#41 is getting close! The connection of the people at the top is the clearest demo of meaningful connection, which must be a critical component of the final design.
Some necessary changes: we need to include the company's tag lines:
line 1: Optimizing the Performance and Results
line 2: Of Leaders and Executive Teams
Continuing on the changes: the lines circling the earth are interesting, but not sure what they are meant to represent. I like the feel they give, but please consider some other ways to express what you want here.
Also, the idea of the earth on a tilted view - as in some of the other top rated images - is a very interesting and compelling approach to making the earth more engaging and worth taking a look at. Please also consider how to better show the continents prominently - especially with a tilt to the Northern hemisphere, where North America and Europe are more dominant, rather than Africa and South America. Please consider how to do the tilt and the prominence of the Northern hemisphere.