Marc Lesser integrates the wisdom, integrity, and spontaneity of a Zen teacher with the vision, drive, and focus of a successful CEO. He is a business leader, executive coach, storyteller, and visionary. His power and presence and ability to deeply touch the lives of his audience comes from a 30-year daily meditation practice, founding and leading a publishing company for 15 years, and from living in (and managing) a Zen monastery. Marc was the director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world. He was the founder of Brush Dance, a successful, highly acclaimed publishing company with world-wide distribution. Marc now brings his vision and experience to many through his writing, keynote addresses, business retreats, and through coaching executives in corporations throughout the world.

The Presentations

Marc's presentations include

• Accomplishing More By Doing Less
• Leading By Influence
• Creativity, Imagination, Zen

Marc is a dynamic and easy speaker. In these captivating presentations Marc integrates hands-on practical insights, with powerful and humorous stories, while providing a perspective of depth, compassion, and success. Marc brings a refreshing, surprising, and quietly astonishing new light to changing the rules and assumptions of business and enlivening your work — new practices and observations, as well as guidance to seeing yourself, your work, and your life through expansive, appreciative eyes.

Key Themes

Accomplishing More By Doing Less: Antidotes to busyness, tools and practices for more meaning and more productivity. The Less Manifesto: less fear, assumptions, distractions, resistance, and less busyness – results in more calm, meaning, and productivity.

Leading By Influence: You are always leading by influence, whether you are aware of your influence or not. Learn strategies and practices for increased effectiveness, communication, and teamwork.

Creativity, Innovation, Zen: In today’s fast-changing world, creativity and innovation are key. Zen can be defined as the practice of developing a responsive and flexible mind, while keeping your heart open. This is also a good definition of business.

Marc's Bio Highlights

• Author of LESS: Accomplishing More By Doing Less and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration, published by New World Library
• M.B.A. degree from New York University
• Founder and former CEO Brush Dance, Inc.
• Stanford University teacher — Integrating Work, Life, and Relationships
• Founder and CEO of ZBA Associates
• Clients include Google, Microsoft and Technorati
• Former Director — Tassajara Zen Mountain Center