Jen is an organization and leadership development consultant and coach who is driven by the belief that personal effectiveness, team performance, and organizational success are connected. As a former human resources and organization development executive herself, Jen is an accomplished partner with senior leaders in building leadership effectiveness throughout the organization, enhancing the emotional intelligence of individuals and teams, and driving talent strategy aligned with business strategy. She brings a curious, disciplined, and optimistic energy to clients, with the ability to thrive in ambiguous, uncertain, and complex situations.
After originally pursuing an academic career in psychology, Jen re-imagined her purpose and direction to focus her career on the psychology of leadership and interpersonal and team dynamics. When working with clients, Jen takes a holistic approach. She seeks to examine self, team, and organization as integrated systems rather than as separate entities and believes that achieving what we want is largely a result of getting out of our own way. Only then can meaningful, sustainable change occur.
Jen has extensive experience in areas such as leadership effectiveness, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, conflict management and collaboration, truth-telling and feedback, and change and transition. She’s coached senior executives through leadership transitions, consulted with teams experiencing significant change and interpersonal pain, and developed world-class programs that have established the organization’s talent and leadership culture as competitive differentiators.
Jen holds a PhD in psychology from West Virginia University. She is a CORE™ Certified Executive Coach as well as certified in multiple globally distributed tools, assessments, and development programs.
When not working, Jen is exploring the world with her husband and their dog. After enjoying life in Denver, Colorado, Jen and her family moved to Paris to fulfill a long-time dream. Jen feels most at home on her bicycle or in the water and is a 3-time Ironman triathlon finisher. Jen also enjoys literature, music, global cuisine, and meditation, and will try (almost) anything once.
