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Customized Presentations for All Industries

Contact Jeff about customizing a presentation for your organization.

Prepared Topics

Topics For Business Leaders

Building a Championship Team

Winning teams promote a culture. Championship teams cultivate a spirit, the palpable sense that everyone involved is excited about getting better every day... together!

The Difference Between Leading and Managing

The best companies have leaders, not managers at the helm. In this presentation Jeff discusses how great leaders cultivate an ethos of Strivership that gets people excited about coming to work.

Recruiting Top Performers

The top performers in any organization are often not the most talented and they are never a perfect fit. In this presentation Jeff talks about what all top performers DO have in common?

Topics For Schools and Athletics Leaders

Building a Championship Team

Winning promote a culture. Championship teams cultivate a spirit, the palpable sense that everyone involved is excited about getting better every day... together!

Empowering Teachers And Coaches To Develop Strivers

In this presentation Jeff engages school leaders in a discussion about what it means to create a sustainable ethos of Strivership that pervades an entire school community.

The Difference Between Leading and Managing

The words "Leader" and "manager" are not synonymous. In this presentation Jeff discusses why the best schools have leaders at the helm.

Recruiting the Best Teachers

The best teachers are often not the ones who arrive at their interview with tons of experience, brandishing impressive resumes. In this presentation Jeff talks about what all top performing teachers do have in common?

Topics For Teachers and Coaches

Developing Strivers: A New Paradigm

As Tom Friedman discovered, employers today are looking for "people who adapt, invent, and reinvent their jobs." Students may leave school with an impressive knowledge base. But are they prepared to embrace the entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial mindset required to thrive in a 21st century economy? In this presentation Jeff talks about why schools should think big picture before shopping for a pedagogy. He explains why it is important to begin by changing the paradigm to make context rather than content the foundation upon which the learning environment is built.

Developing Strivers: Building A Mindset versus Training Mindset

School coaches are protected from the market forces that control outside sports organizations, providing them with a tremendous opportunity to make a real difference in athletes' lives. In this presentation Jeff talks about how to leverage this opportunity. He talks about how to build a winning program....focused on excellence.

Parent Education

In this presentation Jeff talks about how to cultivate parent buy-in to the notion of building an athletics program focused on excellence.

Topics For Parents

Raising Strivers

In a three-part series of presentations using a town hall format, Jeff examines the increasing challenges that parents face helping prepare their children become independent and fulfilled adults. With clarity and passion, he provides fresh insights to parents hoping to raise the next generation of Strivers. Jeff will engage parents in highly interactive discussions about preparing children to thrive in the increasingly disruptive, unstable world they will inherit. Parents of children of all ages will benefit from engaging in this vital dialogue. Typically, a three-part series unfolds as follows, but presentations can be customized to fit your goals.

  • The World Our Children Will Inherit


  • Parents’ Role To Help Prepare Children For This World



  • Parent Relationships with Teachers And Coaches