The Presence Lab

Send us Fan Mail Last week, I was traveling for a speech and, because of the location, had to stay in a hotel that charges $800 a night. The service was lousy and over two nights and three days, I was on the receiving end of a record setting 36 “I’m sorry’s” and “I apologize.” Each was well-practiced and patently disingenuous. I started doing some research and discovered that most people feel the...

Send us Fan Mail Average companies have hundreds of objectives and initiatives. Highly successful companies have 95% fewer objectives. Here’s how to reduce the number of objectives you have and watch productivity will soar. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I shared a flight with a cranky guy with a bad attitude last week.  It got me thinking about how grateful I am to be an optimist and I took out a pad of paper and started making a list. If you like the idea of being optimistic, you’ll enjoy the list and learn something. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When researching his book, Hit The Ground Running , Jason spent time with and wrote about Howard Lance, the CEO of Harris Corporation and currently the Chairman and CEO of three billion dollar, Maxar Technologies, a leading space technology and solutions company. During one of their interviews, Lance told Jason about an exercise he’d done as a young, rising executive that had a pr...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine having everyone who works with or for you aiming their arrows at the same target. That can only happen with effective communication and that relies on being able to cascade information throughout the company. Here are the 7 Steps that will insure the messaging you want everyone to have is cascaded properly.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In the past, I’ve bough a lot of Armani and Brioni suits to make sure I looked good on stage. A great designer label suit with fine Italian fabrics can easily cost $5,000. Then, I heard about a company whose suits sell for $800 and in an evaluation test for the WSJ, a team of experts judged the $800 suit to be as good as a $5,000 Armani suit. Hear the story of how Suitsupply is up...

Send us Fan Mail As a researcher, author and teacher I’m able to gain access to lots of very accomplished business leaders. But, recently, I was privileged to see the best example of leadership in action I’ve ever witnessed. Listen and gain invaluable leadership insights into how great leaders lead.    My observations: 1.Successful people and companies frequently start to take their success for gr...

Send us Fan Mail Last week, I was doing kick-off the year speech in Sacramento for BMD, a great employee owned mid-size company. After my speech, we divided the attendees into small groups and assigned each group one of the key points of my speeches. The assignment was to answer the question, "How can we use this to get us where we want to go?" I was stunned with the great ideas the smal...

Send us Fan Mail Is the glass half-empty or half full? Does it only depend on your perspective? One of the observations Jason has made this year while interviewing nearly 1000 CEO’s, top business leaders and entrepreneurs is that companies who are doing well believe they have unlimited opportunities in front of them while businesses experiencing little or negative growth believe the opportunities...

Send us Fan Mail Do you believe in ghosts? Jason never did until he visited Richmond, Virginia last week for a speech. Let him tell you what happened in his hotel room. The story is enough to give you goose bumps. There’s also a great business tip from a small business owner who employs 65 people in a highly successful enterprise. You’ll find his unique perspective refreshing, unusual and maybe a...

Send us Fan Mail Each year, Jason conducts between 600 - 1,000 telephone interviews in preparation for his speeches around the world. These conversations are with CEO’s of small, medium and very large companies, business owners, entrepreneurs, and high-level executives. This episode reveals the ten things business leaders see as their big challenges for 2019. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Learn Something easy you can do to immediately grow your revenues 5-10% Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Recent research reveals that students who take four years of arts and music average almost 100 higher points on their SATS than those who take a half-year or less. Have children or grandchildren? Want them to have a rich life. Maybe you should encourage them to grab a paintbrush instead of a football. 9 reasons why the arts are better than sports. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Description: After studying more than 220,000 companies for books and having conducted more than 34,000 interviews with the most successful leaders, business owners and CEO’s in the world, Jason complied a list of the eight traits that truly great leaders share. He reveals them in this episode of the Game Changers©.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Followed the company from its infancy but they never -explain – qualified for one of my books. But it’s tough to ignore advice form a guy who has a net worth of 158 billion dollars. Half of all online searches start on Amazon, 50% of Americans belong to Prime, and the company receives 1 of 2 dollars spent online.  Article by Randall Lane, Editor of Forbes and have always admired h...

Send us Fan Mail With 1.3 million listens and downloads and growing every week, this is, The Game Changers with Jason Jennings, NY Times, WSJ and USA TODAY bestselling author of eight books on leadership, growth, innovation, speed, reinvention….  Dale:   You’re a fitness fanatic but we’ve never talked about it before, but, I guess that’s the subject today…what caused this to pop up your radar? Sup...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is based on content from Jason’s book, Hit The Ground Running and reveals 9 simple steps for creating a fierce sense of urgency in any business or organization. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There’s a group of people whom you probably deal with frequently who can quickly make you or break you. But, many companies, small and large pay little attention to keeping these people on your side and turning them into partners. In this episode, Jason explains how to turn your vendors and suppliers into a cheerleading squad for your business.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Positivity is a powerful force that is oftentimes overlooked. A positive thought, a positive mindset, or a positive point-of-view has the potential to change your entire outlook on any situation. Find out why is positivity so important and how can you lead with positivity. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Since his first book, almost 20 years ago, Jason has logged an average of 300,000 miles annually in air travel. If anyone is an expert at navigating airports around the world it’s him and, in this episode, he’ll reveal the 10 ways he survives and thrives while circumnavigating the problems most travelers confront. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Marcus Theaters, the 4th largest movie chain the US is reinventing the movie going experience and their CEO, Rolando Rodriguez, has seven secrets for reinventing mature businesses. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Jason recently returned from a month-long speaking and ‘snooping around’ tour to Asia and Southeast Asia and, despite having previously visited and worked in the region more than 50 times he was blown away by what he witnessed. Here’s what you need to know. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail After 166 episodes of The Game Changers Dale Dixon and Jason Jennings had never met in-person. That all changed on the eve of Jason’s departure on a three-week speaking, adventure and ‘poking his nose around tour of China, Cambodia, Laos, Hong Kong and Singapore. During their lunch together, Jason gave Dale a sneak preview of what he’d be sharing with the leadership of one of the...

Send us Fan Mail When it was time to buy a holiday ham Jason headed to the Honey Baked Ham store in northern California. He knew it was an hour-long drive, knew the store would be mobbed, called ahead anyway and was blown away by 5 Star customer service that he received and that any business can copy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Nick Stathis, the Director of, Portfolio Financial Group, in Queensland, Australia, and a former client, reached out to Jason and asked if he remembered teaching a session titled, “How to Get a Job with Any Company Your Choose.” This episode reveals the six steps for getting a job and a career with any company you choose. It’s a fact; 80% of jobs are never advertised! Why in the w...