Jennifer Ledet

Jennifer Ledet is not your average speaker! Born and raised in the bayous of South Louisiana, Jennifer has a unique perspective on leadership and employee engagement.

She has helped hundreds of organizations transform their businesses from the inside out. Jennifer's enthusiasm, energy, and humor are contagious and she brings her passion for people to every program.

Jennifer is among fewer than ten percent of professional speakers worldwide and one of only five in the state of Louisiana to be awarded the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. The CSP is the highest earned designation conferred by the National Speakers Association.

Today's leaders are constantly being asked to do more with less. You need every team member giving it all they've got. But economic challenges, competition, and concerns about the future can result in a negative, stressed out culture. With years of leadership experience under her belt, she has really walked her talk.  

Working with leaders and teams from the Boardroom to the Mail Room, Jennifer helps them to improve engagement, teamwork, and communication to impact teh bottom line. Jennifer offers a participant-centered program with real-world examples and powerful stories (some with a decidedly Cajun flavor) to ensure that participants discover new ideas, develop practical techniques, and have fun in the process! 

Ms. Ledet is the author of the  book, Lead, Follow, or Get Me the Hot Sauce! Cajun Wisdom to Spice Up Your Leadership, as well hundreds of articles on leadership that appear regularly in several business publications, not to mention her monthly e-zine and blog.

Jennifer's list of satisfied (and long-term) clients include Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of industries.

Participants leave her programs armed with action plans and the motivation to change behavior, improve communication, and impact the bottom line. Whether in her keynotes and break out sessions, leadership and team-building retreats and workshops, consulting, or leadership coaching, she provides take-home value that can be applied immediately.

Jen's Most Requested Programs:

People Problems… Solved

Surely YOUR organization doesn't have any "People Problems," right? Let's get real. You know that people are your organizations' greatest asset. You also know they can be your greatest source of frustration. That's why this program is for you.

Jennifer Ledet has worked with leaders from the Boardroom to the Mailroom and she has seen it all! With years of experience in HR and leadership under her belt, Jennifer has identified the biggest, ugliest, and most common people problems within organizations today. Better yet, she can help you solve them!

In this lively and engaging program, you will pick up tools to help you:

• Tear down silos and bulldoze dividing walls to improve teamwork, collaboration, and mutual respect within the team
• Not just improve communication but actually improve your ability to connect with others
• Enhance employee engagement and gain buy-in and full commitment from team members
• Become the kind of leader others want to follow (which is way better than pulling teeth!)

The GUMBO Recipe for Leadership Success

Successful leaders in today's business environment know that the way to make a real difference - the way to positively impact the bottom line - is through effective people skills. To draw out the best your team has to offer, you must have the ability to create a culture of collaboration, to build strong relationships based on respect, and to foster a spirit of connection and celebration within your teams.

In this insightful,  enlightening, and UNforgettable presentation, Jennifer will share her G.U.M.B.O. Recipe for Success.  Self-Awareness is the first ingredient in any recipe for success. Identify  your strengths and build on them to contribute the best you've got to give to the team!

G - Get Clear on Your Assets -

U - Understand Others to Build Relationships - Your ability to understand and identify with others is key to your success in leadership, teamwork, sales, and service. Observe and focus on the styles and strengths of others to build strong, productive relationships!

M - Modify Your Approach to Season the Conversation -  A broad brush, one-size-fits-all approach just won't work with individuals. Adapt your approach with others to not just communicate, but engage others for team success!

B -  Bring Out the Best in Others with Respect - Respect for each other's strengths enables us to each retain our unique flavor while contributing to the strength of the team. Move beyond just tolerating the differences of others, but come to respect and value their contributions to the team!

O - Optimize Influence - Command and control tactics of the past are no longer effective. Build trust, give recognition, and praise and draw out the best that each individual has to give for ultimate team success!

Create a Cohesive and Collaborative Team - Senior Leadership Team Retreats

Effective leadership teams are a product of a shared vision, a strong foundation of trust, and transparent communication. But what often happens is that leaders get so busy spending time IN the business, focusing on the urgent day-to-day issues, instead of ON the business, focusing on creating alignment, building collaboration, and nurturing a healthy culture. Too often, people problems, silos, politics, and defensiveness sabotage your ability to rapidly respond to new opportunities and get the maximum value and productivity from your people.

This program, which includes a series of facilitated team meeetings, is a highly effective, customized and facilitated process designed to help your leadership team get reenergized around a common purpose.

DiSCover Your Leadership Style

Have you ever felt that you could get your job done as a leader just fine if you didn't have to deal with people? If so, you are not alone!

Today's leaders are expected to do more with less, and since you can't do it all yourself, inspiring and engaging others is Job 1. Your ability to build rapport and relationships has never been more important than in today's business environment. You can have all the technical skills and expertise in the world, but if you can't connect with people, you won't be successful.

Participants will learn to:

• DiSCover and leverage their own strengths to become more effective as a leader;
• Engage team members, peers, and customers by "speaking their language" and communicating more effectively;
• Apply positive influence - rather than intimidation - to inspire team members to achieve maximum results.

Leaders from the "C Suite" to the front-line will gain practical techniques, mind expanding ideas, and have fun in the process! Using "Uncommon Sense" techniques and her down-to-earth style, Jennifer will help leaders to understand that we manage things (processes, systems, etc.), but we lead people. Leaders will gain take-home value that can be applied immediately to impact the bottom line. Expect lots of enthusiasm, insight, and a transformation of your leadership approach!

Jennifer offers training programs on many other topics, such as:

• Fundamentals of Leadership and Supervision
• Leading Through Change
• Building Relationships for Business Success
• Communicate and Connect for Success
• Click, Don't Clash! Dealing With Conflict in the Workplace
• Delegate and Direct
• Assertiveness and Confidence
• Situational Leadership
• Winning Coaching Strategies
• Creative Problem-Solving for Increased Productivity
• Team Meeting Techniques
• Taking the Dread Out of Employee Performance Appraisals
• Successful Communication Through Powerful Listening
• Time Matters: Effectively Mastering Time