Jackie Freiberg

International Best-selling Author, Speaker, Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator

Jackie Freiberg is an impactful in-person and virtual keynote speaker, international best-selling author, and regular Forbes contributor. Recognized as one of the “Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership”, Jackie is one of the most sought-after female business speakers in the nation. 

  • Jackie Freiberg Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

  • Jackie Freiberg Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Dare to Lead™

Audience Takeaways: Success belongs to brave leaders who build courageous cultures. Teams will learn and take away the 4 skill sets required for becoming a more Courageous Leader. ...

Audience Takeaways: Success belongs to brave leaders who build courageous cultures. Teams will learn and take away the 4 skill sets required for becoming a more Courageous Leader.

    • COURAGEOUS CULTURES…a business case for courage.
    • LEAD with courage…shed the armor and own the tough issues.
    • RUMBLE with uncertainty and risk…understanding vulnerability, the birthplace of creativity and innovation.
    • LIVE your values…learn how to operationalize and measure what matters.
    • GROW TRUST incrementally…learn the big and little “things” that change and impact everything.

 

 

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Leadership: Drives Engagement and Culture

Audience Takeaways: Timeless leadership strategies for creating a best place where the best people can do their best work to make your business better. Jackie will show leaders how to model, serve and engage. MODEL – ...

Audience Takeaways: Timeless leadership strategies for creating a best place where the best people can do their best work to make your business better. Jackie will show leaders how to model, serve and engage.

  • MODEL – if you want to improve the organization, first improve yourself, then thru your example draw the best out of others.
  • SERVE – show up to who and what matters.
  • ENGAGE – everyone… Pave the way for ownership and input, ask, listen, mentor and redirect when needed.

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Innovation: It's Everyone’s Job

Audience Takeaways: Proven strategies for creating a culture where teams of intrapreneurs dare to try. Jackie demystified innovation and shows people at all levels how to own and accelerate innovation, how to bring ideas to life. ...

Audience Takeaways: Proven strategies for creating a culture where teams of intrapreneurs dare to try. Jackie demystified innovation and shows people at all levels how to own and accelerate innovation, how to bring ideas to life.

  • NOTICE how to see beyond the blur of work-as-usual to discover the opportunities to innovate within your sphere of influence.
  • LEAD others to question the unquestionable, get comfortable being uncomfortable, and challenge limitations and assumptions.
  • DISRUPT the status quo, collaborate to find new and innovative solutions, change the things that don’t seem right.

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Change: Do Something Now

Audience Takeaways: Change is a constant so leading and owning change is a requirement for ongoing success. This presentation offers strategies for driving, owning, and being the change you want to see in your organization or industry. Jackie ...

Audience Takeaways: Change is a constant so leading and owning change is a requirement for ongoing success. This presentation offers strategies for driving, owning, and being the change you want to see in your organization or industry. Jackie challenges everyone to stop moaning and start doing.

  • See it… Notice what is holding you back? routine, white noise, frivolous distractions?
  • Enable it… Ideate solutions and what ifideas to life.
  • Do it… Be the change, reach across functional boundaries, collaborate and engage others to drive positive change.

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Grow ROI: Through People, Performance and Profit

Audience Takeaways: Forward thinking insights and strategies for what it takes to attract and keep great talent and earn loyal customers. In this keynote Jackie shares trends and data that prove the future belongs to businesses that are ...

Audience Takeaways: Forward thinking insights and strategies for what it takes to attract and keep great talent and earn loyal customers. In this keynote Jackie shares trends and data that prove the future belongs to businesses that are profitable AND improving society (businesses that are mission/cause/purpose driven).

  • Don’t Pitch, Enrich… a formula for attracting and gaining loyal employees and customer advocates for life.
  • People will work for a CAUSE… A corporate WHY/Purpose might be your silver bullet.
  • Customers will buy for a CAUSE… Social impact and giving back are priceless—it drives loyalty!

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Lead Together…ToGetHer: Collaborate and Strengthen!

Audience Takeaways: Every business hires, sells and markets to women, how well do you know her? SHE is a $20 trillion economy, and SHE is multicultural, multigenerational and multi-dimensional. It’s time to stop competing and time to complement, strengthen...

Audience Takeaways: Every business hires, sells and markets to women, how well do you know her? SHE is a $20 trillion economy, and SHE is multicultural, multigenerational and multi-dimensional. It’s time to stop competing and time to complement, strengthen and complete…Together. This keynote offers surprising and insightful strategies on what it takes to earn her time, talent, attention, loyalty and wealth – Jackie will help you understand…

  • Who is SHE…
  • Where SHE wants to work…
  • Where SHE buys and…
  • Why SHE buys? Ignore HER and your business is doomed.

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About Keynote Speaker Jackie Freiberg

About Speaker Jackie Freiberg…

The Challenge: The world has changed!  Work and life are blurred and blended yet distanced and virtual. 

We’re all in search of new ways to stay courageous, engaged, connected and productive. Learning how to lead and navigate in the midst of ongoing disruption and uncertainty is critical to the survival and success of every business. 

Solution: Now is the time to double down on driving leadership and high performance, even if it has to be done virtually. For nearly 30 years, Jackie has been helping people become more courageous leaders who accelerate innovation, embrace change and know how to pivot in uncertainty. 

In addition to in-person keynotes, Jackie offers 3 virtual paths forward designed to connect, challenge and engage people working in different locations. If you are not ready to meet in person, you have three virtual options:

  1. live-stream (or recorded) 60-75-minute virtual keynote with Q&A and slides
  2. virtual keynote delivered in five 15-minute (live or recorded) segments delivered once a day/week/month with Q&A and slides
  3. virtual coaching one-on-one or with your team

Takeaways: Virtual seminars and updates give people the courage, reassurance and direction they need to nimbly adapt to changing conditions, to stay connected and to rise strong together even though they may be working remotely.

The next steps are simple. Call your account executive to set up a discovery call with Jackie. She will listen to your objectives. Then, rest assured, your message will be tailor-made. When you book Jackie for your event, she’ll thread your objectives into her message for greater meeting ROI and lasting impact. 

Jackie is recognized as one of the “Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership” and is one of the most sought-after female business speakers in the nation. She speaks, consults and writes on Courageous Leadership, Innovation, Change, Engagement and The She Economy (a $20 trillion market). 

A Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Jackie trained directly under the guidance of Brené Brown in 2019. She is a business owner and entrepreneur. Along with her husband Kevin, Jackie has co-authored 8 award winning books.

Her books include: the international bestseller, NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, its sequel GUTS!, BOOM! (7-timeless choices for inspiring leadership and accountability), NANOVATION (a how-to on innovation), DO SOMETHING NOW and Be a PERSON OF IMPACT, (two quick reads that will change your organization and your life), CAUSE! A Business Strategy for Standing Out In A Sea of Sameness, and most recently, BOCHY BALL!, an account of 3-time World Series Champion Bruce Bochy’s wins and losses in baseball, business, and life. 

 

 Jackie’s clients span a wide range of industries and include:

  • AAA • Prudential • Noblis  • American Academy of Ophthalmology • GNReSound • Activision • Ocean Spray • Arkema • IDEXX • Great Game of Business • University of Utah • Smurfit Kappa • PULSE Network •  TEDx • Navy Federal Credit Union • National Restaurant Assoc • Medtronic • Johnson & Johnson  • Charles Schwab • Eli Lilly • Tampa General Hospital • Kohl’s • Hallmark • Stanford Children’s Hospital • CUNA • USAA • PNC Financial • Vail Resorts • Sony • Ken Blanchard Companies • McDonalds • National Life Group • Sundance Resorts • Kiewitt • Victoria Secret • Associated Builders & Contractors • MorphoTrust • Cisco • CVS • National Human Resources Association 

Other Credentials:

  • Corporate Consultant, National Life Group, Corelation, Inc. and National Restaurant Association: Provides keynotes, workshops, consulting, and coaching on Engagement, Leadership and Culture
    • Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, trained directly under the guidance of Brené Brown. Certified in 2019 to use the Dare to Lead™ empirically based courage-building curriculum to create transformation and experiences that have ROI and lasting impact for each organization
  • Public Speaking Coach to the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office. Trained more than 1,500 Marine Recruiters a year on the Fundamentals of Delivering a Winning Presentation. Semper Fi!
  • Member of the Southwest Airlines’ Culture Committee. One of only two non-employee members invited to serve on the highly influential leadership committee
  • Executive Consultant, Center for Creative Leadership: Provided feedback to executives participating in a five-day Leadership Development Program
  • Manager of Corporate and Professional Programs, University of San Diego’s Executive Conference Center
  • Co-Founder University of San Diego’s Family Business Institute
  • Founded University of San Diego’s Certificate in International Business Program
  • Director University of San Diego’s Institute for Quality & Productivity
  • Professor: Teaches leadership, public speaking, and communications courses as an adjunct professor
  • HR Specialist, College Recruiter and Employee Communications Manager, NCR Corporation
  • Doctorate degree, Leadership, University of San Diego
  • Master’s degree, Communication, San Diego State University
  • Bachelor’s degree, Communication, University of New Hampshire

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

Vice-President Development & Alumni Relations, 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

Thank you so much, Jackie!! You were simply amazing and we were so blessed to have you. Thank you so much for being here. My ‘wheels are still spinning’ from your thought-provoking presentation. Hope to get the honor of having you again someday.

Scotty Elliot

President & CEO One Life America

Your session with the team at ALL Hands was a HUGE hit. We were inundated by people telling us how much they enjoyed your message and how it was delivered. It was a highlight in a very good two days for our team.

Greg Grimm

Sr. Director, Supply Chain Operations, Cisco

On behalf of Smurfit Kappa Group in the Americas, I would like to thank you once again for the quality of the content and delivery of your conference in San Diego last week. We rarely have a speaker who is able to articulate the content of the conference with the company agenda as you did.

CEO, Smurfit Kappa

 

I consider Jackie to be a soulmate, she always looks for the good news stories to share. We consider it a real treat when we host Jackie.

Ken Blanchard

Author “One Minute Manager”, owner, The Ken Blanchard Companies

Jackie…I am about to forward your contact information to two CEOs. Thank you again…you were, as always, the best of the best…thank you.

Theresa Benavidez

CEO Corelation Inc.

It was an absolute joy to hear you describe how we could lead with passion and hope. Your energy, insight, and powerful illustrations lit a fire under our leaders, and I am excited to witness the transformation that follows. We were impressed at how you tied your presentation in our theme for the retreat.  We eagerly look forward to hearing from you and Kevin at our next conference.

President and CEO

CHRISTUS Health

“Jackie’s engagement with us and what we stand for was exceptional and definitely contributed in having a presentation that was tailor made for Smurfit Kappa. We rarely have a speaker who is able to articulate the content of the conference with the company agenda as you did.”

CEO

Smurfit Kappa

“The homework you did showed as you spoke from the stage. You were completely connected to our culture and tied it in with your message perfectly. Thank you for your attention to detail and inspiring our group with strategies to take back to their business.”

Member Education & Special Events Manager

Do it Best Corp.

“Thank you, Kevin and Jackie, for being that voice above all voices in the mostly repetitive motivational speaker world. Your books, philosophies, and attention to what is important to getting the most out of your life has truly made a difference in mine!” “Thanks to you we are no longer dead people working! Dont get me wrong, we still have a ways to go, but I really believe that people are starting to enjoy coming to work. I hear it from the staff EVERYDAY!!! They tell me that they cant quite figure out what is different, but they enjoy coming to work!”

ISU Credit Union, Paul Gaumer-Executive Vice President

 

“Jackie’s message was absolutely right on target with our objectives to build our brand, grow our culture and serve our people. Jackie set the tone for the entire executive meeting—everyone kept quoting things from Jackie’s kick-off presentation. Jackie has an extremely engaging style—upbeat, and a great presence as she works the entire room. It was, without a doubt, very worthwhile to have Jackie. I would highly recommend her to others.”

Mark Webb

Director of HR, Elbit Systems of America

“Jackie Freiberg’s presentation was right on target with McDonald’s values. The messages around creating an empowering work environment were perfect!”

McDonald's

 

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