Jennifer Thamm

Enigma
DISC Type : cdi

Wellbeing Director & Founder at SaysLife

Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland

Overview

Jennifer Thamm is the CEO and Founder of SaysLife, a platform focused on employee wellbeing and risk management. With 20 years in international business at firms like UBS and Thomson Reuters, she advises C-Suite leaders on strategic, ethical, and ESG-relevant shifts. People who have worked with her describe her as hard-working, smart, reliable, and highly self-motivated.

Drawing on over 15 years of competitive sports, including a 40-year passion for ice hockey, she brings an athletes perspective on team building and performance to the corporate world. Jennifer is also a proud mother of two, having completed her MBA while raising her young children.

She uniquely translates the discipline and competitive spirit of elite ice hockey into strategies for corporate leadership and wellbeing.

Personality Overview

Fast Follower

Friendly Yet Blunt

Hard To Convince

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

Wellbeing Risk Management
Her company, SaysLife, was founded to address a gap in balancing employee privacy with corporate risk management governance and strategic needs.
Ethical AI
Her professional headline and company's mission highlight the use of ethically designed tools to safeguard employees, a key focus in her recent work.
Human-Centric Leadership
She emphasizes creating healthy environments, comparing executive care to that of a thoroughbred racehorse and valuing human connection in business conversations, like at Davos.

Media Appearances

#20 - Interview with Jennifer Thamm, SaysLife, Founder & CEO. Featured in Capricorn Connect Podcast (Podigee)

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Work History

1-2020
Wellbeing Director & Founder at SaysLife
1-2020
CEO and Founder at SaysLife
1-2019 - 12-2020
MBA & New Mom at The Pregnancy Pause
6-2016 - 12-2018
Global Head of Change & Transformation Governance Risks at UBS
1-2015 - 5-2016
Outsourcing & Change Governance Risks at UBS

Education

2020
Master of Business Administration - MBA from York St. John University
2007 - 2007
Executive Education from Carnegie Mellon University
1996 - 2000
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA from Eastern Michigan University
Master of Business Administration - MBA from York St. John University

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Exp : 23 Location : Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland Job Level : Leadership Designation : Wellbeing Director & Founder at SaysLife

Interested in

Sports

competitive ice hockey and softball

Health & Outdoor

avid sports and adventure enthusiast

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Insights For Selling To Jennifer

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage 'negging', or the art of asking negative questions like "you must not be convinced yet..."
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them
  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jennifer is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jennifer

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jennifer move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Jennifer take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Jennifer

Personality Compatibility


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