Speaking
Julie Gilbert is a high-demand speaker. She motivates, inspires, and speaks to each person in the crowd as if they are the only ones in the room with tactical "been there" business insight and experience. She has an unmatched track record of driving significant gains in growth, market share and sustainable innovation for organizations of all sizes, industries and geographies.
Her core passion for and belief in the human spirit has inspired over 100,000 people from around the world, enabling these individuals, their communities and the organizations that employ them to realize profound financial and personal growth. Consider, for example, the Wolf initiative she led at Best Buy - revenues increased by $4.4. billion over 5 years, and tens of thousands of lives were positively impacted which she and her team now employ at organizations of all sizes globally.
The essence of Julies’ approach is to authentically engage individuals in a disciplined process that aligns individual and collective passion with innovation and growth. Her process and engaging personal style enable her to fluidly interact and impact all kinds of individuals, irrespective of organizational level, race, religion, culture or nationality.
An engaging and inspiring speaker, Julie has presented her work at Harvard, MIT, IMD, Wharton, Cass Business School in London, Federal Express, General Electric, Morgan Stanley, amongst others. Her work has been covered by The Economist, NY Times, Business Week and ABC News.
A winner of numerous awards, Julie’s work has also been featured in prestigious academic publications such as Harvard Business Review and IMD.
And, she receives the highest audience reviews of any speaker regardless of audience composition.
Quotes from Audience Participants
"Julie connects with each person in the audience, men and women, making each person in an audience of nearly 2,000 feel like she is talking directly to them. She isn't a theorist or consultant, she has DONE it, lived it and led companies to growth. She is an inspiration!" David, EVP, Fortune 100 company
"Wow ~ what a testimony and presentation! It is obvious why you have had such great success in the business arena. Thank you for sharing a message that should be told again and again. I wish you continued success and a wonderful time being a new "Mom".' Kathy Seeforth, Director
"I had a meeting today with our investment committee. They all said that it was a pity that Julie didn't have even more time to talk. They repeated and nodded in agreement many of Julie's examples. She really strikes a chord. Thanks again!" Elaine Maly, Executive Director
"I am absolutely delighted that I was able to attend today. Your talk was absolutely mesmerizing and inspirational. I want to commend you for all the work you are doing. Thank you again for an absolutely entertaining and inspirational afternoon." Padmaja Pillutla PhD, Professor in Finance
"Just wanted to thank you again for your uplifting message to me and others in the Quad Cities. You are such an inspiration! You touched my heart! and I know others as well. Please know how you made an impact on my choices for the New Year! You are a sister I never had but know I have many out there and hope to touch there lives as you mine. Take care ... Hugs." Debra Roche, CEO
"Julie is not only a fabulous keynote speaker but truly inspiring. She motivates you to step up to the plate and take the lead!" Diane Nelson, CEO
"I just wanted to take the time to thank you for all of your inspirational words. I was one of those brought to tears. You see, I am almost 45 years old and sometimes I feel like it's to late for me to have a successful career. I am going to strive to touch the lives of others the way that you have touched mine. I want to hold a leadership position within a wonderful company and hopefully one day I will be able to stand on stage with you and accept an award for doing one of the many great ideas that are running around in my mind today." Fortune 100 Employee