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Carr Hagerman

Rather than follow the path of MBA into the corporate world, Carr Hagerman took his talent to the streets - literally. Over 30 years ago he bean his career as a professional street performer when he created a gritty, smart. irreverent, and irresistible character called the Rat Catcher for a festival in Minnesota. The Rat Catcher's innate ability to release the Natural Energy in his audiences made him an instant hit and attracted corporate America.
For 15 years Carr has been a business speaker, film producer, writer and leadership consultant, translating his streetwise wisdom into insightful provocative and humorous live performances that energize audiences and leave them filled with instantly usable ideas. In 1998, he began working with Charthouse Learning, an educational documentary film company, and their film Fish! Fish! has become an international phenomenon and lead to his collaboration with author Steve Lundin, in writing "Top Performer" (released by Hyperion in 2007) an allegory about the ideas of street performing applied to sales and service. On stage, as well as in the the Top Performer book, and in his breakthrough DVD, Top Performer, Carr presents a lively and accessible new paradigm for connection and engagement based on lessons from the street, and the corporate stage.
With an eye on "what's next" for business, Carr's presentations focus on building thriving environments rich in collaboration, engagement, and the power of human connection.