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Michael Bergdahl's Introduction

Michael Bergdahl is an international speaker, author and business coach. Bergdahl worked in Bentonville, Arkansas for Wal-Mart, as the Director of “People” for the headquarters office, where he worked directly with Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. It was Sam Walton who gave Bergdahl the nickname, “Bird Dawg”! Previous to Wal-Mart he worked for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Division in the sales organization and headquarters staff assignments. He has experience as a turnaround specialist who participated in two successful business turnarounds.

Bergdahl has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CNN FN, CBS National Radio and Bloomberg TV. He is considered an authority on Wal-Mart. His articles have appeared in leading business publications.

He wrote his first book about his experiences working for the World’s largest retailer entitled: What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World, published in August 2004. This book has been translated into versions in English, Chinese, Spanish, Thai and Korean. He wrote this book to help Wal-Mart’s domestic and international competitors develop proactive success strategies. Corporations of any kind will benefit, from his discussion, of the best practices of the world’s largest company.

He recently completed his second book entitled, The 10 Rules of Sam Walton: Success Secrets for Remarkable Results, published in June 2006. This book is being translated into Chinese, Indonesian and Korean. He writes a “Wal-Mart Competition” blog which can be accessed on his website at: www.michaelbergdahl.net.

Michael Bergdahl teaches others how to compete and thrive in a Wal-Mart World! He is a motivational speaker, with substance, who is one part business, one part inspiration, one part storyteller and one part entertainer. He has spoken at association and business conferences domestically and internationally to retailers, non-retailers, manufacturers and suppliers who are interested in improving their ability to compete successfully.

His speech today is entitled: ____________________________

Join me in welcoming . . . Michael Bergdahl!