ABOUT US
The JAZZ LEADERSHIP PROJECT Team
The Jazz Leadership Project founders, Greg Thomas and Jewel Kinch-Thomas, were inspired to form the Jazz Leadership Project (JLP) as avid advocates of the power of music to inspire and empower people and organizations. Using America's fine art of jazz gives individuals and companies an innovative model grounded in musical principles and practices to develop leadership capacity, bolster team synergy, and enhance inclusion.
JLP uses a whole-brain methodology that includes keynote presentations, an exclusive workstyle assessment and a cultural values assessment for a premium program featuring monthly workshops, a jazz band, and a Custom Success Plan. Clients such as Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, NYPD, and Google utilize the JLP Experience to enhance creativity and communications skills; strengthen leadership capacity; and elevate group collaboration and inclusion via experiential learning. As jazz also models ways to manage change in internal and external environments, your organization too can have the JLP Experience, and embody practical lessons in a low-stakes, playful environment.
Jewel Kinch-Thomas is COO, Co-Creator and Facilitator of the Jazz Leadership Project, an innovative leadership and team development model for high-level performance. She has planned and facilitated live workshops for Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, NYPD, and Con Edison. Jewel is co-founder of G&J Productions, Inc, a consulting firm for project planning, management, and production. She recently produced Rev. Dr. James Forbes’ Juneteenth celebration at Carnegie Hall. As an executive leader of several arts institutions, Jewel has over 20 years of experience in organizational operations, budget management, and program development. Jewel has participated in Columbia University’s Arts Leadership Institute, New York Foundation for the Arts Leadership Circles, and the Women & Power: Leadership for the 21st Century program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Greg Thomas, CEO and Co-Founder of the Jazz Leadership Project, embodies the strategic vision of the company and enacts it during live workshops and for the Tune In To Leadership blog. The Co-Creator of G&J Productions, Greg has been instrumental in developing humanities programs for top cultural organizations such as Jazz at Lincoln Center. As a journalist and scholar, he has conducted in-depth research and conducted hundreds of interviews over the course of his career. Greg has given presentations on jazz, culture, race, and democratic life and values for a range of online platforms and institutions such Columbia, Hamilton, and Harvard.
what we do
How we started
Jazz is
creative. Jazz engenders a sense of structure, freedom and collaborative
possibility. The Jazz Leadership Project (JLP) uses talent mapping and jazz
practices to enhance personal creativity and communications skills; strengthen
leadership capacity; and elevate group synergy through experiential learning.
The JLP keynote and workshop, with live musicians, and virtual sessions, with multimedia technology, provides
participants with tools to expand their leadership aptitude and team cohesion.
Participants will gain insight into ways to be more effective and inspired in
their work space.
OUR VISION
Transform Leadership Development and Maximize Team Collaboration Worldwide
