Jeff Shannon

About Jeff Shannon

A master facilitator, Jeff Shannon brings over 20 years of experience facilitating leadership development, corporate strategy workshops, and offsite retreats. He is an expert in designing and leading highly engaging meetings that enhance participation, generate better ideas, and deliver the desired outcome. That’s why leadership teams rely on him as an experienced, trustworthy guide for their most important meetings. Jeff leads +80 strategy, business planning, and leadership development workshops a year in a wide variety of industries for corporations, such as Airlite Plastics, Cargill, Deloitte, FNBO, Google, Kiewit, Lutz, Macy’s, and Union Pacific. For the first 17 years of his career, Jeff held multiple leadership positions with Conagra Brands. He led strategy and general management of the Banquet Frozen Meals and Pot Pies business and worked in finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In addition, he led both the finance development program and the brand development program. Jeff played a key role in Conagra’s Recipe for Growth corporate transformation.A keynote speaker and author of practical reference guides for business professionals, Jeff’s books include Lead Engaging Meetings: A Practical Guide to Maximize Participation and Effectiveness and Hard Work Is Not Enough: The Surprising Truth about Being Believable at Work. Jeff is currently a basketball coach and a former board member of Special Olympics Nebraska. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with his wife, Jen, and kids, Brady and Mallory.Go to to inquire about meeting facilitation, interviews, or speaking engagements.

Experience

1. Master Facilitator

   Jeff Shannon Facilitation

   Jun 2017 — Present · Omaha, NE, US

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  BSBA, Finance

  1995 — 1999

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  MBA, Business

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Income Statement
• Consumer Products
• Forecasting
• Pricing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership