Scharrell Jackson is an accomplished international keynote speaker and leadership coach. Leveraging over 25 years of executive experience, she elevates leaders to their highest level of success. She’s best known for her unconventional and custom approach that ignites the fire in leaders, converting ambiguity into clarity, insecurity into confidence, and fear into courage, yielding high-performance leaders through incredible breakthroughs.
Jackson has served as a chief operations officer, chief financial officer, and chief administrative officer across a wide range of industries, including fintech, manufacturing and distribution, not-for-profits, professional services, real estate, construction, technology, and wealth management. She drives strategy, profit improvement, mergers and acquisitions, operational efficiency, and human capital development—with diversity of thought and inclusion top of mind.
Jackson’s innovative model results in scalable and sustainable business success, leadership development, and cultural transformation. Her intimate approach through vulnerability and poise translates into atypical windfalls, growing organizations year over year at a rate of 25 %, top-line revenue from 3.5 to 400 million, retaining staff at a rate of 95%, headcount growth on average 5-times, operational expense reduction over 25%, and implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
Jackson's ability to lead with diversity of thought while navigating the waters in industries lacking diversity, inclusion, and belonging sets her apart. She has a unique approach that motivates, inspires, and captivates because of her offering prophetic insights, business acumen, connections with learning, and tangible tools.
Jackson has a proven track record of transforming employees into leaders with a voice and a seat at the table, while guiding individuals and organizations to outcomes that outpace the competition and create an ongoing legacy of high-performing leaders. Jackson's engaging and thought-provoking presentations leave audiences with actionable insights and practical tools they can implement to elevate their leadership to new heights.