Sharon's Speaker Bio

Sharon Jordan-Evans is a pioneer in the field of employee retention and engagement. She serves as a prominent speaker for numerous conferences and works with Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Boeing, Disney, Lockheed, Cheesecake Factory, Monster, MTV, PBS, Sony, and Universal Studios.

She co-authored two Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The first, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay, is the world’s best-selling employee retention book and has been translated into 20 languages. The second, Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work, offers "anyone who works" easy-to-implement strategies for increasing job satisfaction. Love It, Don't Leave It has been translated into 15 languages.

Sharon has a Masters Degree in Organization Development and is a Professional Certified Coach, coaching the leaders companies can least afford to lose. She also serves as a resource for a number of national media, including Business 2.0, Chief Executive, CIO, Harvard Management Update, Working Woman, Investor Business Daily, Business Week and the LA Times.

Sharon lives in Cambria, California with her husband Mike and has four grown children, all on the west coast.

Speaking Engagements

Organizations

• American Express • Applied Magnetics • AT&T • Bank of America • Best Western • The Boeing Company • Borax • Brickman • CalPERS • Coherent Laser Systems • Daimler-Chrysler • DCH Health Systems • Delco Electronics • Disney • Dow Corning • Drake Beam Morin • 'E' Entertainment • Easter Seals, Inc. • Easton Sports • ERM West • Ethyl M. Chocolates • Experian Interactive Media • Fleetboston Bank • Ford of Mexico • Honeywell • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech • Lee Hecht Harrison • KPMG • Lockheed • LSI Logic • Macys • Mars • McKesson Water Products Co. • Metropolitan Water District

• Millyard Communications Inc.    - Business NH Magazine • Monster • MTV • Northridge Hospital • PacifiCare • Parson • PBS • PG&E • Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne • Progressive • Promega • Providence Health System • PTI Technologies • Philip Morris • Qualcom • Robert Englekirk Inc. • Rockwell • Sage Software • Sony • Southern California Edison • Southland Corporation • Southwest Airlines • Sylvan Learning • SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc. • Synopsys • United PanAm Financial Corp • Universal Studios • University of Washington • Uno Restaurant Corporation • Walt Disney Imagineering • Washington Trust Bank • Wells Fargo Bank

Associations

• AONE - Association Of Nurse Executives
• ASTD - American Society for Training & Development
• Attrition and Retention Consortium
• Crossroads Center for Faith and Work
• Employment Management Association
• Employers Group
• HHRMAC - Healthcare Human Resources Management Association of California
• HRD Network
• HRPS - Human Resources Planning Society
• IACMP -- International Association of Career Management Professionals
• Inc. Conferences
• IQPC - International Quality & Productivity Center
• ISPI - International Society for Performance Improvement
• PCMA - Professional Coaches & Mentors Association
• PIHRA - Professionals in Human Resources Association
• Staffing Management Association
• Training 2000
• Training 2001
• UHC - University HealthSystem Consortium
• Linkage - Leadership Development Conference 2001
• NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
• National Restaurant Association

Live Media

• NPR
• PBS
• Talk America Radio Network
• Strand Media Group
• WCIU-TV/Chicago
• WMAQ-AM Chicago
• WNNJ-AM New Jersey
• USA Radio Network

International

• Australia
• Canada
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Switzerland
• U.K.

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