Charismatic Keynotes
Janice is an accomplished public speaker offering authentic keynotes to global audiences. Janice packs her presentations with her unique mix of expert research, wildly practical personal experience, and jargon-free real talk. She’s a skilled storyteller who can inspire and connect with audiences while distilling and translating big-picture concepts into concrete next steps.
“Janice’s talk labeled problems that I face but didn’t have practical language for before.”
2023 Keynotes
Four Leadership Motions: Go Farther and Faster (With Far Less Drama)
It’s hard to “keep up” in a hyperdynamic world. We all feel the pressure to do better—go faster, get more done, be more strategic, execute fully. In this keynote, Janice takes on the challenge of why progress toward our most important goals can seem so slow. Based on her Amazon Best-Selling book, Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama, Janice presents the Four Leadership Motions. These are concrete actions that will straighten the path to progress and make every choice easier. Janice has seen the Four Leadership Motions help Navy SEALs, startup CEOs, execs at Fortune 100 companies, and everyday leaders in all sorts of contexts.
Confidence Is Effortless: The Secret Price of Courage, and How You Can Learn To Pay Less
Journalist Sarah Hagi named our pain with her 2020 tweet, “Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.” This Keynote was is a refreshing, practical, science-backed answer to all of the mediocre talks about Imposter Syndrome. This talk is for people who are not imposters, but instead are way more prepared, qualified, and capable—yet who have had to work hard to show up as their authentic selves in workplaces and situations where the deck is stacked against you.
Developed after years coaching entrepreneurs as they pitch sharks for investment capital, Janice lays out the components that unlock the effortless ease of Sarah’s “mediocre white man.” This keynote gives tactical guidance to build the belief that you can handle whatever happens, because you know you’re that good.
The Innovation Ecosystem Is Broken: Why CFOs Need a New Playbook
What is the point of innovation? Why do we focus so much time and effort on digital and agile transformation? Because large organizations need to grow – and can’t. Current management practices, which were designed a century ago to create predictable outcomes, make it nearly impossible to create disruptive new lines of business. In this dynamic keynote Janice shares how to tackle change and drive growth in large organizations, matching theory with practical "do it now" tactics for people at all levels of the enterprise.
Six Outcomes for Women, Only One of Them Is Senior Leadership
The rate of women advancing into senior leadership hasn't changed much in the past decade, despite ample evidence that diverse leadership increases organizational effectiveness and profit. In this well-researched keynote, Janice presents a clear model that illustrates the pathways and pitfalls of career advancement and introduces proven tools for making real change.
“The pace of change today is slower than it will ever be for the rest of your life. Sit with that for a minute.”