“I highly recommend Scharrell Jackson as a keynote speaker. I have witnessed and gained from Scharrell’s excellence in speaking as keynote and panels both in person and virtual several times each year. I have also seen organizations within the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For call on Scharrell for speaking engagements as well as sponsorship of her event: Leadership In Heels.”

“Scharrell is a dynamic speaker and coach with a keen ability to not only command the room but engage her audience in a way that’s genuine and thought provoking. Whether its leading a panel of experts, delivering a master class on corporate leadership or pulling the best out of her pupil in a one-on-one coaching session, Scharrell will not only captivate and inspire you to become a better leader, friend and colleague, but more importantly, to live a life authentic to you, boldly and confidently.

“Scharrell is an exceptional leader, role model, and thought partner. She is committed to supporting other women on their leadership journey and helping them fulfill their true potential. Scharrell is a dynamic and inspirational speaker focused on transforming how we lead ourselves and our teams.”

“I greatly enjoy the perspective, approach and heart of Scharrell through work projects. She has a keen eye on strategy, and is able to see through obstacles to what could be. Her approach to individuals is one that brings the best out in them, while staying focused on the efforts of the team and the goal of the business. You will not regret working with Scharrell!

“Scharrell is a highly-motivated leader and leadership coach and an incredible speaker. Her genuine and honest approach to guidance and career advice is invaluable. Sometimes we just need to hear the truth and with Scharrell, that also includes her truth which she uses as inspiration and as an example of what to do and sometimes what not to do. I highly recommend Scharrell as she brings a passion to everything she does and exceeds expectations at every turn.”

“Ms. Jackson is a phenomenal leadership coach. My professional confidence and cadence, leadership style, communication and strategic thinking and planning have improved tremendously. She continues to go above and beyond for her clients dedicating her life’s work to bettering the lives of others. Thank you Ms. Jackson for helping me show up everyday as my best self. Thank you for helping me navigate my professional and personal life hurdles. I am forever grateful for your contributions and impact!”

“Scharrell is a brilliant and inspired speaker. I have enjoyed several extraordinary keynote speeches which have uplifted listeners and provided unique insights into the art and craft of leadership. I wholeheartedly recommend engaging her as a speaker.”

“I wanted to let you know that I spent some time watching your video, a few times actually. You have a powerful message that is beautifully articulated in this video. Your energy and passion for this topic shines through, which is really hard over video, especially when it’s not a scripted message that you are sharing directly into the screen. You are always inspiring and I am going to adopt the phrase ‘gracefully disrupt.’”

“Scharrell creates spaces where women are empowered to be vulnerable, powerful, and heard. Her leadership is transformational, heartfelt, and deeply inspiring.”

“Leading with the Future in Mind: Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging”, and we got SO MUCH from that experience. Scharrell is an incredibly creative, engaging, knowledgeable, and wise speaker and leader, plus she is a whole lot of fun! I highly recommend everyone attend.”

“Scharrell Jackson is one of the most dynamic and influential speakers today because she is an organizational game-changer. She speaks with authenticity, transparency, and credibility that has resulted in a voice that speaks from a unique lived experience that anyone can relate to.”

“Scharrell is not only an amazing executive and leader, but she is also incredibly generous with her wisdom, knowledge and talents. She is a gifted speaker who connects with her audience and is always warm, authentic and always keeps it real. She is a mentor to so many and an advocate for women.”

“Scharrell is an outstanding keynote speaker. She gave a talk at our firm’s leadership summit that was so well done. We received excellent feedback from all of our attendees. Scharrell also led a breakout session on inclusion, equity and belonging that was very heartfelt and thought provoking. I highly recommend her if you want a dynamic speaker that will leave people wanting more.”

“Scharrell is amazing! She led our annual Board DEI training session. Scharrell actively engaged our Board in a candid discussion using real life experiences as background. Instead of the training feeling like a ‘canned’ presentation, our Board felt comfortable in asking heartfelt questions on how to understand their biases, improve our work together, and make their organizations and our community more inclusive. Her answers demonstrated her command of the subject matter but also gave our Board practical ideas they could implement. Afterwards, several Board members let me know it was by far the best DEI training they had ever attended. What I believe makes Scharrell different in this space is that she has lived experience, an impressive background, and is a great communicator. I highly recommend her!”

“Scharrell is positive and passionate, and her knowledge as a business leader and experience in DEI consulting combine to help create strategic objectives for an organization to keep DEI top of mind. Scharrell is amazing at listening, determined to follow through, and delivers on her promises. She has impacted our firm, our leaders, and others by asking the right questions and identifying themes that became the basis for initiatives that would help us get better, which is a cultural imperative at HT. Scharrell communicated with me personally to ensure I was not blind-sided and delivered outstanding executive summaries of her work to our DEI Advisory Team. Scharrell takes the mystery out of what DEI really is. Now there is more open discussion around Diversity of Thought and having confidence in conversations that before might have been avoided. Scharrell has expanded our view to go beyond racial diversity and embrace belonging through better communication on the ‘why’ of key initiatives in the firm. Scharrell has helped our organization embrace DEI as part of and critical to executing a sustainable strategy and creating a ‘best place to work.’”

“Whether in the role of a Keynote Speaker, Coach, Mentor or C-Level Executive, Scharrell defines great leadership. A gifted and stimulating speaker, Scharrell leaves audiences motivated and challenged by her intimate, authentic, and powerful messaging. But it does not stop there. After listening to most speakers, one may be left feeling good, but not knowing quite what to do next. Scharrell provides the action steps that enable people to break through what is holding them back. She is a highly skilled, experienced, and successful executive who freely shares her life lessons, business acumen and strategies for success with the intention of elevating others to achieve their goals and reach their full potential.”

“You will not find a more dynamic, inspiring, capable and visionary leader than Scharrell. She has a knack for developing leaders at every level and identifying talent within people and drawing it out to maximize the benefit for both the individual and the Organization. I’ve been very lucky to learn so much from Scharrell as a leadership coach. The investment she’s made into my career (and personal life) are too many to count. She is very passionate about developing leaders, holding leadership trainings, one-on-one trainings — whatever it takes to elevate leaders at every level. Plain and simple: Scharrell’s business acumen, leadership and forward-thinking make her an invaluable asset. It’s been a pleasure to work for her and I hope to continue to do so for many years coming.”

“I was part of the Better Together meeting this afternoon and just wanted to say WOW. You have a way of making the uncomfortable conversations comfortable. Everything you said was spot on. I like to think that I have the same type of personality as you, a ‘straight-up’ type, if you will. I have been trying to work on myself more recently as I know that I can come off as intense or direct sometimes just because I am comfortable with myself in the way, but I do find that I can struggle with tone or how I say things to people that could come off to them as an attack or offend them. Especially because I have learned recently, like you mentioned, you have to have empathy and mercy for people. You never know the walk people take in day in and day out and what they struggle with. I felt as if your presentation was fit for my situation and I just wanted to say THANK YOU! You are amazing and I know just in that short hour you definitely have given us an outstanding message that everyone can resonate with. Thanks again and I look forward to following your journey!”

“I started working at a company at a pivotal time in its growth. The company was moving from a small operation to a large and fast moving enterprise. Scharrell was responsible for transforming that company to be able to move at a faster pace and take full advantage of its growth potential. She was not just tasked with tweaking operations here and there but to designing them and implementing them from the ground up. To do this at any company would have been a challenge, but to do this at a fast moving technology company while still retaining the soul and feel of a small company was no small feat. Scharrell was not only able to accomplish this in short order, she did it while keeping a smile on and pushing employees to do our best. Great leader whom I will continue to learn from in the future.”

“You are one of the most powerful and inspiring speakers I have ever heard. All I could think of after I heard you was that I wanted to get to know you and hoped one day we would reconnect. Here is an opportunity. Your powerful and uplifting speech was on how to lead your own business, the importance of goals and focus and that no one should tell you, that you can’t. It is about your delivery, you deliver messages with such a driven and passionate approach, you energize people.”