Emily Jaenson: Confident Leadership

Leadership speaker Emily Jaenson combines pioneering sports executive experience and practical confidence-building strategies to help audiences overcome self-doubt, lead authentically and pursue goals with intention.

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Quick Facts:

    • First female General Manager in Triple-A baseball in two decades
    • TEDx speaker: Six Behaviors to Increase Your Confidence
    • Host of the Leadership is Female podcast and leadership coach
    • Featured in Forbes, USA Today, and top leadership publications
    • Expert on confidence, communication, and leadership mindset

Formats:

  • Leadership and confidence-building keynote speaker.

Audiences:

  • Leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and teams seeking tools for confidence, self-awareness, and leadership growth.

Outcomes:

    1. Clear, repeatable confidence-building habits participants apply immediately.
    2. Improved team communication and measurable increases in leader presence.
    3. Higher resilience under pressure and better decision making.
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  • Travels from: Reno, NV
  • **US Fee range: $10,000 - $15,000

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Keynote Topics:

Research tells us that the way to get people to change is not to start with trying to change their attitudes alone, but to start with the behaviors associated with the attitudes. When people see themselves behaving differently, they can then think of themselves differently and the attitude change will follow.

The attitude Emily will help change is that of confidence. You will leave this talk with the tools necessary to become a more confident person.

Emily’s TEDx talk viewed by millions has been updated and elaborated with personal stories and stories of the hundreds of interviews she’s conducted on her podcast, Leadership is Female, with women in business.

We all have the opportunity to grow and change. This talk that will make an increase confidence in leaders today.

Being intentional means creating habits to help you to be successful in reaching your goals coupled with the acknowledgement that you’ve got it all. Yep, you’ve got it all!

The problem is most of us abandon our intentions and allow our minds to wander, ruminate on the negative, the “what if,” the “I can’t,” and focus on lack.

In this presentation, Emily speaks to leaders looking to sharpen their focus, acknowledge their advantages, and be more intentional with their day. You’ll demand this discipline of yourself and your teams.

Relatable insights include how to organzine an effective day, how to set goals in your work and personal life that make you feel fulfilled and energized, how to create boundaries that serve you, and how to increase your confidence.

Be intentional about your life and achieve your biggest dreams.

Talent Short Bio

Emily Jaenson is a leadership keynote speaker, author, podcast host and former General Manager of the Reno Aces.

She became the first woman in nearly 20 years to serve as General Manager of a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team. Her experience in sports, sales and executive leadership informs her work on confidence, authenticity and professional growth.

Emily is the author of Let’s Go! A Guide to Increasing Your Confidence and host of Leadership Is Female, a podcast featuring conversations with women in leadership. Her TEDx presentation also explores practical confidence-building behaviors.

Drawing on her journey in a male-dominated industry, Emily helps audiences examine self-doubt and identify actions that support progress. Her presentations combine personal stories with accessible strategies for participating more confidently, pursuing opportunities and leading with intention.

Emily Jaenson is a leadership and confidence-building keynote speaker, author and former General Manager of the Reno Aces. Drawing on experience in professional sports, sales and executive leadership, she helps audiences strengthen their confidence, challenge self-doubt and take intentional steps toward their goals.

Emily became the first woman in nearly 20 years to serve as General Manager of a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team. Her experience stepping into a prominent role in a male-dominated industry informs her perspective on courage, authenticity and the everyday behaviors that support leadership.

At the Reno Aces, she gained firsthand experience leading a complex organization, bringing people together and navigating change. Her presentations connect those responsibilities with the challenges faced by leaders across industries, from building trust to making decisions when confidence is still developing.

Confidence is central to Emily’s work. She encourages audiences to see it as something they can practice and strengthen through action. Her approach focuses on accessible behaviors that help people move forward, participate more fully and pursue opportunities despite uncertainty.

Her book, Let’s Go! A Guide to Increasing Your Confidence, shares practical strategies for addressing self-doubt and developing a more purposeful approach to personal and professional growth. Her TEDx presentation brings these themes to a wider audience through lessons drawn from her own journey.

Emily also hosts Leadership Is Female, a podcast featuring conversations with women in executive and leadership roles. Through their experiences of achievement, challenge and development, she explores different paths to leadership and gives listeners insight into the people behind the titles.

Her speaking combines candid stories with practical guidance. She connects the realities of leading in professional sports with questions about preparation, communication and the willingness to take the next step.

For corporate conferences, women’s leadership events and educational programs, Emily offers an engaging perspective on building confidence and leading authentically. Her message encourages audiences to take ownership of their development and recognize how deliberate action can expand their opportunities.

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