About Us

Mark Murphy leads one of the world’s largest leadership studies, 
and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York 
Times, Fortune, Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and U.S. News & 
World Report. Mark has also appeared on CNN, NPR, CBS News 
Sunday Morning, ABC’s 20/20, and Fox Business News.

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Mark has lectured at the United Nations, Harvard Business School, 
the Clinton Foundation, Microsoft, Merck, MasterCard, Charles 
Schwab, Aflac and hundreds more.

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Mark has consistently been ranked as one of the Top 30 leadership 
gurus in the world, and some of his most well-known research 
studies include “Are SMART Goals Dumb?,” “Why CEO's Get Fired,” 
“Why New Hires Fail,” “High Performers Can Be Less Engaged,” and 
“Don’t Expect Layoff Survivors to Be Grateful.”