What a fun audience! Love the group picture!
3 great days presenting to a group of 200 on the values and culture organizations!
Jenn Giordano has experience working within the rapidly changing world of finance and management consulting for Fortune 500 companies, and has trained and been an executive coach for leaders and emerging leaders. Based on her real world experience in high pressure, high-risk environments, she has taken the fascinating world of business and translated it into relevant topics and universal themes to help business leaders reframe their views of the workplace and develop a modern mindset to be competitive today. She does this by strengthening skills needed to improve inter-generational relationships, virtual teaming, flexibility, as well as foundational leadership development and teaming skills.
4 reviews
Jillian T.
August 28, 2014Jenn is an incredible speaker. Her style puts the audience at ease with her humor and storytelling. She creates an environment where people feel free to explore and learn. As a coach who worked in the “real world” for a decade, she brings a smart, insightful perspective to every session. We have had Jenn speak to our leadership team several times, and the contribution she has made to the growth and development of my team have far surpassed all my expectations!
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Kirk S.
August 27, 2014I have had the pleasure of observing Jenn facilitate several of my firm's events. She is always prepared, excited, and engaging. Jenn has a warm and welcoming style that invites listeners to take in whatever message she is charged with delivering and makes them feel like they are the only person in the room. I would highly recommend her for any speaking engagement, but especially ones that require an intimate, genuine, and caring feel.
Hired as: Business Motivational Speaker, Leadership/Success Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Adrienne V.
August 26, 2014Jenn was able to capture the attention of every single person in attendance for this training workshop, which included employees of a variety of levels within the organization and our executives. The full day of training covered a wide array of management topics that flowed in a natural progression. Jenn did not speak at the group; rather, she engaged everyone through exercises and personal anectodes. This made the group feel comfortable and willing to draw upon their own experiences in order to learn from it. We were so fortunate to have Jenn's presence in all of our office locations throughout the US. She was a true pleasure to work with in the planning and execution of the training series. I look forward to the opportunity to work with her again.
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Lauren W.
August 26, 2014“Jenn is the absolutely the best. I brought Jenn in to provide my team with training on The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Our team was about to go through a major system conversion and I wanted to try to do some team exercises that would allow us to understand each other better. With Jenn’s simple but effective approach, she was able to teach us a lot about how each person fits into the team. The results we got out of the exercise were excellent and it created a strong momentum that sustained us through our new software implementation. I highly recommend Jenn and SmartfulWorks! “
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: English
Gig length: 30 - 480 minutes
Jenn is passionate about helping people develop the skills they need to succeed in the future workplace. Jenn’s approach goes well beyond just the traditional training and skill building. Her unique approach to learning comes from her own experience in large, complex organizations, coupled with an unparalleled ability to connect with her audience. As an executive coach, Jenn is able to create an open and participative learning environment where participants find themselves engaged in what feels more like a discussion than a traditional training. Her style weaves humor, storytelling, inquiry, and skills practice with in-the-moment feedback.
Jenn Giordano is committed to helping leaders address the 3 issues that keep them up at night:
1) Attracting and keeping the right people in the right jobs;
2) Motivating and inspiring them to do their best work;
3) Creating a culture of change makers who aren’t just responding to change but are actively innovating.
Jenn Giordano has experience in working within the rapidly changing worlds of finance and management consulting for Fortune 500 companies, and has trained and been an executive coach for leaders and emerging leaders as a part of her own firm, SmartfulWorks. Based on her real world experience in high pressure, high-risk environments, Jenn has taken the fascinating world of business and translated it into relevant topics and universal themes to help organizations and business leaders reframe their views of the workplace and develop and implement a modern mindset to be competitive today. Jenn has experience speaking to groups of 10 to hundreds of professionals! She is a dynamic and intriguing speaker who gets the audience involved while adding real value to each who watch her present.
Jenn helps leaders, future leaders, and organizations at Fortune 500 companies and medium sized firms develop a modern mindset by strengthening skills needed to improve inter-generational working relationships, virtual teaming, flexibility plans, as well as foundational leadership development and teaming skills. Jenn brings a wealth of experience, having worked in the training, leadership, organizational development and human capital consulting space for leading companies such as Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Jenn holds a double Masters in Counseling Psychology and Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a B.A. in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University.
Signature Topics:
Future Workplace Simulation
Join us for a hands on experience that enables leaders to quickly assess how prepared their organization is for the future, as well as, the pain points. The leaders will work with Jenn to understand the needs of the future workplace landscape, and through this highly interactive experience, will walk away with data of where their company is excelling and the areas for development.
Can’t All Generations Just Get Along?
If you work in an organization that has multiple generations, it is imperative that you learn how to leverage the strengths of each generation to develop, innovate, and collaborate within your organization. Join us to learn how Millennials think, unearth common assumptions that frequently lead to miscommunication and frustration when generations work together, and learn effective communication and motivation techniques that bridge the inter-generational gap.
How Does Flexibility Really Fit?
Statistics say that by 2020, 1 in 3 people will work from wherever they want. During this presentation, we spend the first half of our time asking tough questions and testing assumptions. We will then spend the second half of our time together brainstorming feasible flexibility fit ideas for your team or organization.
Teaming Without Borders
Mastery in building strong virtual teams lies in the capacity to effectively connect and collaborate across barriers like time zones, cultures, business units and technology. To successfully sustain this connection and translate it to high performance, leaders and teams must learn to ‘weave a web’ that links all the critical success factors. Join us to learn about each area of this ‘web’, and how to leverage technology to ensure your virtual team functions as if you were in the same office!
Jenn can also work to customize topics that are highly relevant to certain audiences.
Depending on the presentation I may need a computer, projector, projector hook up for an apple computer and flip charts and markers.
Signature Topics:
Future Workplace Simulation
Join us for a hands on experience that enables leaders to quickly assess how prepared their organization is for the future, as well as, the pain points. The leaders will work with Jenn to understand the needs of the future workplace landscape, and through this highly interactive experience, will walk away with data of where their company is excelling and the areas for development.
Can’t All Generations Just Get Along?
If you work in an organization that has multiple generations, it is imperative that you learn how to leverage the strengths of each generation to develop, innovate, and collaborate within your organization. Join us to learn how Millennials think, unearth common assumptions that frequently lead to miscommunication and frustration when generations work together, and learn effective communication and motivation techniques that bridge the inter-generational gap.
How Does Flexibility Really Fit?
Statistics say that by 2020, 1 in 3 people will work from wherever they want. During this presentation, we spend the first half of our time asking tough questions and testing assumptions. We will then spend the second half of our time together brainstorming feasible flexibility fit ideas for your team or organization.
Teaming Without Borders
Mastery in building strong virtual teams lies in the capacity to effectively connect and collaborate across barriers like time zones, cultures, business units and technology. To successfully sustain this connection and translate it to high performance, leaders and teams must learn to ‘weave a web’ that links all the critical success factors. Join us to learn about each area of this ‘web’, and how to leverage technology to ensure your virtual team functions as if you were in the same office!
Jenn can also work to customize topics that are highly relevant to certain audiences.
Jenn’s has been inspired and influenced by speakers such as, Sheryl Sandberg, Simon Sinek, Michelle Rhee, David Salyers, Stanley McChrystal and Marshall Goldsmith.
Depending on the presentation I may need a computer, projector, projector hook up for an apple computer and flip charts and markers.
Leadership/Success Speaker