Jeffrey Hayzlett is a global business celebrity and former Fortune 100 c-suite executive. From small business to international corporations, he has put his creativity and extraordinary entrepreneurial skills into play, launching ventures blending his leadership perspectives, insights into professional development, mass marketing prowess and affinity for social media. He is a well-traveled public speaker, the author of the bestselling books, The Mirror Test and Running the Gauntlet, celebrity editor to one of the largest- circulation business publications and one of the most compelling figures in global business.

Jeffrey is an esteemed business and marketing expert, appearing frequently on programs like Fox Business News, MSNBC’s Your Business and NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. Drawing upon an eclectic background in business, buoyed by a stellar track record of keynote speaking, and deeply rooted in cowboy lore, Jeffrey energizes his role driving and delivering change. He is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance and brand building.

Running the Gauntlet is a rough-and-tumble guide for running and driving change through the business gauntlet. Hayzlett addresses what every business leader must face: Getting Ready, Getting Going, and Creating and Sustaining Momentum. Hayzlett shows business leaders and owners how to develop the necessary mental, emotional, and physical toughness they must have for smart, strategic, and lasting change. Hayzlett forces leaders to really get up in their own businesses – to take them over from the inside and drive change – gaining customers and profits in the process. Audience members will be able to efficiently assess what kind of change their business needs and then summon the vision, courage, and passion to enact it.

Inspirational Takeaways:

• Develop a “takeover mentality” to execute the right changes and deal with any disruptions they may cause
• Summon the vision and courage necessary for driving change and sustaining your company’s newfound momentum
• Sharpen the mental and emotional toughness to make strategic, lasting change

When was the last time you took the mirror test to make sure your company was still alive and breathing? Jeffrey Hayzlett projects his big, boisterous personality when he gets down to business and in your face to ask the questions that most business leaders are afraid to ask. And as Jeffrey points out, if you aren’t willing to look at what’s working and what isn’t – and then take the necessary steps to fix them – you and your colleagues and employees are in for a tough ride. Hayzlett will show you all the marketing, management, sales, and customer service techniques you need to not only to survive, but to soar ahead of your competition in todays changing business climate.

Inspirational Takeaways: 

• Get the critical questions you must ask about your business
• Why “Scale is the new business black”
• “The Power of One”- and how it applies to your company
• The Four social media Es- and how they can energize your business