Dr. Lyle Sussman is Chairman and Professor of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, University of Louisville. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and his BS and MS from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to his current position, he taught at the University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh.

He writes and consults on leadership, customer service, communication and high performance teams. Aside from 60 scholarly articles, his work has appeared in Harvard Business Review Updates, Savvy, Bottom Line Reports, Working Woman, Inc., Success, Executive Book Summaries, Investor's Daily, CNN, US Air In Flight Audio, and as a featured columnist in the Louisville Courier Journal. He has consulted for the Fortune 500, government agencies, and religious organizations.

He is a best selling business author with more than 1,000,000 copies of his books in print in 14 languages. He has consulted or spoken throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Bahamas, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Central Europe. He was a former member of the Lessons in Leadership Lecture group that included Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, and Ken Blanchard, and has spoken to more than 500,000 people. The quality and quantity of his speaking, consulting, research, and writing, have enabled him to achieve recognition as a member of Who's Who in Business Higher Education.

His newest book, Lost and Found, a business parable, is scheduled for release in early 2004.