Keynote Speaker
Called one of “America’s top investors with the ‘Midas’ touch” by Forbes, Mark Thompson helps high achievers drive growth, change and engagement to take their organizations to the next level of success.
Mark Thompson'S SPEAKING FEE $25K - $40K
Mark Thompson has been a partner to three of the world’s most innovative leaders: Steve Jobs, Charles Schwab and Sir Richard Branson. Thompson is the CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors, Sir Richard Branson’s network for executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation and is a founding patron of Branson Entrepreneurship Innovation Centres. He is also program chairman for the Board of Governors of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute and John F. Kennedy University’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership. Through extensive research, collaboration and interviews of high achievers, Thompson shares with audiences reasons why successful people take the initiative to pursue their goals and causes despite social pressures, how they are more committed to doing what they love and how they place higher priority on being effective in getting the outcomes they seek. Thompson is co-author of Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value, Now…Build a Great Business!, Success Built to Last and many others.
In this high-impact keynote, Mark reveals the critical drivers behind long-term sales growth and enduring success. He lays out the key factors that differentiate companies that are Good, those that become Great and those that are ADMIRED.
Disruptive innovation is happening all around us in almost every industry. “Disruptive Innovation” can mean: disrupting your competitors, customer relationships, internal processes, reward systems, management strategy, the status quo and “last century thinking”. But how do you create a culture of innovation that enables a big company to think and act like a small one? Mark shares insights on world-class companies that struggled with change—some that failed to adjust to meet changing markets and others that reinvented their business models and transformed entire industries with disruptive innovations. Mark answers several questions that will help you understand how to:
Leaders of the world’s Most Admired Companies know that the customer experience IS the brand! Customer engagement is not about transactions, it’s about RELATIONSHIPS—acting as though you’d put your own money on the line in your customer’s company. If you were investing in your customer’s company, you’d think differently about how you deal with them and fight for their success like it was your own. Mark brings many examples of how the most admired brands approach customer engagement and set the standard for lasting customer relationships in their industries. These companies understand four key components that lead to lasting customer relationships:
Mark shares insights into the top leadership qualities of the world’s Most Admired Leaders according to the most engaged employees. In a broad survey of over 10,000 employees in 110 countries, Mark’s research team identified the top eight leadership traits that people want from their leaders. He presents case studies from many of these leaders including his experience working directly with several of them. He outlines how the Most Admired leaders have achieved such enduring success over decades and how they consistently:
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