Jake French

Jake French

OR, US

Easy to implement strategies that increase your ability to adapt to change, stay motivated, and create a more productive team. A powerhouse speaker with an incredible story!

Jake French is driven to show people they have an incredible amount of power to be stronger than their challenges and the accomplish more than they thought possible. He will have your group on the edge of their seats, on their feet, and ready to make positive Can-Do choices in their lives and careers.


Dozens of associations have booked Jake to kick off or round out a conference with a message that amplifies their theme. For over a decade, businesses have used his unique perspective on adapting to change to help their staff be more open-minded towards upcoming shifts in how they perform their job. If you’re looking to increase cooperation, communication, and creative thinking, Jake also has highly interactive breakout sessions and workshops he’s delivered for state and federal groups across the country.


Some of his hottest speeches currently are:

  • Change      Management  Roll With It
  • Motivation Life      Happens. Live It!
  • Leadership Be      An Everyday Leader
  • Healthcare Innovative      Strategies to Improve Patient Experience


As a young man on top of the world with a new college degree and dream job as a forester, life was suddenly turned upside down by a devastating spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. Life happened, as unexpected change tried to steal the wheel. It was what came next, the choice to live it, that became the blueprint for a way of life that can help all of us accomplish more. Today the author of “Life Happens. Live It!” teaches teams how to stop fighting change and instead start rolling with it by firing up our inner drive to push past limitations and perform at your highest level.


The great news is his topic descriptions are just a starting point. Jake prides himself on researching the industry and incorporating your input to create a customized presentation that is highly relevant and unique. When you are ready to deliver empowering, real-world tools to your audience with a message that comes straight from the heart, and is delivered with humor and experience, invite Jake French to lead the charge!

Jake French is driven to show people they have an incredible amount of power to be stronger than their challenges and the accomplish more than they thought possible. He will have your group on the edge of their seats, on their feet, and ready to make positive Can-Do choices in their lives and careers.


Dozens of associations have booked Jake to kick off or round out a conference with a message that amplifies their theme. For over a decade, businesses have used his unique perspective on adapting to change to help their staff be more open-minded towards upcoming shifts in how they perform their job. If you’re looking to increase cooperation, communication, and creative thinking, Jake also has highly interactive breakout sessions and workshops he’s delivered for state and federal groups across the country.


Some of his hottest speeches currently are:

  • Change      Management  Roll With It
  • Motivation Life      Happens. Live It!
  • Leadership Be      An Everyday Leader
  • Healthcare Innovative      Strategies to Improve Patient Experience


As a young man on top of the world with a new college degree and dream job as a forester, life was suddenly turned upside down by a devastating spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. Life happened, as unexpected change tried to steal the wheel. It was what came next, the choice to live it, that became the blueprint for a way of life that can help all of us accomplish more. Today the author of “Life Happens. Live It!” teaches teams how to stop fighting change and instead start rolling with it by firing up our inner drive to push past limitations and perform at your highest level.


The great news is his topic descriptions are just a starting point. Jake prides himself on researching the industry and incorporating your input to create a customized presentation that is highly relevant and unique. When you are ready to deliver empowering, real-world tools to your audience with a message that comes straight from the heart, and is delivered with humor and experience, invite Jake French to lead the charge!

Life Happens. Live It!

What inspires us to push beyond where we want to stop? It's about developing a mindset that helps us get better at handling our daily difficulties so that we can become more effective at accomplishing our goals. Jake French understands the challenges your audience is up against while trying to find a way to create success, and his story will forever change the way you respond to adversity.

The minute Jake rolls onto the stage your audience will connect with him because he's not a...

MotivationAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Be An Everyday Leader!

One of the most colossal traps in our working world today is believing we are not ready or good enough to be a leader. Leadership Speaker Jake French wants to erase that belief from your mind by helping your audience realize why their job title has nothing to do with the amount of impact they can have each day. We don't need more management, we need more people to be a positive influence in the position they already have. By showing you the ideas that are obvious, but often unnoticed, this...

LeadershipEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Attitude Not Answers

Insights from the Patient's Perspective

Jake French helps medical professionals gain a deeper understanding of what it feels like to be a patient, so that you can recognize our concerns and meet our needs even better. As a nationally recognized keynote speaker and C6 quadriplegic, Jake's firsthand examples are both heartfelt and humorous. He will show you why it's your attitude and not the answers that can make all the difference to patients.

The common...

HealthcareEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Leading Your Team To A Culture Of Compassion

This rockin' keynote speech is for leaders in health care who want to inspire their teams to create a culture of compassion so they can increase patient satisfaction. If you want to show your staff how to connect with their patients, identify potential issues before they become a problem, and empower care receivers to become their own advocates, then maybe it's time to tap into some feedback directly from one of your most savvy consumers.

A culture of compassion is about creating an...

HealthcareAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny