Intro to Leadership Coaching Session

Get clear on what coaching is and how it can help you get where you want to be

You are new to leadership coaching and are curious to learn more about what it is and how it can help you achieve your goals. Perhaps you have a goal in mind and are ready to get into action or perhaps you’re ready for a personal or professional change and need help identifying what exactly it is you want. Bring yourself, your questions and your goals for a special coaching session designed to help you get clear on what coaching is and how it can help you get where you want to be. You will: 

  • Understand what coaching is and how it will help you achieve your goals

  • Identify a challenge or goal you want to make progress on

  • Co-create an action and accountability plan to get started on achieving your goal

Intro session includes:

  • Pre-session activity and questionnaire

  • One 45 minute leadership coaching session

  • Introduction to tools and techniques to help you reach your goals

  • Personalized follow up practices

  • Action and accountability plan

Special EM Consultant rate for 1st session: $65 .

 

Leadership coaching starter pack

Kickstart tangible change on your leadership journey

You have a leadership goal in mind and are ready to get into action, but you know you need to develop an action and accountability plan to keep you moving forward.

Or perhaps you are ready for something to change in your personal or professional life but you need help identifying what exactly it is you want before you get moving. Wherever you are at, I will meet you there and help you:

  • Clarify your goals

  • Understand what may be getting in the way of making progress

  • Create an action an accountability plan to help you get there

Three session intro package includes:

  • All that is included in the intro session plus 2 more sessions for added discovery, exercises, action planning and accountability support.

  • Pre-session activity and questionnaire

  • Three total 45 minute leadership coaching sessions

  • Assessments, tools and/exercises specific to your goals Customized action and accountability plans at the end of each session

  • Email support between sessions

Special EM Community rate for the package: $380

 

Cultivating a productive mindset

Make clearer choices, have more energy and accomplish goals more easily

Your mindset guides your thoughts, your choices and your actions. When it is productive you can accomplish things with ease, when it is not, hurdles that may seem invisible to you will get in your way. Mindset can also impact your energy level and unnecessarily deplete you without your awareness.

Becoming aware of the mindset you hold and consciously choosing a productive mindset will help you make clearer choices, have more energy and take action to accomplish your goals more easily.

Program includes:

  • Three 45 minute coaching sessions via Zoom

  • Pre-work questionnaire

  • Assignment after each sessions with email support if needed

  • Exercises and tools

  • Mindfulness practices including a set of mindset cards

  • Action and accountability plan after each session

Special EM Community rate for the package: $400

 

Integrating work and life in the time of Covid

Build a sustainable system to manage your energy and avoid burning out 

You are wise to the ways of balancing work with life...and then Covid hit and things got messy and hard. Perhaps you find yourself struggling to fit is all in or perhaps you find yourself leaning too heavily into work because….well what else is there to do?

Either way, you know things are  not balancing out in a way that gives you energy and you are noticing, especially now that you’ve had it and are ready to find a new way to reconnect and rebalance your work and life in a way that feels more sustainable. Because if you don’t you have a hunch you're on the road to burning out. 

This program will help you refocus and build a core system that you can come back to again and again when life starts to feel like it's spinning out of control. 

You will learn how to: 

  • Cultivate a productive mindset (details included in the package of the same name)

  • See the whole picture of what gives you energy and what drains you

  • Utilize operational tools like to open up space you didn’t know you have

  • Develop action and accountability plans to help keep you on track

Program includes: 

  • Five 45 minute coaching sessions via Zoom

  • Pre-work questionnaire

  • Assignment after each sessions with email support if needed

  • Exercises, tools and operational templates

  • Mindfulness practices including mindset cards

  • Action and accountability plan after each session 

Special EM Community rate for the package $750

 

Working parent coaching

Support to help you navigate your parenthood journey

Parenting has always been a challenge, but recently it got a whole lot harder. You might be working from home for the first time, balancing parenting and work responsibilities with a co-parent, or trying to juggle it all as a single parent. As your coach I will help you navigate the unique challenges of this new reality, as well as all the other challenges facing new and seasoned working parents including: 

  • Difficulties of juggling conflicting values, redefining roles and identities,

  • Setting boundaries around work loads

  • Balancing shared responsibilities with a co-parent

  • Navigating the steep learning curves involved in managing personal and professional responsibilities. 

You will learn: 

  • Tips on work-life balance and time management while working remotely

  • Explore your many identities and responsibilities as a working parent

  • Connect to your core values and purpose to help you remember what’s most important

  • Understand how showing up for your kids starts with caring for yourself

  • Create a shared family identity by identifying shared values, norms and expectations

Package includes: 

  • Pre-session activity and questionnaire

  • One 45 minute coaching session geared towards working parents via Zoom

  • Assessments, tools and/exercises specific to your goals

  • Personalized follow up practices

  • Customized action and accountability plans at the end of each session

Special EM Community rate for 1st session: $65 

 

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About Jessica

Experience and education

I have 20 years of experience building and leading marketing and operations teams across a variety of organizations, from lean startups to global companies. For the last 5 years I have been building my own coaching and consulting business. 

Along with this real world leadership experience, I have a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and Professional Coaching Certifications from the International Coaching Federation (PCC) and the Co-Active Training Institute (CPCC).

Throughout the years I have enjoyed the opportunity to coach and mentor many team members and have developed a deep interest and passion for helping each person:

  • Lead from an authentic place so they can show up as their unique self

  • Build a sustainable system that integrates work and life so they can avoid burnout and have energy for all the important parts of their lives

  • Find their sweet spot within their career - that role that excites, inspires and where they really shine

Outlook

I am fascinated by people. What motivates us to take action and what holds us back? I am inspired to help people connect with their strengths, values and passions and to help them lead authentically from there. I believe when we come from a place of connection and strength we can do amazing things and inspire others to do the same. The best way to learn to lead others is to first lead yourself. I also love getting and being organized. With that comes a passion for not only helping people visualize big goals but also helping them make the plans and take the steps to bring those goals to life. 

Coaching style

In three words: Compassionate, insightful, structured. 
As your coach, I will meet you where you are, help you identify where you want to go and co-create a plan to help you get there.  I value compassion, empathy and kindness as well as accountability and action. I will offer thoughtful insights, champion your strengths, provide action plans and hold you accountable so that you make meaningful change. Each session will include time to explore goals, discuss learnings and challenges before making a concrete action and accountability plan. 

On a personal level 

I am very proud of my Minnesota roots, although I haven’t lived there in almost 30 years it will always be “home”. After leaving Minnesota, I spent 15 years on the East Coast going to college, grad school and building a career.  I have been very lucky to live or travel internationally for a good part of my life and I have a great passion for exploring new places and cultures. 8 years ago my husband and I moved from Boston to the Bay Area and we have enjoyed building our life out here. We have two kids, ages 10 and 6), and we just added a new labradoodle puppy to the mix.  When I am not working (or managing distance learning calls for the kids) I enjoy spending time outdoors walking, hiking or biking. I also find comfort in painting and practicing yoga.

Most recent reads/listens

  • Unlocking Us, Brene Brown’s podcast

  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

  • Becoming, Michelle Obama

Proudest accomplishment

Starting my own business and becoming a consultant 5 years ago! I get to spend time doing what I love, make a positive impact on the world and have flexibility to be present for myself and my kids. 

Clients words

“In our 1:1 sessions, I learned so much about what I want out of life, home, career, love, family etc. then I ever thought possible. Jessica's style is patient, focused, fun, smart, loving, and above all else, she gets you to the answers and helps with the negative self talk. She helped me visualize my better self and uncovered truths that I didn't know existed. I would highly recommend Jessica Smith. She is a class act in every way. With her guidance, she helped me become a better me. I am very hopeful and excited about 2018. I believe that I have made strides to become a better person and colleagues as well as mother, daughter, wife, and friend. I wouldn't have made half the progress I made without Jess's help.”

Elizabeth Woodhouse - Senior Vice President of Talent at Mercury Media

"Jessica was a HUGE help during the coaching sessions we had together. She was spot-on with her questions and really led me to some interesting and powerful realizations. I’m transitioning from a corporate career to my own business. I chose Jessica as my coach because of her background in corporate marketing, knowing she had a sense of transitioning from a corporate environment to a more fulfilling career. I’d recommend Jessica highly to anyone who is looking for good, solid direction. I liked that Jessica kept our sessions on point, even when my thoughts were wandering and sometimes deflecting. She’s great at getting at what’s really going on!"

Stacy Thrash - Owner/President, PeaceBox, Austin Texas


"Jessica's coaching opened a new set of possibilities for me and completely shifted how I approach everyday challenges. Before connecting with Jessica, I was stuck in a pattern of swirl and indecision around the next steps in my career. Jessica combined compassion, support, and strategy to help me process what was holding me back and how to move forward. She was brilliant at hearing and seeing me, and I left each session with a new perspective and action to take. Jessica saw the best in me and took me there. As a result of our coaching, I'm now in the interview process with a company that truly inspires me!"

Lisa, Director of Community Charlottesville VA

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