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Overview
A new style of leader is emerging from the
world’s most successful organizations. These
dynamic men and women are driven by possibilities
and absolutely committed to mutual
values. Excited, creative, and alert, they are
the new change makers.
Imagine: an army of these outstanding leaders
running your organization.
The Organizational Champion is a priceless
tool for enacting positive change through the
use of an innovative new leadership model.
Mike Thompson created the Organizational
Champion philosophy to help such clients as
Wal-Mart, P&G, Dillard’s, Tyson, VF
Corporation
and J.B. Hunt enact positive change
in their respective industries. Thompson now
puts his proven leadership method to paper
for the first time.
The Organizational Champion will help you
develop the personal foundations of solid, innovative
leadership—from cognizance and
self-awareness to trustworthiness and the
ability to inspire. Grounding your leadership
in these firm principles will fully prepare
you to face the unprecedented challenges of
today’s business landscape. As an organizational
champion, you will:
- Build global brand trust
- Establish an industry edge
- Execute transformational change
- Inspire high-performance teams
- Drive organizational growth and value
The result of hundreds of interviews with
CEOs and executives, thousands of surveys,
and untold hours of painstaking research,
Thompson’s leadership method will steer
your organization well into the twenty-first
century, where profits and growth await.
Synopsis
The New Leadership Model for
21st Century Challenges
The Organizational Champion presents a hands-on process that will break you loose
from the limitations of outdated leadership models. By applying the wisdom and
insight of organizational development expert Mike Thompson, you will ignite new
energy and dynamism into your organization.
Engaging and informative, the book examines the hallmarks of those leaders best
equipped to handle the new, complex, and volatile global economy. These organizational
champions lead their organizations to greatness by:
- Imagining all possibilities
- Enrolling others in complex change efforts
- Radiating personal energy
- Inspiring company culture
Building trust through mutually beneficial initiatives
The Organizational Champion leads you through the process of becoming an exciting,
motivating leader—and injecting the same traits into your entire management
staff. The result will be an agile, effective organization guaranteed to give your company
the edge in your industry.
Mike Thompson is the founder of SVI, a
provider of innovative and highly effective
leadership solutions to many of the world’s
most admired companies, and is a key consultant
for Wal-Mart’s culture and leadership
initiatives. He is often a featured professor for
John Brown University’s graduate courses in
leadership and ethics. Previously, Thompson
founded ThompsonMurray, an advertising
firm that grew from a two-person start-up to
a multi-million-dollar company serving clients
such as P&G, Energizer, Michelin, and
Coca-Cola.