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  • Dr Jim Penman
    Dr Jim Penman is an Australian entrepreneur, author and researcher, best known as the founder and CEO of Jim’s Group. Jim began a part-time gardening business while completing his PhD in history at La Trobe University and turned it into a full-time mowing business in 1982. He began franchising Jim’s Mowing in 1989, laying the foundations for what would become the Jim’s Group, now a network of more than 5,800 franchisees across 50+ service divisions. Alongside more than four decades of experience in franchising and business, Jim is an author and continues to pursue his long-standing interest in the biological and behavioural factors that influence individuals and societies. He funds ongoing research related to epigenetics and social behaviour that developed from his earlier academic work. Jim writes about business, franchising, customer service, leadership, history, social issues and his ongoing research.
  • Dr Jim Penman
    Dr Jim Penman is an Australian entrepreneur, author and researcher, best known as the founder and CEO of Jim’s Group. Jim began a part-time gardening business while completing his PhD in history at La Trobe University and turned it into a full-time mowing business in 1982. He began franchising Jim’s Mowing in 1989, laying the foundations for what would become the Jim’s Group, now a network of more than 5,800 franchisees across 50+ service divisions. Alongside more than four decades of experience in franchising and business, Jim is an author and continues to pursue his long-standing interest in the biological and behavioural factors that influence individuals and societies. He funds ongoing research related to epigenetics and social behaviour that developed from his earlier academic work. Jim writes about business, franchising, customer service, leadership, history, social issues and his ongoing research.
  • Dr Jim Penman
    Dr Jim Penman is an Australian entrepreneur, author and researcher, best known as the founder and CEO of Jim’s Group. Jim began a part-time gardening business while completing his PhD in history at La Trobe University and turned it into a full-time mowing business in 1982. He began franchising Jim’s Mowing in 1989, laying the foundations for what would become the Jim’s Group, now a network of more than 5,800 franchisees across 50+ service divisions. Alongside more than four decades of experience in franchising and business, Jim is an author and continues to pursue his long-standing interest in the biological and behavioural factors that influence individuals and societies. He funds ongoing research related to epigenetics and social behaviour that developed from his earlier academic work. Jim writes about business, franchising, customer service, leadership, history, social issues and his ongoing research.
  • Dr Jim Penman
    Dr Jim Penman is an Australian entrepreneur, author and researcher, best known as the founder and CEO of Jim’s Group. Jim began a part-time gardening business while completing his PhD in history at La Trobe University and turned it into a full-time mowing business in 1982. He began franchising Jim’s Mowing in 1989, laying the foundations for what would become the Jim’s Group, now a network of more than 5,800 franchisees across 50+ service divisions. Alongside more than four decades of experience in franchising and business, Jim is an author and continues to pursue his long-standing interest in the biological and behavioural factors that influence individuals and societies. He funds ongoing research related to epigenetics and social behaviour that developed from his earlier academic work. Jim writes about business, franchising, customer service, leadership, history, social issues and his ongoing research.
  • Interview with Jim’s Group CEO, Jim Penman on The Lived Experience Podcast

    Jim’s Group CEO, Jim Penman appeared on the lived experience which is a podcast about sharing stories of lived experience of those affected by mental illness hosted…

    April 28, 2025
  • Jim Penman and the pursuit of happiness

    Jim’s Group CEO and Founder, Jim Penman on the topic of happiness and how you can be improve yours? Joel Kleber  00:07 Are you happy? And…

    April 28, 2025
  • Jim Penman on the subject of happiness

    Most of us probably don’t believe we need a formal definition of happiness; we know it when we feel it, and we often use the…

    April 28, 2025
  • Jim Penman’s advice to a new Jim’s Cleaning franchisee starting out

    Jim’s Group CEO, Jim Penman received a great question from a new Jim’s Cleaning franchisee who has been researching the brand for a very long…

    April 28, 2025
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