Connie Dieken transforms leaders into influencers. An elite speaker, bestselling author and executive coach, Connie Dieken, CSP is one of the world's most in-demand authorities on influential leadership. An engaging, magnetic keynote speaker, this Radio/TV Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee transforms audiences into remarkably influential communicators who inspire and impact their world, one message at a time.

Her most requested programs include The Influential Leader, The Influential Presenter, and The Influential Media Spokesperson. Her renowned Connect, Convey, Convince® methodology has been adopted by leadership teams and sales teams acround the globe to develop powerful, influential communicators who inspire others to contribute more, sell more, and achieve more.

Connie is the founder and CEO of onPoint Communication, LLC and the award-winning author of the #1 bestseller, Talk Less, Say More: 3 Habits to Influence Others and Make Things Happen.  (Wiley) The book was recently honored as the Top Communication Book of 2010 by the Axiom Business Book Awards.

Connie coaches leaders at organizations such as Apple, Olympus, McDonald's, Moen, The Cleveland Clinic, Deloitte, Smuckers and American Greetings to help them deliver high-profile communications that engage their audiences and move them to positive action.

Ms. Dieken developed her expertise in the broadcasting industry. She is a six- time Emmy award-winning television news anchor, talk show host and inductee of the Radio/ Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame. She spent more than twenty years as an anchorwoman, reporter and co-host of America's longest running television talk show, The Morning Exchange. She is a multiple Emmy© award-winning and Telly© award-winning journalist and has represented more than 50 companies as their spokesperson, including Intel, Sealy, GE, American Greetings, Ernst and Young and Goodyear.

Since launching onPoint Communication, LLC in 2000, Connie's work has earned many honors in the business world.  Among them, she's earned a Leadership Think Tank Award from the state of Ohio, the elite Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association, and a Top Ten Women Business Owners award from the National Association for Women Business Owners.  In addition, Speaking.com has named Connie one of its Top 5 Speakers for 2010 and 2011.

Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNBC, The Los Angeles Times, Crain's Business, The Chicago Tribune, Women's Day, and in dozens of publications across the globe.

Connie delivers her insights through keynotes, coaching and consulting. She also lives her mission through social media including a Talk Less, Say More mobile app, Daily Dieken tweets and her Influential Leader Podcast and blog.