and keynotes—with outstanding and longlasting results. Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment are Judith’s passion and her mission!