Ignited: Managers! Light Up Your Company and Career for More Power More Purpose and More Success

'Ignited' reveals simple steps that managers can take to ensure that they are making the most out of their resources. In a time when resources are often squeezed this book is an easy to follow must read for the middle manager.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

< P style="MARGIN: 0px"> < B> Vince Thompson< /B> , principal at Middleshift Consulting, works with Internet companies to design world-class online marketing solutions and build sales organizations empowering those in the middle. His clients include Napster, StarStyle.com, and Break.com.< /P> < P style="MARGIN: 0px"> Thompson has spent 15 years as a middle manager leading teams in challenging industries and hotbeds for learning: first in restaurants, then in television, and now in the Internet business. He spent seven years as Regional Vice President of Sales for America Online. There, he designed AOL& rsquo; s sales training organization, managed teams in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dulles, VA; and served as Regional Vice President of AOL& rsquo; s Southwestern Region, where his teams led AOL& #39; s West Coast Entertainment and Auto relationships. < /P> < P style="MARGIN: 0px"> He is a featured online expert in the Quantum Sales Training Series, has spoken widely on online advertising, and has contributed to the Iowa Press textbook < I> Media Selling< /I> .< /P> < P style="MARGIN: 0px"> Thompson holds an undergraduate degree in Communications from the University of Southern California& rsquo; s Annenberg School of Communications, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two daughters.< /P> < P style="MARGIN: 0px"> To learn more about Vince Thompson and the community of Ignited managers, visit < B> www.BeIgnited.com< /B> .< /P> < P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left text-align="left"> & nbsp; < /P>

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