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Jason Jennings
Jason Jennings
Author, Leadership, Management

Jason Jennings has spent twenty years founding and leading successful businesses and teaching other companies how to achieve their full economic potential.

He was the youngest radio station group owner in the nation and his unique and legendary programming and sales strategies are credited with revolutionizing many parts of the broadcasting industry. Later, he founded Jennings-McGlothlin & Company, a consulting firm that became the largest media consultancy in the world.

He traveled the globe in search of and digging deep inside the fastest companies in the world for his book, It's Not The Big That Eat The Small - It's The Fast That Eat The Slow. Within weeks of its release it hit the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and New York Times Bestsellers Lists. Published in 32 languages, USA Today named it one of the top 25 books of the year!

Next, he and his research team studied more than 40,000 companies and identified the ten most productive companies in the world for his bestselling, Less Is More, published by Penguin Putnam. In the book the secrets of the world's most productive companies are revealed.

Think BIG - Act Small, debuted in 2006 and profiles the only 10 companies in the world to have grown both revenue and operating profits by ten percent or more annually for ten consecutive years without missing a beat. Like his previous books it debuted on all the bestseller charts.

His latest work, Hit The Ground Running-A Manual For New Leaders, identifies the ten American CEO’s who created the greatest amount of shareholder value between 2000 and 2008, tells their stories and explains the strategies, tactics and values that allowed them to achieve such remarkable performance. 

When not traveling the world on research and adventure travel Jennings delivers 80 keynotes annually and USA TODAY named him one of the three most in-demand business speakers on the planet alongside Jim Collins (Good to Great) and Tom Peter (In Search of Excellence).


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“Everyone is searching for the same things in life; the assurance that everything is going to be alright, that their tomorrows can be better than their today and the roadmap that shows them how to make that brighter day happen. Together these things comprise the essence of purpose and it’s my responsibility in a keynote speech to provide that assurance, promise and the roadmap.”                      
          Jason Jennings  


Hit The Ground Running
Jason’s new speech is based on the most important findings from the research for his latest book; Hit The Ground Running-A Manual For New Leaders.

Filled with rich stories, vivid examples and anecdotes that make the powerful information come alive; the speech contains the discoveries that allow companies and their leaders and workers to achieve results fast.

This speech can be customized for the following audiences:

  • Small business owners and managers
  • High level executives and CEO’s
  • Association members
  • Sales conferences and meetings
  • Newly named managers and leaders as part of succession planning 

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The Five Secrets of the World’s Best Performing Leaders and Companies
This is the crowd pleaser that’s received standing ovations from hundreds of thousands of people in scores of countries around the world. After studying more than 100,000 companies for his best selling books on speed (It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow), on productivity (Less Is More), on growing revenues (Think BIG, Act Small) and his latest book, Hit The Ground Running, Jason works with the group sponsoring the speech and selects the five most important discoveries he’s made that are appropriate for the audience and presents them in spellbinding fashion.  

This speech can be customized for any audience composed of people wanting to improve their management and leadership skills and life skills and is especially appropriate for:  

  • Small business owners and managers
  • High level executives and CEO’s
  • Association members
  • Sales conferences and meetings
  • HR groups and associations

Testimonials

"Jason's keynote speech that opened our plenary session and his hosting of the CEO forum and CEO Only Session received overwhelming and positive responses. People were thrilled with the information, attention to detail and his willingness to spend time and sign books for them. He's raised the bar of excellence!"

Patrick J. Natale
Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers

"I can't begin to tell you how many people stopped me in the Convention Center and told me that Jason Jennings was the best speaker they'd ever heard. After the Convention others emailed and called to convey the same sentiment. It was truly an honor working with Jason Jennings and I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank him for sharing his efforts,  research and talent with us."

Kendra Hinderland
Archon Group – A Goldman Sachs Company

“I wanted to thank you for an outstanding presentation at our User Conference.  I won't take up too much time other than to say you received a 4.98 rating (out of 5), which is the highest we have ever received at any previous User Conferences for Keynote speeches.  Again, thanks for the effort and your contribution to our Conference!"

Ray Barlow
CCH Vice President, Sales

"Your message about having and sharing a Cause, letting go, thinking and acting like owners and Stewardship will resonate for a very long time. Thank you for custom tailoring your speech to our needs. It was not only informational but inspirational and extraordinarily well received."

Ron Williams
Chairman and CEO, Aetna

"Jason Jennings was the highlight of our annual convention in Phoenix in 2008. He provided real world takeaways that all our attendees could use. We've had many great speakers but he was the best. Many attendees told me that if they heard nothing else at the meeting their trip was worthwhile just because of Jason' speech. Jason, thank you for making us look so good to our thousands of members!"

Melissa Brunton
Vice President, Direct Selling Association


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