Jackie Freiberg Speaker Biography
Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Business Culture Coach
For over 30 years, Jackie has been on a mission to expose the unconventional, business-best practices of globally admired leaders and best places to work. Jackies works hard to make sure her keynotes include concrete examples, entertaining stories, and valuable takeaways. Just a few reasons why clients in every part of the world invite Jackie Freiberg to be their featured speaker.
Books
With over 850,000 copies sold worldwide, Jackie is an international best-selling author. Her award-winning books introduce you to revolutionary leaders who are creating the BEST companies. She is the author of the following books. DO SOMETHING NOW and BE A PERSON OF IMPACT, two quick reads that will change your organization and your life. NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, the go to book on leadership, culture, service and innovation. NANOVATION, a global case study on “how to” innovate. BOOM! 7 choices on leadership and accountability (prerequisites for innovation). GUTS! a deep dive into companies known as BEST places, where the BEST people can do their BEST work to make the world BETTER. CAUSE! A Business Strategy for Standing Out In A Sea of Sameness which highlights companies that define themselves as cause-oriented and therefore stand out because they have better employee engagement, customer loyalty, stronger profitability, and growth. Most recently, BOCHY BALL!, an account of 3-time World Series Champion Bruce Bochy’s wins and losses in baseball, business, and life.
Keynote Speaker
Jackie is recognized as one of the top 30 Minds on Leadership and is one of the most sought after female business speakers in the nation. She is both business minded and inspiring. She gets to know the issues that are most helpful and relevant to each audience/industry and designs each speech mindful of her client’s objectives and desired outcomes.
Accountability
Jackie motivates the audience with the resources to change, become better leaders, build better cultures and become more accountable! She is known for her insight, passion and ability to equip leaders at all levels with innovative ideas that TURN UP the volume on leadership, innovation, culture, engagement, accountability, customer loyalty/service and performance.
SheEconomy
The SheEconomy – Jackie is called upon frequently to deliver keynotes for Women’s Leadership conferences. She is also recognized as a thought leader on what is at the intersection of some very powerful global business trends, the SheEconomy. Businesses are leaving trillions of dollars on the table because they do not fully understand HER power. The SheEconomy is a $20 trillion economy that is consistently ignored, under-represented, and misunderstood. Jackie helps business leaders rethink how to attract, engage, invest, and earn HER loyalty to become HER brand of choice for generations to come.
Consultant
Jackie served as a member of Southwest Airlines’ Culture Committee. She was one of only two non-employee members invited to serve on this highly influential leadership committee. Jackie also served as an executive consultant for the Center for Creative Leadership, providing feedback to executives participating in the five-day Leadership Development Program. Jackie held the contract for 25 years as a public speaking coach to the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office. She has trained more than 1500 Marine Recruiters a year on the Fundamentals of Delivering a Winning Presentation. Semper Fi!
Clients
Jackie’s clients span a wide range of industries and include: Prudential, GNReSound, Smurfit Kappa, Navy Federal Credit Union, National Restaurant Association, National Life Group, McDonalds, Kohl’s, CUNA, USAA, Sony, Associated Builders & Contractors, Cisco, TEDx, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Charles Schwab and Eli Lilly.
Media
Her articles and interviews have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Dubai’s CapitalME, India’s Management Next, India’s Business Standard, India’s Economic Times, and India’s Financial Times.
Education
Jackie earned a doctorate in Leadership from the University of San Diego, a master’s degree in Communication from San Diego State University and a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of New Hampshire.
Virtual Keynotes
In addition to the traditional, in-person, keynote, all of Jackie’s presentations can be delivered in five 10-minute segments that can be streamed live or via video to audience members, along with slides to complement each segment.
Jackie Freiberg Speaking Topics
Courageous Leadership
What should the future of leadership look like? We need courageous leaders who can swiftly navigate the uncertainties ahead. Courage is a Leadership Superpower; it is a skill that can be trained and observed, and it is a skill that allows all other skills to flourish. Developing courageous leaders will enhance performance, accountability, alignment, retention and engagement. You’ll leave this keynote with practical skills and strategies for becoming more courageous. Audience Takeaways • What it takes to grow self-awareness • What it takes to engage in tough conversations • What it takes to hold yourself & others accountable • What it takes to coach/mentor with clarity • What it takes to develop resilience • What it takes to build courageous teams
Innovation: It’s Everyone’s Job
What if everyone in your organization had the courage to bring ideas to life? This presentation offers strategies for embracing our “human only qualities” to unlock innovation and enable all people to learn, collaborate, ideate, and dare to try! You’ll leave this keynote with practical skills and strategies for unlocking innovation. Audience Takeaways • Strategies to notice what really matters • Strategies to question the unquestionable • Strategies to embrace technology but don’t become it • Strategies to create a “dare to try” culture • Strategies to advance AS ONE
Change: Do Something Now
The future is hard to navigate, every organization is experiencing on going change and uncertainty. People need to stop moaning and start doing. A disruption proof, time-tested path forward is to double down on up skilling and re-skilling people. This presentation offers strategies for helping people drive, own, and be the change you want to see in your organization or industry. Audience Takeaways • Strategies for leading with courage • Strategies for developing a curious mindset • Strategies for enabling people to ideate • Strategies to stop the moaning and move
Unforgettable Service: Own it, Personalize it, Elevate it
Are you interested in taking your organization’s service to the next level, to truly stand out in a sea of sameness? Simply meeting customer expectations is NOT enough. To truly stand out, every individual within your organization needs to take ownership of service and create a personalized and unforgettable experience for the customer. Not because they’re told to, because they want to! In this keynote, Jackie challenges everyone to rethink their work and personalize their contributions to create a standout service experience. You’ll leave this keynote with practical skills and strategies to implement immediately. Audience Takeaways • Define your work as a CAUSE • Create employees & customers for life • Stop pushing & pitching… Start enriching • Develop your service SIGNATURE
Jackie Freiberg Books
Bochy Ball! The Chemistry of Winning and Losing in Baseball, Business, and Life
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CAUSE!: A Business Strategy for Standing Out in a Sea of Sameness
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Be A Person of Impact: 12 Strategies to be the CEO of Your Future
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Do Something Now!
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Nanovation: How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big
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Guts!: Companies that Blow the Doors off Business-as-usual
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Nuts!: Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
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BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual
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Jackie Freiberg Speaker Testimonials
“I have had the privilege of speaking on stage to audiences all over the world. I have also sat in the audience and listened to some of the greatest speakers of all times. In my humble opinion, Jackie Freiberg is one of the very BEST I have ever heard. She has an inner passion to help people to succeed. She motivates a crowd of folks to join in for a cause. I am very cautious of who I put in front of my company. I would put Jackie on stage anytime to motivate my team.”
- | Phillip Hudgins, President, In Vida Financial Network
“Thank you for an amazing keynote session at the Actuarial Day of Learning this week. I have been receiving great feedback on the whole day and all of the sessions, especially yours. I also want to thank you for being so accommodating and helpful as we planned how to align your message with ours. This work definitely paid off in the final results. Having great sessions like yours was a large part of such a successful event. THANKS!!”
- | Christopher Masiello, Senior Learning Specialist, Prudential
“Bless you, Jackie! Thank you for your very kind words and for all you did to make the Hendrickson Forum 2018 a huge success!! Thank you for all of your grand work with the Hendrickson Board, the Forum guests and with our students (they were thrilled to be able to have some of their ‘own time’ with you!). Please be sure to keep in touch.”
- | Audrey P. Kintzi, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
“Jackie is so special. I was fortunate to spend time with her and her husband a couple years ago (they both spoke for our President’s Club and Chairmen’s Circle. Jackie has been working with us since 2013). By far the best consultant I have ever worked with.”
- | David Gilmore, Vice-President National Life Group
