Good organizational cultures create space for individuals to bring their whole, authentic selves to work.
As a People Ops practitioner, or while leading HR & DEI Consultancy The Rise Journey, I take actions to create great organizational cultures and empower these spaces to practice inclusivity, diversity, and equity for all employees.
Speaker & Advocate
Whether speaking at Tech Inclusion, Columbia University, at a local #WomenInBusiness meetup, or being interviewed about organizational culture for a podcast, my talks are engaging, transparently communicated with no BS, and memorable. I would love to bring one of my dynamic talks to your conference, college, business, or ERG. All talks are based on real world experiences, success, and learnings from missteps. Speaker fees are flexible based on event and organization.
Startup Advisor
To further support people operations, I am now acting in the advisor capacity for a number of organizations. I prefer to work with early stage founders in the HR, people ops, DEI, and organizational development space.
About Jes
I get shit done and have the energy of four people. My goal is to create fundamental change in People Operations. I help empower organizational culture to be inclusive, diverse, and equitable for all employees.
As Co-Founder and COO of The Rise Journey (www.therisejourney.com), I work support organizations with equitable HR and Org Development built on a foundation of DEIBA. I put theoretical People Ops ideas into scalable best practices.
Solo Speaker, Panelist, and Podcasts
A few examples of speaking engagements around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Accessibility (DEIBA), Human Resources (HR), and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). I’ve also been featured in a number of articles, research papers, and news stories.
‘Understanding Invisible Disabilities’ hosted by Power to Fly
‘Who is Paying ERG Leads, How, and How Much?’ with ERG PowerTalk Podcast
‘How SaaS Companies Design & Implement Strategies to Build High Performing Teams’ with SaaS Boss
‘Money Talks: Planning Your 2022 ERG Budget’ with Chezie
How to be An Authentic Employer of Choice and Ensure People Feel Valued
Jes Osrow on the Importance of HR: Now More than Ever
Supporting Trans People In The Workplace with Consciously Unbiased
‘Creating an Inclusive Workplace’ on the HR L&D Podcast Sofa
‘Attraction and Retention for Women with Invisible Disabilities’ with Change Catalyst
‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace’ hosted by Small Giants Community
‘Womenpreneurship’ with Latoken
What People Are Saying
“Jes is truly a motivating force. It is always a pleasure to coordinate and work with Jes at Quartet Health whether our focus is ERG-related, DEI, or anything in between. I can count on Jes to show up both authentically and passionately through her work. With her support, I was able to quickly obtain my DEI certification and was also inspired to utilize the many benefits and opportunities for learning and development available to me at Quartet. I am grateful to know Jes as an ally, advocate, and highly supportive colleague.”
— Marisa Mott, MS
Coached Marisa in her ERG lead role at Quartet Health
“Jes has been wonderful to work with. She is tireless when it comes to DEI efforts as well as elevating voices and advocating for others. Jes is about as authentic as a person can be, which comes through in an impressive ability to connect with employees throughout Quartet. Specifically, words may not do justice to the impact her work in establishing our ERG community has had. There should be more people like Jes Osrow.”
— Paul d'Souza
Partnered together on DEI and L&D initiatives at Quartet Health
“Jes is passionate without being performative, and she works for real change—not just for optics. Jes’s commitment to curating safe spaces has allowed myself and other POC to maneuver freely without having to compromise our cultural authenticity for career progression.”
— Ashleigh Brown
Worked together at Quartet Health
“Jes is the epitome of a dedicated worker who cares deeply about employees and helping them grow. She is always present, whether to help with learning and development, or just for much needed support. I am so grateful to work with her and I can't count how many times she's helped me both personally and professionally.”
— Erica Munro
Coached Erica in her ERG lead role and supported personal L&D initiatives at Quartet Health
“Thank you so much for standing up for women like me and being brave to broach the topic. It’s clearly a bigger deal for me than I would have realized otherwise. Reflecting I think just naming it bring to the surface all the stuff that I’ve had to advocate for that should just be built in, and the bias I’m afraid of- we don’t conquer that without talking about it you are absolutely right.”
— Carina S.
Feedback from a speaking engagement on invisible disabilities
“Jes participated in our internal panel in celebration of Pride Month. She shed light on how we as an organization can make structural changes to have a more inclusive culture, and that improving the well-being of specific groups has a positive effect in the entire organization. Her honest and upfront insights on how small changes, such as offering diverse choices to your employees, can have a big impact in terms of belonging and inclusion. We are so honored to have had Jes as a strong ally voice in our panel and we look forward to working with her again.”
— Alegria Baquer
Spoke on a panel at ZocDoc on Pride and allyship.