Jodi Glickman

Biography

Jodi Glickman is on a mission to elevate the communication and interpersonal skills of everyone – senior leaders and next generation talent alike—and to eliminate the gap between “soft skills” and technical expertise - to drive peoples’ careers and amplify their impact in the world. As the CEO and founder of Great on the Job, Jodi and her team have reached millions of learners across the globe through online courses and through their work with many of the most influential organizations and iconic brands across Wall Street and the Fortune 100.

Jodi joins the faculty of the Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School of Business after teaching at Kellogg School of Management as an adjunct lecturer from 2021 – 2025 and after over a decade guest speaking and lecturing at: Harvard Business School, The Wharton School, Kellogg School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Illinois, and The Ohio State University.

Jodi has appeared on the TEDx stage (Why You Should Stop Looking for Work You Love), she is the author of the critically acclaimed book Great on the Job, What to Say, How to Say It, The Secrets of Getting Ahead (St. Martin’s Press), and she is a writer for the Harvard Business Review.

Jodi regularly weighs in on leading issues of the day and has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, WSJ Finance, CNN Money, Glamour, Shape, Real Simple, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, and many more.
Jodi is a former Peace Corps volunteer (Southern Chile) turned investment banker (Goldman Sachs) turned communication expert. She received her MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell where she was awarded a full-ride scholarship to business school as a Park Leadership Fellow. During business school, she talked her way into a summer internship with Exxon Mobil (without interviewing).

Before turning to the world of finance, Jodi was a policy analyst at the U.S. EPA and did stints at the White House and Governor’s Office of Illinois. She has a B.S. in Social Policy, Magna Cum Laude, from Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy.

Jodi serves on the board of The Night Ministry in Chicago and is a former member of the Northwestern University Council of 100, and a former board member of Readworks.org and Trustee of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Jodi lives in Chicago, IL with her husband and three children. She enjoys hiking, biking and eating hot fudge sundaes, not necessarily in that order.

Jodi’s top-rated LinkedIn learning courses have reached +3.9mm learners and been translated into 11 languages and include, Pitching Yourself for Opportunity, Driving Your Own Engagement at Work, Leveraging you Transferable Skills to Drive your Career, How to Create a Career You Love, Asking for Feedback as an Employee, and Make ‘Em Love You.

Academic Degrees

• MBA Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
• BS Northwestern University