Podcast Appearances & Hosted Webinars
With over 30 years experience, Jane Gentry is a highly sought-after speaker for leadership events, business podcasts and webinar sessions. Jane has been featured on many podcasts to discuss common challenges for business owners, obstacles for leaders and managers, and the importance of coaching. In these podcasts, Jane leverages her experience as a business consultant for Fortune 500 companies to advise and educate leaders in today’s business landscape.
The Passion to Empower People
July 3, 2025
Jane Gentry joins Leticia Latino on the Back 2 Basics podcast for in-depth discussions on everything from lessons in resilience to career evolution. Jane shares the most frequent reasons why corporate strategies fail and underscores the importance of narrowing focus and building in checkpoints to allow for recalibration.
“Leaders are not bad at change management. What I mean by that is the tactics of change; here’s where we’re headed, here are the steps, here are the milestones, here’s how we’re going to know when we get there. Leaders are pretty good at that. What they’re not good at is moving the people through the change. And the people are what affect the change. That’s why 70% of change initiatives fail. “
– Jane Gentry
Success with Jane Gentry, Futurist, Business Strategist and Growth Guru
March 7, 2025
Jane Gentry, Futurist, straight talking business strategist and no nonsense growth guru delivers the truth around issues with company culture, leadership and being a slave to technology on Success Made to Last podcast.
“If you have a successful company, you will probably have this scenario multiple times in the life of your company, where your revenue outpaced your infrastructure. In other words, your success is causing you pain because your infrastructure does not support anymore.” – Jane Gentry
The Growth Catalyst Show: Jane Gentry’s Unique Perspective on Business Growth and Transition
April 24, 2024
Jane Gentry joined Dan Mahony on The Growth Catalyst Show to share her business growth and change management expertise. Watch now to gain valuable insights into understanding market needs, fostering individual success, and navigating change through effective communication and empathy.
“Most leaders aren’t terrible at change management. It’s the transition management, the people management, that causes 70% of change initiatives to fail.” – Jane Gentry
My Pivotal Moments: Small Change, Big Impact with Jane Gentry
February 2, 2024
Jane Gentry joined Bret Nelson and Sue Steinfeld on the My Pivotal Moments Podcast to discuss Jane’s journey to creating her own business through her steadfast dedication to overcoming challenges and staying true to her values. Hear the steps she took to create her company and how she inspires and motivates others to find success.
“Life is terminal at the end, but your business decisions are rarely terminal. For most of us, if you take a step and it doesn’t feel right, you’ll have the time to take another step and see.” – Jane Gentry
Pretty Powerful Podcast with Angela Gennari: The Benefits of Hiring a Co-CEO
March 14, 2023
Jane Gentry joined Angela Gennari on the Pretty Powerful Podcast to discuss how Jane supports small and mid-size businesses as a CEO Advisor or Co-CEO. Jane shares the benefits of hiring outside help to guide businesses through transitioning, selling, or scaling a business.
“Business is still about relationships and empowering people, engaging people, enabling people in your company is about understanding them and what motivates them. ” – Jane Gentry
Family Business Radio with Anthony Chen: Common Mistakes by business owners
December 16, 2022
CEO Advisor & Business Consultant Jane Gentry joined Anthony Chen on Family Business Radio to discuss common mistakes made by business owners. Jane shares how she helps businesses diagnose problems and determine how to approach changes in the organization. She also describes common issues that come up when moving a family business into the next generation of leadership.
“Look at unprofitable clients. I would rather you cut an unprofitable client than an employee. It’s hard for a business owner to cut a client loose. Be willing to say goodbye to business that is not good. All business isn’t good business.” – Jane Gentry
About Jane Gentry
Jane Gentry has had a successful 30-year career as a CEO, Business Consultant, Executive Coach, and Keynoter. Jane formed her practice in 1999 and since then has partnered with her clients to improve growth, profitability, client retention, employee retention, leadership capabilities and business value.
Jane leverages strategies including the proprietary Value Blueprint to enable business owners and leaders to successfully create healthy organizations, plan for succession or sell their businesses for the highest possible market value. Jane is considered one of the top voices in leadership and sales.
Jane helps CEOs redesign how their business actually runs—structure, roles, decision rights, and operating rhythm—while bringing their teams through the change with them. She knows the model doesn’t change just because the slide says it should; she works with leaders to reset expectations and ways of working in a way people can absorb, so the organization gets faster and sharper without losing the talent they can’t afford to lose.


