Sanborn Selected Top 30 Leadership Guru

For Immediate Release

July 30, 2007

Contact: Maritza Tamburrelli
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Mark Sanborn Selected as Top Leadership Guru

HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO, July 2007 – International speaker and bestselling author Mark Sanborn has been named one of the world’s top leadership gurus by Leadership Gurus International. Rankings of the top 30 most influential leadership gurus were determined by a worldwide survey, in which Sanborn was ranked eleventh. He is president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea studio dedicated to developing leaders in business and in life. Complete results can be viewed on the Leadership Gurus website.

Criteria used in the selection process were originality and practicality of ideas, presentation style, international outlook, impact of ideas, quality and dispersion of publications and writing, and public opinion. Voters in the survey included business and academic leaders and consultants around the world.

“It’s an honor to be recognized among many influential thought leaders,” says Sanborn. “I am humbled to be acknowledged by those individuals whom I strive to serve.”

Sanborn is the author of seven books, including the international bestseller The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. His latest book is You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Positive Difference.

Among his many National Speakers Association (NSA) awards, Sanborn was most recently awarded the NSA’s prestigious Cavett Award. He is also a member of the exclusive Speakers Roundtable, comprised of 20 of the top speakers in America.

Sanborn resides in the greater Denver area with his wife Darla and sons Hunter and Jackson.