Tim Sanders is on a mission to transform the workplace – and society at large. His message business leaders and sales professional is simple: Make yourself emotionally attractive. He’s the author of the New York Times best seller Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends, and the just-released The Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your L-Factor & Achieve Your Life’s Dreams. Both books reveal the challenges we face with our business and personal relationships; they also show us how we can repair and renew them. He is a best selling author in the United States, Brazil, Italy, Norway and India.
Tim is one of the most eloquent and poignant speakers on the conference and seminar circuit. He was recently selected by Successful Meetings as one of the top speakers on the lecture circuit for 2006. Tim’s extensive research, eye-popping statistics, and heart-breaking stories lead to WQED, a leading PBS affiliate, to create a two-hour special based on the tools and information revealed in The Likeability Factor as well as a featured segment on the Today Show in May of 2005. In addition, Tim has recently appeared on numerous national and local TV networks including the NBC, FOX News Channel, CNN, Court TV, as well as being featured in Time Magazine, Family Circle, The New York Times, Glamour Magazine and countless industry and internet newsletters.
At 44 years young, Tim has deep experience in the advertising and media businesses, most recently a senior level executive at Yahoo!, serving as the Chief Solutions Officer (2000-2004), where he oversaw next-generation marketing programs to world class brands.
Tim joined Yahoo! as part of the acquisition of broadcast.com in July 1999. For over two years at broadcast.com, he served as an integral part of the company’s business services division and developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients including his landmark production, where he oversaw the first Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show webcast – which garnered international media attention.
Tim was born in west Texas and raised in New Mexico. He attended Loyola Marymount University in the mid eighties. He is married with a twenty year old son in college.