Jason Bazan believes that great leadership is not built in a single training session. It is built through consistent practice, reinforcement, and a commitment to continuous growth.

His leadership journey began in 1990 when he took a part-time retail job. Over the next three decades, he advanced through a variety of leadership roles, gaining firsthand experience in operations, people development, and organizational leadership. Today, he serves as a Regional Human Resources Director, where he helps leaders turn learning into action through coaching, reinforcement, and accountability.

Throughout his career, Jason observed a challenge that exists in nearly every workplace. Managers attend training programs, learn valuable skills, and leave motivated to apply what they have learned. Yet without reinforcement, much of that knowledge fades over time. The result is a gap between what people know and what they consistently do.

Determined to find a simple way to explain this concept, Jason used spinning plates as a metaphor. To make the lesson memorable, he purchased a spinning plates kit from a retired magician and taught himself how to keep multiple plates spinning at once. He soon began incorporating the demonstration into leadership training programs, using it as a visual reminder that learning requires ongoing attention. Just as a spinning plate slows when it is ignored, newly learned skills fade when they are not revisited and reinforced.

The powerful response to this metaphor inspired Jason to write Spin & Skip: A Tale from The Performance Academy of Managers. Set within the fictional Performance Academy of Managers, the story follows Spincer, a seasoned manager, and Skip, a new manager eager to learn. Together, they discover that successful leadership is not about mastering a skill once. It is about returning to the fundamentals, reinforcing key behaviors, and helping others do the same.

Jason's goal in writing Spin & Skip is to make leadership development approachable, memorable, and practical. Through storytelling, relatable characters, and real-world lessons, he encourages managers to think differently about training, performance management, and employee engagement. His message is simple: learning that is not reinforced is learning that is eventually lost.

When he is not writing, Jason continues to develop leaders, facilitate training programs, and share ideas that help turn knowledge into consistent action.

Jason believes that training can inspire change, but reinforcement is what makes change last.

The lesson that inspired Spin & Skip is the same one he shares with leaders today: skills, habits, and knowledge are a lot like spinning plates. They require attention, practice, and a commitment to returning to the fundamentals.

Because when we stop reinforcing what we've learned, the plates begin to slow.

When we come back to what matters most, they keep spinning.