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Speaker.
Strategist.
Straight-shooter.

Jen DeWare is a speaker, strategist, facilitator, and consultant who helps leaders, teams, and organizations cut through busywork, build resilience, find waste, and improve how work gets done. Direct talks on leadership, productivity, and operational clarity, backed by two decades of experience inside the rooms.

20+

Years on stage & in the room

400+

Audiences shifted

100%

No-fluff guarantee

Rooms Jen has been trusted in

Business summits, healthcare rooms, leadership retreats, and public sector teams.

Jen is booked by association conferences, private industry events, and corporate offsites where people want a session they can actually use the next day.

Southwest Business Summit Women in Business Food & Beverage Atlantic Conference CPA NB Conference CPHR Conference Worksafe NB Health & Safety Conference Moosehead Transport Canada City of Saint John NS Health Horizon Health Network Moncton Chamber of Commerce Southwest Business Summit Women in Business Food & Beverage Atlantic Conference CPA NB Conference CPHR Conference Worksafe NB Health & Safety Conference Moosehead Transport Canada City of Saint John NS Health Horizon Health Network Moncton Chamber of Commerce

Why book Jen

A talk that earns the applause.

Substance, humour, and operating credibility, built for the stage and the strategy room.

Built for the stage

Two decades inside boards, healthcare leadership groups, public sector executive teams, and conference main stages. Jen reads the room quickly and gives it what it needs.

Substance, not slogans

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Process Mastery certified through Hammer & Co. The frameworks are real, and so are the takeaways audiences leave with.

Humour with a hammer

Bold, funny, frank. Jen tells the truth in the room and people thank her for it. No corporate beige. No empty inspiration.

Customized, every time

Your industry, your audience, your event arc. Jen tailors the talk to the people in front of her, with examples and language they recognize.

Signature topics

What Jen talks about.

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Signature Talk01

Busy Is Bullshit

Jen's most-requested talk. Audiences leave with the language, permission, and practical tools to stop treating exhaustion like proof of progress and start asking better questions about how work actually gets done.

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Resilience02

Resilience: Because Life Is F&$@ng Hard

What it actually takes to keep leading, deciding, and showing up when the ground keeps shifting. Built for audiences carrying real pressure, not theoretical resilience.

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Operational Clarity03

Where's Your Waste?

How to see the friction hiding in plain sight, name it, and stop dragging dead weight through every quarter.

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Leadership04

The New Rules of Leading

Modern leadership without the buzzwords. What actually works with the humans in front of you, and which old-school habits are worth keeping.

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Why audiences connect

"Jen is the kind of speaker who doesn't just deliver a presentation. She delivers an experience. You leave her session feeling energized, empowered, and equipped with practical tools."

Charlane Hatt, Director of Economic Development, Southwest New Brunswick

Ways to bring Jen in

Pick the format.
Jen will pick up the room.

Whether you need a 50-minute main-stage talk or a full-day workshop that leaves your team aligned and unstuck, Jen scales the work to the moment.

  • 01

    Presentation / Speech

  • 02

    Conference Session

  • 03

    Half / Full-Day Workshop

  • 04

    Leadership Offsite

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Beyond the stage

When you want to go deeper.

Jen also consults. She helps organizations find the friction, name the waste, and build clearer ways to work through process mapping, facilitation, and practical strategy.

  • Strategic Facilitation
  • Process Mapping & Improvement
  • Change & Leadership Support
  • Team Training & Workshops
  • Fractional OpEx Advisory
  • Custom Engagements
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Let's talk dates

Have an event in mind? Let's shape it.

Tell Jen about your audience, the outcome you need, and the date. She'll tell you exactly how she'd shape the room.

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