Simon Sinek
| Simon Sinek | |
|---|---|
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Sinek, TEDx Maastricht 2011 | |
| Born |
October 9, 1973 Wimbledon, England |
| Occupation | Author, motivational speaker |
| Notable works | Start 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]
Early life and education
Sinek was born in Wimbledon, England and as a child lived in Johannesburg, London and Hong Kong before settling in the United States. He graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in 1991.[2] He studied law at London's City University and received a BA in cultural anthropology from Brandeis University.[3]
Career
Sinek began his career at the New York ad agencies Euro RSCG and Ogilvy & Mather.[3] He later launched his own business, Sinek Partners.[3] His talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action is listed as the third most popular TED presentation of all time.[4][5] In October 2009, he published his book Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action.[6] 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.[3] His third book is called Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration.[7][5] His fourth and latest book is titled Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team which is due to be published September 2017.[8]
Sinek has taught graduate classes in strategic communication at Columbia University[9] and consults for Disney, Microsoft, Pfizer and the US military.[3]
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 2 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.
- ↑ International Inspirational Speaker and Author Simon Sinek Returns to NVD, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed February 15, 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 Maxwell, Chris (Jan 6, 2017). "Simon Sinek: To grow your business, let go". Director. Retrieved Jan 14, 2017.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 Koji, David (2016-12-08). "An Inspiring Discussion With Simon Sinek About Learning Your 'Why'". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ↑ "Top 25: What corporate America is reading, December 2011". Kansas City Star. 2012-01-12.
- ↑ Schawbel, Dan (Sep 13, 2016). "Simon Sinek". Forbes. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.
- ↑ Penguin Books. "Find Your Way: A Practical Guid for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team". penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ "Simon Sinek Biography and articles". Huffington Post.