Randy Pennington: Cultural Leadership

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    • Travels from: Dallas, TX
    • **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000

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    • Integrity-Driven® Leadership
    • New Next® Educational Programs Leading in the New Next

    Randy Pennington helps leaders deliver positive results in a world of endless uncertainty and change. Randy’s original insights are grounded in a unique blend of solid research and continuing hands-on work with leaders and organizations in a variety of industries.

    Whether you need a keynote presentation, facilitation, a strategic workshop, or in-depth consulting and advisory support, Randy’s ability to develop solutions that work in your world provide a catalyst for delivering results.

    Randy is author of the award-winning books Results Rule! and Make Change Work. His insights have appeared in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, the New York Times in numerous newspapers and many professional/trade association journals, and as a contributor to the Huffington Post.

    His expertise has made him a respected guest commentator with appearances on CNN, PBS, Fox News, the ABC Radio Network, and the BBC.

    His background is a unique blend of line, staff, and consulting experience ranging from hourly employee to senior management.

    Randy Pennington

    Randy Pennington holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Psychology and has completed Postgraduate work in Organization Administration and Management.

    Along the way, Randy Pennington has been…

      • Senior executive in a start-up mental health facility

      • HR professional in a 25,000 employee government agency

      • CFO of a multi-million dollar professional services firm

      • Chairman of the Board for a $17 million dollar non-profit

      • Chairman of the Board for a multi-million dollar foundation

      • Entrepreneur

      • Adjunct professor in Southern Methodist University’s Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Center’s programming for Cox MBA students since 1991, earning 21 Teaching Excellence Awards

      • Inducted into the National Speaker’s Association Speaker Hall of Fame and is a recipient of their prestigious Cavett Award

    Randy Pennington is a dynamic and innovative keynote speaker who can deliver a powerful vision of the future for your customers, your company and your industry.

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