Jeanne Sparrow
7x Emmy-winning Media Personality, Trusted Leadership & Communication Consultant
Jeanne Sparrow
7x Emmy-winning Media Personality, Trusted Leadership & Communication Consultant
Biography
Jeanne Sparrow is an author, trusted leadership and communication consultant, and 7-time Emmy-winning media personality. Jeanne’s three decades of award-winning work in radio and television has had a reach of more than 500 million people during the span of her career. She is also a graduate faculty instructor at Northwestern University in the School of Communication. That breadth of experience has shaped her perspective on the connection between authentic presence, elegant communication, and extraordinary success.
Jeanne’s life passion is amplifying people’s stories with clarity and hope, with the goal of creating connection and community…and helping others to do the same. She has garnered honors for excellence and leadership for her speaking on stages for industry-leading organizations like AT&T, Guaranteed Rate, Nicor Gas, AnitaB.org, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago Auto Show, The Trotter Project, and more.
As a consultant, Jeanne works with individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations, coaching executives and training teams in fields as varied as healthcare, performing arts, hospitality, transportation, government, energy, and education. She helps them amplify their impact and become more nimble in finding solutions and success by delivering individual and collective authentic value through visionary leadership and inspiring speaking.
Her extensive media repertoire includes hosting her own daily TV talk show for nearly a decade, co-hosting top-rated radio shows with comedic giants Steve Harvey and George Wallace and interviewing hundreds of Hollywood heavyweights along the way. She currently hosts a weekly radio show for iHeartRadio Chicago’s V103 (WVAZ), as well as her own podcast, Fearless Authenticity with Jeanne Sparrow. She also appears regularly on ABC7 Chicago and WTTW (PBS) as a contributor and fill-in host.
Jeanne is also an actor and voiceover artist, appearing in episodic television on Empire, Chicago Med, Magnum P.I., in the film, Let’s Start a Cult, and in ads for Old National Bank, Leqvio/Novartis, AT&T, JP Morgan Chase, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, Sony, Tide, Walmart, and many other major brands.
Her book, Fearless Authenticity: Lead Better, Sell More and Speak Sensationally, provides a roadmap to unlock your unique value, gain the courage and confidence to connect authentically and fearlessly with your audience.
Speech Topics
The Power of Fearless Authenticity
In her signature keynote, Jeanne reveals a new model for leadership and communication rooted in presence, not performance, that challenges audiences to find clarity in who they are … and the intention in how they lead to create better connections.
Be Brave, Be Free, Be You
In this bold and transformative keynote, Jeanne provides the path to discovering and delivering value to become indispensable in everything you do—showing audiences how knowing their value gives them a clearer vision of where they’re going and what they’re worth.
Foundations for Success
In this powerful and inspiring keynote, Jeanne introduces her innovative communication formula that teaches audiences to lead, speak, and sell in ways that actually resonate—helping them find their voice by leading with purposeful and fearless authenticity, not hype and performance.
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