Mark Samuel - Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability

PRAISE FOR MARK SAMUELS WORK

The accountability workshop carried out with our leadership team has been critical in aligning the vision of each leader around self and employee empowerment, and it has allowed us to send a consistent and powerful message on what we expect from our people. My experience is that accountability is an extremely powerful tool to align an organization toward its objectives.

Susan Gomez, director of human resources, Kellogg Corporation in Spain

The concepts and methods taught in this book are practical and valuable for teenagers and anyone guiding teenagers to become future leaders and responsible citizens.

Stu Semigran, president and cofounder, EduCare Foundation

This book is easy to understand and gets your attention. The real life examples are effective in delivering the message on the tremendous power of personal accountability. At the Callaway Energy Center, we trained our leaders on personal accountability and used this book as a guide. This resulted in notable improvements in our teamwork, engagement, accountability, and performance. I highly recommend it.

Fadi Diya, vice president, nuclear operations, Ameren Corporation

This book, Marking Yourself Indispensable, goes beyond feel-good concepts. There are common-sense gems of applications intertwined with appropriate knowledge information to form wise transition points for healing. It is transformative, powerful, and practical.

Gene D. Thin Elk, CEO, Medicine Wheel and Red Road Teachings

This amazing book is absolutely invaluable and offers the reader so much more than a clear way to create job security and new opportunities at work. This book is about being and feeling your best in everything you do. It will change the work world and ultimately has the power to change families, habits, old patterns, and relationships of all kinds. Must read!

Dr. Jonathan Ellerby, CEO, Tao Wellness Center and Inspired Community; author of the bestselling book, Inspiration Deficit Disorder

Here at the University of Santa Monica it is essential that we provide a sacred and supportive educational environment within which each student can achieve significant and lasting personal and professional goals. I am pleased to see that Mark has put the principles and keys to paper that he has been using with our staff for over ten years to assist us in attaining and maintaining a high level of accountability.

H. Ronald Hulnick, PhD., president, University of Santa Monica; coauthor of Loyalty to Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology

When people leave our leadership workshop, they are on fire to create a high performance workplace. Once they return to work, they encounter the same traditional work culture they left the week before. Embracing Marks approach to accountability creates a confidence and freedom to overcome obstacles versus being overwhelmed by them. Marks wisdom is a gift; we share that gift with all our clients.

Sue Bingham, founder, HPWP Consulting,

Marks book, Making Yourself Indispensable, provides a road map to living a fulfilling life both at home and at work. Marks book gives clear, practical instructions to help the reader take control of their life in a way that also opens their heart, which is essential to building the human spirit. It is truly inspiring!

Agapi Stassinopoulos, author of Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity and Unconditional Love

Applying the personal Accountability model in our center we were able to respond to this challenging time of tough regulations. We implement new behaviors through all levels of the organization that were not negotiable and these were aligned to our key performance indicators. We are still searching for excellence and we are so pleased to have installed this model in our culture

Gisela Perozo, HR director, Maracay Medical Center in Venezuela

Mark Samuel has written such a clear and practical book on how to make oneself indispensable. The gift of this book is the ability to adapt the processes to our own lives and walk away with measured steps to take and apply to any situation, which is truly empowering. Making Yourself Indispensable made me aware of my hidden imperfections, my strengths, and my purpose-driven career on a deeper level. This is a book I will use again and again. Thank you, Mark Samuel!

Philip Barr, MD, medical director, Pinnacle Care

Mark Samuel has written an insightful and very practical book that is not just about personal accountability but also about what accountability will help us achieve: indispensability. Samuel has made an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of accountability and to our quest for the kind of successful life/career that has true accountability at its core.

Steven Daniel, Ph.D., director of program planning, The Institute for Management Studies

So what really makes an employee high potential? In very pragmatic terms Mark Samuel relates how it is not enough to be a subject-matter expert or perform to a list of leadership core competencies. Regardless of the complexity around us or the briskness of the winds of change that may attempt to drive us off course, taking initiative, being consistent and having others count on us to do what we say will we dotrue acCOUNTabilitysets people apartparticularly if we intend to make the most of what we do, and who we ARE, in service to others.

Dr. Zara F. Larsen, change leadership consultant and coach, host of Circles of Change radio program

Accountability is a key concept in moving an organization forward, especially in a challenging business climate. The principles and practices expressed in Making Yourself Indispensible provide a clear, concise pathway for easy and efficient application in todays competitive business environment. Of equal significance is the manner in which the author demonstrates how these same principles, when applied to ones personal life, can enhance ones sense of gratification and achievement, contributing to their professional life.

Cindy Tucker, Americas senior customer contact and business center manager, Agilent Technologies

The personal accountability model allowed us to build a clear vision of excellence for our future and gave us the opportunity to define our path of success. It was understood for all levels of the company. Our new habits of execution and priorities brought about our expected results. Our focus was the human factor and his motivation toward better interaction and execution. I am convinced that the Personal Accountability Model was the best way to achieve outstanding results.

Juan Seijas, plant manager, Empresas Polar

Making Yourself Indispensable is a practical guide to living your life with integrity and commitment at home and at work. The topics and exercises encourage introspection and practical solutions using real life examples. Everyone needs to regain perspective from time to time and this book can help people do just that!

Mary Ann Sutherland, vice president, human resources, DST Output

The principles presented through Accountability Based Leadership have proven their impact over the twenty plus years I have been in human resources and learning and development. The concepts can be applied in a variety of ways. From a personal perspective, I have relied on these concepts to clarify my intentions and guide my leadership effectiveness with others. In my role as a development professional, I have witnessed the positive impact these concepts can have on team effectiveness through increased personal accountability, team commitment, and a culture that encourages quick, effective resolution of issues or breakdowns.

David Sanders, director of learning and development, Old Navy Stores

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