Breakout Session Speaker

Ordinary leaders react. Fearless leaders choose. The difference between leaders who blend in and those who transcend is not talent, title, or tenure—it is the daily discipline of six principles that most leaders never name. These principles operate whether you're aware of them or not: how you show up in small moments, what your offhand comments reveal, what you tolerate, where you spend your time, how you respond to unintended consequences, and how you recover when things go wrong. This interactive session introduces six principles of personal leadership that separate fearless leaders from the rest. Through reflection exercises and peer dialogue, participants will examine their own leadership against each principle—identifying where they already lead with courage and where ordinary habits may be holding them back. The session is built on a powerful premise: Fearless leadership isn't a personality trait. It's a series of choices—and you're already making them.A framework for fearless leadership: The Six Principles model provides a practical lens for distinguishing courageous leadership from ordinary management—a tool participants can use to evaluate their choices daily. Honest self-assessment: Through guided reflection, participants will have identified where they already transcend the ordinary and where comfort may be keeping them stuck. Peer accountability: Each participant will pair with an accountability partner and commit to a specific behavioral change that moves them from reaction to intention, with a follow-up check-in scheduled before leaving the session.

“Oh. You’re an engineer.” This is a phrase Andrew often hears the moment a client recognizes his ability to understand their unique business situation. His keen insight and practical experience allows him to drill down to the root causes of problems, and extract inspired, positive outcomes. Andrew has a broad background that includes a stint on an oil rig in the North Sea. While he wasn’t doing the actual drilling, he was flexing his fearless chops and developing skills that helped as he managed sales organizations and business partnerships in Europe, the United States and Asia. Andrew Jennings holds a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and a Masters in Business & Finance. He experienced living in the UK for more than half of his career, working for French and German companies, and spending a significant amount of time managing businesses across Asia. This fearless Brit brings a unique global perspective to all his client engagements. As a daredevil engineer, Andrew even showed up with two broken legs to one of his engagements at a US biotech company after a moto-cross accident. Fearless is who he is.