About the author

Rasmus Ankersen is a bestselling author, a motivational speaker on performance development and a trusted advisor to businesses and athletes around the world. He wrote his first book The DNA of a Winner at the age of 22. A year later he published his second, Leader DNA, based on field studies of 25 high-profile leaders, including the Secretary of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the CEO of LEGO Group, Jorgen Vig Knudstorp. Leader DNA has been the best-selling leadership book in Denmark for the last five years. In his home country Rasmus has also won a Berlingske Business Magazine award, being named one of the three biggest business talents in Denmark, and the Danish prime minister recently invited him to contribute a chapter to his new book The Danish Dream.

With The Gold Mine Effect Rasmus has taken another step into the secrets of high performance, becoming the only expert on the subject who has literally lived and trained with the best athletes on the planet. Now back in London, Rasmus is teaching organisations how to build their own Gold Mines of world-class performance, through real-life examples and result-driven insights.

You can find out more about Rasmus at www.rasmusankersen.com.

Henrik Hyldgaard is the co-author of The Gold Mine Effect and has been working as Rasmus’s personal sparring partner for the last three years. Henrik is a brand strategist and master of business creativity. In late 2012 he will be publishing his book Hotel Creativity – Check in and Change the Destiny of Your Company. Check him out at www.hotelcreativity.com