Mark Samuel is considered a practical visionary by Fortune 500 companies and has helped organizations and leaders worldwide to transform their businesses and culture in rapid time, producing breakthrough measurable results. Mark is the author of the best-selling book Creating the Accountable Organization and his international award-winning book Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability. His newest and most paradigm-shifting book B State: A New Roadmap for Bold Leadership, Brave Culture and Breakthrough Results is coming out on October 16, 2018.
Mark has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Forbes and in Fortune Magazine as a top authority on Accountability, teamwork, and leadership.
Mark holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science (Applied Statistics) and a Master’s Degree in Management, with a special emphasis in Organizational Development from the University of California, Irvine; and a second Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology (1989) with a special emphasis in Consciousness, Health and Healing (2010). He also completed USM’s Advanced Spiritual Psychology Workshop and Loyalty to Your Soul: Foundations Online Course.
Mark has been a guest speaker for USM, UC Irvine, Chapman University, and the Ph.D. Program on Organization Development at Pepperdine University. In addition, he has been a guest speaker for the Association for Talent Development National (ATD), American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration National, International Coach Federation National, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA).
Mark’s work has affected long-term positive business improvement in companies worldwide, including: University Hospitals in Cleveland, Pacific Seafood, Saudi Electricity, The Gap, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Amgen, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Federal Executive Board, Genentech-Roche, The City of Red Deer, the University of California Berkeley, Kaiser Permanente, Michelin Tires in France, Honda Corporation, Texas Instruments, and Habitat for Humanity.
Mark has facilitated business and cultural transformation within teams from Japan, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Germany and Canada. He currently has teams of consultants in Amsterdam serving Western Europe and in Bogota serving Latin America.
Mark resides in San Clemente, California with his wife Kamin Samuel. Mark has a daughter and step-daughter. He enjoys playing drums, golf, taking walks along the beach, and going to concerts and movies.