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 Dr. Jackie Freiberg and her husband, Kevin, have authored a third book, BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual! (September 2007). After 20 years of exposing the unconventional success strategies of businesses that are booming, the Freibergs have distilled this collective wisdom into seven essential choices for building cultures of commitment and accountability. BOOM! follows the Freibergs’ hugely successful, award-winning, best seller NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual.
Jackie is recognized as one of the Top 50 Thought Leaders in leadership by Leadership Excellence Magazine, and is one of the most sought-after female business speakers in the nation. Jackie is continually recognized for her insight, passion and ability to equip leaders at all levels with innovative ideas that help TURN UP the volume on engagement, accountability, customer loyalty and performance.
A connoisseur of great corporate cultures—places where people WANT to work, CHOOSE to stay, and are willing to do whatever-it-takes! Jackie is on a mission to cure the Dead People Working™ syndrome, an epidemic sweeping through so many companies today. Her goal is to create a movement of men and women who choose to defy mediocrity and take charge of their success at work.
Jackie’s messages are designed around REAL stories about GREAT companies, GUTSY leaders, and FULLY ENGAGED people. Her stories are inspirational, practical and loaded with business best practices from many of the most admired companies in the world. When not speaking, Jackie spends time inside these highly successful companies learning directly from their leaders, employees, and clients about what it takes to blow the doors off business-as-usual!
Jackie is a public speaking coach to the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office. Over the last fifteen years she has trained more than 1500 Marine Recruiters a year on the Fundamentals of Delivering a Winning Presentation. Semper Fi!
Jackie proudly served as a member of Southwest Airline's Culture Committee. She was one of only two non-employee members invited to serve on this highly influential leadership committee.
Jackie served as an executive consultant for the Center For Creative Leadership, providing feedback to executives participating in the five-day Leadership Development Program.
Jackie was the Manager of Corporate and Professional Programs at the University of San Diego’s Executive Conference Center before joining Freibergs.com in 1993. During her tenure at USD, Jackie co-founded the Family Business Institute, founded the Certificate in International Business Program and was the Director of the Institute for Quality & Productivity.
Jackie has taught public speaking and communications courses as an adjunct professor. She received her bachelor's degree in Communication from the University of New Hampshire, masters degree in speech communication from San Diego State University and she earned a doctorate in Leadership at the University of San Diego.
Most important! Jackie is the Freiberg family anchor. She is the chief choreographer and lead on coordinating the schedules of their children, Taylor-Grace, Aubrey, and Dylan. Jackie skis, bikes, runs, and works out hard to keep healthy and SANE.
Dr. Kevin Freiberg is the author of a new book called BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual! BOOM! is about the choices leaders and their people must make to create a culture of commitment and accountability—a culture where people take charge of their lives at work and create the freedom to achieve extraordinary business results. BOOM! follows the Freibergs' international best seller NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (over 600,000 copies in print!), and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual.
 Thought Leader.
Recently named one of the top “50 Best Minds on Leadership” by Leadership Excellence Magazine, Dr. Freiberg is among the most influential voices on the speaking circuit today. He is also among a select group of thought leaders working with Collective IQ, the top corporate venture advisor and platform in the world, to bring growth and innovation to their clients. Kevin has made a career out of understanding the core values and unconventional strategies used by world-class leaders. His book NUTS! was hailed by the Financial Times as one of the top five global business books of the year.
Dr. Freiberg has appeared on CNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, and the CBS Morning News for his views on the critical links between leadership, corporate culture and exceptional customer loyalty. He hasalso appeared on the television series Lessons in Excellence for CNBC India. His articles and interviews have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Investor’s Business Daily.
Entrepreneur.
As the founder and CEO of the San Diego Consulting Group, Inc. and its professional speaking firm, freibergs.com, Kevin helps business leaders translate the winning strategies from enduring great companies into their own models of success. He is widely acknowledged for his expertise in helping clients build strong, purposeful cultures where:
- People have fun and do heroic work that matters
- Everyone leverages technology to get smarter, better, an faster
- Gutsy leaders excel at hiring, retaining and unleashing world-class talent
- Customer-centric employees turn knowledge, service and hospitality into life-long loyalty
- People take charge of their lives at work and assume responsibility for growing the business
- Courage, risk and innovation enable the firm to establish rules by which others must play the game
Executive Coach.
Dr. Freiberg helps business leaders better understand the impact of their choices, attitudes and behaviors on corporate culture and organizational performance. He has challenged corporate leaders all over the world to create unmatched productivity, customer service, and profitability by becoming faithful, devoted, hardworking servants of the people they lead. Kevin has a global practice working with firms in Southeast Asia, Europe, Japan, India, the Middle East, Central and South America, as well as companies throughout the United States and Canada.
Kevin Freiberg has worked with some of the world’s most admired companies—companies on the forefront of a revolution driving the new economy. A partial list of the firm’s clients include: American Express, Bank of America, Business Consultants—Japan, Caterpillar, Century 21, ConcoPhillips, Coors Brewing Co, Cox Communications, Eli Lilly, Ernst & Young, FedEx, Federated Department Stores, General Electric, General Motors, Infosys—India, Jack-in-the-Box, Kuwait Gulf Link, Inc, Major League Baseball, Merrill Lynch, Minolta, NCR Japan, Nestle, Otis Elevator, Southwest Airlines, Sprint, Staples, State Farm Insurance, Tata Motors—India, Unisys, U.S. Marine Corps, and Universal Studios.
Professor.
Before becoming a full-time speaker and consultant, Kevin taught for eight years at the University of San Diego and San Diego State University. He has a masters degree in Communication from San Diego State University and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of San Diego.
Extremely Fortunate Parent.
The Freibergs live in San Diego where they sprint to keep up with three active children: Taylor-Grace, Aubrey Hope, and Dylan. These three children are their reasons for hope and their cause for celebration. Kevin and Jackie are determined to raise their son and two daughters in such a way that they won’t need to be fixed as adults. They are active supporters of Voices for Children, an organization dedicated to defending foster children in the courts, and of Monarch High School, a first-of-its-kind high school for homeless children. Kevin and Jackie are working to help make this prototype school a model for other communities across the United States. |
