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Simon Sinek
Sinek, TEDx Maastricht 2011
Sinek, TEDx Maastricht 2011
Born (1973-10-09) October 9, 1973 (age 50)
Wimbledon, England
OccupationAuthor, motivational speaker
Notable worksStart With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon O. Sinek (born October 9, 1973) is a British/American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant.[1] He is the author of four books including the 2009 best seller Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009).[1]

Education

He received a BA in cultural anthropology from Brandeis University.[2]

Career

His talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action is listed as the third most popular TED presentation of all time.[3][4] In October 2009, he published his book Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action.[5] His second book, called Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, appeared on the best seller lists of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.[2] His third book is called Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration.[6][4] His fourth and latest book is titled Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team which was published in September 2017.[7]

Books

  • Sinek, Simon (2009). Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. ISBN 978-1591846444.
  • Sinek, Simon (2014). Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. ISBN 978-1591845324.
  • Sinek, Simon (2016). Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration. ISBN 978-1591847854.
  • Sinek, Simon (2017). Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team. ISBN 9781101992982.

References

  1. ^ a b Keith Rogers (Feb 26, 2011). "Air Force helping hone new corps of leaders: Training to help hone new corps of leaders". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Maxwell, Chris (Jan 6, 2017). "Simon Sinek: To grow your business, let go". Director. Retrieved Jan 14, 2017.
  3. ^ TED (2015-01-05). "The 20 most popular TED Talks of all time". ted.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05. Number 3: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
  4. ^ a b Koji, David (2016-12-08). "An Inspiring Discussion With Simon Sinek About Learning Your 'Why'". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. ^ "Top 25: What corporate America is reading, December 2011". Kansas City Star. 2012-01-12.[dead link]
  6. ^ Schawbel, Dan (Sep 13, 2016). "Simon Sinek". Forbes. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Penguin Books. "Find Your Way: A Practical Guid for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team". penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-01.

External links

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