Business Now Presents Its Latest List of Visionary Leaders

Business Now proudly presents its latest List of Visionary Leaders, celebrating six distinguished professionals whose careers reflect strategic thinking, purposeful leadership, innovation, resilience, and a commitment to creating meaningful impact. Spanning consulting, technology, leadership development, corporate management, emerging technologies, and thought leadership, these individuals demonstrate how experience, vision, and a dedication to progress can influence organizations and inspire future generations.

This month’s distinguished list includes:

• Naresh Jain, Former Partner at Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
• Surajit Bhuyan, Chief Sales Officer at Stixis Technologies
• Lory Lanese, Leadership Coach, Organisational Development Consultant, and Author
• David M. Cote, Former CEO of Honeywell
• Laura Ayre, Advisor at Upper Harbour, with experience at OpenMined
• Janis Renay Schiffner, Four-Time #1 International Best-Selling Author and International Keynote Speaker

What connects these leaders is their ability to bring distinctive perspectives to professional growth, organizational effectiveness, business strategy, and human potential. Each represents a different dimension of leadership, demonstrating that meaningful influence can emerge through executive experience, commercial excellence, coaching, technological innovation, and the power of ideas.

From contributing expertise in professional consulting and advancing sales leadership in technology to helping individuals and organizations unlock their potential, these honorees reflect the diverse capabilities required in today’s evolving business environment. Their varied professional journeys highlight the importance of informed decision-making, relationship-building, adaptability, and a willingness to embrace new opportunities.

Business Now’s Visionary Leaders list recognizes not only professional accomplishments and positions of responsibility but also the broader principles that guide effective leadership. These include continuous learning, strategic foresight, collaboration, resilience, and the ability to navigate change while remaining focused on long-term objectives.

As businesses face shifting market dynamics, technological transformation, and changing expectations, leaders who combine experience with an openness to new ideas are increasingly valuable. The journeys of this month’s honorees offer inspiration to entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, and emerging leaders seeking to strengthen their capabilities and make a lasting contribution.

Through their respective fields, these six individuals demonstrate that visionary leadership is not defined by a single formula. It is reflected in the ability to develop people, build stronger organizations, encourage innovation, share knowledge, and turn experience into meaningful progress.

Business Now celebrates these leaders for their diverse contributions and the perspectives they bring to a world where purposeful leadership and continuous advancement remain essential to lasting success.