Jeanne Martinson

Jeanne Martinson is a professional speaker, trainer and author who has worked throughout Canada and internationally. Since starting her own firm in 1993, Jeanne has inspired thousands of participants in her workshops and keynote presentations with her humor, insight and real-world examples.

Jeanne Martinson is Managing Partner of Martrain Corporate and Personal Development, a Saskatchewan-based training company in its 17th year of business. Jeanne is a Certified Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and has formal education in human resources, organizational behavior, journalism and marketing. She is currently completing her graduate degree in Leadership through Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Jeanne became interested in training while working for a Fortune 500 company in southern California. Back in her native Saskatchewan, she side-stepped into sales and marketing for ten years - where in the printing and labeling industry, she took a $25,000 sales territory and grew it to $850,000 within four years.

Now as Managing Partner of her own firm, Jeanne has delivered workshops and keynote addresses to government, associations and the private sector. Her most popular topics are leadership and diversity. As a Canadian best-selling author and strategist in workplace diversity, Jeanne's goal is to assist leaders in understanding diversity issues so they may attract, retain and engage their ideal workforce.

Jeanne's first non-fiction book Lies and Fairy Tales That Deny Women Happiness explores the myths that many Canadians are raised with and which limit their ability to have happy relationships and fulfilling careers. Her second book, Escape from Oz - Leadership For The 21st Century explores the parallels of the characters in the fable The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and our own beliefs about personal and professional leadership. Jeanne's third book, War & Peace in the Workplace - Diversity, Conflict, Understanding, Reconciliation explores how workplaces are becoming more diverse and how that diversity can trigger conflict. The book illustrates how we have the choice of allowing conflict to spiral down into dysfunction or of taking charge, becoming aware and developing understanding.

Jeanne takes a leading role in her community, a dedication that was recognized with: the Canada 125 Medal, the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Business, Labor and Professions, the Centennial Leadership Award for outstanding contribution to the Province of Saskatchewan, the Athena Award, and most recently in 2008 - the national Diversity award - the EMCY.

Jeanne has been listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women since 1996 and Canadian Who's Who since 1999. Jeanne is Past President of: Saskatchewan Training and Development Association (Regina Chapter), Saskatchewan Business and Professional Women, and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan. She was Founding President of the Saskatchewan Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).