Sanborn Associates here posting an interesting mention on “Uncle” Mark made by Mike St. Pierre writing at LifeHack.org:

Mike had some fun with the whole family tree paradigm and created a family tree consisting of the top productivity bloggers on the internet (according to his criteria). This is what he says about Mark:

The Rich Uncle: Mark Sanborn, Sanborn & Associates
When Mark’s book The Fred Factor, hit the bookstores in 2005 it propelled Mark beyond other public speakers and married productivity with customer service. Mark is values-based and sets high standards for organizations and their interaction with customers.

Mark doesn’t necessarily consider himself a productivity blogger so it’s interesting to look at his work through Mike’s lens. We guess that when you look at it, the notion of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary (the theme of The Fred Factor) is a productive endeavor. Coincidentally, Mark just released a new eBook on productivity. In it he’s compiled a list of 101 of his most effective productivity tips.

In honor of Mark’s placement on St. Pierre’s productivity family tree, we’ve created a special coupon good for $2 off 101 Tips for Improving Productivity; simply go to the store, login or register, and apply coupon code mstpierre to receive the discount!

We were also pleased to note that productivity pro and our pal, Laura Stack, also made Mike’s tree as the Responsible Mom. We’re wondering if she’ll bake us cookies for pointing this out! By the way, congratulations to Laura on her latest book, The Exhaustion Cure. We understand it’s zooming up the best seller lists. (We just checked - #3 in Healthy Living on Amazon.)

We hope that those of you who lead, train leaders or desire to lead, regardless of title, are as excited as we are about our new DVD training curriculum based on Mark’s best selling, You Don’t Need a Title To Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Positive Difference.

Mark’s dynamic new leadership training program begins with the story behind the book’s title of a woman who sought to make a difference, not gain a title, and consequently had enormous impact on her company, colleagues (and everybody who’s invested in this difference making book!). His concise curriculum demonstrates to you and your teams that anyone can be a leader on the job and in life by embracing the qualities that genuine leaders share:

• Thinking about what you want to accomplish before beginning a project; hardly a novel idea but too often not given enough attention
• Caring about and listening to others
• Focusing on the success of those around you rather than on individual achievement
• Looking for ways to encourage the contributions of everyone around them
• Drawing on the power of shared values; the glue that binds us to a common vision

You Don’t Need a Title Leadership training takes you beyond simple authority and shows you how to achieve true power with people (leadership) as opposed to merely exercising power over people (title). The idea of an Army of Lions led by a Lion is a central theme of Mark’s speaking and writing. Imagine that kind of power and purpose in your organization!

The You Don’t Need a Title To Be a Leader DVD Training Curriculum is now available through the Sanborn Store. By the way, in addition to many fine products for sale in our store, we also provide several free leadership resources for download along with a wealth of other articles, archived ezines and just great content in general that will help aspiring and experienced leaders alike, lead better.

If you want to know what kind of impact You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader can have on training up your leaders, you’ll be interested in this case study from the VP of Human Development for a $200 million medical equipment and services company.