Speaking · Keynotes

Every story happened. Most of them cost something.

Five keynotes from 25 years in food, flavors, and ingredients. Your audience gets the real story, and what to do with it Monday morning.

Each runs 60 minutes on three stories from Build Something Real.

Jim Ellis
The talks

Five keynotes. All of it true.

01

Why Your Pipeline Is Lying to You

Growth needs you to trade comfort for truth.

IncludesThe deal that was 754 days old.

ForCEOs, commercial leaders, PE firms, and industry conferences

02

You Can't Out-Character a Broken System

Change it, become it, or leave.

IncludesThe plan that eliminated my own job.

ForExecutive teams, leadership offsites, and culture work

03

The Anti-Salesperson

Sales is leadership. Credibility starts with “maybe this isn't for you.”

IncludesTelling a global CPG company not to hire us.

ForSales kickoffs and sales leadership conferences

04

Hand Them the Pen

Believe in people before they believe in themselves.

IncludesAn award pen in Sedona.

ForLeadership development programs, universities, and sales kickoffs

05

We Feed People

Purpose is a performance strategy.

IncludesThe Christmas wish that stopped me cold.

ForFood and ingredient associations and industry events

Jim Ellis
Why these stories

Built from the floor up.

I've been on the other side of the stage. As a GM, Chief Revenue Officer, and Chief Customer Officer, I ran sales kickoffs and town halls, including one at midnight for the third shift.

These talks come from those rooms, and from the book. Every one ends with something your people can put to work.

KeynoteFormat
60 minLength, tailored to your event
25 yearsFood, flavors, and ingredients
Build Something Real: Leadership That Actually Works, by Jim Ellis
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