Building Cultures of
Commitment®

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE ART OF LEADERSHIP

At Parrish Partners we accelerate client growth by tapping into unrealized potential. We use a proprietary approach specifically tailored to discover insights gained through both breakthrough events and follow through process disciplines.

One of our most effective breakthrough tools is a masterfully crafted keynote delivered by our co-founder, Mark Parrish. In “Building Cultures of Commitment®: The Science Behind the Art of Leadership,” Mark presents time-tested disciplines gathered over a lifetime of leadership practice. Mark’s award winning brand of leadership has educated, trained and inspired thousands.

Mark Parrish

Cultures of Commitment®

In this engaging and intimate presentation he introduces the idea of creative obsolescence, teaching enterprises how to create an organizational culture that, if it existed, would put all competitors out of business. He captures, codifies and communicates will crystal clarity the principles which characterize his branded style of servant leadership. Finally, he weaves together a tapestry of engaging example after example, from battlefields to boardrooms, to demonstrate these principles in action. The most common audience feedback received is that Mark’s audiences never need wonder if they will gain anything practical from their experience.

Mark Parrish is Managing Partner and co-founder of Parrish Partners, LLC, the California based leadership and management consulting firm.

Previously Mark was CEO, President and Director of Igloo Products Corp., the 70-year-old, U.S.-based manufacturer of the iconic Igloo brand of commercial and consumer cooler products. In this role, Mark had global leadership and management responsibility for the operations of Igloo and its affiliated brands Cool Gear and YEWStuff. While in this capacity Mr. Parrish was named the Houston Business Journal’s “2017 Outstanding CEO for Large Companies.”

Immediately prior to joining Igloo, Mark was CEO, President and Director of Stuart Dean Company, Inc., the 80-year-old, Manhattan-based international real estate restoration and preservation company serving both the commercial and residential real estate sectors.

He has an accomplished record of leading organizational transformations of U.S.-based manufacturers. His contributions have yielded tremendous value creation with other well-known consumer brands, such as Harley-Davidson and Simmons, and other industry leaders, including Ply Gem Windows, Interface, Inc., and Deceuninck North America, each world-class manufacturers known for their rapid product innovation.

Mark is a distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. During his uniformed service in Army Aviation, he served in five countries on three continents. As an AH-64 Apache pilot, he served in Operations Desert Shield/Storm where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medal for Valor. He later earned two Master of Science degrees in Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mark Parrish

Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Serial CEO across public, private, and private equity companies. Transaction services focus. Graduate of MIT and West Point. Houston’s CEO of the Year 2018.

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