Jean Marie DiGiovanna is a leadership keynote speaker with extensive global experience, certified executive coach, former Tech Executive who was one of the founding Partners helping their firm grow from 90-4,000 employees and best-selling author of Stop Talking, Start Asking.
Jean Marie’s Speech Topics:
Future of Leadership: The Future Leader IS the Renaissance Leader
In the age of AI and high-speed innovation, companies risk overlooking their most valuable asset: the human element. Employees seek more than a job. They want meaningful work where their uniqueness is honored, their voices are heard, and their ideas respected. We are in a time of “rebirth”…a rebirth of humanity. We are in the “Next” Renaissance. These times call for “Renaissance Leaders” whose skillset runs both deep and wide, who cultivate curiosity, honor diversity and think like there is no box. Jean Marie, International speaker, best-selling author and executive coach will energize your mind and heart as she shares the vital skillset needed to harness the power of Renaissance Leadership™ and lead in the age of AI.
In this highly engaging Keynote participants will learn:
• The #1 Skill Renaissance Leaders possess and why it is critical to your organization’s success.
• How to think like a Renaissance Leader and experience the critical tool that increases trust and engagement.
• The Core Renaissance Leadership™ principles that will shift the way your leaders think and lead.
Leading the Human Renaissance: Navigating Tech-Driven HR in the Age of AI
In an era where AI and technology are at the forefront of transforming workplaces, Jean Marie, International keynote speaker, best-selling author, and executive coach, brings a refreshing perspective in her talk, “Leading the Human Renaissance: Navigating Tech-Driven HR in the Age of AI”. Her session delves into the heart of human resources—the irreplaceable value of emotional intelligence, the transformative power of curiosity, and the profound importance of embracing diversity.
Jean Marie invites the audience to look beyond the algorithms and data, to the core of what makes organizations thrive: the power of being human. She will energize your mind and heart as she shares the vital skillset needed to lead HR in the Age of AI and harness the power of Renaissance Leadership™. Attendees will experience the #1 skill that unlocks human potential, a powerful tool that ignites dialogue and maximizes technology’s power and a deeper way of listening that fosters a culture of authenticity, belonging, and ideation amidst diverse talents, ideas, and AI. Join us to embark on a transformative journey that explores the intersection of humanity and technology in the dynamic landscape of HR.
Future of Engagement: Foster a Culture of Belonging & Psychological Safety One Question at a Time
The foundation for healthy working relationships, highly collaborative teams and full self-expression and creativity is trust and psychological safety. Creating a culture of psychological safety requires a willingness and a commitment to practice open and healthy dialogue. It begins with the science of asking powerful questions and the art of compassionate listening. When applied, employees and customers feel heard, seen and understood. Employee’s thoughts, ideas and perspectives are welcome and their talents and creativity flourish.
In this highly engaging Keynote participants will learn:
• The critical success factors that foster belonging and psychological safety.
• The #1 tool and practice that fosters psychological safety in your culture.
• The 10 key questions that create trust and increase psychological safety.
Future of Talent: Unlock Hidden Talent, Honor Diversity and Foster Innovation
One of the most untapped resources in your organization today is the diverse gifts, talents and ideas among your team members. This untapped talent and ideas costs your organization millions of dollars in lost productivity, lack of engagement and missed opportunities to innovate. Renaissance Leaders know how to tap into and honor this goldmine of talent and creativity. As a result, cross-functional collaboration, innovation and learning increases giving your organization a competitive edge in the 21st century.
In this highly engaging Keynote participants will learn:
• The key to uncover hidden talent and unlock new ideas maximizing productivity within and across teams.
• The top three innovative ways Renaissance Leaders shift the way their teams engage and collaborate.
• How to truly acknowledge their team members so they are inspired to perform at their best
WORKSHOPS:
Psychological Safety in Action: Increase Trust, Engagement & Belonging
Creating a culture of psychological safety is not easy but when broken down into its manageable pieces and practiced on a day-to-day basis, leaders and their teams experience greater trust, increased engagement and collaboration and a sense of personal accountability and fulfillment. In this workshop, we share the critical tools to create a culture of trust and belonging, we practice the #1 skill to open up the dialogue and apply the ten key questions to rapidly increase trust and psychological safety on-the-job. Participants leave feeling seen, heard and recognized for their unique gifts, talents and perspectives and ready to thrive.
Mastering Emotional Intelligence: Leading from the Inside Out
The culture of an organization is a reflection of the conversations that take place. There are critical tools and techniques to set the foundation for healthy, open and direct communication that, when mastered can make or break a culture. Learn how the brain works in conversations especially when we get triggered and leave with specific tools to communicate with confidence and resolve conflict with grace. Learn the three types of communication and how best to apply them to shape your culture. Conversational Agility creates your culture. Emotional intelligence takes it to the next level.
Untapped: Unlock Hidden Potential & New Ideas Among Your Teams
Being a great coach requires understanding the science of asking powerful questions and the art of listening with empathy, curiosity and detachment. In this workshop we distinguish coaching from mentoring, review and practice the essential skills and qualities required to become a great coach and share the powerful questions that kickstart coaching conversations, resolve conflict and acknowledge and recognize others. Leaders will leave with the tools to master coaching conversations that enable growth and development, and help others move through challenges with ease and confidence.
The Coaching Leader: Learn the Powerful Skills to Motivate & Engage Employees and Foster Accountability
Being a great coach requires understanding the science of asking powerful questions and the art of listening with empathy, curiosity and detachment. In this workshop we distinguish coaching from mentoring, review and practice the essential skills and qualities required to become a great coach and share the powerful questions that kickstart coaching conversations, resolve conflict and acknowledge and recognize others. Leaders will leave with the tools to master coaching conversations that enable growth and development, and help others move through challenges with ease and confidence.
Foster a Growth Mindset: The Science of Asking Questions & Art of Listening
Great leaders ask great questions. Great questions are the fuel that spark open dialogue, inspire new ways of thinking and foster innovation, collaboration and employee engagement. The science of asking powerful questions is one critical component of leadership mastery. Listening authentically is the other critical component. In this workshop, we cover the science behind a powerful question, the three levels of authentic listening and the distinction between responsible, reckless and unspoken communication. Participants will practice the tools using day-to-day challenges and leave with tangible actions to drive business success.
Mastering Conversational Agility & Crucial Conversations
Everything on-the-job happens through conversations. How we communicate with each other and to our customers and stakeholders can make or break the relationship. There is an art & science to holding powerful conversations. In this workshop, leaders will learn the science behind conversations and how the brain works in conversations especially when we get triggered. We will address the barriers that get in the way of dealing with conflict, stress and overwhelm and specific techniques to overcome those barriers. Participants will practice the techniques with real-work examples and leave with specific questions and tools to master conflict and deliver feedback with ease and confidence.
Foster a Culture of Engagement One Question at a Time
The foundation for genuine engagement, collaboration and accountability among your teams is trust and openness. When that foundation exists, employees speak up, share their opinions openly, admit failures, take risks and hold themselves to account. Fostering this environment begins with Leaders who ask powerful questions, stay genuinely curious and who listen with compassion. In this workshop, we cover the 10 questions that open up the dialogue and the five power statements that increase trust and belonging. Participants will practice applying the tools in real-work scenarios and leave with powerful ways to foster open dialogue and create a culture where employees are heard, seen, understood and valued.
The Happy Employee: Foster a Culture of Purpose, Joy and Fulfillment
The pandemic was one of the most stressful times in our workplaces. It challenged not only how we work but how we manage our lives outside of work. The uncertainty, stress and fatigue took a toll on leaders, middle managers and employees alike. Post-Covid fatigue is also very real. Finding joy, purpose and play is essential to our fulfillment and well-being. It also increases engagement, motivation and happiness at work. In this workshop, Leaders will learn powerful questions to uncover tolerations and stressors and rediscover the joy and purpose in their work. They will learn and apply tools to manage stress, improve self-care and leave with engaging ways to approach work so they can be productive and happy.
PROGRAMS for WOMEN IN BUSINESS
The Language of Success for Female Leaders
One of the biggest challenges Women Leaders face in a male dominated environment is gender stereotypes. It’s critical to understand the perceptions that exist and how to counter those perceptions with intentional shifts in your language.
In this experiential program, you will discover:
• The five common perceptions of Women Leaders that impact day-to-day interactions.
• The language to powerfully speak into the listening of others so you are respected and heard.
• How to free up your energy for what’s most important to your success and let go of the rest.
The Five Pathways to Your Personal Power
When confronted by challenging situations, do you speak your truth and stand up for what is important to you or do you give your power away? Challenging situations and people can trigger us and take us off our game. When you tap into personal power, you can be fully heard & seen.
In this experiential Program, you will discover:
• What personal power means to you and when you give it away.
• The five pathways to your personal power and the power centers that drive each one.
• How to access your personal power so you can be heard, be seen and be unstoppable.
Strategic Influencing Skills that Break Down Gender Bias
Do you feel like you are playing the same “game” that your male counterparts are playing or do you often feel like the “outsider” wanting in? In order to play the game, we have to understand the strategies that are used and explore how to best leverage those strategies to our strengths.
In this experiential Program, you will discover:
• How to leverage the 3 key strategies your male counterparts use to influence decisions.
• The missing link to making powerful requests that lead to change.
• The critical success factors to being seen, recognized and valued for the difference you make.
The Five Female Archetypes that Increase Your Agility & Impact
As professional women in business, we each bring a multitude of strengths and talents to the table, but too often many remain dormant or under-expressed. In addition, our voice is not shared or heard due to the circumstances, people or barriers in our environment. This program uncovers a powerful model within ourselves that we can access to move through challenges, increase our personal power and become more agile in the face of uncertainty
In this experiential Program, you will discover:
• How to uncover and amplify your superpowers to become more agile.
• The Five Female Archetypes you can access to increase your influence.
• How to access the 5 Archetypes to move through challenges and make a greater impact.
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Bio:
Jean Marie is an international keynote speaker, leadership trainer and certified executive coach with over 25 years of experience inspiring leaders and their teams to expand their perspective and shift their thinking. She is frequently booked overseas and her content is deep enough to sustain year-long leadership development programs in-person and online.
She is a disruptor, a change catalyst, and an innovative thinker who helps leaders and their teams ask new questions and make connections others don’t think to make. As a result, her clients uncover hidden talent and unlock new ideas among their teams and across departments allowing them to achieve beyond what was possible.
She has an insatiable appetite for learning, a keen sense of curiosity, and a natural gift for honoring uniqueness in others so they bring all of who they are to what they do. No talent is left behind. Through delivering her body of work on Renaissance Leadership™ she helps leaders and organizations develop high performing teams who foster a culture of curiosity, authenticity, and innovation. She brings the heart and soul back into business and the “being” back into human.
Prior to starting her business in 1998, Jean Marie was one of the Founders of Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), a high-tech startup next to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She helped grow the company from 90 people to over 4000 worldwide moving from Sr. Technical roles to Regional Operations Manager for the Scandinavian Region. She was influential in developing the core values, guiding principles and curriculum for business problem solving and became the lead trainer in the rapid on-boarding program training over 100 employees a month. She left CTP and built her firm on the core values of integrity, authenticity, high-value, creativity and fun.
She is the co-author of Success is a State of Mind, author of Wake Up To Your Life and author of the amazon best seller, Stop Talking Start Asking: 27 Questions to Shift the Culture of Your Organization. In true Renaissance Spirit, when Jean Marie isn’t working, she is traveling the world, working in her art studio, skiing fast or dancing to Latin music.
