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Jean Gasen is a leadership coach and facilitator who is dedicated to helping individuals excel – one leader at a time. Jean founded her leadership development firm in 2006, driven by a passion for enabling individuals, teams and organizations to discover the best in themselves and one another. Her enthusiasm and entertaining yet thought-provoking presentations have also made her a successful and sought after keynote speaker.

 

Jean believes in treating you as a unique and capable leader with the capacity to move from good to great. She provides insight and support to help build a confidential relationship of trust and integrity that inspires accountability for your actions and motivation to grow. And her unique, diverse background, which sets her apart from others, provides you with the benefits of her experience and success in academia, industry and the international coaching community.

 

Jean has successfully worked with senior leaders who have had wide ranging challenges — from those who are told they talk too much (or listen too little) and need to work on “soft skills,” to those who try so hard to please others that they just can’t seem to say no and end up feeling overworked and overwhelmed. She also loves working with leaders who just want to step back, reflect upon where they are in their careers, and then consider what really matters, what’s missing and what’s next.

 

Jean will challenge you and be your biggest advocate, creating a safe environment for self-reflection, revelation and learning. Clarifying your core personal and professional goals will enable you to create specific strategies for your leadership growth. And Jean can help make your journey creative and impactful … and maybe even fun.

 

Jean invites you to talk with her to see if her style matches your needs. You can reach Jean via email at: jean@jbgasenandassociates or give her a call at: 804.432.3085.

 

Background

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Jean has provided leadership development, coaching and team development to a wide variety of mid-level and senior executives in both public and private, for-profit and non-profit organizations.  Client organizations include: the Federal Reserve Bank, Capital One, United Network Organ Sharing, National Council on Aging, US Patent Office, Cherry Bekaert, Luck Companies, American Counseling Association, and many more.

 

As an academic, Jean was an Information Systems faculty member for 15 years, and worked extensively with technically oriented leaders in both her academic and corporate coaching work. Jean also later served as the Director of Leadership and Executive Coaching at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Business where she oversaw leadership and coaching development in all of VCU’s Executive Master’s programs from 2014-2018.

 

As a senior leader in industry, Jean worked for 9 years at Capital One, where she led IT University’s effort to create a full range of learning to more than 3,000 IT associates. She later served as Director of Core Learning at the consolidated Capital One University where she managed all corporate-wide and cross-functional training in areas including leadership and management development, competency development, and both project and process management development.

 

Jean holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Educational Psychology, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Information Systems and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Coaching. She maintains a PCC level of coaching certification from the International Coach Federation, and is certified in a number of leadership tools, including the DiSC®, Tetramap®, and The Leadership Circle® System, which includes The Leadership Circle 360®, the Leadership Circle Culture Survey®, and the full suite of tools offered by the Full Circle Group.  Jean has also served as a senior consultant to The Full Circle Group for more than 10 years, offering debrief consultation assistance to other coaches as they become certified in this powerful set of tool for leaders.

 

In her spare time, Jean enjoys working out, hiking, reading and going to all types of music – from classical to rock’n’roll.