Jason Carthen

Early life

Born in rural Decatur, Alabama, Carthen would experience very humble beginnings with many odds stacked against him. However, regardless of his circumstances he was still able to thrive because of his faith and an unlimited amount of resilience. A product of a single parent household Carthen would come to live in Toledo Ohio where he found success on both the playing field and in the classroom. Carthen graduated from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio, in 1989.

Overview

Carthen played on the offensive side of the ball while in High School as a Tight End where he received All City, All Conference and Honorable Mention All State recognition. Carthen also lettered in Basketball and Tennis during his high school career.

Overview

Carthen became one of the most heavily recruited athletes in the country as a Tight End and despite several offers from larger schools he selected Ohio University where he played from 1989 through 1992. While at O.U. he became one of the most decorated and celebrated players in Ohio University history. At Ohio University, Carthen was a finalist for the Conference Player of the Year Award, he was selected All-Conference in his Junior and Senior seasons. He was also voted team MVP his senior year and is the all-time leader in sacks (Record broken in 2016), tackles-for-Loss and caused fumbles.

Overview

Carthen had a three-year career in the National Football League from 1993 to 1995 as an outside linebacker. He was injured in 1995 after signing a free-agent contract offer with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played one more year in NFL Europe with the Rhein Fire (Düsseldorf, Germany) from 1996 to 1997, where he led the league in special-teams tackles.

Entrepreneur

In 2002, Dr. Carthen formed Redeemed Management & Consulting, a full service and comprehensive consulting firm. Prior to forming RMC, Dr. Carthen was involved with many successful entrepreneurial endeavors and charity-focused initiatives. He had served for over two decades in both the public and private sectors of Leadership and Business Management, specifically with the National Football League Players Association and The Leaders of Tomorrow Initiative™.

As a Game-changing Speaker: Dr. Jason has entertained and energized over 2,000 audiences worldwide. Groups like General Motors, The American Dairy Association, FedEx, Honda Motorcars USA, Oxford University in England, Chick-fil-a Corporation and The Federal Government. His largest in person audience was 20,000 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio! His weekly Radio Show Discover the Leader in You™ has a listening audience of over 250,000 people.

As a Consultant: Dr. Jason consults with Fortune 500 companies and Fortune 100 Companies to provide quality training & coaching to thousands of men and women each year – on the subjects of leadership, motivation, sales, team dynamics and organizational culture. Some of his past clients include The Federal Government, Chick-Fil-A, FedEx, The National Football League, The American Dairy Association, Cleveland Clinic Health Systems, and The NFL to name a few.

As a Facilitator: Dr. Jason’s Speak Life University™ and I Speak Life Academy™ Online Courses and Workshops provide immediate results and demonstrate measurable outcomes for program participants. Each participant is able to interact and engage in a community of other business owners and entrepreneurs while strategically focusing on their own unique set of business goals.

As an Author: A Best-selling & prolific author, Dr. Jason has written over 150 articles and published four books related to leadership, business and personal development. He has researched and published in the areas of Business, Positive Psychology, and Leadership within Organizational Frameworks. His fifth highly anticipated book, Destiny Focused Leadership™ details the key behavioral traits of successful leaders that want to live and leave a legacy for their followers.

As a Leadership Coach: Dr. Jason is one of the top executive coaches in the world. He has been recognized by Forbes for his coaching impact. His research based Leadership Strategies, and Personal development tools are recognized and used by some of the most successful companies in the world and have helped shape over a half million successful leaders, managers and employees.

As a Thought Leader: As a visionary, scholar, and author, Dr. Jason is a distinguished fellow in the Beta Phi academic & literary society. He is often invited as an expert to share his insight and opinion on the climate of business and leadership, and has appeared on Television networks such as ABC, FOX News, ESPN, and NBC. He is often invited as a University lecturer in the areas of Management and Leadership studies.

As a trusted Advisor: Using his experience from the NFL, and his coaching and consulting work with individuals and organizations, Dr. Jason writes an amazing Blog filled with personal and professional insight while providing solutions to readers. He has developed a community of thousands of followers who read and watch for his daily quotes and insights on various social media channels.

Radio and Television Personality

From 2009 to 2011, Carthen served as a host for WDLI, where he regularly appeared on Joy in Our Town and Praise the Lord. Prior to TBN, Carthen appeared as a guest on ABC and NBC, as well as ESPN, where he was a contributor to the Outside the Lines television show. In January 2010, he created his weekly podcast The Leadership Minute.

Philanthropist

Dr. Carthen is a longtime proponent of civic engagement, social justice and youth advocacy. He founded the Leaders of Tomorrow Initiative™, a non-profit organization aiming to educate underprivileged youth about leadership, character and civic responsibilities. In 2008, he started a mentoring program that uses his own curriculum The T.I.E.S. that Bind to increase leadership capacities, character development, school engagement and reading skills among high school and college students.

Impact Through Data Collection Through his foundation's mentoring initiatives, he collects qualitative research data to assess the impact of mentoring on the success of high school students entering institutions of higher learning. Called The Influence Study™ Dr. Carthen's research utilizes grounded theory to track outcomes amongst program participants to serve as a predictor of long-term success. Seeking to positively impact society in perpetuity, Dr. Carthen also created a scholarship initiative for youth. Called The Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships, he annually provides two graduating seniors with a four year renewable scholarship that otherwise would not be able to attend College. Called the Carthen Scholars™ the student's must demonstrate a willingness to be civically engaged and invested in giving back to the community. He also continues to organize and facilitate Healthy Marriage courses for adults in Cleveland and Northeast, Ohio. Dr. Carthen previously worked closely with the Governor's Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives' Healthy Marriage Initiative Project, focusing upon stemming the tide of divorce in the African American community.

Civic Engagement

Among his other external activities he sits on a number of boards and served as the chairman of the board for Protem Healthcare.

Academia

In the fall of 2006, Dr. Carthen joined the faculty of Bethel University as Adjunct Professor of Leadership Studies. A well-regarded scholar in the field of leadership studies and business management, Carthen's research focuses upon motivation, hope, optimism, and positive psychology. In 2006, he was published in the book, Servant Leadership: An Introduction.

Distinctions

Dr. Carthen was recognized by Forbes and other media publications as one of the top Leadership and Business coaches in the country.

Dr. Carthen was recently recognized by The U.S. House of Representatives for his contribution to the leadership coaching profession.

Dr. Carthen is a distinguished Fellow in the Beta Phi academic & literary society. Dr. Carthen has been featured in Harvard Business for his consultancy work.

Books

Journal articles