Jerry Cahn, Ph.D., J.D., Business and Leader Development Expert

“There’s got to be a better way!”

An attorney and psychologist, Dr. Cahn is a thought leader and

public speaker, strategic consultant, and trusted advisor. He

focuses his entrepreneurial and organizational skills to empower

people to build businesses and ecosystems which advance

careers and personal growth. Through Better Way Workshops

and Webinars, people find “better ways” to resolve challenges.

This sheet focuses on two topics of interest: (1) Creating a cost-

effective ecosystem by which companies provide high ROI

mentoring internships to help young people make better career

decisions and (2) Enabling Next Gen Leaders needs to address

challenges of this increasingly complex and fast-paced world. Further details on Dr. Cahn are at the end of this sheet and the Presentation Excellence Group website.

Today’s youth is experiencing severe under-employment:

• The youth unemployment rate is double that of the national average.

• 50+% of all college graduates cannot find jobs commensurate with their skills (AP)

• Too many young people do not know how to launch a viable career path (McKinsey)

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” Young people who have no exposure to career opportunities are

likely to settle for low paying, non-engaging jobs like flipping burgers. Demanding lots more from

schools won’t work; they already are overloaded. Creating dedicated mentoring programs for a few

select career-disadvantaged students is expensive and ignores the majority of youth in need. The

solution, as Peter Cappelli (Wharton) notes, is to engage private companies and their workplaces.

Our mission is to encourage and enable companies to increase the quantity and quality of mentoring

internships through cost-effective, holistic programs which provide staff with training, support, and tools

(such as evaluations) to ensure a high ROI. By incorporating mentoring internships into the daily routine of

companies, we can provide career-enhancing advice to millions of students inexpensively.

Ask most parents, and they’ll tell you they wish their children could get internships – where they learn about

work/careers and get advice from their supervisors/mentors. Yet, the parents’ companies provide only a

handful or internships, often only in the summer and not year-round. Through his companies,

All members of the “ecosystem” benefit from a properly designed and executed program, including:

• Company’s growth prospects – by identifying most talented people to recruit for future jobs

• Company’s community and reputation – by enabling the young people to become ‘brand ambassadors:

• Staff who are willing to mentor students while they work on special projects - increasing their own

productivity and giving them a chance to feel good about helping young people

• Students get exposure to career work-related opportunities – enabling them to learn about themselves,

develop confidence & self-esteem, and identify what future education they need to achieve career goals

• (even) Career counselors benefit – by having more options from which students can choose!

How many interns can we serve? Our founder, Dr. Cahn, has facilitated mentoring internships to 500+ high

school, college and graduate (domestic and international) students to date! That’s how we know it can work.

Mentor Our Kids’ mission is to get CEOs and HR leaders of companies of all sizes to commit to building year-

round programs. Imagine the impact on our young people and economy and the future of the United States

& Through the Presentation Excellence Group, which includes Vistage New York, Dr. Cahn provides leader

development services to CEOs, owners and key executives.

Vistage International is the world’s leading CEO member organization. Over 60 years, it’s provided

100,000+ CEOs with leader development services, so they can make better decisions to produce superior

results for their companies and themselves. Today, there are 18,000 members with sales exceeding $300

billion. They grew an average of 11.6% annually between 2008-2012, twice Dunn & Bradstreet’s other

companies. See www.vistagenewyork.com/value and www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO7SnReWSAg to

understand why the average member stays 7 years!

Vistage offers an “ecosystem” where members interact and learn from non-competitive peers (with

sales of $5M - $500M), experts and Mentor/coaches others:

• Peer Advisory MasterMind Group: Fresh perspectives and accountability from peers

• Chairman, a seasoned business executive, who serves as 1-on-1 mentor/coach and group facilitator

• 1000 Business Experts who teach through workshops & webinars, and provide 6000+ white papers

• MyVistage™, an extranet connecting members who exchange ideas and collaborate.

I chair groups serving CEOs and Trusted Advisors (smaller business owners), deliver workshops for

groups around the country, and contribute to the Executive Street blog. I address a wide range of issues

affecting these growing and Next Gen leaders including: strategy, culture, business and leader

development, accountability, work-life balance, etc. I add to the ecosystem with the services below.

Presentation Excellence Group offers consulting, coaching and training services, including:

• Commanding Strategies: helping executive teams develop new strategies and discern the cultural

values and leadership traits they want their company to practice affecting their business

• Eval2Win: driving successful implementation through a system of accountability and continues

learning to achieve cultural and leadership alignment and strategic performance improvements

• Presentation Excellence; helping executives close more deals, advance their careers and improve

lives by designing and delivering more effective presentations.

In October, 2014, we launched Better Way Workshops and Webinars to educate Next Gen leaders. See

www.betterwayworkshops.com/webinars.html for a current list.

Jerry Cahn, Ph.D., JD.: Career Overview

Consistent with his personal mission – to unleash people’s and companies’ potential for growth by

advancing strengths and eliminating or reducing restraints – he builds brands and teams focused on

meeting different needs. Prior to founding the Presentation Excellence Group, and its most recent

educational services, his career included working in several capacities:

• NYC Police and Fire Departments (training program and reducing false alarms)

• Head Start (launching first evaluation of handicapped children needs & 10 model programs)

• Research and Evaluation for Planned Parenthood, NYC, focusing on improving client services and

teenagers’ efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies

• Capitol Hill Legislative Assistant on Health and Environmental issues

• Dental World, turning around its innovative health care service model

• Brilliant Image, CEO, leading computer presentation graphics firm serving 5000+ executives

• PortfolioPR, CEO, providing investor and public relation services

• Presentation Excellence, CEO providing training, coaching and mentoring

An inspiring, results-driven teacher and speaker, he teaches management courses for City University of

New York (CUNY). During the summer of 2014, taught at the University of Shanghai, (entrepreneurship).

He’s a keynote speaker and workshop leader for several organizations including Vistage International.

We’re developing new programs to meet new market needs. Let us know how we can help you!

Contact: jerry.cahn@presentationexcellencegroup.com or 800-493-1334