Running on Purpose: Winning Olympic Gold, Advancing Corporate Leadership and Creating Sustainable Value - Hardcover

"An athlete in many arenas—from the Olympics to the boardroom—Charlie Moore is as thoughtful and insightful a leader as I have met. In Running on Purpose, Moore pulls together a lifetime of remarkable experiences and perspectives, drawing out the lessons relevant to all of us and making a powerful call to action for sustainable value creation.”

—DOMINIC BARTON, managing director, McKinsey & Company

“Running on Purpose captures Charlie Moore’s amazing journey as well as his wisdom gathered from decades of corporate experience. He lays out the processes and behaviors for business and society to thrive together, and convincingly asserts that long-term thinking and trust are the essential ingredients of sustainable value creation.”

—MARC R. BENIOFF, chairman and CEO, Salesforce, and author of The Business of Changing the World

“Charlie is my refiring hero! His life is one of constant, tenacious, and inspirational movement. Running on Purpose is a lesson not just for individuals. The book also contains a powerful message for businesses to champion sustainable forms of growth. While Wall Street often suggests the only reason to be in business is to make money, I’ve always believed that profit is the applause you get for taking care of your customers, creating a motivating environment for your people, and being a good citizen in your community.We need to get CEOs to think in a different way.”

—KEN BLANCHARD, author of The One Minute Manager and Re re! Don’t Retire 

“When an Olympic gold medal winner and a company CEO writes a book about the need to change the game for how business is done, people should listen. I certainly have. Charlie is spot-on in his call for companies to focus on sustainable value creation and his challenge to companies and the individuals who work in them to ‘dare to lead.’ His writing style is like he is as a person— energetic, optimistic, wise, warm, and practical. This is a fun and important book to read!”

—ROBERT G. ECCLES, chairman, Arabesque Partners, and the author of The Integrated Reporting Movement 

“Charlie Moore knows better than most what it means to run on purpose. This book shares wisdom from Charlie’s inspirational life and leaves readers with a clear impression of what it takes to be a strong leader.” 

-WILLIAM R. McDERMOTT, CEO, SAP SE, and the author of Winners Dream 

“Charlie Moore’s winning an Olympic gold taught him that pursuing goals bigger than ourselves and striving for and committing to a bigger purpose give our lives meaning. His example of principled pursuit, his resilience and tenacity, and his positive attitude make his memoir fascinating, inspiring, and instructive.”

-MARILYN CARLSON NELSON, co-CEO, Carlson Holdings Inc.

“A constant theme Charlie has always championed is to give back, and Running on Purpose chronicles his spectacular journey. Many people, businesses, nonprofits, and our world are better off today because of Charlie’s contributions.”

-SANDY WEILL, former chair and CEO, Citigroup, and the author of The Real Deal

Charlie Moore never broke his stride after winning an Olympic gold medal in Helsinki in 1952. His professional life achievements feature notable accomplishments in business as well as successful leadership roles in college athletics, the arts, and, ultimately, in corporate philanthropy. At every twist is a consummate change-agent enjoying the moving of mountains and celebrating a freedom that comes from personal conviction and belief in others.

In Running on Purpose, Moore has delivered a work that is not just a career memoir or an inspirational business book; it also champions family, resilience, persistence, the drive for results, strong communication, and other traits that can, and should, guide our personal and professional lives. Never one to stop moving, Moore further succeeds in elevating these experiences to a blueprint for societal change that pragmatically intertwines family, business, and the innovative spark that drives us all.

Here is a book passionately written for individuals willing to sprint to the finish line for things they believe in. It is a fitting companion to the principled person who leads with vision, perhaps moves among influential titans, and believes that traditional pathways must often be ignored in order to discover his or her truest potential.

Throughout are wonderful vignettes with notable figures of Olympics , business and culture including President Eisenhower, George Steinbrenner, Paul Newman and Roger Bannister.

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