Experience: Barbara Annis, founder and CEO of Barbara Annis and Associates, Inc. (BAA), is a specialist on gender intelligence and inclusive leadership for Fortune 500 companies including Deloitte and Touche, IBM, Citigroup, Smith Barney, UBS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Intel, as well as other organizations worldwide. Over the past 20 years she has delivered major initiatives on the value of gender intelligence. Her ideas facilitated a transformational shift in thinking resulting in ultimate success. Annis and her 51 associates offer the latest in research on leadership, gender diversity, and inclusiveness. BAA has facilitated over 5,000 corporate workshops, keynotes, and executive coaching sessions and offers services to clients in person, online, or through a DVD-based training program. Annis’ first book, Same Words, Different Language has groundbreaking insights and provides ways to break through gender barriers. Her newest book, Leadership and the Sexes shows the latest in brain-based research on gender difference in leadership. Her upcoming book, A Gender Intelligence Organization is a call to action.