Jill Geisler is Professor of Practice in Journalism, Leadership and Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. She also served for ten years as the School of Communications' inaugural Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity. She is an internationally respected voice on management, leadership and ethics, teaching and coaching in organizations worldwide, from media to medicine to manufacturing.
A master teacher, she brings humor and humanity to her seminars and workshops.
Jill is known for her ability to take research-based information, combine it with her own extensive management experience, and turn it into practical help for leaders.
She is the author of the book “Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know,” producer of podcasts and creator of management columns for multiple publications.
Previously, she headed the leadership and management programs of the Poynter Institute and was among the country’s first female TV news directors.
Jill has been inducted to multiple media halls of fame, including the prestigious Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
She cites these two principles as key to her teaching:
1. The most important thing leaders do is help others succeed.
2. Life’s too short to work with jerks.