Keynote - Jenna Piché
Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Beyond the Clock: Building a Life & Career You're Proud Of
Whether you're just starting your career or you've been working for years, chances are you've experienced this: you're constantly busy but rarely feel like you're building toward something meaningful. You're always responding to urgent requests, handling one issue after another, and putting in the hours—but somehow your own goals keep getting pushed to "someday."
Here's the thing: this isn't a time management problem. It's a life design problem.
In this engaging and refreshingly honest keynote, Jenna Piché shares her journey from corporate burnout to intentional living, offering practical strategies that actually work in the real world. Drawing from her experience leading teams in high-pressure environments and her blue-collar roots, she understands what it's like to feel like your time belongs to everyone else.
But here's what she's discovered: you can maintain your strong work ethic and reliability while also creating the career advancement and personal fulfillment you're craving. You just need a different approach.
Through relatable stories (including some cringe-worthy mistakes she's made along the way) and actionable frameworks, you'll learn how to move from constantly reacting to confidently leading—both at work and in life. You'll discover how to prioritize what truly matters, develop habits that actually stick, and create space for the things that energize you rather than drain you.
This isn't about working less or lowering your standards. It's about getting intentional so you can build the career and life you actually want, starting with small changes you can implement immediately.
Jenna Piché is a team productivity consultant and leadership coach who helps professionals in demanding industries create sustainable success without sacrificing their well-being. With over 20 years of corporate leadership experience managing high-pressure operations and teams, she understands the unique challenges facing those who work in essential services industries.
Growing up on job sites with her contractor father, Jenna learned that when emergencies happen, you drop everything and respond—even if it means working weekends, missing dinner, or staying late to finish what needs to get done. While this work ethic served her well in essential services, it also created a mindset that her time belonged to everyone else first. She carried this "always on" mentality into her corporate career, where she found herself constantly reacting to urgent requests while her own priorities—and personal life—took a backseat.
After recognizing that she was living in permanent reactive mode rather than leading intentionally, Jenna developed a framework for maintaining the strong work ethic and reliability that essential service industries require, while also creating boundaries that allow for personal fulfillment and career advancement. Her approach resonates particularly well with professionals who understand that the work has to get done, but who also want to build something meaningful beyond just putting out fires.
As a Full Focus Certified Pro and former Corporate Marketing Executive, Jenna has served various associations, non-profits, and corporations. Her clients consistently report not just improved productivity, but a renewed sense of purpose and better work-life integration.
When she's not helping professionals reclaim their time and energy, Jenna enjoys playing Euchre on the deck and hiking with her husband, two sons, and chocolate lab in Southern Wisconsin.