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Jeffrey Hayzlett

Business Transformation Agent; Former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Eastman Kodak

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Biography

• Author of best-selling books Running the Gauntlet and The Mirror Test, named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Business Books • Frequent television guest on CNBC, Fox Business, and MSNBC • Speaks all over the world on business growth, communications, and marketing Hailed as a "celebrity CMO" by Forbes magazine, Jeffrey Hayzlett is a global business celebrity and an in-the-trenches, tried-and-true, global c-level executive. He is also the author of the best-selling book, The Mirror Test, celebrity editor to one of the largest-circulation business publications, and one of the most compelling figures in global business. Hayzlett's latest book is Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits. Where his debut book asks all the hard questions, Running the Gauntlet will drive growth, change, and innovation, and is equipped with a SnapTags mobile bar code in each chapter so readers can access video content online. In 2013, Hayzlett's television show, C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett premiered on Bloomberg TV. Hayzlett is the former CMO of the iconic Eastman Kodak Company, where he was responsible for the company's worldwide marketing operations. With Hayzlett at the helm, the company experienced record growth, unveiled revolutionary new products, and has established a global brand as a leader in cutting-edge research and product development. An irreverent, lively, and informative motivational keynote speaker, Hayzlett challenges audiences to think differently about their businesses. Addressing global multi-national corporations and small businesses, 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. and advertisers. Jeffrey Hayzlett is a change agent, focusing on business transformation, leadership, innovation and change management to drive business growth. His signature humor and big, bold approach engages audiences to start thinking differently about their business. Hayzlett motivates audiences to become change agents and leaves them inspired to think big and do bigger. With decades of experience in business growth, communications, leadership and marketing, Hayzlett shares his many successes – and failures – to give your company a new perspective on creativity, innovation, marketing, management and customer service. An online marketing, social media and mobile marketing expert, Hayzlett explores up-to-the-moment trends to help business survive and thrive in the increasingly competitive digital landscape and the future of marketing. Hayzlett receives standing ovations and is considered a top professional speaker in the business and marketing industries. In short, Hayzlett is a subject matter expert that will knock your socks off and keep your audience wanting more. Jeffrey Hayzlett’s Expert Topics: • Driving Change & Business Growth • Social Media Sells • Breathing new Life into Your Business • Brand Building and Balancing • B2B and B2C Public Relations and Marketing

Speech Topics

  • Leadership

    In Hayzlett’s opinion, the job of leaders is to motivate the company by getting everyone away from the center of the table to the edge of the table. A leaders job is to cause tension to drive results. Hayzlett takes audiences through a radical transformation, teaching the values of honest transparency, motivation, and leadership skills he’s honed over 26 years in business. A company is only as fast as it’s slowest common denominator, and Hayzlett seeks to find these issue and problems slow businesses down like a heat seeking missile.

  • Sales

    Whether it’s selling to the c-suite or selling to your neighbor down the street, everyone has a different buying personality. Does your audience know how to recognize different buying personalities and how to adapt their pitch? Hayzlett teaches sales teams how to create a winning elevator pitch, and how to pick out the different personalities and close the deal every time.

  • C-Suite

    As a former Fortune 100 c-suite executive, Hayzlett has the experience and understands the complexity of top-down management. From both his work as a c-suite executive and his television show C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett, where Hayzlett enters the boardrooms of the top companies changing the business landscape today, Hayzlett shares his personal knowledge and the stories from executives featured on the show to audience around the world.

  • Marketing

    Marketing has never been more complicated and impactful as it is today, leaving many marketers contemplating the best moves for their brands. As a former Fortune 100 CMO, Hayzlett speaks to audiences on how to utilize the changes in marketing to reach new audiences, navigate through barriers, and increase revenues.

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