#1 Best Selling Author Marcus Buckingham Inks Major Publishing Agreement

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson Publishers is pleased to announce the signing of Marcus Buckingham, Cambridge-educated, world-renowned speaker and strengths guru. Two deals call for an innovative book/DVD release, two major trade books, plus potential adaptations of the works in the form of study guides, gift books, or children’s books, extends through 2011, with worldwide publishing rights.

For those heading out into the “real world” and those already entrenched in it, a life-sapping mantra is being repeated: It’s not all about you! Employees are taught to put themselves aside and get plugged in to the mission of the organization, the goals of the company. But Marcus Buckingham believes that a person’s ability to succeed in life flies directly in the face of corporate thinking. His new release, The Truth About You, (September 2008) leads readers to true success by empowering them to make the crucial choice of putting themselves first by crafting a work life that plays to their strengths.

Senior Vice President and Publisher Brian Hampton said, “Several years ago, long before we knew we would have the opportunity to work with Marcus Buckingham, Thomas Nelson leadership adopted the ‘strengths revolution’ mentality and challenged our workforce to embrace it. Little did we know that ultimately we were preparing ourselves for a dramatic increase in personal development and corporate success. Now, an impassioned Thomas Nelson team stands ready to launch Marcus Buckingham to the next level in his publishing career. Our partnership with Marcus and his organization is one of the most exciting projects I’ve been a part of in my 16 years in publishing. And to have an entire company devoted to his mission has to be one of the most powerful ways to begin a relationship with an author. What an absolute privilege it is for us to work with Marcus and help further his message.”

“When the opportunity arose to work with the Thomas Nelson team, I was tremendously excited. Not only are they cutting edge in terms of the way they think about branding an author in the marketplace, but they are deeply committed to the strengths philosophy at the core of my work.” says Buckingham.

With more than 3.6 million copies of his landmark bestsellers in print, Marcus Buckingham, author of bestsellers First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently (with Curt Coffman), Now, Discover Your Strengths (with Donald O. Clifton) and Go Put Your Strengths to Work, spent his 17-year career as a pioneering researcher at the Gallup Organization helping to build a practice with more than 1,000 clients, including Best Buy, Disney, Fidelity Investments, Toyota and Wells Fargo.

Marcus Buckingham has spent the last decade helping clients find and motivate their most talented employees. Buckingham’s mission is, in his words, “to create a better marriage between the dreams of workers and the drive of companies to win.”

In his role as author, independent consultant and speaker, Marcus Buckingham has been the subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal and is routinely lauded by such corporations as Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo and Yahoo as an invaluable resource in informing, challenging, mentoring and inspiring people to find their strengths and obtain and sustain long-lasting personal success.

A wonderful resource for leaders, managers, and educators, Buckingham challenges conventional wisdom and shows the link between engaged employees and productivity, profit, customer satisfaction, and the rate of turnover. Buckingham, named as Business Week’s 2006 Thought Leader and listed as an Amazon’s Hall of Fame best selling author of all time (#19), received his master’s degree in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University and now resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Contact: Heather D. Adams
Director of Publicity
tel: (615) 902-2224
fax: (615) 902-2850
e-mail: hadams@thomasnelson.com

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