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This powerful book reminds us that every business, political, or nonprofit leader is a teacher while providing the necessary tools to unleash brilliance in a way that excites, inspires, and empowers our people. Brilliance by Design could truly be the difference between success and failure.

Betsy Myers, former Executive Director, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership

This is not a book about just training or teaching. Its about touching lives, creating lasting confidence, and igniting peoples innate curiosity. If you are an educator, a consultant, a counselor, or a parent, or if you simply care about the personal and professional development of another, this is a must-read.

Christopher Granger, Senior Vice President, Team Marketing and Business Operations, National Basketball Association

Teach anyone anything with Vickis Brilliance Learning System. I LUV it!

Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus, Southwest Airlines, and coauthor of Lead with LUV

No fluff, no fantasy! If you want to expand your influence as a leader, learn from a rock star in the training community how to ENGAGE people. Vicki Halsey delivers a powerful model that works. Thats why companies from all over the world are using her approach. If your desire is to increase your ROI on training and create a culture where learning changes lives, Brilliance by Design is your blueprint.

Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, coauthors of Nuts! and Boom!

This book, filled with aha moments, is impossible to put down.

Jan Baldwin, Co-CEO, Nth Generation Computing

Ive had the good fortune to experience Vickis Brilliance Learning System directly, and I have brought it to WD-40 Company. When given a window into their own brilliance, your people will develop faster, learn more, and innovate at the highest level.

Garry Ridge, President and CEO, WD-40 Company, and coauthor of Helping People Win at Work

Vicki leads us to the summit of true enlightenment and expertly shows us how to uncork the brilliance that lies in every person.

Simon T. Bailey, author of Release Your Brilliance

Brilliantly written, easily understood, and a model for life-changing impact. Vickis work with us to offer the San Diego Padres Guest Service Training to a staff of 2,000 employees and follow-up implementation evolved into one of the most talked-about fan experiences anywhere in the world.

Richard L. Andersen, CFE, President and CEO, Northlands

Brilliance by Design presents a proven and powerful educational design strategy. The concepts are simple and the rewards are infinite.

Jim Irvine, Manager, Talent Management and Organizational Learning, Nissan North America

This book will inspire every educator to engage every learner.

Marc Muchnick, author of No More Regrets!

Unmatched in the arena of adult learning, Brilliance by Design is the culmination of best practices in one easy, juicy, digestible resource. Like Vicki herself, this book is a gift.

Victoria Cabot, Director of Field Operations, Vistage International

This book should be required reading for all school administrators and teachers! Vicki blows traditional teaching methods out of the water by exposing a new generation of educational strategies that focus on delivery to ensure content mastery.

Melissa Holdaway, CEO and President, Arizona Charter Academy

If every instructional designer, trainer, and teacher followed Vickis principles, wed all be leading richer lives filled with many more brilliant moments of our own.

Steve Farber, author of The Radical Leap and Greater Than Yourself

Vickis secret sauce is in how her ENGAGE process validates the uniqueness of each participant, liberating people to discover their native brilliance and to help others do the same.

Larry Ackerman, author of Identity Is Destiny and The Identity Code

A must-have for leaders, teachers, and learning departments committed to bringing out the best in people development, learning transfer, and application.

Bill Dickinson, Vice President for Sales Training and Development, CareFusion

Whether you are a university professor, kindergarten teacher, motivational speaker, or corporate trainer, the multidimensional ENGAGE Model provides powerful insights on how to craft meaningful and life-changing learning experiences.

R. Joseph Childs, DBA, Dean, College of Business and Legal Studies, Southeastern University

Vickis passion is clear and contagiousthe opening chapters read like a wonderful manifesto for the power of learning.

Kevin Eikenberry, author of Remarkable Leadership

To see Vicki facilitate a workshop is to see a master in her elementits a thing of high energy, optimism, and possibilities. I witnessed the transformative effect her approach had on participants at Save the Children. One of her simple truths, The one who is doing the talking is doing the learning, is a brilliant and real contribution to the learning industry.

Justin Birtwell, Director, Global Workforce Learning and Development, Save the Children

Its not only being an expert in what you teach but also understanding the impact of how you teach that can help you change the lives of those you serve. Brilliant, engaging, and powerful.

Peter Winick, CEO, Thoughtleadershipleverage.com

Fractal in nature, comprehensive in content, and truly brilliant in design!

Shutopa Das, Learning and Performance Coach, Welk Resorts

Vickis zest for teaching and bringing out the brilliance in others is absolutely addictive. I know I will have to read this book at least twice and maybe three times to make sure Ive dog-eared all the right pages and captured everything I can out of it.

Brian Hennessy, Learning and Organizational Development Consultant, Sentry Insurance

As an academic scientist, I know that making discoveries requires that I bring out the brilliance in my students. This book will help me to more effectively teach and lead, whether in one-on-one situations or in large lecture halls.

Sandra L. Schmid, Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

Amazing, useful, and so neededthis is the book the training world has been waiting for! Vickis passion for creating supremely effective training comes through in every word.

Mike Song, CEO, getcontrol.net, and coauthor of The Hamster Revolution

When embraced, the concepts, models, and tools in this book will create a learning environment that will serve employees, drive change, and improve results in any organization.

Terry McCune, President, K-Tube Corporation

Vickis book puts theory into practice and is the most important book you will read as a teacher and learnerperiod!

Bob Lorber, coauthor of Who Are You? What Do You Want? and Putting the One Minute Manager to Work

How many boring lectures have we all attended, pretending to watch the speaker but completely tuned out? This never has to happen again. Astutely written, insightful, and utterly practical, Brilliance by Design reveals the secrets to optimizing adult learning processes. Vicki writes using the very principles she is explaining. Once I began reading, I couldnt put it down.