Joan Kuhl Biography

Joan is the Founder and President of Why Millennials Matter, an international speaker, consultant on career and leadership trends and author. While pursuing a career in the fields of business and healthcare, Joan has used her background of leadership in both the private and social sectors. Joan has over 13 years of corporate management experience working in the roles of sales, marketing, organizational effectiveness, training and development at Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories and Actavis (now Allergan). She has been recognized for her turnaround tactics leading teams to high performance results and developing corporate wide marketing and training initiatives for three global healthcare organizations.

After a decade of mentoring and coaching thousands of Millennials (born 1980-1997) from around the world to help them achieve their potential, Joan Snyder Kuhl launched Why Millennials Matter. Why Millennials Matter is a training, research and consulting agency based in New York City that focuses on raising awareness to employers about the value of investing in their future workforce and the millennial customer segment. Our mission is to empower young men and women to achieve their highest potential and cultivate confidence around their career and future. Joan bridges the gap in understanding Millennials with practical strategies for connecting with them, engaging them, on boarding them, developing them and garnering their loyalty.

Organizations are struggling to attract and retain Millennials (Generation Y) because they lack the insights into what this generation wants out of their employer and the benefits that will inspire. The culmination of Joan’s research and hands-on observations led to her book, “The First Globals: Understanding, Managing, and Unleashing Our Millennial Generation” launched in June 2013 co-authored with International founder of the “Zogby Poll” and best-selling author, John Zogby. As an international speaker, Joan delivers engaging presentations that incorporate the latest research and insights around generational dynamics in the workplace and her personal experiences hiring, developing, coaching and managing Millennials.

As a sought out keynote and panelist, Joan helps inspire businesses to develop a relevant and scalable strategy to drive engagement and loyalty with Millennials as consumers and employees. Joan’s coaching and leadership trainings have impacted diverse audiences of Millennials across the United States and as far away as Dubai, Argentina, China, South Africa, Australia, and India.

Joan has a long and active commitment to empowering young leaders to achieve their potential as a mentor and coach. Marshall Goldsmith, NYTimes Best Selling Author and #1 leadership thinker in the world by the Harvard Business Review named Joan Kuhl as “the Next Generation’s Top Executive Coach” and has been a strong mentor and supporter. Since 2005, Joan has spoken to thousands of high school and college students as a spokesperson for Monster.com’s Program on Career and College preparation for success. Joan serves as the youngest Board Member for the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute named after the former CEO of the Girls Scouts of the USA and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Joan is frequently invited to speak to undergraduate and MBA students including Babson, Baruch, Olin College of Engineering, NYU, University of South Carolina, University of Pittsburgh, University of Toledo, University of the Pacific, University of Rochester, Tufts, Rutgers University, Texas Tech, Yale, LIM College and The United States Military Academy at West Point.

Joan’s advice has been featured in print, news and radio including The Wall Street Journal, CLO Media, CNBC, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune.com, TeenVogue, LevoLeague, HerCampus, National Retail Federation’s STORES magazine and the Leader to Leader journal. Cosmopolitan magazine chose Joan to be a part of their Millennial Board of Advisors featuring her in the magazine’s masthead. Cosmopolitan Magazine has 61 editions iaround the world. Hearst Magazine International invited Joan to present her insights on Millennials at the Bi-Annual Cosmopolitan Magazine International Editors Conference (COSMIC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Joan works with clients to amplify their young talent strategy by assessing and developing programs, branding initiatives, onboarding experiences and management training to attract, retain and promote emerging leaders. Joan also serves as a Research Fellow and Principal at The Center for Talent Innovation and Hewlett Consulting Partners led by thought leaders, Sylvia Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce.

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