Jo delivers more than 70 presentations each year to audiences of up to 3,000 women. Her audiences span the globe, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
People who connect their passion to their profession learn more, earn more, and outperform their peers. But research shows that conventional career advice like “discover your passion” isn’t all that helpful—and can even set you up to fail. So what can you do instead?
In this session, you will:
• Learn immediate steps you can take to engage in work that is rewarding, impeccably suited to your talents, and makes your heart sing.
• Find out why advice like “discover your passion” and “do what you love” falls flat.
• Apply research-driven insights to achieve mindset shifts that yield results.
… and leave with a concrete plan for doing more of the work that fuels you, fulfills you, and feeds your soul.
Audience: All levels
Format: Keynote, workshop, or webinar
You already have a personal brand. But is it a leadership brand? This hands-on, interactive session addresses the key question: How can I reinvent how others perceive me as a leader? Claim a unique and distinctive leadership niche by connecting the dots from your leadership strengths to work you love to do—that is also a valuable asset to your organization. Craft a leadership brand statement that stands for something bigger than you can accomplish alone—and compels those around you to sit up, pay attention, and see the leader in you.
Audience: All levels
Format: Keynote, workshop, or webinar
NEW! The stakes can be high, but a well-chosen, high-profile role or stretch assignment can be career defining, and it can propel you to new heights. However, the opportunities you say “no” to can be as career-defining as the ones you accept. In this session, learn to recognize opportunities that showcase your strengths and potential—while artfully declining the ones that don’t—so you’re neither over-stretching nor under-stretching. You’ll walk away with new inspiration for finding your next career-defining opportunity, and executing it like a rock star.
Format: Workshop or webinar
Have you ever felt like the best-kept secret in your organization? No matter how urgent, important, or never-ending your workload is, you can’t afford to spend all your working hours with your head down, working hard, or you’ll silence your voice, submerge your influence, and miss out on career opportunities. In this session, discover nine “stealth-promotion” tactics for making your strengths, value, and accomplishments visible—in a style that’s authentically your own. Identify ways to contribute to a culture in which all achievements are recognized.
Audience: All levels
Format: Keynote, workshop, or webinar
“You need to be more strategic.” Almost every new and aspiring leader hears this feedback at some point. But what does it actually mean? More important, what are you actually supposed to change?
In this session, you will:
• Define what it means to be strategic and evaluate your current level of proficiency.
• Learn shifts in mindset and behavior needed to transition from rock-star high-performer to strategic leader.
• Sharpen your strategic thinking by learning how to more effectively formulate and communicate your vision and strategy.
… and leave with a practical plan to become the strategic leader you were born to be.
Audience: All levels
Format: Webinar
You don’t need a title to be a leader or to accomplish amazing things. Your leadership presence—how others experience you as a leader—is being shaped in every interaction you have. Discover five key shifts in mindset and behavior that will help you lift your head up, shift your focus, and rebalance your approach in favor of more leading, and less doing. Leave with a practical plan to “get your shift together” and become the powerhouse leader you were meant to be.
Audience: All levels
Format: Keynote, workshop, or webinar
Is there a closed door between you and your next career breakthrough? Kick it down with the backing of influential sponsors. In this session, you’ll get clear on the difference between mentors and sponsors. Understand what sponsorship is, why you’re underestimating its value, and why you can’t ask for it—but you can up your chances to earn it. Learn what sponsors expect from you along with six steps for attracting a sponsor’s advocacy.
Audience: All levels
Format: Keynote, workshop, or webinar
What they’re saying:
“Here are some comments about Jo Miller shared by our attendees. She was a top favorite, for sure!” —ICAN Women’s Leadership Conference
• Jo Miller hit all the buttons for me. She provided sound advice, tools or techniques I could use and she was super funny and engaging. I really enjoyed her session.
• Jo Miller! What an energetic positive being! Loved her session.
• Jo was the perfect 2:00 p.m. time slot. You need high energy after lunch. She was perfect.
• Jo was memorable, engaging and provided actionable items/takeaways.
• I really enjoyed Jo Miller’s energy, jokes, and fun slides. She brought a lot of positivity and encouraged me to not take my leadership journey so seriously, but to enjoy the experiences that come with it.
• I laughed most at Jo Miller, she kept me entertained.
• I enjoyed Jo Miller—she was able to bring in a lighter side to these topics and her approach got her audience interacting.
The above-listed topics can be combined into an intensive leadership development program. Additional elements can include an intake survey, recommended reading, homework, peer group breakouts, and signed copies of Jo’s book, Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build Your Brand, Establish Your Legacy, and Thrive.
Jo has designed and delivered multi-part leadership development programs for organizations that include Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, MetLife, ONEOK, Planview, and The University of Chicago — and is frequently invited back to repeat the program. Her programs consistently receive rave reviews and result in measurable improvements for employees and their organizations.
Contact Jo directly to discuss a custom proposal for your group.
