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Executive | Board Member | Advisor | Coach

Jennifer Turner

Advisor and coach to C-Suite execs, start up entrepreneurs and people looking to leverage their people strategy to achieve their business goals.
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Areas of Expertise

  • Business Strategy Development: What is your business strategy? What are you trying to achieve, how are you going to market, who are your customers, competitors, differentiators? How clear is that strategy? Can you explain it to others? – Meet with Jennifer to probe and discuss the outcomes, tactics and approaches you are planning. Walk away with clarity on what is working and what you might need to change? 
  • People Strategy Alignment: Is your People Strategy aligned to and supporting your business goals. Are you using your talent levers to achieve your goals? Many companies have a brilliant strategy AND a strong people strategy, but they are not lined up to get the same outcomes. Jennifer will help identify where there might be gaps and how to address them. 
  • Chief People Officer Coaching: Do you have a seat at the leadership table? What is your role and relationship with the CEO, the board, the rest of the leadership team? Are you optimizing for success? – Jennifer is a seasoned coach and can help you identify what might be blocking you from having the voice you deserve.
  • Employee Engagement and Retention: What is your EVP? Are you hiring the right talent at the right times? Are you setting expectations with them about the culture? How do you keep them engaged? What tactics can you use to move the needle on retention? So many companies think compensation is the only lever to pull. By the time you get to this, it might be too late. 
  • Leadership and Board Succession Planning: Do you have a process? Is it getting you the right people with the right skills? What are the experiences your ideal candidate will have had? Walk away with a plan and clarity on the critical roles and attributes for your leadership bench. 
  • Leadership Coaching: Have a hairy challenge you want to unpack. Jennifer is a great sounding board asking deep questions to see a new way forward.

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Jennifer’s LinkedIN

Hackers Del Talento Podcast: Ep 405 C-Suite Whisperer – Jennifer Turner

Greenhouse Open: Google’s Jennifer Turner shares HR advice

More About the Expert:

We call Jennifer the C-Suite whisperer. With 25+ years in HR, 18 of those at Alphabet, she advises early and mid-stage startups and their boards on business success. Jennifer Turner offers strategic expertise in business strategy, leadership bench and succession planning, and organizational strategy. She is a business leader first with a specialization in people and culture. Her deep understanding of the tech and AI landscapes, coupled with her passion for fostering inclusive and high-performing teams, makes her an invaluable asset to any board.

Jennifer is Director of HR and Organizational Strategy at Alphabet, an internal advisor to the non-Google companies. With Google/ Alphabet since 2007, she has experienced the company grow from 14,000 to ~200k employees and has had multiple careers in her 17 years. She currently supports the portfolio C-Suites and boards on business strategy, leadership alignment and people and culture, helping her clients build their own point of view tied to their business goals. She advises on risk management and strategic decision making, specifically related to talent and culture. She is at the nexus between total rewards and talent retention in the height of the competitive landscape in tech and AI.

Her breadth spans multiple industries and geographies due to her work with global multi-nationals, Asia Pac and Latin America, start-up portfolios, 8 years in Telecom, and her multi-industry client base while at Ernst & Young.

She is a coach and mentor and believes that women need to lift each other up if we want to succeed. Jennifer is a member of the Athena Alliance and an Advisory Board member of SpeakUp Now. She has most recently joined the international board of directors for Hackers del Talento.

“C-suite is one of the loneliest places. You don’t have to go it alone.”
Jennifer Turner
Executive | Board Member | Advisor | Coach
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