Jack Stack
- President and Chief Executive Officer, SRC Holdings Corp.
- Named Smartest Strategist in America, INC Magazine
- Named Top 10 Minds in Small Business, Fortune Small Business Magazine
Travels From
Missouri
Jack Stack Speaker Biography
John P. (Jack) Stack is Founder, President and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation. Jack has been called the "smartest strategist in America" by Inc. Magazine and one of the "top 10 minds in small business" by Fortune Magazine. A pioneer of the leadership model known as open-book management, Stack is the author of two books on the subject, The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome. His expertise in using the open-book model has helped SRC Holdings Corporation start, acquire, and own over 60 businesses and created thousands of jobs since 1983. Along the way, SRC`s stock value has increased 360,000%.
Jack has served as a world judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Institute and as an advisor for this group since 1998. Jack designed the first ever United Way Entrepreneurial Fund to encourage innovation within the non-profit community. He has also served as a contributor for Inc. Magazine and The New York Times and has addressed thousands of audiences on the topic of open-book management. Jack is the father of five children and grandfather of six.
SRC Holdings Corporation is a 100% Employee-Owned Company employing over 1,200 people, with sales of over $450,000,000 located in Springfield, Missouri. While SRC`s chief business is remanufacturing, the company is best known for being the birthplace of open-book management. Once a failing division of International Harvester, SRC made national headlines when CEO, Jack Stack, used unconventional measures to turn the company around.
Under Stack`s leadership, employees started playing "The Great Game of Business". The Game was a way to teach employees how business worked in a way that was unintimidating and would make sense to everyone: using the analogy of a game. Using this method, SRC became one of the biggest turn-around stories of its time.
Thirty years later, SRC Holdings Corporation operates 31 business units including joint ventures with John Deere, Case New Holland and Navistar, and maintains two venture capital incubator funds. SRC Holdings Corporation has received international recognition because of its success, including the Top 100 Companies to Work for in America, WorldBlu Most Democratic Workplaces, the National Business Ethics Award and the Business Enterprise Trust Award.
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A Winning Strategy: High-Involvement Planning
This interactive one-day seminar gives your planning team the tools they need in order to develop a strategy that will allow your company to successfully meet any challenge that arises.
Rules of Play: Business/Financial Literacy
An interactive workshop that teaches the basics of business and financial literacy and there importance to successful game play.
Leading the Game? Without Playing Games
To play The Game well you must have exceptional leaders in place. This workshop will give leaders four critical items that will help them reach their critical number.
Game-Winning Presentation Skills
When playing The Game we often are required to clearly present ideas and information to internal and external audiences. This workshop will teach you how to prepare your message and present your message effectively.
Open-Book Management As A Communication Tool
Opening the lines of communication through sharing and teaching the financials to employees improves an organization`s bottom line review. Learn how to structure your organization`s meeting to have the largest impact on organizational goals.
Following the Action: Scoreboards & Huddling
The communication processes of scoreboards and huddling are thoroughly examined in this one-day workshop. Includes the huddling simulation, Tons of Toys, Inc.™
Celebrating Wins: Recognition, Bonus Plans & Mini-Games
Ideas and methods for keeping employees motivated and ready to play The Game are the focus of this one-day seminar.
The Great Game of Business:
The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
