JD Leadership Academy

Meet Our Faculty

Dr Jenifer EpsteinNew York Life Insurance Company, Partner

Jenifer excels as a Fortune 100 company executive recruiter. During her finance career, she has received the Life Sales Career Award, Rookie of the Year, Career Life Producer Award, Centurian, and the Life Foundation Award.READ MORE

Darren Lloyd ShawThe Elrico Company LLC, COO and CFO

Darren’s career spans 25 years helping Fortune 200 companies envision, design, deliver, measure, and optimize significant global transformation initiatives.READ MORE

Claudia WilliamsThe Human Zone LLC, Chief Frientorship® Officer

Claudia is a TEDx speaker and author who inspires leaders and motivates employees to deliver the business results they need by driving employee engagement and building thriving workplace cultures.READ MORE

Jeffrey P. WakeenWakeen Enterprise, Founder and CEO

Jeff Wakeen has the unique ability to open a dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and lead clients to rediscover purpose in their lives and businesses.READ MORE

Explore Our Programs

LinkedIn for Executives: Jenifer Epstein, New York Life Insurance Company, Partner; Understand the Benefits of Social Media in the Workplace.READ MORE This program explores LinkedIn for executive sales, business development, and recruitment. Discover strategies to expand your digital brand, generate consistent results in both sales and appointment setting, and learn methods for sourcing quality job candidates. Attendees will review how to create a profile that attracts attention, use language that increase connections and conversions to appointments, and utiliize outside resources to maximize your impact on LinkedIn.CLOSE
Organization Change Management: Darren Lloyd Shaw, The Elrico Company LLC, COO and CEO; Why Lack of Change Management Kills ROI 99% of the Time.READ MORE Employees change, organizations do not. Despite the focus on processes, technologies, roles, responsibilities, metrics, and organization structures, it is the employee that does the work, uses the tools, makes the decisions, and follows the procedures. Ignoring this basic fact wreaks havoc on project ROI, particularly with IT projects where the so-called "soft stuff" is the first to be cut when experiencing budget shock. This program will explain why Organizational Change Management (OCM) is not the “soft stuff,” but instead a framework for creating and communicating the strategic vision, assembling the dedicated coalition, and removing the obstacles to financial and operational success. Discover how some global organizations achieved project success with OCM—and how others failed spectacularly without it.CLOSE
Frientorship®: Claudia Williams ,The Human Zone LLC, Chief Frientorship® Officer; This program uses key elements of friendship, mentorship, and leadership to drive profitability and build a sustainable competitive advantage.READ MORE Companies who connect with their people and connect their people to each other will see an increase in retention, employee satisfaction, collaboration and innovation, all characteristics of a high-engagement culture. Once learned, leaders can cascade these principles throughout your organization.CLOSE
Understanding Risky Workplace Behavior: Claudia Williams, The Human Zone LLC, Chief Frientorship® Officer; This program provides much-needed discrimination, harassment and retaliation training for compliance purposes.READ MORE In today’s environment, it is imperative for companies to proactively educate leaders and employees on the behaviors expected of them at work, how those behaviors are different from when employees are at home or out socializing with friends, and the potential consequences of engaging in risky behaviors at work. The onus is on leaders to set an example and hold each other and their teams accountable to exhibiting behaviors that re ect the company’s values rather than the behaviors that will make the company the next national headline.CLOSE
Culture and Leadership: Jeff Wakeen, Wakeen Enterprises; Define culture and leadership through a lens of strengths.READ MORE Transform your organization from a tactically-minded producer to a culturally vibrant machine. Learn to lead, hire, operate, and leverage teams from a position of strength. Using interactive assessments, actionable tools, and practical discussion, Wakeen & Company will help unlock your potential by rethinking business culture from a strategic perspective.CLOSE
Define Your Vivid Vision and Purpose: John Dame, Dame Management Strategies; This program will help you to clarify and express your personal and your organization’s vivid vision.READ MORE Dr John Izzo, Ph.D., describes purpose and leadership this way, “We are not leaders because of our business cards, but because the way we show up every day inspires a deep desire for excellence around us.” Discover the vital role that vision and purpose play in building a fully engaged workforce—expand your in uence, lead change, and engage your people to step up and become fully accountable.CLOSE

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Ask JD about additional programs available now to meet your specific needs:

Create, Lead, Achieve: Kamran Loghman, Chief Global Instructor for Create–Lead–Achieve at Apple

Understanding Financial Statements and Balance Sheets for Non-Financial Leaders: Joel Flinchbaugh, Partner, Smith Elliott Kearns & Company

A Total System for Effective Managerial Organization and Managerial Leadership in the 21st Century: Kevin Earnest, Requisite Organization (RO) Specialist, Earnest Consulting

The Entrepreneurial Operating System: Brian White, White Stone Solutions

Servant Leadership Parts 1 & 2: Una Martone, Director of Leadership Harrisburg

Strategic Leadership: Kevin Dixon, Retired Colonel, US Army War College

Managing the Accelerating/Changing Business Environment, (VUCA—volatile/uncertain/complex/ambiguous): Ira Wolfe, Organization Development Expert & TEDx Speaker

The Productivity Zone: Stop the Tug of War with Time: Penny Zenker, International Speaker, Business Strategy Coach & Bestselling Author

Break Through and Unlock Your Leadership Potential: Umar Hameed, NLP Specialist

Hiring the Right Talent: Dan Courser, President of Predictive Index

The Neuroscience of Leadership: Holly Green, Managing Director, The Human Factor, Inc. (Behavioral Scientist & Bestselling Author)

Yescalate, Use Brain Science to Help You Get to YES: Dean Minuto, Sales Strategy & Training Coach

You On Your Best Day: Michael Allosso, Speaker, Author, Broadway Producer & Actor