After 15 years in the corporate world, Lisa Garcia Jacobson founded Workplace Solutions in 1998 as a solution to her own career issue: the need for balance and flexibility in her professional and family lives. A true entrepreneur at heart, Lisa transitioned from a burgeoning corporate career at Verizon (GTE) to launching Workplace Solutions, a Tampa, Florida-based human resources consulting firm offering HR consulting and career advice to a variety of corporate and individual clients ranging from Bell South International Wireless Services to Coca-Cola Enterprises.
An Exceptional Level of Expertise
- Holds the highest level of certification from the Society of Human Resource Professionals (SPHR)
- Certified Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator (MBTI) Practitioner
- Adjunct Instructor at Hillsborough Community College where she teaches the SPHR certification class to HR professionals preparing for the national exam and HR training programs
- Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania under the of the founder of the positive psychology movement, Martin P. E. Seligman
- Completed PENN Resilience Facilitator Training Program at the Penn Positive Psychology Center
- University of Pennsylvania Secondary School Selection Committee
- University of Pennsylvania Alumni Interviewer for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program
- University of Pennsylvania Independent Contractor Facilitator Military Resilience Training
- Frequent speaker on career matters, human resources, positive psychology and strengths-based management practices in the workplace
Recent Presentations
- 2011 Workshop Facilitator Vanderbilt University Career Center -
"Chaos Theory - Happen Stance and positive Psychology" - 2011 University of South Florida Management Development Program -
"Using Strengths in Business" - 2010 NAMIC National HR Conference – Positive Psychology in the Workplace
- 2010 Working Women of Tampa Bay – Using Strengths in Business
- 2010 Fowler White Law Firm – Using and Managing Personality Strengths
- 2010 NBC News Affiliate – Interview with Stacie Schaible – Job Satisfaction
- 2009 Hillsborough Community College – “Professionalism in the Workplace”
- 2009 Career Transition Group of South Tampa – “Interviewing Skills”
- 2009HR Tampa Employment Lab – “Resiliency in Job Searching”
- 2009 Workforce Tampa Alliance – “Cultivating Resilience”
- 2008-2009 Guest Consultant on CBS News Affiliate "10 Connects News Hour"
“How to Find a Job”
“Facebook & Employment”
“What to Do When Laid-off”
On the Personal Side
In addition to being a nationally respected HR consultant, career consultant and speaker, Lisa is avid reader, gardener, and “comfort food” cook. She has been happily married to Richard A. Jacobson, for 26 years. Richard is a foreign tax lawyer and partner at the law firm of Fowler White Boggs P.A. They are also the proud parents of Rick Jacobson, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, and currently a second year medical student at Rush University in Chicago, IL.. Lisa, Richard and sometimes Ricky, along with their irrepressible Dachshund, Rufus, reside in Tampa, Florida.
Paying it Forward
Lisa believes in giving back to the community, especially people in need of employment services. She dedicates several hours each week to community organizations and people who could not otherwise afford her career advising and employment services. Reduced and flexible payment plans are extended to (temporarily!) unemployed clients.
