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Randy Pennington

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Randy Pennington

Randy Pennington is a thought-provoking keynote speaker, gifted facilitator, and recognized expert in leadership, change management, and values-based performance. He founded Pennington Performance Group to help organizations and their leaders build trust, act with integrity, make sense of change, and create a culture committed to results, relationships, and responsibility. He has worked with many of this country's best-managed organizations including JCPenney, Motorola, Sprint PCS, DFW Airport, Alabama Power Company, State Farm Insurance, Anthem Wellpoint, LaSalle Bank, and Brinks Home Security as well as numerous associations and government agencies. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct instructor in the Cox Business Leadership Center at Southern Methodist University.

Randy is creator of POSITIVE PERFORMANCE® Management and INTEGRITY-DRIVEN® Leadership. His first book, On My Honor, I Will received endorsements from President Gerald Ford, Zig Ziglar and Stephen Covey, Ph.D.  His second book, Results Rule!, received the 2007 Best Books Award from USA Book News. His ideas and comments have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Executive Excellence, Training magazine and numerous professional/trade association journals. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, and the ABC radio network.

Randy's background is a unique blend of line, staff, and consulting experience ranging from hourly employee to senior management. He holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Psychology and has completed Postgraduate work in Organization Administration and Management. Randy is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Speakers Association Foundation and a member of the NSA Board of Directors. He received NSA's Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate and was a founding member of the Texas Council for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke.

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Accountability: How to Show It, Promote It and Make it Part of Your Culture. What is preventing your organization from achieving the results you want? Time? Talent? Resources? If that’s the case, perhaps this program is not for you. However, if you have ever heard anyone in your organization say, “No one wants to take responsibility for anything,” this session is for you. The difference between excellence and mediocrity in business comes down to one simple intangible – personal and organizational accountability to deliver results that matter.

Randy Pennington brings more than 20 years of hands-on experience consulting with and educating companies and leaders how to be more accountable and build a culture of accountability. Leaders at every level will learn to:

  • Avoid three behaviors that destroy accountability
  • Promote accountability using specific actions steps
  • Implement a four-step process for making accountability “just the way things are done around here”
  • Use six ideas for creating a partnership approach to confronting performance and holding people accountable for results

 

Making Change Work: A fundamental shift is occurring in how business is conducted. Change no longer influences the environment—it is the environment. That’s why this session is so important – it provides practical tools to help individuals and organizations meet the challenges of change in these transformational times. New challenges are presented to us every day. We can survive and flourish by learning to adapt to a constantly changing world.

Participants in this entertaining, fast-paced session receive practical information based on Randy Pennington’s 20 years of experience helping organizations initiate and manage change. The specific content will be designed and customized for you from the following list of objectives:

  • Understand how change has changed and why the ability to continuously adapt is critical for success and survival
  • Learn the four principles of change that affect every individual and organization
  • Know how to initiate change with your team or organization
  • Apply the six steps leaders use to successfully lead change
  • Overcome the seven barriers to successful change
  • Own personal strategies that enable individuals to thrive in the midst of change
  • Discover how to make change a way of life

 

Culture: Your Competitive Advantage. A compelling culture is the intangible that provides a sustainable competitive advantage in a hyper-competitive world. We’re not talking about a “touchy-feely” culture with little accountability for results. The culture that provides you with a competitive advantage is the catalyst for creating client value, engaging people, and achieving operational excellence.

Randy Pennington, President of Pennington Performance Group, shares practical ideas to sustain your culture and make it the foundation on which success is built. Topics include:

  • How the organization’s culture forms the foundation on which success is built

  • The six things leaders must do every day to build and sustain the culture:

    • Foster an environment of trust where candor, honesty, and open communication prevail

    • Pursue the best rather than the easiest in every area of the operation

    • Focus the energy to ensure that the main things that contribute to lasting success are executed every day

    • Leverage the power of partnerships internally and externally to break down barriers and promote collaboration

    • Lead the organization to learn, grow, change, and adapt in pursuit of its mission and vision

    • Show the courage of personal accountability and instill accountability into the culture

    • A discussion of what needs to happen in your organization to create and sustain the culture you need to ensure long-term success

Great companies succeed in good times and tough times for one simple reason – they have built and continue to sustain a culture that provides a competitive advantage.

 

Integrity-Driven® Leadership. What if you could have a blueprint for becoming the leader you always wanted to be ... one who inspires trust, respect, commitment, and results from others?

Here’s the good news – the blueprint exists.

This powerful program lays out a clear path for integrity-driven leadership in a turbulent, changing world. A new standard for responsibility, integrity and doing what’s right is emerging. Leaders who measure up will enjoy a competitive advantage through stronger relationships, trust and loyalty. Citing real-life examples from leaders such as Ross Perot, Mary Kay Ash, Rex Tillerson, and Judge William Sessions, as well as corporate examples from Johnson & Johnson, RTI/Community Management Associates, and others, Randy Pennington provides current and future leaders a step-by-step process they can use to:

  • Build trust and stronger relationships with your customers and employees
  • Gain a competitive edge in business without sacrificing your principles
  • Create a personal and organizational foundation that instills pride, loyalty, and a commitment to doing what is right from the inside out
  • Follow their core when times are tough
  • Respond to questionable situations and recover from values lapses in business and life

 

RESULTS RULE!®

Your organization is either a has-been, a wanna-be, or a hero in the mind of the buyer. The difference isn’t in your products and services. Those are commodities.

A compelling culture is the intangible that provides a sustainable advantage. It is the catalyst for creating value, engaging people, and achieving operational excellence that sets you apart from your competition. And, it is the tool for achieving results year after year after year.

This program will give you the tools and insights to create a culture where people are focused on delivering results that separate you from your competition.

You will walk away with strategies to:

  • Establish a clear distinction between you and your competitors
  • Build and grow a culture focused on producing results
  • Pursue the best over the easiest
  • Enhance your value to your customers
  • Leverage the power of partnerships
  • Increase operational effectiveness
  • Promote accountability at every level of your organization

The marketplace never lies — Results Rule! It is a truth that exists from the class room to the board room. Isn’t it time to turn good intention into action and stop standing in the way of your own success? 

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