The Presence Lab

Send us Fan Mail Since the debut of Jason’s first landmark book in 2000 he has delivered more than 1,000 paid keynote speeches around the world to more than 2.1 million people. This is the podcast where he details step-by-step what he goes through to prepare for and deliver a speech guaranteed to win a standing ovation and rave reviews. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There’s a HUGE difference between strategy and tactics. Leaders and companies who know the difference far outperform those who don’t. Do you have too many strategies? Perhaps the most overused word is strategy. It’s so overused as to have qualified for inclusion in a game of Buzzword Bingo. Great companies and great leaders have one strategy and many tactics and they have a foolpr...

Send us Fan Mail Millennials will make up 100 million of America’s 130 million job market. You will succeed at finding, keeping, engaging and growing them or you will go the way of the dinosaur. Spend ten minutes learning the results for some fascinating new research about Millennials and the six things you can do to engage them. It’ll be worth your time. 91% of all Millennials want to become lead...

Send us Fan Mail Stop taking, “No,” from anyone who doesn’t have the ability to say yes! In order to get a job, raise money or sell something you’ll stack the deck in your favor by getting to the decision maker. This week’s episode of The Game Changers reveals the seven steps to take for getting an audience with the person who can say, “Yes!” Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Are you so busy working for your business or in your business that there’s never any time to work on your business? Solo business travel provides vital time to work on your business. This week’s episode of The Game Changers reveals the eight benefits of solo business travel and explains how to take full advantage of every business trip you make. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There are four little words that prevent most people and companies them from ever achieving their full economic potentials. Most people and companies routinely use four little words that will prevent them from ever achieving their full economic potentials. This week’s episode of, The Game Changers, reveals these four little ugly little words and shows you how not to allow them to...

Send us Fan Mail Good stewards get it. They know their job is to make everything better for their workers, customers, vendors and suppliers, owners or shareholders and the world. While attending a Native American Pow-Wow in the Upper Great Lakes region of America, Jason heard an Indian Chief tell a story to a group of children. The story stopped him in his tracks and it will stop you in yours. Thi...

Send us Fan Mail There are 100 million Millennials and 123 million jobs in the US. Similar staggering statistics exist in almost every developed nation. Until you crack the code on finding, keeping and growing Millennials you don’t stand a chance of creating sustainable urgency and growth. Engaging Millennials is a challenge; research shows that as many as 87% of them don’t instinctively trust peo...

Send us Fan Mail This will cause you to look at speed and urgency differently and teaches you how to solve problems the first time rather than fixing the same ones over and over again. keep your good customers instead of churning them, engage the 70% of your workforce who aren’t engaged (Gallup 2014) and gain the cooperation of those workers standing on the sidelines. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The most common thing about common sense is how uncommon it is. In this episode, Jason responds to a fan, answering a question and in the process shares a game changing approach to reviving common sense. While it might be as simple as saying what’s old is new again, it’s worth taking a look at the most successful “under-the-radar” companies to learn that success is rooted in good...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and Richard Smucker, Co-Leaders of J.M. Smucker, have not only enjoyed significant organic growth but also quickly gobbled up, digested and grown such iconic brands as Folgers, Dunkin Donuts Coffee Products, Pillsbury, Hungry Jack, Carnation, Knotts and Jif. These folks, headquartered in tiny Orville, Ohio are fast. Between 2004 and 2014 they grew revenues from 600 million to...

Send us Fan Mail Seven out of ten employees say, “The most stressful part of my job is dealing with my boss!” And the reason, research shows, is “unnecessary leadership” or what most of us call bureaucracy and micromanaging. In this game changing conversation, Jason Jennings provides a principled approach to ending bureaucracy and micromanagement. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The age of big data promises more than it can deliver. It gets us thinking that more information means little to no chance of making any mistakes. Big companies invest 200,000 employee hours per billion dollars in revenue generating data for yearly forecasts and budgets. That means billions of dollars in data analysis were spent at companies like Blockbuster, Borders, Circuit City...

Send us Fan Mail When should a company license rather than sell what it produces? The question is becoming more and more relevant for companies of all sizes. While the game changing approach might not be actionable for you today, it should kept in mind. Jason dives into the idea of becoming an innovative organization with an eye toward licensing products. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jason Jennings provides a preview to telling research uncovered in his next book about the lack of trust and subsequent damage to business. As always, Jason touches briefly on the challenges, then provides four game changing actions you can start immediately to grow trust in your organization. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What do four economists, four Oxford students and four garbage men have in common? Not much, especially when it comes to predicting the future. Jason provides a game changing approach to seeing the future by sharing the story of the economists, students and garbage men along with stops for stories from Italy and India. By the end of this value-packed podcast, Jason gives you the f...

Send us Fan Mail Jason gives you a behind the scenes look at his bestseller, Think Big, Act Small. Learn how one of the business leaders profiled in the book gave Jason the book title. Most importantly, Jason shows you why thinking big and acting small is the one thing successful businesses have in common. Then, he gives you the action steps to think big while acting small. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jason shares the inspiring and game changing story of Jack Strack of SRC Holdings. Jack turned a debt ridden, poor performing company into a high performing success – and he did it with transparency and honesty. Jason breaks it down with actionable steps you can learn from Jack’s accomplishments. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Whether a business sells coffee and pastries, dry cleaning or airline seats, it’s not enough for the owners and management to know the lifetime value of a customer. In this game changing conversation, Jason Jennings shares three stories that show why the front-line people in your business must know the true lifetime value of the customer. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Listeners from Great Falls, Montana to Cape Town, South Africa; Birmingham, UK, to Mobile, Alabama ask Jason questions. Hear Jason explain principle-based leadership, the power of small bets and if the leadership principles really apply across cultures. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jason Jennings was made to feel a little uncomfortable recently, but the experience opened his eyes to a game changing paradigm. In this episode, Jason shares how this event in his life caused him to change one important way in which he spends three-to-four minutes each day. Jason will show you how this small change in your life can make a big difference. Listen and answer the que...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Jennings shares the story of a game changing business practice he discovered at a successful martial arts studio in Chicago. What did the studio sell? Self-defense training for kids to survive on very tough streets? After school babysitting? A way to build self esteem? Try, none of the above. The owner took a step back and defined his business in simple generic terms. Listen...

Send us Fan Mail Looking for the true competitive advantage in your work? Jason Jennings shows you the game changing approach that will make you stand out from the competition: Collect one story a day. Think of just a few of the immediate benefits. Seeking stories provides unique insights into people and possibilities. Hearing stories allows you to connect life’s dots. Tuning in to the world aroun...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever find yourself disappointed? Disillusioned? In despair? Do you feel like a cynic? Jason Jennings provides a game changing approach to change that negative mindset and move from a scarcity mentality to an abundance approach to life. See what it can do for you and your business. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this best of The Game Changers, Jason Jennings shares stories from his research that show how remarkable companies stay remarkable. Businesses that are game changers in their respective industries make continual small bets. Jason shows you in four steps how small bets are made and what it can mean for you and your business. Support the show