Great Teams Take Great Leaders
and Great Team Members.
What is the cost of your team not operating at its full potential?
How much time is wasted from micromanagement? How many resources are lost through turnover and continuously reinforcing high standards? How many opportunities are missed because your teams don’t have the capacity to say “Yes”?
Your teams were meant for greatness.
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We get it—watching teams underperform is frustrating. That’s why we’ve developed proven strategies to help organizations shift from struggling to thriving, and from overlooked to outstanding.
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Engaged employees are more likely to be invested in their work, leading to higher productivity.
With decades of leadership experience and a unique background in developing award-winning teams, Jeff not only helps organizations to manage people—but to energize them. His blend of humor, insight, and actionable strategies make him a favorite among businesses, conferences, and leaders across the country.
Engaged employees are more likely to be invested in their work, leading to higher productivity.
With decades of leadership experience and a unique background in developing award-winning teams, Jeff not only helps organizations to manage people—but to energize them. His blend of humor, insight, and actionable strategies make him a favorite among businesses, conferences, and leaders across the country.
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Keynote Speaking & Events
Inspire, energize, and equip your audience with transformational leadership insights.
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Custom training programs for developing high-trust, high-impact teams.
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Flexible, self-paced lessons that strengthen leadership from the inside out.
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The Jeff McManus Method
Most leadership programs focus on theory. Jeff focuses on transformation. His method is built on practical, proven strategies that leaders can use immediately with their teams—no fluff, no endless jargon, just real-world tools that drive results.
What sets Jeff apart is his ability to connect with leaders at every level. He’s been in the trenches, leading large, diverse teams and navigating the same challenges his audiences face. That experience shapes a method that blends inspiration with actionable systems, making it both relatable and results-driven.
The Jeff McManus Method equips leaders to multiply leadership, strengthen culture, and unlock the full potential of their teams. The result? Organizations that don’t just manage people—they energize them.
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What Others Have to Say
Jeff McManus has received praise from clients across the country for his impactful keynotes and webinars.
Brian Dossett
Education Committee Member, Southeast Sports Field Management Conference & Trade Show
Jeff McManus delivered an exceptional keynote at the 2025 Southeast Sports Field Management Conference & Trade Show. When selecting a keynote speaker, we often struggle between choosing a motivational/professional development expert or someone with deep sports-turf experience—but with Jeff, we didn’t have to choose. He brought both. Jeff connects effortlessly with every level of an organization, making learning practical, engaging, and immediately applicable. His message inspired our audience to grow, collaborate, and elevate their impact. Jeff is the consummate professional, easy to coordinate with, and extremely positive. Many in the audience agreed Jeff was the “best speaker we have had”. If you’re looking for a keynote speaker who will truly make a difference at your event, invite Jeff—you won’t regret it.
Vince Jagodzinski
Stanley Black and Decker Outdoor,
Grounds and Field-Testing ManagerWorking with Jeff at the PGMS Transform Conference was an energizing and insightful experience. His passion and dedication for leadership development in green industry professionals brought a dynamic energy to the session. Jeff’s ability to connect with attendees and deliver actionable strategies made a lasting impact. Collaborating with him definitely elevated the conference atmosphere and inspired meaningful growth.
Wally Davis & Emily Cagle
System Vice President/Payor Strategy and Partnerships,
& Health Link Manager
North Mississippi Health Services/Health LinkWe would highly recommend Jeff for any event where you need a leadership or motivational speaker. His direct, hands-on experience providing leadership to multiple teams over the years is evident through his presentation. He gives direct and practical tips for leaders to apply to their own teams. Our attendees LOVED Jeff’s presentation!
Greg Howard
Administrative Director, River Bend Cemetery Company
Working with Jeff McManus for our 2025 New England Cemetery Association Annual Meeting and Conference was crucial for making the event a success. Throughout the process, Jeff and Terri maintained the highest standard of professionalism, and Jeff’s presentation was engaging and chock full of incredibly valuable information that was relevant to each and every person in attendance. Jeff also took extra time to have several individual conversations with some of our attendees, offering additional insights and advice. Overall, we could not be more pleased with our decision to work with Jeff.
Michael Goatley, Jr.
Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist, School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
Jeff McManus delivers a meaningful message on leadership development that is suitable for any audience, regardless of education levels or socio-economic background. He is an extremely talented communicator – period. While his background is in the green industry, his message on how to build teams and develop synergy within groups will resonate at both supervisor and supervisee levels within any organization. Building upon his experience leading award-winning landscape management crews, Jeff’s humor and ability to detail real-world experiences in leadership development provides an inspiring and motivational presentation.
Kevin McHale
Principle, McHale Landscape Design, Inc.
Jeff McManus presents relevant information in an entertaining and thoughtful way. He prepares well and takes time to research the company he is speaking to. He connected with our people and delivered the message we wanted in a very insightful presentation. His message transcends the landscape industry and would be a benefit to any organization in any industry.
Debbie King
Executive Director, South Haven Chamber of Commerce
Jeff McManus is an investment worth making. He can speak to every level of a company with ease. Jeff makes learning fun and allows his audience to engage in discussion and shares real life experiences. The hands-on life application of Jeff’s presentations challenges the audience to desire to do more, to be better, to buy in to the company they work for. I highly recommend Jeff as an instructor or presenter. I have had the privilege of experiencing both class room learning and a presentation in front of 300 business leaders in Southaven. He never disappoints! Thanks for all you do to assist companies and grow future leaders!
Pam Swain
President/CEO, Oxford Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Jeff is always an inspiration! I love listening to his different stories of moments of growth. They are so relatable the way he shares. I can always take tidbits back to my team on how to be a better leader, no matter how many times I hear him. He continually shares new things that help me in my leadership journey.
Will McCroskery
Landscape Operations Manager, Lombardo Landscaping & Water Features, Inc.
I would like to start off by saying, thank you. I have gained much from your lectures at the FNGLA Landscape Show over the last 3 years, and more recently your webinars, and I do what I can to carry that gained knowledge with me and use it to the betterment of myself and others that I work with. One of the items that I just presented at our biannual safety meeting to help facilitate the team “buy in” to the safety program, is the idea of using the small magnets as rewards when one of our team is observed using proper safety practice, and other various actions. This idea was met with resounding appreciation and given immediate approval. So thank you for that!
Brandon Thomas
Vice President, Operations/Relationship Manager Russell Landscape
Jeff McManus delivered an inspiring message during our Russell Landscape Annual Meeting, blending humor, personal stories, and actionable insights. His message on leadership, growth, and cultivating excellence resonated with our team, offering practical personal and professional development strategies. Highly recommended for anyone to boost their leadership skills and mindset.
Brad Parker
President, Fiddlers Green Landscaping, Inc.
Jeff’s ability to connect with his audience and interact with them is exceptional. He knows the questions to ask to make people think and ask themselves further questions which in turn strengthens their leadership journey and skills.
Beth Hansen
Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Association of Realtors
Jeff has spoken to my real estate leaders 4 times in recent years. I continue to invite him back because he is an engaging and inspirational speaker. His real-world lessons on leadership are insightful and practical, and offer our attendees a road map to successful leadership.
Tom Ewing
Landscape Program Development
Proven WinnersAs a well-known and respected leader, Jeff’s presentation speaks from experience, is inspirational to a wide range of industry participants, and is strengthened from his proven record. His passion and sincerity is contagious, and we received very positive responses from all attendees. There is a unique genuineness about his presentation, and his message is one that all can benefit from. We will definitely invite Jeff back again!
Robert Khayat
Chancellor of University of Mississippi (1995-2009)
During my years as Chancellor at Ole Miss, I had the privilege of working on many landscape projects with Jeff McManus. Jeff’s experience, insight and vision of growing and developing not only the campus, but also the people with whom he worked truly enriched the campus environment.
Joshua M. Evans
Director, TEDx Sugarland
Jeff McManus was a profound addition to our event! He coupled his expertise with a genuine desire to serve the people in attendance. His authenticity and wisdom left a lasting, positive impact on the entire audience. We are truly grateful to have had him as a speaker at our TEDx event!
Rachel Daniel
External Communications Manager, F.D.R.E. Ministry of Peace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jeff’s lecture on the value of landscaping to young Architects in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (hosted by the Ministry of Peace) went beyond physical aesthetics and uncovered the undeniable relationship humans have with both their environment and nature. We all left inspired to gear up efforts in our respective professions to bring more intentional green spaces to Addis Ababa.
Linda Reindl
Director of Education, Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association
I have worked with many speakers over the years and Jeff stands out as a true professional. Our audience loved him, and we continue to invite him back. Jeff’s industry experience, packaged with his insight and vision for developing leaders, delivered a great performance. Jeff is a wealth of knowledge, but it is truly his love for teaching and how he engages his audience that makes it a pleasure to have him present at our events. He packs a house and brings them back again each year!
Scott Wallace
Dean of Student Life, Augusta University
An area we can always develop is our leadership. Jeff was able to connect to our employees and talk about leadership of their own lives and leading others. He provided great insight into areas we’d like to grow. I’d love to have Jeff back to campus and offer that to other departments.
Woody Woodward
Executive Director, Ohio Parks and Recreation Association
It was our pleasure to have Jeff McManus as one of the featured speakers at our 2019 annual conference. Jeff did a great job. He was one of the highest-rated speakers that we had at our conference of over 80 speakers for the week. He also was really easy to deal with which is something that we really value in speakers. He was a pleasure to work with and our members really had a great time interacting with him throughout the week. We look forward to having Jeff back in Ohio, and we would highly recommend him if you’re looking for a great speaker for any event that you are having.
Julie Robinson
Executive Director, West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association
The people with whom I spoke who attended Jeff’s sessions spoke positively of his message and suggestions. He was a good fit for WVNLA, partially because his own landscape company is not large, which is the case for most of our attendees.
Jim Brosnan, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Tennessee
Director – UT Weed Diagnostics CenterIt is can be difficult to find speakers for the Professional Development section of our state turfgrass conference, but this year we hit a home run with Jeff McManus. His message on empowering individuals to lead their teams resonated with our group. Jeff kept a group of 300+ people engaged for over three hours, which is not an easy task!
Division of Administration and Finance Staff
Old Dominion University
Jeff brings energy, relatability, and experience into the room. He can work well with vice-presidents and seamlessly shift attention to front-line workers. He can adapt to his audience and provide answers that pertain to their specifics. His value as an asset is quickly noticed once you see the response he gains from your team.
Joe Kovolyan, CGM, CSFM, ISA
richland School District
GIE Past President PGMS vice President & STMA MemberJeff’s message to over 1,600 people was spot on for me and so relevant for today’s industry leaders. One corporation bought and distributed, to participants and members, hundreds of Jeff’s book, Growing Weeders Into Leaders. This book is an excellent resource for those who want creative ways to grow their people to the next level. Jeff has walked the walk and is now sharing how he and his team went from last place to 5-time Nationally Recognized Champions in campus beautification. When you add in his integrity, Jeff is a rare commodity. I highly recommend Jeff McManus for your next keynote event.
Susan Jenkins, Ed.D.
Staff Development Director, North Mississippi Regional Center
Jeff McManus provides such an inspiring and motivating message for leaders at all levels and a variety of fields. His experience and leadership insight provide for relatable and realistic guidance on ways to grow your team. I highly recommend working with Jeff if you want to find ways to inspire or rejuvenate a group of leaders for greatness!
Jennifer L. McNeil, RD, SNS
Assistant Director, Nutrition Services, Hemet Unified School District
In my role, I look for three attributes in a speaker: (1) a great message, (2) someone who is easy to work with, and (3) someone the audience can relate to. JEFF IS ALL THREE! He is a very genuine speaker and did an awesome job connecting with our Nutrition Staff members and providing an outstanding motivational message that set the tone for our entire day of training.
Andrew Muntz
Green Velvet, President,
Ohio turfgrass Foundation PresidentJeff’s talk was engaging and entertaining! Having a speaker with knowledge of the real world challenges our industry members deal with, and creative solutions to those challenges was refreshing and enlightening.
Rhett Murphy
Convention Coordinator, Alabama Urban Forestry Association
Jeff McManus is not only a great leader, but a great speaker and teacher. Our group was engaged from the start. Jeff took the interest of the audience and ran with it. Groups looking for ways to improve leadership and morale in their businesses will benefit from Jeff’s presentations.
Eric Turner
Director of Operations, Impact 360 Institute
Jeff’s recent campus visit fostered an influential vision geared towards growth, direction and development in future recruitment goals. His insightful perspective in classroom discussions, campus walks and attention to detail throughout the facility connected our staff to improved potential, purpose and direction in our mission at Impact 360 Institute. We immediately employed his masterful insight towards making Impact 360 Institute the community at its best.
Brent A. Marsh, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, The University of Mississippi
Jeff McManus brings a personal yet powerful leadership message that is applicable to a broad array of people. You will walk away inspired with new ideas and encouragement for your own leadership journey, and your team members will realize the difference that everyone can make within an organization in the pursuit of greatness.
Your Questions, Answered
Bringing in a keynote speaker is an important decision. Here are some of the most common questions event planners and associations ask about working with Jeff.
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New Year’s Resolutions have been used to motivate people for centuries…or havethey? With only 8-9% of people actually sticking to them, the effectiveness of listingwhat we are resolved to accomplish…Betwixt and Between: Goodwill to All
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