The Presence Lab

Send us Fan Mail This week, in preparation for a speech in Arizona, I interviewed Patsy O’Brien, the Chief Operating Officer of Smith & Howard, an accounting and advisory firm in Atlanta, Georgia, a firm consistently rated the number one CPA firm in America by INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING. At the end of a great conversation Patsy said, “Wait a minute, there’s one more thing I need to tell you abou...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Drucker said culture eats strategy for breakfast, your research really illustrates that point. (Jason, pick it up and illustrate with a story). When you talk about a lean culture, what do you mean? In your book, Less is More, you identify eleven leadership traits behind creating the culture. While we don't have time to go into all eleven. Give us one or two that a leade...

Send us Fan Mail What can you learn from the most successful companies? The research shows top performers consistently master the art of creating and sustaining organizations where everyone thinks and acts like the owner. In this episode of The Game Changers, Jason shares the story of Billion Dollar Brad and details the way to make every employee feel like the owner. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Need some help supercharging meetings within your company? Here are six things to do to make every meeting exciting and productive. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In preparing for five upcoming speeches to five different companies in five different cities Jason was tasked with five different assignments. One company wants to get everyone on the same page. Another wants to their workers to embrace radical change, another fears a new onslaught of competition, still another is struggling with finding, engaging and keeping its workforce and oth...

Send us Fan Mail Do you love stories about fast growing remarkable companies with nothing but upside potential? Here’s a story about a company that has increased their revenues ten times in fifteen years. High tech? Nope. Healthcare? Nope. A new App? Nope. Try… you’ll love how this company keeps everyone on the same age shooting at the same target. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed that some people just seem to be luckier than most and go from strength to strength and win to win almost effortlessly? Have you ever been tempted to mutter under your breath that you’d like to be as lucky as they are? Here are a couple of basic truths about getting lucky. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Last week I spent some time with a CEO in the middle of a 26 billion dollar merger. He was talking about the challenges of getting both companies on board the same culture and had some startling, revealing and spot on advice. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It’s been said that luck occurs when preparedness meets opportunity. Most fortunes and successful careers have been created when someone sees something, instinctively knows it’s going to be a winner and finds a way to put themselves in the front of the parade. But, how do you find the parades in formation so you can get in front? That’s the subject of this edition. Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail We’re all in a hurry. We feel like we’re responding to one problem after another and if we fail to act fast every delay is potentially deadly. It’s almost as if we’re trying to put out the latest fire with no time to get the whole story. This edition teaches why you should make sense first and judgments second. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 93, listeners learned the question that Jason asked thousands of times each as part of his research, “What’s Keeping You Awake at Night These Days?” That question has been the basis of each of Jason’s eight bestselling books and so we asked you, the people who listen to the podcast to share what’s keeping you awake at night these days about your business? You submitted...

Send us Fan Mail The two biggest markets in the world are ‘consumer technology’ and ‘escape from consumer technology’. What’s your role going to be in the new world and are you developing the skills that will allow you to achieve your full potential in whichever you choose? That’s’ the subject being discussed in this podcast. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail All of Jason’s bestselling books on leadership, speed, change, innovation and reinvention have occurred as a result of asking CEO’s, leading entrepreneurs and business people one question, Here’s your chance to be learn that question and be involved in selecting the title and subject for Jason’s next book. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jason was in Sri Lanka doing a speech and leadership training for MAS Holdings, a truly exceptional company that does business worldwide. While listening to one of the company leader’s talk about culture he was stunned when he heard the leader say, “What we have here is a culture of defiance!” Later, Jason realized that every great company has a culture of defiance. Defiant cultur...

Send us Fan Mail At the end of a newsletter that Jason received there were six tiny stories; each being one or two sentences long. He read them, thought about them all day long and went through the day with a smile on his face. Maybe you will too. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you spent too much time listening to the pundits and all the self-serving, wannabe, not so bright folks who call themselves journalists, you’d be running for cover. Are things as bad in the US as people say? I don’t think so and this week’s podcast features some facts and thoughts that you should know and act on. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What in the world happened to Yahoo? Once valued at 120 billion, Yahoo finally got sold for less than 5 billion to Verizon. Every CEO the company hired only made matters worse and most of them should have gone to jail for management malpractice. How did this once incredibly valued company become the joke of Silicon Valley and what lessons are there to learn? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When do you think people stop asking the questions ‘why’ and ‘what if’? The answer is a shocker and it will definitely cause a change in your behavior. This is one of the neatest pieces of research Jason has come across in a long time. You’ll love it. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail During his book research one of the CEOs of a company he was studying told Jason a story about customer service that he’s never forgotten and frequently shares with others. Here it is for you to borrow and tell. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail One of the observations made by Jason and his research teams is that truly great companies keep all their doors open believing it leads to transparency. Can something so simple really make a difference? Listen and find out. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It’s taken a long time but most businesses now get it. They know they need a set of guiding principles or values in order to achieve their full potential. Imagine, taking the concept of having a set of values one step further; to your home and family and teaching your children the family values the same way you teach them their ABC’s or to count to 10. Here’s the story of one man...

Send us Fan Mail It’s a fact; the more priorities you have the less effective you are. Maybe it’s time to prune the number of priorities you’re chasing. Find out how in this episode. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you lead other people at work or at home there’s a big question you’ve probably never asked them. It’s knowing the answer to this question that allows you to lead them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Each year Jason conducts somewhere between 700 and 1,000 conversations in preparation for speeches. During the past week –a rare week of being off the road - he had 36 conversations with leading entrepreneurs, academics, heads of not-for-profits and CEOs and Presidents for upcoming speeches. He finished the week’s work having figured out what he believes is the single most importa...

Send us Fan Mail Jason travels between 200,000 and 360,000 miles a year on research, consulting and speaking and he’s been doing it for many years. Along the way he’s developed 15 tips that will make your travel life easier and more productive. Even seasoned travelers will learn valuable tips from the guy whose flown 10 million miles on business. Support the show