Marjie Hadad

Marjie Hadad – Communications Strategist and Speaker

Marjie Hadad is a speaker that empowers audiences with leadership communications strategies and tools to strategically avoid or manage high-stress situations and crises. She is a globally recognised crisis and leadership communications expert, former television news reporter and anchor, and an award-winning TV producer and author.

Specialising in medical and venture capital public relations, she designs and manages strategic public relations programs that achieve the business and clinical goals of her clients.

In her keynotes and training, Marjie uses her decades of experience and expertise to empower leaders, at every level, worldwide, to strengthen their leadership communications skills and management of high-stress situations and crisis.

Marjie Hadad also served as an agent at Ford Model Management – Boston and as the media liaison for the Consulate General of Israel to New England. In addition, she worked as a researcher and speech writer for the Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel.

She began her commercial public relations career in 1996, employed first by a boutique agency and later by an international firm. In 2001, she founded Marjie Hadad Communications.

A limited edition of her first book, The Power of PR Parenting, was published in April 2023. It achieved Amazon number 1 best new release and number 1 best seller status in nine different categories collectively. The book also received a Gold Global E-Book, Gold Literary Titan, Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird, Five Star Reader View and Gold Maincrest Media award. The second edition will be published in 2026.

Marjie has been featured in Business Insider, the WSJ, MSN, Parents.com, Good Morning Arizona, Suncoast TV, Liftoff with Jeanniey Walden, Tiny Beans, Menspsyche.com, A Dime Saved, Confidence Daily, The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel as well as more than 70 podcasts including David Meltzer’s Office Hours, Pockets of Knowledge with Desiree Stanley, THINK Business with Jon Dwoskin, One Fear Per Year with Janice Burt, the Business of Meetings with Eric Rozenberg, and Helping Organizations Thrive with Julian Roberts.

Marjie Hadad Speaking Topics

Master Crisis & High Stress Leadership – Strategic Messaging. Creative Time Management. Calm Under Fire

In business and life, we all face challenges. The difference between success and setbacks depends on your communications strategy and how well you manage high-stress situations. In this empowering session, crisis communications and leadership expert Marjie Hadad draws from her decades of experience to share three powerful methodologies to help you strategically communicate, manage time constraints, and turn chaos into calm.

You’ll learn how to:

• Choose the best who and the how and strategically decide what messages to share and
  who should deliver them
• Look at the clock differently in order to meet challenging deadlines
• Get rid of nervous energy with a simple, effective de-stressing exercise to help maintain
  focus and composure under pressure

 Plan for the Unexpected – Leadership Communication Lessons Forged From Real-World Crisis

You use communication skills every day, at work, at home, and during your travels. Ask yourself, though, are you leveraging them strategically enough to successfully navigate high- stress situations, resolve conflicts, and achieve critical goals? In this interactive session, crisis communications and leadership expert Marjie Hadad shares practical methodologies to help you communicate with confidence and control the narrative under pressure.

You’ll learn how to:

• Control the narrative and regain control of conversations when facing the unexpected
• Strategically communicate to manage high-stress situations wherever you are and tailor your message to any stakeholder
• Debrief effectively to help your team learn, grow, and build resilience from every
  experience

Overcoming Doubt, Obstacles & Curve Balls – Crisis leadership communication tools to maintain resilience, inspire teams and resolve conflict

Do you have a bold vision that others dismiss as impossible? When naysayers plead with you to give up, it feels like hiking uphill with shackles. Is your team frustrated and ready to give up? Is there a meeting on your calendar that could present challenges? In this empowering session, crisis communications and leadership expert Marjie Hadad shares:

• Powerful, time-tested communications tools from decades of experience to inspire teams at critical moments.
• Proven methods to rise to the occasion when faced with the unexpected.
• Essential strategies to transform ambitious goals into reality despite rejection and
  obstacles