Nan Russell

Nan Russell

MT, US
Author with real-world experience; minimum wage to Vice President of a multibillion dollar company

From minimum wage employee to former Vice President of multibillion dollar QVC, Nan Russell knows what it takes to survive and thrive in this what-have-you-done-for-me-today world. In leadership roles transforming a corporate culture to heading a new subsidiary, the launch of which was reported in both the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, she offers real-world experience with a motivational and business context.

Nan has spent over twenty years in management holding executive positions in human resources, communication, marketing and line management. She was the architect and influence leader of a culture transformation for 10,000 employees. Nan has a B.A. from Stanford University and M.A. from the University of Michigan.

A few years ago, Nan left the corporate world to pursue a life-dream to work and write from the mountains of northwestern Montana. Today she is an award winning author, workplace consultant, and national speaker.

Her third book, The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You're Not in Charge launched in May 2012. Her second book, Hitting Your Stride,  won a 2009 Axiom Business Book Award, and her  first book, Nibble Your Way to Success: 56 Winning Tips for Taking Charge of Your Career debuted in 2007.

 Her syndicated work insights column, Winning at Working, appears in over 90 publications. She also is the job loss recovery expert for Job-Hunt.org and a blogger for Psychology Today on the topic of Trust: The New Workplace Currency.

 Nan S. Russell is President of MountainWorks Communications LLC, a company she founded in 2006 to support her passion for helping organizations build winning work cultures, and helping people bring the best of who they are to the world, realize their dreams, and live their life's potential.

 

From minimum wage employee to former Vice President of multibillion dollar QVC, Nan Russell knows what it takes to survive and thrive in this what-have-you-done-for-me-today world. In leadership roles transforming a corporate culture to heading a new subsidiary, the launch of which was reported in both the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, she offers real-world experience with a motivational and business context.

Nan has spent over twenty years in management holding executive positions in human resources, communication, marketing and line management. She was the architect and influence leader of a culture transformation for 10,000 employees. Nan has a B.A. from Stanford University and M.A. from the University of Michigan.

A few years ago, Nan left the corporate world to pursue a life-dream to work and write from the mountains of northwestern Montana. Today she is an award winning author, workplace consultant, and national speaker.

Her third book, The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You're Not in Charge launched in May 2012. Her second book, Hitting Your Stride,  won a 2009 Axiom Business Book Award, and her  first book, Nibble Your Way to Success: 56 Winning Tips for Taking Charge of Your Career debuted in 2007.

 Her syndicated work insights column, Winning at Working, appears in over 90 publications. She also is the job loss recovery expert for Job-Hunt.org and a blogger for Psychology Today on the topic of Trust: The New Workplace Currency.

 Nan S. Russell is President of MountainWorks Communications LLC, a company she founded in 2006 to support her passion for helping organizations build winning work cultures, and helping people bring the best of who they are to the world, realize their dreams, and live their life's potential.