Franchise Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected Franchise Teams
Successful franchises scale more than a business model. They scale people, culture, leadership, and customer experience.
But creating consistency across a growing franchise system isn’t easy. Today’s franchise organizations are navigating talent shortages, frontline turnover, changing employee expectations, rapid advances in AI and technology, and a multigenerational workforce with up to five generations working side by side…all while keeping franchisees, managers, and employees connected to a shared brand and mission.
Today's franchise organizations are working to:
Strengthen teamwork and connection across franchisees, locations, leaders, and frontline teams
Create greater alignment around culture, values, and the customer experience
Connect a multigenerational workforce with different expectations, experiences, and communication styles
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of employees and leaders
Equip franchisees and managers to lead increasingly diverse teams
Embrace AI and technology while strengthening the human relationships that drive the business
Ryan equips franchise professionals with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teamwork that drives better performance.
Whether speaking to franchise owners, operators, corporate leaders, managers, emerging leaders, or system-wide audiences, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that strengthen culture, improve collaboration, and create greater connection across the franchise system.
The strongest franchise systems don’t just scale operations. They scale connection.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Franchise Organizations
Connectable
Strengthening Relationships Across Locations, Leaders & Teams
Franchise systems depend on relationships. The connections between franchisors, franchisees, managers, employees, and customers influence everything from culture and engagement to execution and the customer experience.
Ryan reveals practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships and create cultures where people feel seen, supported, and connected.
Strengthen relationships across franchisees, leaders, managers, and teams.
Improve teamwork and communication across locations.
Create greater connection to the brand, culture, and mission.
Build stronger employee experiences that positively impact the customer experience.
Generational Connection
Leading & Working Across Generations in Franchise Organizations
Franchise systems often bring together experienced owners and operators, emerging leaders, and younger frontline employees…all with different expectations, experiences, and communication styles.
Ryan helps franchise leaders move beyond generational stereotypes to understand what’s shaping each generation, and how to turn those differences into an advantage.
Understand what motivates different generations at work.
Improve communication and teamwork across generations.
Equip managers and franchisees to lead younger employees more effectively.
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of talent.
Strengthen collaboration between experienced and emerging leaders.
Team Binding
The Relationship Advantage in the Age of AI
Franchise teams can easily become disconnected across locations, shifts, roles, and layers of leadership. Technology can make communication easier—but communication alone doesn’t create connection.
Ryan introduces the practical habits and systems that help teams continuously strengthen trust, alignment, and support.
Build stronger, more connected teams across locations.
Strengthen alignment between leaders, managers, and employees.
Prepare people to embrace AI and technological change.
Move beyond occasional team building and create continuous team binding.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Franchise Events?
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Franchise Executives & Corporate Leaders
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, improve system-wide connection, navigate generational differences, and create greater alignment across a growing franchise network.
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Franchisees, Owners & Operators
Give owners and operators practical tools to strengthen relationships, engage employees, improve teamwork, and build teams people want to be part of.
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Managers & Emerging Leaderss
Empower your workforce with actionable tools to increase engagement, strengthen retention, bridge generational differences, and prepare teams for the future of work.
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Franchise Conferences & System-Wide Events
Bring an engaging, research-backed keynote speaker to your annual convention, franchisee meeting, leadership conference, or system-wide event with relevant insights on generations, teamwork, connection, leadership, AI, and the future of work.
Franchise & Multi-Location Organizations Ryan Has Worked With
Chick-fil-A
Sun Tan City
Bruster’s Ice Cream
RNR Tire Express
Global Recruiters Network
Dealer Tire
College Nannies and Sitters
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Pinch A Penny
Advance Auto Parts
Lizard Thicket
Les Schwab Tires
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Franchise Organizations
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Stronger System-Wide Connection
Create stronger relationships between corporate leaders, franchisees, managers, and employees so people feel more connected to one another and the larger organization.
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Greater Employee Engagement & Retention
Strengthen the relationships employees have with their managers, teammates, and organization—creating a more connected employee experience across locations.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge communication gaps across generations and equip leaders to better understand, engage, and work alongside employees with different experiences and expectations.
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Stronger Franchise Leadership
Give franchisees and managers practical tools to build trust, communicate effectively, strengthen relationships, and create teams people want to stay on.
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More Consistent Customer Experiences
Strong brands depend on people consistently delivering the promise. More connected, aligned teams are better equipped to create the experience customers expect at every location.
THE BUZZ
Excitement from Engaged Audiences:
“Ryan sparked insights and ideas that I can apply in my team and across our company."
- Donna Kimmel, Chief People Officer at Citrix
“The best speaker we’ve ever had!”
- Ashley Breedlove, Director at CVS
“Ryan was phenomenal!”
- Kaylin Orr, Kimberly-Clark
“Great feedback from ALL attendees!”
- Mariana Fagnilli, VP at Liberty Mutual
"Utterly groundbreaking! Ryan equipped us to build a more connected organization with improved engagement.”
- Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Melissa & Doug
Why Book Ryan Jenkins for Franchise Events?
Franchise-Relevant, Research-Backed Insights
Ryan understands the people challenges facing franchise and multi-location organizations…from generations and frontline engagement to teamwork, leadership, retention, and creating connection across locations. Every keynote is grounded in research and translated into practical strategies your people can use immediately.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create a keynote that’s both engaging and immediately useful. Franchisees, managers, and leaders leave energized, and equipped with ideas they can put into practice immediately.
Customized for Your Franchise System
No two franchise organizations are the same. Every keynote is tailored to your audience, incorporating your brand, culture, goals, challenges, workforce dynamics, and franchise realities so the message feels relevant and specific.
Ready to Build a More Connected Franchise System?
Strengthen relationships across locations, bridge generational gaps, develop stronger leaders, engage your workforce, and create the connection that helps your brand thrive at scale.