Speaker & Author
Jill Tietjen
Jill S. Tietjen, PE, is an author, international speaker, and an electrical engineer. After more than 45 years in the electric utility industry, her professional focus is now on women’s advocacy, worldwide. A former blogger for The Huffington Post, she speaks nationally on the accomplishments of women, nominates women for awards, and continues to write books (14 published to date), following in the footsteps of her bestselling and award-winning books, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America and Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies. Her latest award-winning book, Over, Under, Around and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Obstacles, (Fulcrum) was released in May of 2022. She is a frequent keynote speaker as her positive energy and her ability to relate to the audience result in inspired and energized listeners. She has been inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame and elected to the National Academy of Construction.
Workshop Offering
Maximizing Your Potential: Thriving as Your Authentic Self in Today’s Workplace
If you’re looking to create your best life in a meaningful and authentic way, this workshop is for you! Through group exercises, breakout sessions, paired activities, individual activities, and live Q&A, Maximizing Your Potential will provide each attendee with actionable skills in their toolbox. Based on research and analysis of the skills that successful people put into practice to overcome the obstacles in their lives, attendees will learn from others in the workshop – building a real-time network – as well as through powerful stories in Jill Tietjen’s book Over, Under, Around, and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Obstacles.
In this workshop, participants will learn to:
- break old habits and make new ones
- enhance emotional intelligence
- improve resilience
- increase optimism
- build a powerful professional network
- expand your sense of humor
- develop strategies to improve mental health and wellness
This half-day workshop can be conducted at a venue most conducive to your talent development—on-site, off-site, at retreats/advances, conferences, expos, and conventions.
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“I learned so much from her and I feel like I have some knowledge to really help me feel empowered wherever I go. She was so great, and I would listen to her speak time and time again!”
MARY BARR, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Speaking
Jill S. Tietjen brings to her audiences her unique perspectives of engineer, community leader, and business professional. Her diverse clientele range from business organizations to universities to non-profit organizations. She relates to the audience through examples and anecdotes, serious and humorous.
Books
Jill S. Tietjen has written 14 books to date, following in the footsteps of her bestselling and award-winning books, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America and Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies. Her latest award-winning book, Over, Under, Around and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Obstacles, (Fulcrum) was released in May of 2022.
“Jill Tietjen engagingly illustrates pragmatic lessons for success with witty, incisive and poignant anecdotes from her own life and work. She builds rapport with her audiences right from the start, and leaves participants feeling as if they’d just had an intimate chat with a trusted and valuable mentor, not as if they’d been lectured at. You’ll want to hear what Jill Tiejen has to say. You’ll walk away energized and confident, with several new ideas and approaches, and a better sense of how to achieve lasting success through connection, service, and strategic planning.”
Suzanne Franks, Kansas City, Missouri
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