Business Champ’s Book Published
by July 27, 2009 12:00 am 74 views
Former advertising executive and CEO and founder of Seasons Ventures Inc., Mike Thompson, has penned a new book aimed at business managers.
“The Organizational Champion: How to Develop Passionate Change Agents at Every Level” is published by McGraw-Hill.
SVI is a management consulting group with clients such as Procter & Gamble, Dillard’s and Energizer.
The book “presents a hands-on process that will break you loose from the limitations of outdated leadership models,” the dust jacket states.
Thompson said the book is the culmination of five years of research he and others have done with SVI while working with clients.
“In today’s complex business environment, we’ve got to move beyond leadership,” he said. “[So] we came up with the term ‘champions.’”
Thompson said there are four core principals that are really part of the champion’s make-up: they’re enlightened, they’re connected and cooperative, they’re change makers, and they are opportunity minded. The book elaborates on those concepts and more, he said.
He started working on the book in June 2008.