Keynotes & Programs
“Jill is a thoughtful, poised speaker with great information and a personable style. I recommend Jill Johnson for audiences seeking the whole package: grace, intelligence, wit and savvy advice. Jill’s messages resonate.” – Shawna Suckow, CMP
Jill J. Johnson, MBA, is your strategy speaker for in-person, virtual, pre-recorded or hybrid keynotes and events. As along-time management consultant and two-time Business Hall of Fame inductee, Jill brings deep expertise and meaningful insight to her presentations. Additionally, as a seasoned executive and board member, she knows what it takes to achieve, and sustain, enhanced professional success. Her engaging presentations are designed to be presented as keynotes, break-out sessions, as well as half-day or full day planning workshops. Jill will work closely with you before your event to further custom tailor her content so she can meet your specific needs.
With Jill Johnson’s results-oriented insights, you will simultaneously:
- Gain the clarity you need so you can thrive.
- Develop the edge to then keep you successful.
- Understand the market forces that significantly shape your future strategic success.
The value? Your attendees will make significantly better decisions, develop more effective strategies and achieve better results!
Jill can provide these presentations for you in-person, virtually or as a pre-recorded video. She is also a Certified Virtual Presenter.
Jill’s Most Requested Keynotes and Programs
Strategic Thinking:
Making Yourself More Valuable to Your C-Suite
Suggested Audience: All employees
Format: Keynote or Workshop
The C-Suite is under tremendous pressure to perform in today’s challenging economic environment. Accordingly, senior executives need to ensure that all of their corporate assets and investments are properly structured to meet operational and financial needs. This presentation will help you identify the critical strategic information your C-Suite needs from you. You will learn how to leverage your technical knowledge into strategic insight. As a result, this will shift your role in your organization from a support function to a critical business asset. Additionally, you will also learn how to more effectively communicate your real strategic value in the language of the C-Suite to focus specifically on the issues that matter the most to them.
Participants will learn to:
- Identify the strategic information your C-Suite specifically needs from you
- Understand how to leverage your technical knowledge into strategic insight so you can then shift your role from a support function to a critical business asset
- Communicate your strategic value more effectively by also using the language of your C-suite
Strategic Planning:
Setting Your Strategic Direction During Uncertain Times
Suggested Audience: Mid-Level to C-Suite / Board
Format: Keynote or Workshop
Without a doubt, the greatest challenge facing businesses today is the increasing complexity brought about by the changing dynamics of our nation’s social, political and economic environment. Strategic planning no longer can rely on a facilitated and fun discussion of your wishes and dreams for the future. Effective planning during a turbulent period requires a market-based approach that also engages in a deep assessment of your business environment. Jill’s thought-provoking presentation will show you how to assess your assumptions. She will also clarify the market forces at play that will specifically determine your ability to survive and thrive. During this presentation, Jill will provide practical insights to help you avoid common planning mistakes that will otherwise derail your success. She will also help you learn how to obtain the information you really need to make better decisions.
Participants will learn to:
- Understand the key market forces that specifically impact strategic planning and consequently influence success.
- Translate those variables into the strategic planning process
- Use information and data significantly to evaluate strategic options
Enduring Enterprises:
8 Essential Strategies for Achieving Business Longevity
Suggested Audience: Leaders, C-Suite & Boards
Format: Keynote or Workshop
Most leaders feel ready to embrace the risks of a business, non-profit organization or small business. But few understand those who lead enterprises that sustain success over the long-term are different. Leaders of Enduring Enterprises, both big and small, do more than just dream about their future. They focus their strategies to make their vision of success a reality. Leaders who create Enduring Enterprises lasting well beyond their personal leadership tenure always look ahead to identify the other tools, resources, ideas and technology they can access to enhance their organizational success. Jill Johnson’s insightful presentation provides practical strategies. This will help you understand, develop and implement the eight essential strategies you need to build an Enduring Enterprise. She will share with you what you need to implement immediately to boost your potential for building a business or organization that stands the test of time.
Participants will learn to:
- Understand the 8 strategies you need to focus on to build an enduring enterprise
- Leverage your talent, operational capabilities and cash to more effectively navigate business transitions
- Identify, adapt and leverage evolving trends
Leadership Effectiveness:
Strategies to Expand Your Leadership Confidence
Suggested Audience: Customizable for all levels
Format: Keynote or Workshop
Note: This keynote presentation can also be done with a companion workshop for a deeper dive.
For anyone hoping to grow as a leader, one characteristic is essential: confidence. Confidence allows you to have impact far beyond your title or level within your organization. By incorporating a disciplined focus on seeking and accepting opportunities you will build your confidence to reach for higher rungs of influence and impact. Jill will pull back the curtain to show you how effective leaders build their confidence. Moreover, she will also provide insight on how confidence will enhance your leadership effectiveness. In this dynamic presentation, you will take away strategies you can implement immediately to help you identify, enhance, and believe in your own leadership abilities. You will understand how the compounded impact of small bold actions to build your confidence can morph into amazing opportunities with the potential to transform your entire future.
Participants will learn to:
- Understand how to create opportunities to significantly increase your visibility
- Take calculated risks to enhance your leadership potential
- Develop specific goals targeted to further advance your career
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Schedule Jill to speak at your next event!
Email: info@jcs-usa.com
Phone 763-571-3101