Dr Spencer Johnson named amazon.com's best selling non-fiction author of all time

The author, who will speak at the international leadership summit Leaders in Dubai on November 28 - 29, was inducted into the first-ever Amazon.com Hall of Fame as part of its 10-year anniversary celebration honouring the top 25 best-selling authors, musicians, and movies.

Dr Johnson, the author of Who Moved My Cheese?, said: 'This honour reflects the significance of helping millions of people understand, deal with, and prosper from change.

'It means we are helping people around the globe, to be happier and more productive at work and in their personal lives in a world where change and uncertainty seem to be increasing daily.'

Dr Johnson was also named number two overall best-selling author of all time on Amazon.com, including both fiction and non-fiction authors, behind J. K. Rowling, author of six Harry Potter books.

As demonstrated by the success of the book, companies and organisations must change and adapt to survive. To meet this demand, Dr. Johnson and his company, Spencer Johnson Partners, are creating a new working process that helps work teams and individuals prosper from the changes they encounter.

Based on the simple principles found in the book, 'Who Moved My Cheese?,' the process contains a series of practical change tools that people can use in their daily routine to help them benefit from the specific changes they are facing without fear.

Dr Johnson joins eight other business and political headline names, including Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, at Leaders in Dubai.

The trio of political heavyweights, who have dominated headlines over the last 20 years, will join Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State in the USA, and five business and strategy leaders to debate international leadership principles in front of more than 2,000 delegates.

The full line-up of speakers is:


• Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union and winner of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize


• Bill Clinton (via videocast), former President of the USA from 1993 - 2001


• Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 - 2003


• Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State in the USA and a director of the New York Stock Exchange


• Daniel Pink, the author of Free Agent Nation, the Washington Post bestseller, who will suggest six aptitudes crucial to the survival of white-collar workers


• Kenichi Ohmae, the former director of McKinsey Japan, who has earned global acclaim as 'Mr Strategy'


• Arie de Geus, who was at the helm of Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years and has been described as 'the global statesman' of business change


• Spencer Johnson, the author of the bestsellers Who Moved My Cheese and The One-Minute Manager


• Scott Bedbury, one of the world's leading brand architects, responsible for Nike's Just Do It campaign and the emergence of the Starbucks brand

Regional business leaders - the Leaders in Dubai corporate alumni - have confirmed their support for the event. They include: HE Sheikh Faisal Al Qassemi, founder of the Al Qasimi Group; Nabila Al Anjari, Assistant Under-Secretary for Tourism Affairs in Kuwait; Aramex's President and CEO Fadi Ghandour; former Lebanese minister of national economy Saeb Jaroudi; Bharat Jashanmal, of the GCC retail corporation Jashanmal & Sons; Khamis Al Muqla, founder and chairman of Gulf Hill & Knowlton and Gulf Saatchi & Saatchi; Lebanese industrialist Jacques Sarraf; veteran hotelier Sami Zoghbi, regional head of Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts; and Saudi industrialist Abdulla al Zamil.

Leaders in Dubai is expected to attract more than 2,000 business leaders from across Arabia and will be held at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, from November 28 to 29, 2005.

Delegate prices for the full two-day summit are US $2,995 per person; corporate booking and prices are available through www.leadersindubai.com or email info@leadersindubai.com

Headline sponsors are the international names Citigroup, EMAAR, Mastercard, Nokia and Saudi Oger Ltd.

CNN is confirmed as the international media partner, with Al Arabiya News Channel as headline media partner. Media sponsors are Al Hayat, AME Info, Gulf Business, Gulf News and Oman Economic Review.

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