Jackie Freiberg

Business Owner

Jackie is an owner and the managing partner of Freibergs.com. In addition to speaking, she juggles the multiple priorities of overseeing the firm's day-to-day operations, marketing its services, and managing client relationships and consulting partnerships.

Business Literate

Jackie makes a priority of staying well informed and continually looks for learning opportunities. She is known for sharing first-hand insights, experiences and strategies. Jackie's messages and ideas do NOT come from reading about GREAT companies. Her information and knowledge come from having spent time in GREAT companies learning directly from gutsy leaders, talented people, and turned-on customers. Jackie earned her master's degree in Communication from San Diego State University and her doctorate in Leadership from the University of San Diego.

Business Minded

Jackie is known for her business savvy. She delivers messages that are power-packed with unconventional business best practices. You'll walk away with sound business solutions and a passion to take action. Since the publication of NUTS! Jackie has become a connoisseur of GREAT companies, places where people want to work and choose to stay! She is passionate about equipping leaders, at all levels, with insights, ideas, and tools to kick-start their journey toward GREAT. Jackie's messages encourage you to get Gutsy ~ lead by example, hire for attitude, get purposeful about culture, and make work more fun.

Business Leader

Jackie works with Gutsy leaders who are willing to be both committed and involved in creating GREAT places to work. Jackie co-founded the Family Business Institute at the University of San Diego. She also worked with Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company to design the first-ever CD-ROM training tool for family-owned businesses and provided expert commentary on the complex and engaging issues facing family businesses. Jackie served as an executive coach at the Center for Creative Leadership where she worked with senior level decision-makers on how to improve their leadership skills. And as a former director of the Institute for Quality and Productivity, Jackie provided companies with training and education to enhance their product and service quality.