Daniel Hallak is a partner and strategic advisor at The Sage Group where he leads the human capital efforts in The Path to Value™ Methodology. Daniel has also served as the Chief Commercial Officer at WiLD Leaders, a company that pioneered the ability to measure and build trust, tying people and performance together. He continues to serve WiLD as a strategic integrator. Daniel is also a Founding Member and facilitator of the Sage Group Collective, a just-in-time advisory board of storied executives and advisors that assembles to help leaders solve their most complex challenges. Daniel specializes in connecting strategy, execution, and leadership development to create high-performance cultures of trust and highly differentiated market value. His experience working with CEOs and business owners during critical inflection points, such as scaling, selling, or planning for succession, has given him unique insight into the triumphs and trials of leadership transitions. Daniel is known for his relationship-centered approach that is captured in his popular TEDx, Networking Doesn’t Have to Feel Gross. He believes that people are the purpose of business, and that genuine, generous relationships are the key to unlocking lasting value. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Daniel brings a research-based discipline to his work.