Synopsis
Imagine how it would feel to be fully valued for what you do best. What if your boss, your customers, and your family really appreciated what you have to offer? How proud would you be if your organization won the top spot among Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Companies?' What if Jim Collins rated you a Level 5 leader?'In this book, you'll find 21 simple and powerful strategies that will help you become more valued in a crowded and competitive worldnot in a superficial way or just for its own sakebut for what matters most to you and to the most valuable people (MVPs) in your life and work. From the Foreword by Frances Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith
About the Author
Mark C. Thompson is an executive coach and bestselling co-author of Now, Build a Great Business and Success Built to Last. At Stanford University, Mark was a founding advisor to the Real-Time Venture Design Lab, where he earned his graduate degree in social media. He is also a founding patron of Sir Richard Branson's Entrepreneurship Centres and a founding board member of the John F. Kennedy University Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership, where he received the institute's first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Mark was Chief Customer Experience Officer and Executive Producer of Schwab.com, and Chief Communications Officer reporting to founder Charles âChuckâ Schwab. He is a founding board member of Smule.com, the top Android and Apple social media app creator; and he has coproduced Broadway shows with Disney that have earned five Tony Awards. Forbes magazine called Mark one of America's top venture investors with the âMidasâ touch.Bonita S. Thompson has worked 25 years in human resources for global corporations, including Bank of America, Genentech, Levi Strauss, Pacific Telesis, Varian, and Catellus. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Hesselbein Institute (formerly Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management). She lectures globally and has taught leadership at John F. Kennedy University. She was Director of Research for Stanford professor Jerry Porras (and coauthors Thompson and Emery) on Success Built to Last, the sequel to Porras and Collins' Built to Last. Her American Management Association webinar, Double Your Value, is featured as an article in Dr. Marshall Goldsmith's book, Coaching for Leadership, which was described as âthe single best collection of writings and writers on executive coaching,â according to professor Warren Bennis at USC/Harvard. Bonita is a long-term supporter of the Girl Scouts, Save the Children, the Wheelchair Foundation, and the Center of Independent Learning (COIL), a California charter school where she focuses on educational empowerment for girls.
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