Debra Benton's Biography(Books)(Photos)

D.A. Benton founded Benton Management
Resources in 1976 to provide executive

Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN and
interviewed by Diane Sawyer for CBS.

development and career counseling. She has
worked in seventeen countries and her

As an internationally recognized

numerous media appearances around the world
have brought her wide acclaim. Her clients

communications and interpersonal relations
expert Benton is a popular keynote speaker.

include AT&T, American Express, Pepsi, United
Airlines, Nabisco, Mobil Oil,

She has spoken to hundreds of organizations
including American Express, United Airlines,

PricewaterhouseCoopers & Lybrand, and NASA.
Benton is also the bestselling author of How

Viacom, McKinsey & Company, Comcast, Kraft,
Hewlett-Packard, U.S. Border Patrol, Lockheed

to Think Like a CEO and Secrets of a CEO
Coach.

Martin ….in 18 countries before audiences
as large as 5,000 on such topics as:

Debra Benton is an effective, charismatic and

Executive Charisma, How to Think and Act Like
the Best CEOs, and the Art of Leadership. As

powerful speaker/consultant/author. In 1976,
she founded Benton Management Resources, and

a speaker, Benton has consistently achieved a
rating in the top 2% of all presenters.

has since been in business successfully for
over 30 years. She has helped professionals

Although has never been in the military she

worldwide design subtle changes in their
presentation, attitude and leadership style

served her country by observing Naval
leadership on the U.S.S. Clarke missile

that increased their personal and
professional effectiveness – and

frigate. She was later invited onboard the
U.S.S. Washington aircraft carrier to study

subsequently their financial status.

military leadership with a group traveling
with General Abizaid in the Middle East.

Her client list reads like a “Who’s
Who” in successful business today. Benton's

Benton has repeatedly worked with most
branches of the military including several

style and ability to influence positive
change has put people “in office,” made

assignments with the Veteran’s
Administration and the U.S. Border Patrol.

companies millions, accelerated career
advancement and created a beneficial ripple

Benton has been on the Editorial Advisory

effect throughout numerous organizations.

Board for the Rocky Mountain News and was a
Career Expert for CBS affiliate, kmgh-tv. she

Benton coaches corporate executives,
politicians and business leaders on their

holds a B.S. in Economics and Finance from
Colorado State University and is the

organizational impact in every industry
imaginable. Every Week Fortune, Forbes, Fast

recipient of the school's Distinguished
Alumni Award.

Company feature one of Benton's previous or
current clients.

Benton lives in Colorado with her husband, a

From thousands of in-depth interviews with

retired cowboy and ranch manager, Rodney
Sweeney.

high-profile leaders, Benton has written
eight books and numerous articles in business

Debra Benton is the author of Secrets of a

publications including the Harvard Business
Review and The Wall Street Journal. Her

CEO Coach, Lions Don't Need to Roar, How to
Think Like a CEO, and The $100,000 club.

best-selling books have been translated into
fourteen languages.

Debra's most recent book was reviewed by
Harvey MacKay "Benton knows what it takes to

take you to the top." With her friendly yet
authoritative style, her presentations on

coverage in The Wall Street Journal and USA
Today. She has been repeatedly written about

attitude & redirecting energy, understand
what the outside of you says about the inside

in Time, BusinessWeek, Fortune, The New York
Times and has been a welcome guest on the

of you, while motivating and inspiring her
audiences.