Kirkland Tibbels is the co-founder and Chairman of Influential U, a top-tier business and performance training company. Kirkland is a rare combination of successful entrepreneur, philosopher, and film producer. Kirkland has authored more than 500 papers on the subject, study, and discipline of Transactional Competence™ and the philosophy of Transactionalism – and is a sought-after lecturer at universities, major corporations, and civic organizations around the world.