Joan Kuhl

Generations and Diversity Speaker, Author of 'Dig Your Heels In'

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$10,000

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Biography

Joan Kuhl is an author, speaker, and unabashed champion of girls leadership and advancing women in the workplace. Through her international speaking engagements, research, and consulting she's transformed the internal workings of some of the world's largest corporations and institutions. Over the years Joan has launched and worked with over a dozen corporate women's networks and intergenerational employee resource groups, as well stepping into a role as a #SheBelieves Champion for the U.S. Soccer Organization, becoming a Contributor to ForbesWomen and serving on the boards for the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, and Girls Inc. of New York City. Her expertise has been featured in the NY Times, Harvard Business Review, CNBC and Success Magazine. Joan is the author of 3 books: Dig Your Heels In (April 2019), Misunderstood Millennial Talent: The Other 91% and Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Today's Leaders. Joan earned her B.S.B.A. at the University of Pittsburgh and earned an MBA from Rutgers University where she studied global business strategies in Beijing and Shanghai, China.

Joan Kuhl's talks are inspiring, action oriented, dynamic and interactive based on her own experiences working inside global corporations, as an international speaker and consultant to Fortune 100 companies and top 20 Business Schools as well as a Board Member for organizations that serve youth for two decades.

Her goal as a Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator is to empower and arm women with the tools to accelerate their ambitions, the clarity and purpose to pursue advanced leadership and compelling data to support their decisions to stay and transform their current employer.

Joan's talks resonate with leaders from diverse industries as her research proves that people have the capacity to change and evolve from within and she provides the action steps to build the company culture and leadership values that we all deserve.

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Featured Keynote Programs

Dig Your Heels In

Signature Keynote/Workshop

Based on my forthcoming book of the same name, this talk helps employees and leaders make the case for change at their company and lead efforts to achieve gender equality as a business imperative and a personal career journey.

Attendees will learn how other women set the stage for success, and the bold moves and strategies that will turn frustration into fuel, cultivate key connections and allies, and craft the career they desire without compromising their values and personal priorities. This talk is also valuable to students and professionals working in academic settings.

Millennials and Gen Z

Career Planning and Feedback for Growth and Engagement

In today’s multi-generational workplace there is often a lot of mixed messages and challenges amongst managers and early career professionals. This workshop covers the seismic shifts that influenced each generation’s expectations about work and advancement to help participants crack the code on relationships, productivity and retention.

The Urgency of Female Leadership

This talk is tailored to C-Suite Executives and Board of Director Level Groups; This interactive strategy session reviews Case Studies from working with executives in healthcare, finance and sports around recruiting and advancing women with research to illuminate the impact on the next generation workforce and consumer segments (Millennials and Gen Z)

Overcoming Obstacles

Keynote, 2-Hour Workshop or Half Day

Learn about the common self-limiting behaviors that hold women back and strategies to overcome Imposter Syndrome, Stifled Authenticity, the Myth of Meritocracy and Good Girl Thinking.

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Relationships Are Everything

Explore the key relationships that every woman must cultivate (with women and men) so audiences can build their network before they need it. Learn how to network for deeper connections and happiness; increase awareness about oppositional relationships, and prioritize feedback to accelerate careers and confidence levels.

Catalyst from Within

Stand Alone Keynote/Workshop & Keynote + Panel

This workshop/keynote is designed specifically for Women’s Networks (Employee Resource Groups, Affinity Groups and Associations) who want to accelerate their impact across the organization to develop future leaders and advocates for gender equality, increase employee engagement, expand marketplace reach and enable enduring principles and programs that solidify the value and business impact derived by women’s networks.

Career Epiphanies

Designed for women-only audiences

This keynote leverages the science behind epiphanies providing tools to help audiences reflect on their career trajectory, diagnose their company culture and cultivate the ideal vision for their future.

Through data and case studies this workshop will help participants leverage wake up calls as a compass for their career; and to identify the biggest challenges for advancing women in the workplace. This is a critical conversation not a magic bullet, but you will walk away with the courage, confidence and conviction to make the decision, “Should I Stay, or Should I Go?”

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