Jeanne is a professional speaker, trainer and author who has worked throughout Canada and internationally. Since starting her own firm in 1993, Jeanne has inspired thousands of participants in her workshops and keynote presentations with her humour, insight and real-world examples.
Jeanne Martinson is Managing Partner of Martrain Corporate and Personal Development, a Saskatchewan-based training company in its 14th year of business. Jeanne is a Certified Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguisitic Programming) and has formal education in human resources, organizational behaviour, journalism and marketing.
Jeanne became interested in training while working for a Fortune 500 company in southern California. Back in her native Saskatchewan, she side-stepped into sales and marketing for ten years - where in the printing and labelling industry, she took a $25,000 sales territory and grew it to $850,000 within four years.
Now as Managing Partner of her own firm, Jeanne has delivered workshops and keynote addresses to over 10,000 people in government, associations and the private sector. Her most popular topics are leadership and diversity.
In July 1999, Jeanne released her first non-fiction book entitled “Lies And Fairy Tales That Deny Women Happiness” which explores the myths that many Canadian women are raised with and which limit their ability to have happy relationships and fulfilling careers.
Her second book,“Escape From Oz - Leadership For The 21st Century” was released in October 2001. This book explores the parallels of the characters in the fable “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and our own beliefs about personal and professional leadership. The first part of the book explores the four cornerstones required to be effective leaders: insight, courage, self-discipline and influence over others. The second part of the book explores how we can move out of our comfort zone to lead individuals according to their reality, skill set and knowledge base - with the goal of achieving trust and long term success.
Jeanne's third book,"War & Peace in the Workplace - Diversity, Conflict, Understanding, Reconciliation was released September,2005. This book explores how workplaces are becoming more diverse and how that diversity can trigger conflict. The book illustrates how we have the choice of allowing conflict to spiral down into dysfunction or of taking charge, becoming aware and developing understanding.
When not writing, speaking or delivering workshops, Jeanne takes a leading role in her community, a dedication that was recognized in 1992 with the awarding of the Canada 125 Medal of Honour, in 1999 with the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Business, Labour and Professions, and in 2005 with the Centennial Leadership Award for outstanding contribution to the Province of Saskatchewan and the Athena Award.
She has been listed in Who’s Who of Canadian Women since 1996 and Canadian Who’s Who since 1999. Jeanne is Past President of: Saskatchewan Training and Development Association (Regina Chapter), Saskatchewan Business and Professional Women, and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan.
Presentation Topics
In the fable, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man desired courage, a brain and a heart. They believed the only path to achieving their desires was the Wizard's magic. Humans often wish for 'leadership skills'. Like the Oz characters, we have everything we need to succeed. We don't need a "magic" pill to be successful leaders - only a willingness to recognize our potential and develop it!
It is human nature to fall into our most comfortable way of communicating as a leader - regardless of whether that style is giving us the results we want or not! By learning how to lead individuals according to the situation, their competency and committment, we can utilize our employees’ abilities to the maximum!
A leader may be able to influence followers short term, but without trust their leadership will be short-lived. How do we develop trust? How do we re-build it in a hostile environment?
For the first time, there are four generations in the workplace. Traditionalists, boomers, Gen X’ers and Gen Y’s all have different values and goals. And those values and goals are creating conflict!
Are you coaching leaders who refuse to take tough action? Do they want to be liked more than respected? Kidding themselves that they are effective? Making the tough decisions and giving the tough talks is what being a good leader is all about.
Ever wonder why we just can’t get along? Individual differences - large and small - often create conflict between people. We have the choice of allowing conflict to spiral down into dysfunction or of taking action, becoming aware and developing understanding. It’s all up to us?
- Nurture, Nature or Just Nasty?: Understanding Male and Female Leadership Styles
When women lead like men, they are called nasty names, when men are encouraged to lead like women, they are wimps. How are we different? How can we use our differences to be great leaders?
Testimonials
“Jeanne’s interactive style and professional presentation were very well received by our group. This was exactly what we needed to hear on an ongoing basis. The information is valuable and useful for everyday communication. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who desires to improve their communication skills.”
Great West Life
“Jeanne, I appreciated your professionalism, solid experience and boundless enthusiasm. You did a good job of getting to know your audience and the organization, and your effort to use pertinent examples and situations were exemplary.”
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
"Jeanne's presentation was informative, upbeat and humourous. The cartoons she presented during her talk were an excellent method of delivering her message in a comedic and focused way. Jeanne also had a very comfortable presentation style that could only be acquired from her years of experience."
Sask Power
Past Clients
Health Canada
Regina Qu'Appelle Heath Region
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
HRDC
SaskPower
SaskTel
SaskEnergy
Dominion Construction
Yanke Trucking
Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan
Great West Life
London Life
Meyers Norris Penny
KPMG
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