Joan Kuhl
Generations and Diversity Speaker, Author of 'Dig Your Heels In'
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$10,000Travels From
New York, NY
Joan Kuhl
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.
Joan Kuhl
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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