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Teresa NORTON is Founder and Managing Director of Norton Associates. She has spent a lifetime in professional theater, broadcasting and print media, over 30 years living in Greater China and focused the last 15 years on coaching, training and consulting multinational corporate clients on leadership, collaborative teamwork and cross cultural communication. Working with leaders and their teams, Norton teaches them to become STARMAKERS by sharing theater tools that show leaders on all levels how to create high performance environments where innovation and collaboration thrive. An experienced actor, director, playwright and media personality, Norton’s keynote speeches on navigating sensitive cross-cultural communication issues combined with her dynamic delivery have fascinated audiences throughout Asia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe.

“This has changed me!” is what we hear again and again after one of Norton’s keynote speeches.  More than a speech or a talk, bringing Norton in to speak at an event means people see themselves, their co-workers and their organization as brighter, better and bolder than before she stepped onto that stage. Norton has transformed individual clients and entire organizations and she gets audiences from staid government officials to cynical investment bankers on their feet, exploring for themselves the power of theater as a tool for change and fellowship. Professional actress, director, producer, radio personality, published playwright, author, contributor to the Harvard Business Review and consultant for international business schools including INSEAD, Duke CE and IMD, Norton’s wealth of experience, onstage charisma and depth of commitment have audiences calling her the STARMAKER.  Topics, tips and takeaways can be customized to themes including innovation, leadership, teamwork, change and resilience, all presented through anecdotal stories of Norton’s startling successes using the STARMAKER approach.