Keynotes · Workshops · Leadership Events

Before you fix performance, make sure you’re solving the right problem.

Jennifer Lilly delivers practical, thought-provoking sessions that help leaders diagnose the workplace conditions getting in the way of performance—before they default to training, accountability, motivation, or another fix that misses the mark.

Nearly 30 years of experience Author of When Performance Stalls Creator of the six JL³ Performance Levers™
Jennifer Lilly, founder of JL³ Learning Solutions
Jennifer Lilly Founder & Chief Vision Officer · JL³ Learning Solutions
Speaking Sessions

Choose the conversation your audience needs.

Each session is built to help leaders look beneath the visible performance problem and leave with a more useful way to decide what to do next.

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From Insight to Impact: Why Learning Doesn’t Always Change Behavior

For audiences responsible for learning, development, facilitation, or behavior change. Jennifer examines why a strong learning experience can still fail to change what happens back at work—and what to look at when transfer breaks down.

Best for L&D · Facilitators · Leadership Development · Professional Training
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Before the Strategy: Six Workplace Conditions That Make Performance Possible

For leaders who want better results without jumping straight to another initiative. Jennifer introduces six workplace conditions that shape whether capable people can actually perform and gives leaders a practical lens for deciding what needs attention first.

Best for Executives · People Leaders · HR · Associations · Nonprofit Leaders
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What’s Really Getting in the Way?
Diagnosing the Workplace Conditions Behind Performance

For managers and leaders who are tired of treating symptoms. Jennifer helps audiences separate the visible outcome from the conditions surrounding the work so they can diagnose before they intervene.

Best for Managers · Team Leaders · HR · Talent & OD Professionals

“one of my favorite sessions.”

~ Attendee

“I took one piece of one of the levers and implemented it and saw change immediately!”

~ Reader
Why This Conversation Matters

Give leaders something more useful than another list of tips.

Jennifer’s sessions are designed to change how leaders look at performance problems—not simply add another tactic to the pile.

1

See the problem differently

Help leaders distinguish the visible outcome from the workplace conditions creating it.

2

Ask better questions

Move beyond automatic assumptions about motivation, skill, accountability, or effort.

3

Choose a better response

Use the six JL³ Performance Levers™ as a practical diagnostic lens before deciding on an intervention.

Selected Engagements

Current and recent speaking engagements.

Jennifer brings these conversations to conferences, associations, webinars, leadership programs, and professional audiences.

November 2026Upcoming

From Insight to Impact: Why Learning Doesn’t Always Change Behavior

Association for Experiential Education International Conference · Estes Park, Colorado

October 2026Upcoming

Before the Strategy: Six Workplace Conditions That Make Performance Possible

Iowa Nonprofit Alliance · Live online webinar

September 2026Recent

What’s Really Getting in the Way?
Diagnosing the Workplace Conditions Behind Performance

West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce · Mentoring for Women · Mentor

About Jennifer Lilly

A practical voice on what really shapes performance at work.

Jennifer Lilly is the founder and Chief Vision Officer of JL³ Learning Solutions and author of When Performance Stalls. She helps leaders look past the visible performance problem and examine the conditions around the work before investing in another solution.

Her perspective is grounded in nearly 30 years across learning, leadership development, facilitation, and organizational performance. She turns that experience into practical conversations leaders can use immediately—and take back to work.

Keynotes Conference Breakouts Workshops Association Programs Leadership Events
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Tell Jennifer who will be in the room and what you want them thinking differently about when they leave. JL³ can help identify the session and format that best fits your audience.

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