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WOULD YOU RATHER CHANGE JOBS...OR

CHANGE THE WORLD

JOAN KUHL

McKinsey reports that advancing women’s equality could add $12 trillion to global growth by 2025 - but companies have a new pipeline problem - women are leaving the corporate world in record numbers, and for every woman at the director level who gets promoted to the next level, two women directors are choosing to leave their company.

Let’s uncover exactly how your organization can be a part of the solution, using your existing resources in ways that drastically improve the engagement and retention of high-potential women in your organization.

I help organizations transform to better attract, support, and advance their female employees of all backgrounds and levels. Through my leadership training women and team leaders become their best advocates to affect positive culture change.

JOAN IS PROUD TO SPEAK & ADVISE FOR:

It’s no mystery why women are leaving the world’s largest companies in droves.

  • GENDER INEQUALITY

    From the pay gap to the struggle to get their voice heard, to the daily microaggressions, women feel overlooked and undervalued.

  • OVERWORKED

    The 60+ hour work weeks, devoting much time to work that goes unrewarded, that often lead to burnout.

  • NO FLEXIBILITY

    The extreme demands and constant balancing of personal responsibilities, including caregiving, while being a "high performer" - always sacrificing something.

The case for changing the business-culture for women is clear…
…and the impact is impressive:

  • REPUTATION

    People want to work for companies that value diversity, equity, and inclusion because when prospective employees see women in leadership, they recognize opportunities for progression.

  • REVENUE

    More diverse teams results in better problem solving, improved performance and ability to serve an increasingly diverse customer base. Having women in senior positions yields higher profitability - one more woman in senior management or on a corporate board is associated with 8–13 basis points higher return on assets.

  • RETENTION

    Inclusive cultures have 22% lower turnover rates due to increased morale, opportunity, and equality. Research shows that we experience our most productive, innovative, and collaborative times when we feel we are part of a team.

TRAINING & SPEAKING

INSPIRING. ACTION-ORIENTED. INTERACTIVE. HONEST.

These are core elements that make up every talk
and workshop I offer.

Each experience is tailored perfectly to your audience and designed to bring the best of my research-backed tools and data, hard-won wisdom, and experience to empower your attendees to accelerate their ambitions, and create the change they seek in both their company cultures, and the world.

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS

Delivered and designed for female talent and team managers across 24+ countries facilitated in five time zones.

Our 360 approach energizes people by leveraging creative virtual engagement techniques with compelling content to spark memorable conversations, breakthrough relationships, and enduring and positive change within your organization

CORPORATE CONSULTING

We create research-backed, efficacy-based strategies for organizations ready to RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND ADVANCE THEIR FEMALE TALENT.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING

  • “As a career Army officer and a scholar of leader development, I have both lived and studied the real-world consequences of gender disparities. Of the many exceptional leaders I’ve encountered along the way, few have impressed me more than Joan in her unwavering commitment to promoting gender equity and helping women advance in their careers. When we first met 15 years ago at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, I was awed by her ability to inspire confidence across diverse groups and create truly inclusive leadership cultures. Joan is a true advocate and exemplar for inclusive leadership and for women in the workplace and beyond!”

    -Diane M. Ryan, Ph.D.
    Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)
    Associate Dean for Programs, Administration & Research, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University

  • "We've hosted workplace strategist Joan Kuhl to run her thought-provoking and transformative workshops for our female staff, students and alumni and she continues to surpass our expectations. Not only is she an engaging speaker, but she leaves her audience with actionable strategies to achieve their goals and overcome outdated biases to lead positive change at work and at home."

    -Susan Brennan
    Assistant Dean of Career Development
    MIT Sloan School of Management

  • “I'm grateful for Joan's support and guidance in helping us launch our female employee resource group (ERG) and advise on our global women in experiential events initiative for our company and our clients. From the very beginning, she has been fully committed to our goal of educating, connecting and empowering our female employees and clients acting as a true partner with me. She's brought a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table and has worked closely with us to design, implement and execute a range of ongoing initiatives that are tailored to our specific needs. We have heard only positive feedback from those impacted by her workshops, advising and interactions.”

    -Kristy Elisano
    Chief Marketing Officer, Sparks

What if you could transform your company from the inside out?

“Joan Kuhl has proven to be an unabashed champion for girls leadership and advancing women in the workplace. Dig Your Heels In™ is a solid playbook that arms women with real-world strategies for disrupting the corporate world and getting what we deserve.”

-Sophia Amoruso Co-Founder & CEO, Girlboss

Dig Your Heels In is a first of its kind playbook that empowers women to disrupt the corporate achievement game and be catalysts for positive change. Inside these pages is a roadmap that shows women how increasing their breadth of experience gives them more power to identify problems within their organization—like sexism, the wage gap, and the lack of women in leadership positions—and create innovative, actionable solutions.

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