Events
Speaking Engagements & Workshops
Upcoming Events
Unlocking the Power of Allyship and Inclusive Leadership
This talk will explore the enormous potential that allyship and inclusive leadership bring to creating workplaces where people feel inspired and engaged. We will break down the barriers that hold employees in underrepresented groups back from achieving parity in today’s workplaces and share practical, actionable ways to build trust and foster a sense of belonging where all can thrive.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding Allyship: Discover what it means to be an ally and how it drives cultural change within organizations.Take action to build allyship as part of your Signature brand.
- Building Trust and Belonging: Gain practical strategies for building trust and fostering a sense of belonging among all employees.
- Implementing Inclusive Practices: Get tips for bringing more inclusive practices to your organization to support underrepresented groups and enhance collaboration.
Location: Nashville, TN
Dates: June 3, 2025
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Past Events
EPIC conference for UCLA’s Society for Women Engineers: Keynote Speaker & Panel Member
Designing Your Career in a Fast-Changing World
As you step into the workforce at a time of unprecedented change, it’s essential to understand the forces shaping the future of work so that you can navigate these challenges and build a career you love. Drawing on lessons and insights Kim learned from her own experiences and working with her clients, this session will highlight the importance of cultivating not just what you do and what you know in the workforce, but also who you are and what you uniquely contribute to create lasting fulfillment as you chart your path to professional success.
Tentative Schedule:
- 5:00 pm - Check-in starts
- 5:30 pm - Opening remarks
- 5:50 pm - Panel
- 6:40 pm - Workshop/interactive activity
- 7:10 pm - Dinner
- 7:45 pm - Keynote speech
- 8:15 pm - Closing remarks
- 8:30 pm - End of event
Location: UCLA Campus
Dates: April 9, 2025
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
General Audience: Open to all UCLA students.
UCLA Extension's Technical Management Program (TMP): Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
Course: Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
Course topics covered:
- Defining effective leadership amidst the challenges of DEI, marketplace turbulence, and disengaged workforces.
- Discovering your predominant strengths and leveraging them to craft an authentic leadership brand that resonates with your team(s). Cultivating the ability to lead yourself and others, employing growth mindset principles and strengths-focused leadership.
- Mastering the art of fostering high emotional intelligence to forge deeper bonds with your team(s).
- Practical tactics to promote equity and inclusion for underrepresented groups.
- Strategies to equip yourself with the necessary skills and tactics to drive meaningful cultural transformation within your organization.
Dates: March 23-28, 2025
Signature Leaders: Leveraging AI To Further Your Leadership Workshop
I know – AI can sound scary. Things are changing faster than ever in the workplace, and for many of us, it can feel impossible to keep up. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
Reframing how we think about AI can take us out of uncertainty and instead put us in the drivers’ seat with leveraging this powerful technology to further our leadership. We’re making bold moves to be unafraid of change and step into the unknown with purpose. This Session will focus on how you can work with AI proactively to add value to your organization. We’ll take a look at how leaders across multiple industries are using AI and how you can be a trailblazer for your leadership and your business.
Join Kim Jones, former SVP and Divisional CIO for Farmers Insurance Company, for this engaging Session to discover the ways you can use AI to your advantage for powerful transformation!
Date: March 13, 2025
State of Business Summit 2025 Keynote Speaker: The State of Leadership
The State of Business Summit unites the county’s top business leaders to learn alongside industry experts and get clarity on what it will take for their organizations to thrive in 2025.
Topics covered in this presentation:
- Effective leadership post-COVID.
- Creating engagement in remote first and hybrid environments.
- Fostering employee inclusion in disruptive and polarizing times.
Location: Spanish Hills Country Club, Camarillo, CA
Dates: January 30, 2025
8:30 AM - 1 PM, Lunch Included
Cost to Attend: $70 until Jan 28, 2025
Private Engagement: Ten-Week Program for Women in IT Leadership
Topics include:
- Effective leadership post-COVID.
- Creating cultures of engagement.
- Building accountable and feedback-centered teams.
- Strategic communications and influencing.
- Professional branding and networking.
- Mastering the art of negotiation.
- Values-based IT strategic planning and budgeting.
Dates: October, 2024 - January, 2025
Signature Leaders: December 2024 Presentation for Signature Select
Signature Select is a professional development program launched with global companies passionate about increasing the number of women in their leadership ranks.
Program Overview:
- Peer-to-Peer Experience: Participants engage in 3 days of an immersive professional development program taught by executive leaders and coaches.
- Practical Content: Participants facing a critical point in their careers will learn practical strategies and tools to pivot from managing to leading. This professional development program gives them the capabilities and confidence to successfully transition.
- Powerful Network: Alumni join the powerful Signature Collective, including executive faculty members and advisors who support their careers and life journeys.
Dates: December 10 - 13, 2024
Private Event: Persuasive Communications - Tactics & Techniques to Increase Impact
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- How to ask thoughtful, probing questions, using the anatomy of a Level 8 question.
- The art of listening to understand.
- How to go from being a task taker to a thought partner.
- How to cultivate their Voice of Value to create impact and drive productive conversations and outcomes.
- How to manage up effectively.
Dates: November 18-22, 2024
Private Event: Leading and Creating Culture for a Remote Workplace
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- What effective leadership looks like in the era of remote work, marketplace disruption, and workforce disengagement.
- Strategies for creating culture in remote environments and managing fully remote teams.
- Developing skills for leading self and others using the principles of growth mindset and strengths-based leadership.
- How cultivating high emotional intelligence creates stronger connections within team(s).
Dates: November 18-22, 2024
Keynote Speaker: Inspire & Awaken Women's Leadership Wellness Summit
Topic: Who am I becoming?
It’s a question we should ask ourselves often. For many of us, who we strive to become when we’re first starting out in our lives and careers is based on fitting a mold for a script that was handed to us. Later, who we aspire to be may require us to break that mold just enough so we can live more intentionally in a world that may ask us to be someone other than who we truly are.
As you continue your own journey of becoming, Kim will share what she’s learned on hers, first as a successful senior executive at a Fortune 250 company and now as an entrepreneur with a mission to elevate women at work. The journey Kim took required her to identify new ways to lead in the world as it is, while bringing in greater authenticity, alignment, and clarity along the way to elevate her leadership impact. Kim will share what she learned for creating more alignment in her work and life to support you in navigating your own path to greater fulfillment and meaning.
Dates: September 27-28, 2024
UCLA Extension's Technical Management Program (TMP): Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
Course: Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
Course topics covered:
- Defining effective leadership amidst the challenges of DEI, marketplace turbulence, and disengaged workforces.
- Discovering your predominant strengths and leveraging them to craft an authentic leadership brand that resonates with your team(s). Cultivating the ability to lead yourself and others, employing growth mindset principles and strengths-focused leadership.
- Mastering the art of fostering high emotional intelligence to forge deeper bonds with your team(s).
- Practical tactics to promote equity and inclusion for underrepresented groups.
- Strategies to equip yourself with the necessary skills and tactics to drive meaningful cultural transformation within your organization.
Dates: September 8-13, 2024
Private Event: Influencing With and Without Authority
Audience: Managers to Senior Directors
Topics:
- How leaders can use their Voice of Value to position themselves as thought leaders, manage up effectively, and drive productive conversations that forward organizational goals and objectives.
- How to utilize best-in-class communication techniques for building presence, influence, and productive dialogue, and leave with actionable steps for cultivating stronger influence.
Dates: August 7-8, 2024
Empower Hour: ProVisors Workshop
Feedback is one of the most critical, yet often overlooked, aspects of building collaborative relationships and high performing teams. Kim will teach us tactical tips that you can implement immediately to make you a pro at delivering feedback effectively. Kim developed her skills in giving powerful feedback during her 25-year corporate career, where she led IT teams of over 1000 in the insurance tech industry to deliver large scale systems implementations. Kim now consults with organizations looking to build high performing teams, and coaches leaders at all levels to lead effectively in the 21st century.
Join us for a highly interactive and practice-oriented session which requires your cameras to be ON so you can learn:
- Your current style for delivering feedback, and how to adapt it in ways that deliver exceptional outcomes.
- How to create a culture of feedback that strengthens relationships and inspires others to elevate their performance.
Date: July 22, 2024
Combatting Gender Bias in the Age of the Great Un-wokening: National Human Resources Association (NHRA) Workshop
Audience: Managers to Senior Directors
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- The latest research on the root causes of inequitable work cultures for women and other under-represented groups.
- How biased environments pose significant challenges for companies looking to attract and retain top talent, often driving high performing individuals to disengage or leave their jobs entirely.
- Effective mitigation strategies to counteract gender biases to foster a more inclusive and equitable workplace. You’ll gain practical tools to build a work environment where all employees feel valued, engaged, and able to perform at their best.
Join the movement to create a workplace where equity and inclusivity are not just ideals but everyday practices.
Date: July 17, 2024
Delivering Effective Feedback - Workshop for Women in Leadership (WIL) Program
Audience: Managers to Senior Directors
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- How feedback is one of the most critical, yet often overlooked, aspects of building collaborative relationships and high performing teams.
- Tactical tips for delivering feedback effectively, allowing them to reap the benefits of stronger professional relationships while nurturing higher levels of trust and alignment with teams and colleagues alike.
- Their current style for delivering feedback, and how to adapt it in ways that deliver exceptional outcomes.
- How to create a culture of feedback that strengthens relationships and inspires others to elevate their performance.
Date: May 14, 2024
UCLA Extension's Technical Management Program (TMP)
Kim Jones welcomed the Spring 2024 Session with a keynote speech that set the tone for leadership, growth, and inspiration.
Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
Course topics covered:
- Defining effective leadership amidst the challenges of DEI, marketplace turbulence, and disengaged workforces.
- Discovering your predominant strengths and leveraging them to craft an authentic leadership brand that resonates with your team(s). Cultivating the ability to lead yourself and others, employing growth mindset principles and strengths-focused leadership.
- Mastering the art of fostering high emotional intelligence to forge deeper bonds with your team(s).
- Practical tactics to promote equity and inclusion for underrepresented groups.
- Strategies to equip yourself with the necessary skills and tactics to drive meaningful cultural transformation within your organization.
Location: Zoom
Dates: March 23-29, 2024
8 AM - 10 AM PDT
SXSW 2024 - Revolutionizing Workplace Wellbeing For Women Of Color
Hidden forces threaten the wellbeing of women of color. By unveiling the true obstacles that hinder women from thriving, organizations can create more inclusive and supportive work environments. This panel discussion will explore the multidimensional aspects of wellbeing by taking into account the emotional tax, familial responsibilities, and silent financial barriers faced by women, as well as provide sustainable and scalable solutions. Together, we can build healthy work environments that empower women to achieve personal and professional success.
Course goals:
- Prevent burnout in women of color by promoting physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing with the ReST Revive Strive Thrive® resilience framework.
- Explore the profound effects of the Motherhood Penalty on women and what “Great Places to Work” are doing to create greater inclusivity and equity.
- Uncover and explore solutions to the financial hurdles women of color face, from the gender pay gap to the impact of transgenerational money beliefs.
Location: Austin, Texas. SXSW 2024.
Date: March 11, 2024
2:30PM - 3:30PM CDT
Allyship & Other Inclusive Leadership Strategies
In these highly uncertain and disruptive times, building team engagement has never been more critical for retaining top talent. As inclusion increasingly becomes table stakes for attracting and retaining employees, knowing and applying effective strategies to show up as an inclusive leader will set you apart in our post-Covid work climate.
Join us for an in-depth discussion on how to foster stronger inclusion in your leadership and teams.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand what it means to be an ally to underrepresented groups.
- Take action to build allyship as part of your Signature brand.
- Discover how to leverage concepts like growth mindset and psychological safety to develop stronger inclusion skills.
- Learn key strategies that you can apply immediately to stand out as an inclusive leader.
Date: February 13, 2024
8:30 AM PST / 11:30 AM EST / 5:30 PM CET
Creating Your Path to the C-Suite
In this engaging talk designed for women aspiring to achieve leadership positions, executive coach Kim Jones discusses her journey to the C-Suite. She shares what she learned along the way to help those with leadership aspirations navigate their own journeys to the top. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from fellow Signature alumni who’s ‘been there, done that’ as well as have the opportunity to ask questions, get advice, and actionable takeaways.
Key Takeaways:
- Create your own unique path to leadership leveraging individual strengths.
- Further develop a professional brand that aligns with your identified Signature Leadership strengths.
- Overcome obstacles and turn them into learnings that propel your professional growth.
- Address gender biases in ways that foster awareness, confidence, and constructive action.
- Private Client.
Date: January 18, 2024
Fostering an Inclusive Work Culture
Retaining top talent is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Cultivating work environments where such talent can thrive is therefore a critical mandate for organizations operating in the 21st Century. In this interactive and educational class, you will learn the principles and characteristics of inclusive work cultures and develop actionable strategies for creating environments where employees of diverse backgrounds can thrive.
Topics include:
- What successful cultures look like in the era of DEI, marketplace disruption, and workforce disengagement.
- Learn your top strengths and how to channel them toward building an inclusive work environment.
- Develop skills for fostering inclusive work cultures.
- Learn effective strategies for leveling the playing field for underrepresented groups.
Date: December 19, 2023
UCLA Extension - The Top 5 Strategies for Building a Resilient Life
In these uncertain and often chaotic times, curve balls happen. Join us to hear the top 5 strategies for building critical resilience to deal with the unexpected when it happens.
Course topics covered:
- Resilience can be learned.
- Discover the key traits of resilient people.
- Understand how being resilient leads to a happier and more fulfilling life.
- Learn the process for building resilience as a core competence.
Location: Zoom
Date: December 7, 2023
3:00PM - 4:00 PM PST
Cost to Attend: Free
UCLA Extension - The Top 5 Strategies for Building a Resilient Life
In these uncertain and often chaotic times, curve balls happen. Join us to hear the top 5 strategies for building critical resilience to deal with the unexpected when it happens.
Course topics covered:
- Resilience can be learned.
- Discover the key traits of resilient people.
- Understand how being resilient leads to a happier and more fulfilling life.
- Learn the process for building resilience as a core competence.
Location: Zoom
Date: October 19, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Cost to Attend: Free
UCLA Extension's Technical Management Program (TMP) - Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
In this course, you will learn:
- What effective leadership looks like in the era of DEI, marketplace disruption, and workforce disengagement.
- Learning your top strengths and how to channel them toward building an authentic leadership brand that engages your team(s).
- Developing skills for leading yourself and others using the principles of growth mindset and strengths-based leadership.
- Understanding how to cultivate high emotional intelligence to create stronger connections with your team(s).
- Learning effective strategies for leveling the playing field for underrepresented groups.
- Developing the skills and strategies needed to lead effective culture change.
Location: Zoom
Dates: September 11-15, 2023
10:20 AM - 12:20 PM PDT
Signature Collective - Bringing Your Voice of Value
We all have perspectives and experiences that are valuable to our organizations. In this course, you will learn how to use your Voice of Value to benefit of your company, position yourself as a thought leader, and drive productive conversations that forward your company's goals and mission. You'll also learn the best-in-class communication techniques for building presence, influence, and productive dialogue, and leave with actionable steps for cultivating your unique Voice of Value.
Location: Zoom
Dates: September 11-15, 2023
8:00 - 9:30 AM PDT
Private Event: Fostering Engaged and Inclusive Work Cultures
.In this workshop, participants learned:
- What effective leadership looks like in the era of DEI, marketplace disruption, and workforce disengagement.
- Learning your top strengths and how to channel them toward building an authentic leadership brand that engages your team(s).
- Developing skills for leading yourself and others using the principles of growth mindset and strengths-based leadership.
- Understanding how to cultivate high emotional intelligence to create stronger connections with your team(s).
- Learning effective strategies for leveling the playing field for underrepresented groups.
- Developing the skills and strategies needed to lead effective culture change.
Time: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM PDT
Eastern Ventura County Employer Advisory Council Seminar: From Talent Short to Fully Staffed - How to Tap the Hidden Workforce
Topics covered:
- How tech innovation and candidate biases are unintentionally contributing to the talent shortages experienced across many industries.
- How leveraging the hidden workforce can lead to a better return on your recruitment investment, all while advancing key strategic initiatives, including DEI AND filling your talent demand with highly qualified workers.
Location: Los Robles Greens Golf Course, West Ballroom
Date: July 19, 2023
7:30 AM Open Registration
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT Presentation
Cost to Attend: $35 pre-registration by April 7, 2023 or $45 at the door.
UCLA Extension's Women, Wealth, and Wisdom Seminar
Women make up less than 25% of U.S. Tech jobs and they leave the field more frequently than men do. Come hear from our panel of women who are working in the field talk about how women can navigate their tech careers to achieve upward mobility, how workplaces are evolving for women post-covid, and our tips for reaching your full potential in a male-dominated field.
Speakers include:
- Sara Xi, Chief Product Officer at Rubicon Carbon, Startup Advisor
- Anupama Joshi, Director of AI at Target
- Kim Jones, Founder and CEO of Kim Jones Alliance
Location: Zoom
Date: July 13, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
Cost to Attend: Free
Western Ventura County Employer Advisory Council April Seminar: From Talent Short to Fully Staffed - How to Tap the Hidden Workforce
Topics covered:
- How tech innovation and candidate biases are unintentionally contributing to the talent shortages experienced across many industries.
- How leveraging the hidden workforce can lead to a better return on your recruitment investment, all while advancing key strategic initiatives, including DEI.
- How to fill your talent demand with highly qualified workers that aren't being picked up in your current talent screening processes.
Location: Courtyard Marriott
600 E. Esplanade Drive in Oxnard
Date: April 12, 2023
11:30 AM PDT - Open Registration
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT - Presentation
1:30 PM PDT - Adjourn
Cost to Attend: $35 pre-registration by April 7, 2023 or $45 at the door.
UCLA Extension Technology Management Program (TMP) Course: Fostering Engaged and Inclusive STEM Cultures
Topics covered:
- Building the core skills required for leading in the 21st century.
- Navigating the dynamics of cultures in STEM industries.
- Leveling the playing field for underrepresented groups.
- Building engaged, equitable, and inclusive cultures where everyone thrives.
- Leveraging strengths to build a signature leadership brand and drive change.
Location: UCLA Extension, Los Angeles
Dates: March 26-31, 2023
8:00 to 10:00 PM PDT Daily
Institute of Management Consultants USA, NorCal Chapter: Top 5 Strategies for Building a Resilient Life
Interactive discussion on the topic of how building personal and professional resilience can lead to growth for your business during challenging times.
Location: Zoom
Date: February 7, 2023
7:15 AM - 9:00 AM PST
Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY: Core Competencies of Leadership - Delivering Effective Feedback
Location: Zoom
Date: October 26, 2022
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
Cost to Attend: $15 for CBSACNY members; $25 for non members
Private Event: Up Your Networking Game
From Avoider to Evangelist, learn how to network across a variety of professional groups, when and how to use connections to advance your career, and techniques for implementing actions that expand your network.
The discussion also focuses on understanding why women tend to build less optimal professional networks compared with men, and how they can overcome the most common obstacles women face to successful networking.
Location: New York
Date: September 13, 2022
Private Event: Delivering Effective Feedback
Learn how to deliver effective feedback to team members, how to manage out low performers, and how to leverage coaching skills to motivate and empower your team to their best performance. Topics covered include:
- Understand why delivering feedback is critical for 21st-century leadership.
- Learn how to deliver effective feedback in a way that creates positive outcomes and strengthens outcomes and relationships.
- Implement a best practices coaching approach for developing team engagement, empowerment, and camaraderie.
Location: Boston
Date: August 4, 2022
Google Panel Discussion for Female Breadwinners ERG
Highlighting the benefits of executive coaching for female breadwinners as they rise in their careers.
Hosted by Nuria Sarah Gonzales-Candia. Panelists include: Igor Liskovets, Niki Brown, and Kim Jones, representing Marengo.
Date: May 25, 2022
Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY: Creating Your Path to the C-Suite
Workshop topics covered:
- The importance of understanding and leveraging your individual signature strengths.
- Understanding gender biases to foster awareness, confidence, and constructive action.
- How to build professional networks that support and accelerate career advancement.
- Why you should create a professional brand that aligns with your signature leadership strengths.
- Methods to overcome obstacles and turn them into learnings that propel professional growth.
Location: Zoom
Date: March 16, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Cost to Attend: $15 for CBSACNY members; $25 for non members
Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY: Up Your Networking Game - From Avoider to Evangelist
Topics covered:
- How to network across a variety of professional groups, when and how to use connections to advance your career.
- Techniques for implementing actions that expand your network.
- Why women tend to build less optimal professional networks compared with men, and how they can overcome the most common obstacles women face to successful networking.
Location: Zoom
Date: February 2, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
Cost to Attend: $15 for CBSACNY members; $25 for non members
PennyMac wEMRG: Journey to the C-Suite
Designed for women aspiring to achieve leadership positions as they navigate the journey to the top.
Topics covered include:
- Creating a unique path to leadership leveraging individual signature strengths.
- Managing up and delivering effective feedback.
- Addressing gender biases in ways that foster awareness, confidence, and constructive action.
- Creating a professional brand that aligns with signature leadership strengths.
- Overcoming obstacles and turning them into learnings that.
- Propel professional growth.
Date: June 25, 2021
Retreats
Past Events
Life Visioning Retreat
Create an intentional path forward for your life and work.
Join a group of like-minded women* committed to not settling for the status quo personally or professionally. This retreat offers a transformative journey of restoration, inquiry, and re-imagining our lives beyond our limiting stories.
*Inclusive of all who identify as women
In this retreat, you will have the opportunity to:
- Reflect on where you’ve been and where you’re going.
- Explore the life you want to create, one aligned with your values and purpose.
- Create a roadmap and vision for your next career or life chapter.
- Set intentional goals for the near term.
- Restore through yoga, sound healing, conscious movement, and time in nature.
This retreat is co-hosted annually by Kim Jones, Career Coach; Ciela Wynter, Inner Work Guide; and Kathryn Morrissey, Social Impact Advisor.
Location: Carmel by the Sea
Dates: Dec. 1 – Dec. 4, 2021
Retreat commences 12/1/21 @3:00 PM PST and culminates 12/4/21 @1:00pm PST
Limited Participation: Participation limited to no more than 20 women