Randy Pennington

Biography

Randy Pennington, President of Pennington Performance Group, helps leaders build cultures that achieve results by leveraging the power of relationships and responsibility. His work produces measurable increases in employee retention, productivity, and profits.

Randy has worked with many of this country`s best-managed organizations including JCPenney, Motorola, Sprint PCS, and Alabama Power Company as well as numerous associations and government agencies. Additionally, Randy serves as an adjunct instructor in the Cox Business Leadership Center at Southern Methodist University.

Author of On My Honor I Will and Results Rule! , Pennington`s expertise has made him an internationally respected guest commentator with appearances on CNN, PBS, Fox News, the ABC Radio Network, and the BBC. His ideas have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Executive Excellence, Training & Development, in numerous newspapers, and many professional/trade association journals.

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.

A dedicated volunteer leader, Randy is past Chairman of the Board for both the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate and the National Speakers Association Foundation Board of Trustees. Randy was also a founding member of the Texas Council for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke.

He has received NSA`s Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation and in 2009 was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame.

Publications

On My Honor, I Will:
The Journey to Integrity-Driven Leadership

This powerful book, praised by leaders from many walks of life, lays out a clear path for leadership effectiveness and success in a turbulent, changing world. On My Honor, I Will shows how simple, time-honored principles can transform your personal performance, relationships with others, and ability to build an organization, family, or community that is known for integrity and honor.

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 others
* Respond to questionable situations and recover from ethical lapses in business and life
* 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

Titles

Results Rule!:
Be a Hero in a "Me Too" World
Your organization is either a hero, has-been, or wanna-be. That`s where creating a Results Rule! culture will turn your uniqueness into a competitive asset that clears the playing field.

Results Rule! is all about getting focused on producing results year ... after year ... after year and breaking out of the "me too" club.

The marketplace never lies -- Results Rule!

On My Honor, I Will:
The Journey to Integrity-Driven Leadership
What if you could have a blueprint for becoming the leader you always wanted to be ... one who achieves results and inspires trust? What if that blueprint had been field-tested by hundreds of thousands of leaders from all walks of life? Here`s the news -- the blueprint exists. Forty simple words will transform you into an integrity-driven leader in your business and your life.

Make Change Work:
Change no longer influences the environment -- it is the environment. The challenge we face is to make change work.
That`s why this session is so important -- it provides practical tools to help individuals and organizations meet the on-going challenge of change. Participants in this entertaining, fast-paced session receive practical information based on over 20 years of experience helping organizations initiate and manage change.