TESTIMONIALS

Bestselling author and businessman Mark Thompson with Richard Branson and Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum

“Everyone wants success, but you can do better than that. This is an extraordinary book that finally reveals a meaningful ‘secret formula’ for success based on the lives of remarkable people.”
-- Richard Branson

“Want to pick the brains of the world’s most successful and influential people?” Mark is seasoned executive and savvy investor who knows what it takes to build profitability, customer loyalty, ignite innovation, and create teams to succeed. -- Keith Ferrazzi, Bestselling author

  ‘I will not put my name on a product that does not have the best in it that is in me.’ Imagine using that same standard in your personal life and career. When you commit yourself to excellent that would make you proud to put your name on everything you do, then you will have Success Built to Last.’
-- John Deere, CEO Robert Lane

  "Mark Thompson's inspiring keynote addresses are just what your leadership team needs to ignite profitable innovation and teamwork! His impactful and dynamic presentations are packed with extraordinary and valuable ideas and insight to supercharge your organization."
-- Susanne Lyons, Chief Marketing Officer, VISA

  “In business and in life, lasting success takes teamwork, integrity and the courage to stick with what really matters. It’s the best five players that win the game, not the five best players. That is what Success Built to Last is all about.”
-- Dick Kovacevich, Wells Fargo CEO

  “The best coaching you will ever get on creating a life that matters is in this book!”
-- Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s greatest CEO coach and bestselling author

 

“Anything worth doing in life takes a team. If you want to create a life that matters—as you will see from Success Built to Last—you’ve got to recruit a team to your dream.”
-- David Stern, NBA Commissioner

“At last, a powerful new resource for leaders struggling to create a life that matters, a guide book for the journey to greater significance for leaders across the sectors and around the world.”
-- Frances Hesselbein, Chairman of the Drucker Institute

Mark Thompson with Michael Dell at Dell World headquarters for the Harvard Bus. Review 50 Lessons videos on Teamwork, Customer Loyalty, Strategy and Entrepreneurship.

“This book presents a path to the kind of lasting success that transcends fear and endows healthy self-esteem.”
-- JACK CANFIELD, star of The Secret and bestselling coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

 
New York Stock Exchange CEO John Thain, Pearson Chairman Glen Moreno, and Pres. Cathy Kinney called Success Built to Last one of the ‘most important’ messages of the decade. Seen here with Mark Thompson and Stewart Emery.

Praise from celebrated CEO Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic, professor at Harvard and bestselling author of Authentic Leadership: In Success Built to Last, Mark Thompson shows you “how to pursue (your) passions and achieve success beyond (your) wildest dreams, while staying true to who (you) are.”
-- Bill George

“If you’re crazy enough to do what you love for a living, then you’re bound to create a life that matters. The book Success Built to Last wisely counsels you to go nuts about something meaningful. That’s what you’re here to do, for heaven’s sake. If you do that, then you won’t need to finish this book!”
-- Herb Kelleher, Cofounder, Southwest Airlines

“There is nothing more important you can do than create a life that matters for you and your family. That is the only way to achieve Success Built to Last. As a leader and a parent, you’ve got to read this book and then give it to the teens in your family!” -- Greg Foster, President of IMAX Films

  A leading manufacturer of precision industrial products, construction and mining equipment and services, Sandvik focused it’s Global Management Meeting on Profit on Demand, Business Strategy, and Moving up the Customer Value Chain—from products to Lifecycle Solutions for clients. Sandvik called Mark Thompson’s keynote “Most inspiring and on target for our global strategy meeting. As an experienced business executive, Mark customized the presentation for maximum impact.” Sandvik’s Gert Skold