
Speaking Topics
Executive Positioning – Leadership Development – Board Readiness

Jessica Jordan Richardson, CPCC
Jessica Richardson is the founder of Rezound, a career development and executive advisory brand focused on helping professionals and organizations communicate value, develop leadership potential, and create meaningful career impact.
What Audience Members Can Expect

When visibility, communication, and reputation shape opportunity, expertise alone is not enough. Executives must intentionally align their leadership approach, communication, and positioning to expand their influence and impact as industry leaders.
Jessica challenges leaders to reimagine how they communicate value, build influence, and create opportunity, leaving audiences with insights they can immediately apply to their careers and organizations. Her favorite audience feedback is, “I’ve never thought about it that way.”
Speaking Topics
- Derisking the C-Suite: Building Executive Teams That Strengthen Organizational Confidence, Credibility, and Reputation
- Building the Board Mindset: Transitioning from Executive Leader to Board Advisor
- Run Your Career Like You Run Your Business: Leading with Strategy, Intention, and Vision
- Defining the Leadership Experience: How Executive Leaders Create Opportunities for Themselves and Their Organizations
- The Burnout Factor: Protecting and Sustaining Leader Capacity
- Brilliant and Overlooked: Aligning Leadership Capability with Recognition
- Solving the Performance Puzzle: Bridging the Gap Between Top Performer and Effective Leader
- Leader of Leaders: Shifting Mindset from Managing the Work to Charting the Course
More Than a Career Advisor: About Jessica
Drawing from more than a decade of experience spanning executive career advisory, marketing leadership, member experience leadership, and in-house recruitment, Jessica brings a unique perspective on how executive leadership is practiced, communicated, and perceived.
Jessica is a highly rated career advisor who has partnered with more than 1,000 professionals throughout her career, including hundreds of high-performing executives navigating pivotal career inflection points – from Fortune 500 C-suite leaders positioning themselves for board opportunities to emerging executives advancing into director-level roles.
A keynote speaker and facilitator on executive positioning, leadership development, and board readiness, Jessica is known for reframing leadership as a blend of perception and positioning. She challenges audiences to reexamine and redefine their approaches as executive professionals, business leaders, and organizational representatives.
Jessica is a Certified Professional Career Coach with an MA in Communication from the College of Charleston and a BBA in Business from Lamar University. She has served as a communication lecturer and presenter for the College of Charleston and Lone Star College.
Work with Jessica
Create a memorable leadership experience at your next conference, retreat, or event with Jessica Richardson’s thought-provoking insights on executive positioning, leadership development, and board readiness.
What Leaders Say About Working with Jessica
The Perfect Closer
I thought the program this weekend was exceptional! Just fantastic! And Jessica was the perfect closer to putting together our action plans for the future.
Fortune 500 Executive
Lasting Impact
Jessica kept our attention and focus with great nuggets of wisdom and insight creating lasting impact. I greatly appreciated her approach, presentation skills, and insights.
Chief Operating Officer
Useful Insights
I am grateful to Jessica for sharing her time and expertise with us. I truly think we could have gone another hour soaking in all of her advice.
L&D Executive
Incredible
Thank you for an incredible performance today! We were truly blessed to have you as a speaker. The buzz from our group is at a fever pitch.
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