The Presence Lab

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’re joined by Jeff Hyman, author of a new book, Recruit Rockstars: The 10 Step Playbook to Find the Winners and Ignite Your Business. He’s the Chief Talent Officer for Strong Suit Executive Search and teaches an MBA course about recruiting at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. You’ll learn three recruitment secrets that will make you better a...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have what it takes to be a good steward or servant leader? If you look in a mirror and ask one simple question, your answer will reveal things you never knew about yourself. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There’s a new report out – conducted by NORC - the University of Chicago’s research institution - that reveals what prospective employees are looking for in a company where they’d want to work. What they learned will surprise you and help you in your recruitment efforts. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In just 14 years Elon Musk has created Tesla; a company with a market cap of $54 billion. In this edition of The Game Changers© we’ll reveal five of the reason for the meteoric growth of Tesla and they are all powerful tools you can begin using tomorrow in your business. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode reveals the three questions that will allow anyone to deliver a speech or presentation that knocks it out of the park. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail According to USA TODAY six in ten Americans would be unable to pay an unexpected bill of $500.00 and would have to put it on credit card, not pay it or borrow from family and friends. That’s sad and an outrage! In this episode Jason talks about the need to save, save, and save some more, how to do it and the importance of achieving economic freedom. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Five-year plans are stupid,” are the words that have been spoken to Jason by a very long list of the most successful entrepreneurs, business owners and CEOs in the world. In this episode Jason discusses the fallacy of most long term plans and explains what kinds of plans work. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever dreamed about doing an adventure of a lifetime with your child before they graduate, leave home and it’s too late? It’s something every parent would love to do but how can you make it happen? How do you manage the time off? Will your business or career stall while you’re away? What kinds of challenges, lessons learned and rewards will result? In this episode learn ab...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered how some people have great attitudes all the time while other go through life with a sourpuss? In this episode Jason shares the stories of three recent encounters with three people facing unique challenges and reveals the six things they share for maintaining great attitudes all the time. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Want to be more productive, want to get more done, want to sit down at the end of the day with a feeling of accomplishment and contentment? In this edition of The Game Changers© Jason reveals how to dramatically improve your productivity. It’s an easy way that will easily double how much you get done in less time than you’re spending now. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Each year Jason interviews between 600 and 800 CEO’s, senior leaders, wildly successful entrepreneurs and front-line personnel for the keynote speeches he delivers and the books he writes. Occasionally, he hears remarkable insights that he wants to share. You’ll love some of the spot-on and wry observations from senior leaders at one of America’s most successful companies. Support...

Send us Fan Mail While conducting an interview in preparation for a speech, a business owner said something to Jason that is the most egregious thing he’s ever heard. It’s also the reason why employees don’t become engaged in the business and eventually leave. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail While on a recent speaking trip to Denver, Jason stayed in the Westin Downtown Hotel. While there, he experienced something that's never happened in any of his more than 4,500 hotel nights and it was pure magic. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Grit is defined as clenching the teeth in order to keep one’s resolve when faced with unpleasant or painful duty. In short it means not giving up. It’s a word that I’m hearing more and more when interviewing CEO’s; specifically, the lack of it on the part of the workforce. Insight on grit in this edition. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail New research proves that companies that get involved in community causes retain their workers longer, have higher employee engagement scores, pay their people more and earn higher profits than those who don’t. Here are the six reason why every business should support a charitable cause. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Finding, engaging and keeping the right people continues to be the single biggest challenge facing businesses everywhere. Based on his exhaustive research into more than 220,000 companies Jason reveals five secrets for getting the job done. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In the course of everyone’s live there comes a time when they face a challenge, a hardship or a problem that threatens to overwhelm them and they don’t’ where or to whom to turn. When that happens to you or someone close to you, you should be armed with three questions that will provide an immediate solution. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Retail is in free fall with some forecasts saying the US will have 25-40% less retail space in the next ten years. Then, there’s TJ Maxx and Marshalls with 33 straight quarters of increased sales, annual sales that exceed Nordstrom’s and JC Penny’s combined and a market value seven times that of Macy’s. Learn how they do it and why they should be a model for retailers everywhere....

Send us Fan Mail Testimonials and third party endorsements and are powerful ways of convincing customers they’ve made the right choice, affirms that others have made the choice were pleased and helps them think they’re making a wide decision. This episode will teach you everything you need to know about collecting and using testimonials and endorsements. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Medline is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies in the world. The companies more than 1,200 sales representatives generate more than eight billion in annual revenues for the 350,000 different products which are delivered from the firm’s more than 12 million square feet of warehousing. This is one incredibly company and here’s the story of how...

Send us Fan Mail Edelman is a leading global research and communication company that conducts an annual trust survey. The results this year are shocking. Have a listen. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Think about the last compliment you received from someone. I bet it made you feel really good. Years ago, a cashier at a drive through window at a Jack in the Box paid Jason Jennings a compliment that he's never forgotten; you could even say it was a life changer. To this day Jason can’t drive by the place on Lombard Street, in San Francisco, where the restaurant was located,...

Send us Fan Mail One of leadership’s commonly followed rules is to keep your cards close to your vest and make everything a big secret. This edition reveals that dinosaur like belief as being plain stupid. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Traditional retailers are closing their doors, going out of business and filing for bankruptcy at an unprecedented rate. But, Wal-Mart is still growing and the things they’re doing to stay relevant, profitable and prosperous are must learn lessons for everyone in business. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Can a single flap of a butterfly’s wings in the Amazon eventually create a hurricane that destroys homes and kills people in Texas? The Butterfly Effect is a well-respected and widely written about part of Chaos Theory that you should know about when making business decisions. It’ll also make you appear very smart. Support the show