About Barbara Annis

Barbara Annis is a leading edge thinker – a dynamic and compelling keynote speaker who has designed and delivered major initiatives on the value of Gender Intelligence to Fortune 500 companies and other organizations worldwide for more than 20 years. Considered an authority on gender diversity, Barbara has brought her breakthrough message on gender and diversity to more than 3,000 corporate workshops and keynotes. She guides men and women beyond “he said, she said” to a higher level of understanding. Men and women come to recognize the strengths that both genders bring to business and are able to use it as a powerful competitive advantage. This transformational shift in thinking results in ultimate success for corporations.

Barbara Annis is the Chair-elect of the Harvard KSG’s Women’s Leadership Board. She also teaches at Harvard’s International Leadership Institute on Gender Intelligent Leadership for global leaders. Her extensive studies have included exceptional thinkers such as Dr. Fernando Flores, Ph.D. Program, Linguistics, University of Berkeley; Neuroscientist Ruben Gur, University of Pennsylvania; Psychologist Virginia Satir; and the late Dr. Willis Harman, Founder of Noetic Sciences Foundation and The World Business Academy.

Prior to establishing BAA Inc., Barbara Annis was the first female manager of the Sony Corporation, with specific responsibilities in Sales & Marketing for Consumer Electronics and Broadcast Equipment. Over the seven years she spent at Sony, she was the company’s top producer and the recipient of 14 Outstanding Achievement Awards, as well as Sony’s prestigious MVP Award.

About Barbara Annis and Associates Inc.

Through her company, Barbara Annis and Associates Inc., Barbara and her team of professionals provide a number of services customized to meet the needs of various organizations. Their services include strategic planning, diagnostics, executive coaching, workshops and keynotes, as well as online and DVD-based training programs. By learning to foster a workplace culture that values and optimizes the unique abilities of both genders, organizations have been able to attract and retain key female employees, and female clients.

About Barbara’s Books

Barbara’s latest book, Leadership & the Sexes, will be published in September 2008. It was co-authored by Michael Gurian, a pioneer in the field of applied gender neurobiology. The combination of Michael’s expertise in brain science and gender studies with Barbara’s years of real-world consulting experience aims to help men and women become more effective and fulfilled in the workplace, leading to an improved bottom line.

Barbara’s first book, Same Words, Different Language, available in more than 20 countries , provides the insights and tools for creating powerful winwin relationships between the genders, and shows ways we can break through the latest gender barriers. Some of the tools Barbara uses to teach us how to better understand the other gender include: recognizing how our words and actions impact on others; fine-tuning our listening so we really hear what the other gender is saying; and making convincing arguments, interacting so as to increase our credibility and power.

For further information, please contact Susan Aldridge by phone at 905-841- 9951, or by email at saldridge@baainc.com.

2008 Keynote Testimonials

Greenberg Traurig

“It takes a smart person to explain any type of complexity to people, but it takes a genius to drill it down to perfect, simple messages that anyone can benefit from. Barbara, your engaging gender messages are so powerful and crystal clear. I gained so much from your keynote.”

Cesar Alvarez, CEO

Succession Capital Group

“I was totally mesmerized by Barbara’s talk, I couldn’t believe my eyes and ears, and I kept saying myself, ‘Where was this twenty years ago?’ I could have avoided so many blind spots in my career and my personal life.”

Dana Goldinger, Partner

RBC Investment

“Barbara, you are a marvel at communicating practical ideas and stories that stick to the psyche – that promote new mindset, newk, new behavior. Your message is an energizer, a think tank and a call to action.”