Jamie Mason Cohen
Jamie Mason Cohen is a Keynote Speaker, Handwriting Analyst and Leadership Trainer with The Leadership Circle. He previously worked for Saturday Night Live, and the longest running show in U.S. media history taught him the sure-proof strategies, skills and processes for how an organization can adjust and thrive in an uncertain and complex world. Today, Jamie trains leaders to become more courageous communicators to improve their leadership and help them feel comfortable being a bit more vulnerable.
Jamie overcame a stuttering issue as a child by studying and eventually teaching uncommon yet practical strategies on strengthening his and others' emotional intelligence, winning a TED Education Award in the process. His unique skill set combining data-informed leadership strategies, and unconventional emotional intelligence techniques has been featured over 70 times in the media on CNN, Thrive.com, Forbes and TED.com. He has been referred to as "the personality x-ray machine" on The Social TV show, and been called "the most interesting person in the world" by former Oprah Canada TV Host, Preet Banarjee. He has given interactive talks and led workshops for organizations across Canada and beyond including: TEC Canada (The Executive Committee), Ontario College Recruiters Association, Sun Life Financial, Canadian Public Relations Society and more.
Jamie is a certified graphotherapist and creativity expert whose TEDx talk on how to spot a leader through their handwriting has been viewed 1.9 million times. His unique and unusual ability to analyze people's handwriting in less than 60 seconds has been called "impressive and a bit frightening" by Forbes, and as showcasing "the power of a superhero" by TEDx. His gift allows him to help spot a person's strengths in ways they may not be aware of themselves.
A certified leadership coach with The Leadership Circle, Jamie helps teams communicate more authentically, and understand each other's strengths better in a comfortable environment.
Jamie is a bestselling Amazon author for his book LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS: Everything I Learned About Teaching, I Learned from Working at Saturday Night Live, which is based on his experience working at Saturday Night Live and online course creator of: Secrets and Strengths in Your Child's Handwriting. He has been featured on Thrive.com, CNN, CTV's The Morning Show, The Social, The Daily Express, Forbes, Huffington Post, and TED.com, speaking on wellness topic ranging from graphotherapy, relationships, value-based vision boards to parenting and building creative, psychologically safe learning spaces.
Jamie has delivered presentations for the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE Trillium), Sun Life Financial, TEC Canada, The Leadership Circle Summit, The Terry Fox Foundation, Niagara College, Hospitality Human Resource Professionals Association (HHRPA), the Canadian Public Relations Society, Ontario Municipal Administrator's Association, and more
Jamie Mason Cohen is a Keynote Speaker, Handwriting Analyst and Leadership Trainer with The Leadership Circle. He previously worked for Saturday Night Live, and the longest running show in U.S. media history taught him the sure-proof strategies, skills and processes for how an organization can adjust and thrive in an uncertain and complex world. Today, Jamie trains leaders to become more courageous communicators to improve their leadership and help them feel comfortable being a bit more vulnerable.
Jamie overcame a stuttering issue as a child by studying and eventually teaching uncommon yet practical strategies on strengthening his and others' emotional intelligence, winning a TED Education Award in the process. His unique skill set combining data-informed leadership strategies, and unconventional emotional intelligence techniques has been featured over 70 times in the media on CNN, Thrive.com, Forbes and TED.com. He has been referred to as "the personality x-ray machine" on The Social TV show, and been called "the most interesting person in the world" by former Oprah Canada TV Host, Preet Banarjee. He has given interactive talks and led workshops for organizations across Canada and beyond including: TEC Canada (The Executive Committee), Ontario College Recruiters Association, Sun Life Financial, Canadian Public Relations Society and more.
Jamie is a certified graphotherapist and creativity expert whose TEDx talk on how to spot a leader through their handwriting has been viewed 1.9 million times. His unique and unusual ability to analyze people's handwriting in less than 60 seconds has been called "impressive and a bit frightening" by Forbes, and as showcasing "the power of a superhero" by TEDx. His gift allows him to help spot a person's strengths in ways they may not be aware of themselves.
A certified leadership coach with The Leadership Circle, Jamie helps teams communicate more authentically, and understand each other's strengths better in a comfortable environment.
Jamie is a bestselling Amazon author for his book LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS: Everything I Learned About Teaching, I Learned from Working at Saturday Night Live, which is based on his experience working at Saturday Night Live and online course creator of: Secrets and Strengths in Your Child's Handwriting. He has been featured on Thrive.com, CNN, CTV's The Morning Show, The Social, The Daily Express, Forbes, Huffington Post, and TED.com, speaking on wellness topic ranging from graphotherapy, relationships, value-based vision boards to parenting and building creative, psychologically safe learning spaces.
Jamie has delivered presentations for the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE Trillium), Sun Life Financial, TEC Canada, The Leadership Circle Summit, The Terry Fox Foundation, Niagara College, Hospitality Human Resource Professionals Association (HHRPA), the Canadian Public Relations Society, Ontario Municipal Administrator's Association, and more
What your Signature Says About Your Leadership Style
Join 20 + year handwriting analyst-graphotherapist and certified leadership trainer at The Leadership Circle, Jamie Mason Cohen as he explores how to use a simple, fun, unconventional and effective self-assessment tool to bring out the potential in every individual in your organization.
Individual audience members will...
How To Create A Learning Mindset Culture
In 2019, the greatest competitive advantage your team will have is how well they can learn quickly in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous marketplace. One effective way to do so is to develop a learning mindset culture to effectively adapt.
Join certified The Leadership Circle trainer, MBSR graduate (Mindful-Based Stress Reduction), former behind-the-scenes staff member of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, TED Education Winner for Innovation in Learning Strategies, and #1 Amazon...
Saturday Night Leaders: How to Solve Problems Keeping You Up at 3 AM
Problem-solve faster and have more fun doing it.
YOU have impossible deadlines, millions at stake, a changing industry, challenges with team members, and jobs are on the line if the show's not a hit with the audience.
Jamie Mason Cohen, who once worked for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, incorporates the sure-proof strategies, skills and processes learned and inspired by the longest running show in U.S. media history to how an organization team can adjust and thrive in a VUCA (volatile,...
Co-Created Leadership
Culture is the story we tell our teams and our people. Conventional leadership keynotes sometimes fail because they don't address these stories embedded in the culture. They also don't provide actionable strategies to deal with the unique problems and opportunities that arise from the current processes and culture that are in place. If the answers are hidden in plain sight, then how can you create psychological safety to bring those gems to the surface?
Join Jamie Mason Cohen,...
Optimal Leader Strategic Time-Out: A half-day to full-day Leadership Workshop
We will use the Leadership Culture Survey by The Leadership Circle to take a snapshot of your organization's leadership culture. The business world is changing fast. Your business model is changing too. But your team never get the chance to reflect and adjust. That leaves you struggling to catch up.
Jamie Mason Cohen, certified trainer at The Leadership Circle, will show you how your people see your culture right now, and how it measures up to what you would...
