Gerry OBrion Speaker, Author, Executive

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Creating Leaders at Every Level

Creating Leaders at Every Level

Navigating decisions can be a challenge, especially when you're not the final decision-maker. Learn strategies to lead from above or below, while expanding your sphere of influence. This fun and interactive session will give you a set of questions every leader should be asking about every decision to drive success. Learn a simple, non-technical way to align your projects to your company vision, sell it to the executives, and be sure it will make you money. Motivate your team and influence executives the same way expert marketers influence customers to want to buy their products. Gerry O'Brion has been a marketing executive for billion dollar brands, and has distilled that experience into strategies you can use to lead with confidence and success.
Ignite Your Goals!

Ignite Your Goals!

What do you want for your business? For your life? The most successful people don't leave accomplishment to chance. Learn simple steps you can use today to transition from wanting to achieving. Gerry O'Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and marketing expert who helps companies thrive in good times and bad. Learn and discuss the basic things that get in the way of reaching our objectives. This fun, engaging, interactive session will have you learning, thinking and participating. You'll be up out of your chairs in a fully participative experience. No more just sitting and listening. This session gets you fully immersed in your goals and moves you down the path of accomplishment right here, right now. The fun, thought-provoking dialogue will generate action and commitment right now.
Motivating and Marketing to Millennials for Restaurants

Motivating and Marketing to Millennials for Restaurants

Who are these Millennials and what do they want? What about all of my older customers? Learn the similarities and differences between the generations, and strategies that you can use to stay relevant across age groups. Success in the restaurants takes a different approach today than it did five, 10 or 20 years ago. Restaurants with longevity have honed the ability to navigate change. Learn strategies to navigate the next generation of employees and customers. This presentation answers three critical questions about the generations – who they are, what they want, and what you can do about it. You’ll learn 30 ideas you can implement now to attract cross- generational guests and turn them into vocal advocates, and 8 strategies for hiring and motivating Millennials. Great restaurant brands are not built by chance – it’s a formula. Gerry O'Brion spent years learning why some restaurants thrive, while others fail. The Restaurant Formula TM reveals the secrets of the most successful restaurant brands. Gerry was an executive for billion dollar restaurant brands like Quiznos and Red Robin.
On the Front Lines - Building a Powerful and Profitable Franchise Brand

On the Front Lines - Building a Powerful and Profitable Franchise Brand

Great franchise brands are built on the front lines with every customer interaction. The lowest paid employees can have the biggest impact on your brand – and on your sales. They should be your best marketing tool. Are they? "On The Front Lines" will give your franchisees the knowledge and tools to grow their franchise business while building a powerful brand. They’ll learn the formula used by the most successful franchise concepts to increase guest frequency and retention. They’ll gain insights about hiring and motivating Millennial employees – turning them into your best brand-builders. Inspire your franchisees to be the best they can be. Get them excited about their critical role in building a powerhouse brand. Whether you need increased compliance, improved execution, more engaged local marketing, or better customer service, this presentation will motivate your franchisees to take their game to the next level.
The Restaurant Formula

The Restaurant Formula

Learn the six critical factors for restaurant success. Gerry O'Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and restaurant marketing expert who helps restaurants thrive, regardless of their marketing budget. Gerry was an executive for billion dollar restaurant brands like Quiznos and Red Robin. He distills that experience into strategies any restaurant can use. His presentation will help you develop an action plan to make your restaurant stronger now, and over the long term. Gerry will have you look at your restaurant with a fresh perspective. You will re-examine how you are different from your competitors, and why that matters to your customers. The fun, thought-provoking dialogue will generate real ideas you can use immediately. The presentation is packed with information, strategies and case studies about restaurants that are doing it right.
What Big Brands Know

What Big Brands Know

After years as an executive with billion dollar brands, Gerry O'Brion is now a professional speaker and consultant who uses big company strategies to grow businesses of all sizes, regardless of their budget. His keynote address "What Big Brands Know" has helped thousands of business owners and executives create innovative strategies to beat their competition. Gerry teaches a simple process that any business can use to build powerful differentiation that attracts more customers. Gerry began his career in marketing at Procter & Gamble and then was an executive for Coors Light, Quiznos, and Red Robin. The "What Big Brands Know"presentation will teach attendees the same strategies as billion dollar brands to grow their businesses, even with little to no marketing budget. Packed with information, strategies, case studies about companies that are doing it right, this fun and thought-provoking dialogue will generate real action that can be implemented immediately.

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Gerry O’Brion is a marketing speaker and author who translates big brand strategies into knowledge that any business can use to win in the marketplace. Gerry’s presentation drives growth with companies of all sizes from small businesses to billion dollar brands. Gerry built his career growing big brands. After earning his MBA at the University of Michigan, he worked with Procter & Gamble on brands such as Crisco, Tide, Mr. Clean, and Spic & Span. Next, at Coors Brewing Company he managed Coors Light, a $2 billion business. He was then VP of Marketing for the $1.5 billion Quiznos restaurant chain. Gerry was most recently VP of Marketing for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a $1 billion brand.

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Gerry OBrion Speaker, Author, Executive

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Creating Leaders at Every Level

Ignite Your Goals!

Motivating and Marketing to Millennials for Restaurants

On the Front Lines - Building a Powerful and Profitable Franchise Brand

The Restaurant Formula

What Big Brands Know

Similar Speakers you might consider

Business Topics

Culture & Society Topics

Healthcare

Motivation & Achievement