Jean Marie DiGiovanna: Expert Leadership
Leadership expert Jean Marie DiGiovanna helps organizations elevate collaboration, unlock hidden talent, and build innovative cultures through experiential learning and human-centered leadership.
Quick Facts:
- Highlights:
- International keynote speaker, leadership development expert, and executive coach
- Creator of the Renaissance Leadership™ framework
- 25+ years of global experience transforming leadership and organizational culture
- Master of experiential learning with deep expertise in conflict resolution and communication
- Formats: Keynote speaker, leadership strategist, executive coach, workshop facilitator
- Audiences: Corporate leaders, executive teams, emerging leaders, women in business, innovation teams, and organizations seeking stronger collaboration, communication, and talent engagement.
- Outcomes:
- Tools to embody Renaissance Leadership and navigate change with confidence
- Strategies to uncover hidden talent and unlock innovation across teams
- Frameworks for building cultures rooted in trust, collaboration, and authentic leadership
- Travels from: Denver, CO
- **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
Talent Services
Keynote Topics:
FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP:
The Future Leader IS the Renaissance Leader™
In the age of AI and high-speed innovation, companies risk overlooking their most valuable asset: the human element. The pandemic has taught us that employees want more than a job. They want meaningful work where their uniqueness is honored, their voices are heard, and their ideas respected.
We are in a time of “rebirth”…a rebirth of humanity. We are in the “Next” Renaissance, and these times demand a new way to think and lead differently. These times call for “Renaissance Leaders” whose skillset runs both deep and wide, who cultivate curiosity, honor diversity and think like there is no box.
Jean Marie, International speaker, author and executive coach will energize your mind and heart as she shares the vital skillset needed to lead in the Age of AI and harness the power of Renaissance Leadership™.
In this interactive session, get ready to:
- Distinguish the qualities and guiding principles of a Renaissance Leader and why they are critical to your organization’s success.
- Discover and experience the #1 skill Renaissance Leaders possess that unlocks human potential, increases trust and sky-rockets innovation.
- “Think” like a Renaissance Leader transforming how your team members engage, collaborate and innovate.
Session Length: 30-90 minutes
FUTURE OF ENGAGEMENT:
Foster a Culture of Psychological Safety One Question at a Time.
The foundation for strong relationships, highly collaborative teams and full self-expression is trust and psychological safety. Creating a culture of psychological safety requires a willingness and a commitment to practice open and healthy dialogue.
Fostering psychological safety begins with the science of asking powerful questions and the art of compassionate listening. When applied, employees and customers feel heard, seen and understood. Employee’s thoughts, ideas and perspectives are welcome and their talents and creativity flourish.
Organizational consultant, speaker and author Jean Marie DiGiovanna, will share the critical success factors to creating trust and the foundational skillset and tools needed to create and foster a culture of psychologically safety.
In this interactive session, get ready to:
- Discover the equation for success and factors critical to creating an environment of trust and psychological safety.
- Learn the #1 Skill Renaissance Leaders possess to shift the dialogue, increase employee engagement and create a culture of trust and psychological safety.
- Apply the “Safety 6” Questions that open up the dialogue and foster psychological safety on a day-to-day basis.
Session Length: 30-90 minutes
FUTURE OF TALENT:
Unlock Hidden Talent, Honor Diversity & Foster Innovation.
Do you know how much undiscovered talent and ideas are waiting to be discovered among your team member? But no one is asking.
This untapped talent and ideas costs your organization millions of dollars in lost productivity, lack of engagement and missed opportunities to innovate. Now, multiply that by all the teams inside your organization.
Renaissance Leaders know how to tap into and unlock that goldmine of talent and creativity, honor diversity and increase innovation.
Jean Marie will engage your leaders and teams with the tools to uncover hidden talent, unlock new ideas and honor the diverse views and experiences of your people giving your organization a competitive edge in the 21st century.
In this interactive session, get ready to:
- Discover the key to uncover hidden talent and unlock new ideas maximizing productivity within and across teams.
- Learn the top three innovative ways Renaissance Leaders shift the way their teams engage and collaborate.
- Acknowledge and tap into the diversity of your teams so they are inspired to come to work because they want to not because they have to.
Session Length: 30-90 minutes
Talent Short Bio
Jean Marie DiGiovanna is an international keynote speaker, leadership development expert, certified executive coach, and bestselling author known for her pioneering work in Renaissance Leadership. With more than 25 years of experience working across the globe, she helps leaders and their teams rethink how they lead, communicate, and collaborate—rapidly increasing trust, innovation, and organizational performance.
A master of experiential learning, Jean Marie is recognized for her rare ability to ask the questions no one else is asking and to listen deeply for what remains unsaid. She creates psychologically safe environments where leaders can find their voice, speak candidly, resolve conflict with grace, and access new ideas that shift behavior and culture. Her work blends heart, humanity, and high-impact strategy, helping organizations bring the “being” back into human and build cultures where no talent is left behind.
Jean Marie’s background spans technology, entrepreneurship, and organizational transformation. As one of the founding partners of Cambridge Technology Partners, she helped grow the company from 90 to more than 4,000 employees worldwide, gaining firsthand experience in scaling teams, bridging technology with people and process, and shaping cultures of collaboration and rapid innovation.
Read Full Bio
Jean Marie DiGiovanna is an international keynote speaker, leadership development expert, certified executive coach and best-selling author.
With her body of work on Renaissance Leadership and over 25 years of experience across the globe, she helps leaders and their teams shift the way they think, lead and communicate rapidly creating a culture of increased trust, collaboration and innovation.
Jean Marie DiGiovanna is a master of experiential learning and has a unique ability for asking the questions no one is asking and deeply listening for what’s not being said. She has a gift for creating a safe environment where leaders and their teams find their voice, speak their truth and resolve conflict swiftly and gracefully.
A disruptor, a change catalyst and an innovative thinker working with leaders to uncover hidden talent, unlock new ideas and positively shift the culture so that no talent is left behind. Jean Marie brings the heart & soul into business and the “being” back into human.
Having studied Computer Science back in the day and being one of the founding partners of Cambridge Technology Partners, a high-tech startup in the early 90’s, Jean Marie DiGiovanna knows what it takes to grow a company from ninety people to over 4000 worldwide, how to bridge the gap between technology, people and process and how to create a culture of collaboration, authentic leadership, high-growth and innovation.
Jean Marie was named a “Top 10 Coach of Boston,” by Women’s Business Boston. She is the co-author of “Success is a State of Mind” and the author of the bestselling book “Stop Talking Start Asking: 27 Questions to Shift the Culture of Your Organization”.
Jean Marie DiGiovanna programs are highly engaging and content-rich, with tools leaders can apply immediately to create high performing teams and shift the culture of their organization. In true Renaissance Spirit, when Jean Marie isn’t working, she is busy traveling the world (when the airways open up more), working in her art studio, skiing fast and dancing to live Latin music. Topics
- Learn How to Become a Renaissance Leader™ in the Age of Change & Disruption
- Untapped: How to Uncover Hidden Talent and Unlock New Ideas to Maximize Team Potential
- Create a Renaissance Culture™ where Leaders Engage, Inspire and Innovate
Areas of Expertise: Leadership, Business Culture, Woman in Business & Strategy
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