President of Creative Training Solutions, Jeanne designs and conducts training programs which create more effective, productive teams and individuals. A consultant and trainer for businesses, government agencies, and professional associations, she’s also a frequent presenter at state and national conferences.

Jeanne’s first experience in human resource consulting and training came in 1972, when she was hired by the U.S. Navy in Naples, Italy. Engaged as an intercultural relations consultant, she later received a naval commendation for her work. Other positions have included three years as a management trainer for a utilities corporation and six years as the assistant director of the Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Jeanne founded Creative Training Solutions in 1990, and now offers her clients more than two decades’ worth of experience in performance consulting and training. Her clients are as diverse as Chrysler and Cliffs Notes, DuPont Pharma and Rural Health Development, the National Park Service and the National Tour Association.

Jeanne’s education includes a B.A. from the University of Nebraska, and graduate work in accelerated learning principles from Colorado State. She’s a guest instructor at the University of Nebraska, Southeast Community College, and Doane College, and she has earned certification as a corporate management trainer.

A prolific author, Jeanne has written more than 160 “Managing Smart” columns for Strictly Business magazine and other publications, and her views have been quoted by Investor’s Business Daily and other newspapers.

Her book, You Can’t Do It All: Effective Delegation for Supervisors, was published in 1999 by American Media Inc., and produced as a web-based course in 2001 by Provant, Inc.

Jeanne’s work has also been published in two books by Harvard Business School Press, two by Pfeiffer-Jossey Bass, two by ASTD, and many by  McGraw-Hill. (Click on the “Publications” button for a detailed list.) She also contributed to a CD-ROM, “Trainer’s Gold,“ by Media Alliance Ltd.

Jeanne has been active in the American Society for Training and Development, since 1987.  She is a recognized leader locally and nationally and has received several awards at both levels for her continuing contributions. Jeanne frequently conducts “Train the Trainer” courses for ASTD-Lincoln and ASTD-Nebraska. She has attended and helped to run ASTD’s international conferences almost every year since 1992. In addition, Jeanne was the founding host of ASTD-Lincoln’s “Training Now” television program.