Contact the author lackerman@siegelgale.com 212 707 3988 Siegelgale 437 Madison Avenue 12th Floor New York, NY 10022 www.siegelgale.com	Larry Ackerman is a senior consulting executive who has written widely about identity in popular and academic journals. With Identity Is Destiny: Leadership and the Roots of Value Creation, his first book, the author sets forth a revolutionary view of the nature of identity and its impact on leadership and management, generally.   In a professional career spanning more than twenty years, Mr. Ackerman has helped solve some of the most complex challenges facing large organizations struggling to distinguish themselves in their fields. His insights have helped many corporate leaders discover the keys not just to survive, but to flourish. From Fidelity Investments, Boise Cascade and Alcoa to Lockheed Martin, Dow Chemical, Maytag, and the Norwegian industrial conglomerate, Norsk Hydro, Mr. Ackerman has been invited to get inside the heart and soul of these companies and come back with the knowledge management needed to put the organization on the right value-creating path.   Mr. Ackerman is an original thinker who joined the world of "identity consulting" when the profession had already reached a certain maturity. Through his relentless questioning of all its given beliefs, he has reinvented the meaning of "corporate identity," within the context of leadership, in relation to individuals and organizations alike.   Mr. Ackerman is a group director at Siegel & Gale, an international corporate brand consulting firm specializing in business transformation. The company is headquartered in New York City. Mr. Ackerman's articles have appeared in The Journal of Business Strategy, Leaders, Across the Board, Focus on Change Management, and the American Management Association's Management Review. He has been a guest speaker at the Yale School of Management, The Conference Board, and the American Marketing Association, and is a regular keynote speaker for senior management meetings among leading global companies.   Mr. Ackerman resides in Weston, Connecticut, with his wife, Janet, and his son, Max.