Jane Helbrecht is on a mission to shift leaders from reactive to proactive so they can adapt to the future of work and evolving expectations. Jane’s workplace insights and strategies provide practical frameworks and solutions that allow leaders to not just survive at work but to truly thrive.
As a keynote speaker, she delivers impactful and future oriented leadership frameworks that allow leaders to evolve and thrive in their work. Drawing on work with thousands of leaders and hundreds of workplaces over the last 15 years, she brings energy, realism and confidence to help audiences shift from being reactive to proactive leaders who can adapt to meet the future of work.
As the founder of Uplift Engagement, she creates people and leadership development programs that transform team dynamics so that teams can focus, get stuff done and have fun while they do it. As a sought after and dynamic keynote speaker, Jane shares insights on leadership, organizational culture, and the relationship between time & productivity.
Jane is a B.Comm (Hons) who graduated from the I.H. Asper School of Business with a double major in Human Resources Management and International Business. Prior to launching Uplift Engagement, she worked as an HR professional in manager, strategy and partner roles where she developed her expertise in leadership development, engagement, people and culture programs, talent development, and training and development. These skills were honed over her work experience in tech, finance, manufacturing and consulting.
Jane is a editors pick TEDx Speaker. She has her CPHR designation and is a Certified Leadership Coach. She is very involved in a number of community initiatives including serving as a Past President of Prairie Theatre Exchange and her role on United Way Winnipeg’s Campaign Cabinet. She has previously been a board member of the Young Associates, Co-Chair of ArtsScene Winnipeg and co-founder of the GenNext Summit and RWB’s Barre After Hours fundraiser. She has a passion for the arts, good food, travel and some dive bar karaoke.
Values
Keep it simple
We believe great people and culture programs and leadership development don’t have to be complex to have an impact. We build meaningful but simple solutions that will be sustainable.
People Matter
The most important component of any organization is its people. People build and deliver on the service or product a company provides and your people are what breathe energy into your organization and its culture.
Energy
We bring energy and passion to every project and every training session we deliver. We focus our work on the areas that leverage our strengths and bring us energy and encourage our team and clients to do the same.
Curiosity
We are focused on staying open and curious so we can understand the unique needs of every client. We are curious about pain points and building inventive solutions for our clients.
Challenge
We enjoy a challenge! Whether it’s getting buy-in from leaders or challenging others to consider new and novel ways of building teams, engaging employees and building culture.