• Success Built to Last, the best selling sequel to Built to Last
• Charles Schwab CEO Series with Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, et al
• ThoughtStyles of the Rich & Famous: Attracting High Net Worth Clients
• Leaders of the New Century: Growth in Turbulent Times
• University of Chicago/R.W.Baird Advanced Investment Council Program
• Stanford University Real Time Venture Design Lab
• One on One with Jack Welch: Building Your Billion Dollar Business
• Delivering Results and Getting It Done with Larry Bossidy
Mark Thompson is one of the world's most sought-after financial services industry experts. He was Charles "Chuck" Schwab's Chief Communications Officer for five million client accounts with over $800 billion in assets. He also served as SVP of the Schwab Client Experience and Executive Producer of Schwab.com, which at the time was one of the world's 3 largest ecommerce sites. He was Schwab's first head of Investor Relations, and created and hosted the first Schwab CEO Series with the greatest entrepreneurs and professional managers in the world, from Warren Buffett to Steve Jobs.
Today Mark speaks to all audiences, from CEOs to call center employees. He's an entrepreneur who is now a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and has served on the Faculty of the World Economic Forum, John F. Kennedy University, and Tony Robbins Business Mastery Series. Forbes Magazine's called him one America's Top Venture Investors with the 'Midas Touch'. Chuck Schwab invested in Mark's company, Integration Associates, which was sold in 2008 for $100 million.
Mark meets with every client before the presentation to create a custom survey about your industry and will go out to interview leaders in your business to make the keynote relevant, newsworthy and fun for your organization. In addition, he will select video clips from his hundreds of interviews that are on target for your meeting, from Richard Branson to Steve Jobs. Every presentation Mark prepares for your group is focused precisely on the economic and financial drivers in your business, along with a tangible sense of leadership, marketing and inspirational messages.
TOPICS:
• Overview Creating Success Built to Last
• Redefining Passion and meaning at work
• What great leaders are missing
CLIENT QUOTES:
”Success Built to Last delivers a “meaningful, 'secret-formula' for success based on the lives of real people.”
--Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Brands
“Mark Thompson is the Napoleon Hill of the 21st Century: bestselling author, corporate advisor, economic wizard and leadership guru whose bestselling books and keynotes heal and inspire world leaders.”
--Teri Whitcraft, ABC NEWS
"Mark Thompson's inspiring message is just what your leadership team needs! He customizes his keynotes to provide actionable ideas and insight for your organization."
--Susanne Lyons, Chief Marketing Officer, VISA
”Mark is a very talented, knowledgeable and engaging speaker. Mark was not only very in tune to his audience of high performing financial advisors but the turbulent times we were in. He customized his presentation to provide timely ideas that reflected the keys to working with high powered clients today. He is the consummate professional and a delight to work with. “
--Bill Nicholson, RW Baird Investment
"Mark was fantastic!"
--Thompson addressed Bank of New York's Senior Advisory Clients during Bank of New York's high profile merger with Mellon. Joe Keenan, Managing Director, Bank of New York
"Success takes teamwork, integrity and the courage to stick with what really matters. That is what (Mark's book and keynote) Success Built to Last is all about."
--Wells Fargo CEO Dick Kovacevich
PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS:
Bank of New York
Barclays Financial
Commercial Career Mortgage
Famous Entrepreneurs Series
Forbes
Investor AB
Kiev Investment Group
New York Stock Exchange
R.W. Baird
Reed Business Conferences
SEB BANK
Stanford Business School
Swedbank
Virgin Brands
VISA
Wells Fargo, Richard Kovacevich, CEO Charles Schwab
TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS:
Built to Last
Based on the business classic that sold over one million copies, Mark created interviewed the world's most successful leaders for the sequel, Success Built to Last. This inspiring and fun keynote provides the secret to lasting success from entrepreneurs, managers, CEOs, and the Presidents of nations with whom Mark has met, but also world class scientists, innovators and athletes. This presentation is always customized for the industry and audience with surveys and video from actual leaders in your business.
Service that Wins
Customer Loyalty in Turbulent Times. Serving more than 5 million clients over 20 years, through bull and bear markets, Mark shares the best practices of the world's most successful leaders in customer service. Mark provides concrete tools and insights, along with videos of actual interviews for added impact and fun.
Thought Styles of the Rich & Famous
Mark provides the 8 steps to Attracting and Retaining Ultra High-Net Worth Clients. This is the popular program that R.W. Baird shared with their best brokers in their prestigious University of Chicago Advanced Investment Counsel program twice last year.
Igniting Growth and Change
The 8 Best Practices of the world's most innovative organizations.
TRAVELS FROM: California
FEE CATEGORY: C ($15.5 to 20k)
