Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy is a New York Times bestselling author, contributor to Forbes, and Founder of Leadership IQ, a research and training firm.
Mark has consistently been ranked as one of the Top 30 leadership gurus in the world, and some of his most well-known research studies include "Are SMART Goals Dumb?," "Why CEO's Get Fired," "Why New Hires Fail," "High Performers Can Be Less Engaged," and "Don't Expect Layoff Survivors to Be Grateful."
Mark leads one of the world's largest leadership studies, and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and U.S. News & World Report. Mark has also appeared on CNN, NPR, CBS News Sunday Morning, ABC's 20/20, and Fox Business News. Mark has lectured at the United Nations, Harvard Business School, the Clinton Foundation, Microsoft, Merck, MasterCard, Charles Schwab, Aflac and hundreds more.
Mark's most recent book was the New York Times bestseller, Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your People to Give It Their All and They'll Give You Even More. Before that, his book Hiring for Attitude was featured in Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and chosen as a top business book by CNBC. Some of his other books include HARD Goals: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be and The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention.
Mark Murphy is a New York Times bestselling author, contributor to Forbes, and Founder of Leadership IQ, a research and training firm.
Mark has consistently been ranked as one of the Top 30 leadership gurus in the world, and some of his most well-known research studies include "Are SMART Goals Dumb?," "Why CEO's Get Fired," "Why New Hires Fail," "High Performers Can Be Less Engaged," and "Don't Expect Layoff Survivors to Be Grateful."
Mark leads one of the world's largest leadership studies, and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and U.S. News & World Report. Mark has also appeared on CNN, NPR, CBS News Sunday Morning, ABC's 20/20, and Fox Business News. Mark has lectured at the United Nations, Harvard Business School, the Clinton Foundation, Microsoft, Merck, MasterCard, Charles Schwab, Aflac and hundreds more.
Mark's most recent book was the New York Times bestseller, Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your People to Give It Their All and They'll Give You Even More. Before that, his book Hiring for Attitude was featured in Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and chosen as a top business book by CNBC. Some of his other books include HARD Goals: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be and The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention.
Which Leadership Style Will Make You Successful?
Every leader has a default leadership style. But every leadership style has strengths and weaknesses. So your job as a leader is to choose and use the best leadership style for every situation.
More than 35,000 leaders have taken Mark's Leadership Styles Assessment! And he's discovered that there are 4 fundamental leadership styles: Pragmatist, Idealist, Steward and Diplomat. But, do you...
Hiring for Attitude
According to a groundbreaking study by Leadership IQ, 46% of newly hired employees will fail within 18 months while only 19% will achieve unequivocal success. But contrary to popular belief, technical skills only account for 11% of why new hires fail; it's poor attitude that dominates the list - flaws which many of their managers admit were overlooked during the interview process.
In this session, based on Mark's bestselling book Hiring for Attitude, he'll show how...
HARD Goals: The Science of Extraordinary Achievement
Everyone can achieve extraordinary things. The secret is setting goals that test the very limits of your abilities. The problem is that most companies set SMART Goals, which actually LIMIT employees' success! As Mark says, "CEOs don't set SMART Goals, why should we make our employees?"
Based on the bestselling book HARD Goals, Mark explains the science behind getting from where you are to where you want to be in your career, business and life. Leadership...
Hundred Percenters: Leadership That Inspires Greatness
In this session, Mark will reveal new research from more than 500,000 employees and leaders on the best leadership style for inspiring employees to passionately give 100% effort every day. We've all heard that if you make employees happy, they'll give you great performance. But for all the billions of dollars companies have spent trying to satisfy and engage their employees, only 35% say they're inspired to give their best effort at work. Based on Mark's New...
Managing Narcissists, Blamers, Drama Queens and more
Sadly, not every person in our organization is nice, pleasant and easy-going. So you've got to know how to manage and understand difficult personalities. Fortunately, Mark's research has identified the Big Five difficult...
Giving Constructive Feedback Without Making People Angry
A Leadership IQ study found that 81% of leaders avoid giving tough feedback because they're afraid the recipient will respond will react badly (with anger, denial, blame or excuses). How do we expect our organizations and employees to improve if we're afraid to give each other tough feedback?
