
Women’s leadership expert Jo Miller is a globally renowned authority on women’s leadership. She’s dedicated two decades to helping women advance into positions of influence by leveraging their leadership strengths. Based on her work with hundreds of thousands of women, she developed a pragmatic and powerful roadmap that guides emerging women leaders from where they are in their careers to where they aspire to be. Award-winning author Jo shares her proven process for women to become the leaders they aspire to be in her book Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build Your Brand, Establish Your Legacy, and Thrive (McGraw Hill, 2019). Jo also coauthored the award-winning research study Out of the Comfort Zone: How women and men size up stretch assignments—and why leaders should care. Sought-after global speaker Jo consistently receives rave reviews as a dynamic, engaging, and inspiring speaker. She delivers more than 70 presentations each year to audiences of up to 1,200 women. Her audiences span the globe, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. She has spoken at women’s leadership conferences, professional associations, and corporate women’s networks for more than 300 commercial, government, nonprofit, and academic organizations, including Bank of America, BP, eBay, GM, MetLife, Microsoft, Princeton University, the USDA, and Verizon. CEO and company founder Jo is the CEO of Be Leaderly, a firm focused on leadership development, consulting, and research initiatives to elevate women’s voices at work. Started in 2009, Jo’s popular webinar series has been viewed by participants in 900 locations in 30 countries. Aussie and survivor Jo grew up in Australia, thrived for a decade in Silicon Valley, and now calls Iowa home. She’s been celebrating life free from breast cancer since 2016. She believes that when life hands you lemons, you should stuff them in your bra and sing “Ta-dah!”