A fresh perspective, rooted in experience.
I understand your desire to thrive as an impactful and inspiring leader in all aspects of your life.
As you aim for more prominent roles and responsibilities within the executive track, you’ve recently arrived at a crossroads in your career. You face new rapid growth opportunities and have decided you don’t want to navigate these new pathways alone without an insightful partner to guide you.
From steering relationships at the C-level to piloting conversations with teams and peers, increasing visibility and opportunities in your field, integrating your creative endeavors, or connecting the dots in your personal life—as a parent, child, and partner—I help you traverse the unknown challenges and situations that arise as a leader with a holistic approach.
At this juncture, maybe you have:
Lost sight of some of the accomplishments, accolades, and learnings that got you to this point.
Found yourself at a career milestone where you need practical tools and accountability to manage people and deal with the chaos and change that comes with your executive responsibilities.
A desire for accountability in a coaching relationship to help you navigate this movement you’re creating.
Doubts while being told you are doing a great job but feel like you’re not doing enough
Disconnection between the leader you believe you are vs. the leader you wish to become
Outgrown the leadership coach that helped you evolve to this current state.
You deserve the dedication, loyalty & support you so freely give to your team.
In our work together, you'll gain the clarity and insight needed to navigate the chaos and change accompanying your responsibilities.
Whether you're growing a lean start-up, spearheading a movement, or managing a large team or organization, you'll have the partner required to take on challenges more confidently while reigniting your creative spark, which leads to success and joy in all your endeavors.
As a veteran 20-year marketing executive leader, I have been where you are and know how challenging, isolating, and overwhelming leadership can be.
While business books, life partners, close friends, and family are all great support systems, they might not always provide the unbiased perspective or solutions you're looking for to identify gaps, strategize on closing them, or tackle work challenges head-on.
No longer stay siloed in your internal experience and struggle to become unstuck from what you believe is holding you back.
Instead, gain a fresh perspective rooted in real-world experience to reignite your spark, gain more clarity, and create impact as you lead bravely.
AbouT Me
I’ve been leading teams in tech companies, startups, and nonprofit arts orgs for over 20 years. I bring all of that experience, and more, to my coaching practice.
Ready to take the next step?
We’ll start by doing an Intro Call + Coaching Demo where we’ll talk about your goals, how we’d work together, and answer any questions you have about coaching.
Q & A – The Basics
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Coaching provides a focused, interactive, and stimulating experience for clients to work through issues in their professional and personal lives.
The Coach doesn’t hold the answers, but is responsible for drawing out the answers the Client holds but cannot see.
In our sessions, we would “be together, in action.” My role is to remain curious, open, and non-judgmental, and your role is to be honest, vulnerable, and courageous. Together we can tackle challenging issues and reveal pathways forward.
My coaching style is informed by the practical and experiential — 18 years working in business, an MBA from Berkeley-Haas, training from the Center for Executive Coaching — as well as the artistic and intuitive: training in the Co-Active Coaching model, 20+ years experience as a classical singer / performing artist.
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With coaching, as with so many things in life, it really does depend on what you put into the experience. Coaching is a significant investment of both time and money. With your determination and hard work, you could see results such as:
Finding clarity in big decisions, career or personal
Feeling more confident in your leadership role
Getting a promotion or raise
Finding more success in your business
Feeling more at ease in your professional relationships
I’m honored that several clients have used the term “life-changing” for our coaching sessions.
While there’s no way to guarantee a specific result, our sessions will address what results you hope for and how you will work towards them.
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If you’re on this site, you are probably already considering coaching!
To get the most out of coaching, you need to be upfront about what’s going on in your life, open to making changes, and committed to seeing through these changes.
I offer a free Intro Call to help you figure out whether I’m the right coach for you and whether the timing is right for your busy life.
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According to an article by the Society of Human Resource Development, executive coaches charge between $200 and $3,000 an hour.
Extrapolating that out, six month 1:1 coaching engagements can run anywhere from $5,000 - $30,000+. (Yes, this is a very wide range!)
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Yes, coaching is professional development, and many times, companies will cover the cost fully or partially.
Studies have shown that it costs employers 33% of a worker's annual salary to hire a replacement if that worker leaves. So, an employee making $100K costs $33K to replace. That’s a huge cost! Investing in an employee’s growth is not only the right thing to do for the employee, but also a win-win situation for the company.
If you work in a medium-to-large organization, chances are high that there’s a budget line item related to professional development. Reach out to your manager or HR department to see what’s available. Your company may be able to cover the full cost of coaching.
If you work in a small organization or startup, chances are there’s still a budget allotted to professional development, even if it’s not publicly known. You can have a conversation with your manager / founder to discuss how this investment will be important not only for you, but also for the company’s success.
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Coaching:
Unblocks barriers standing in the way of success
Propels forward action toward goals
Focuses on the conversation between the coach and client
Assumes that the coach doesn’t have the answers, but asks the right questions
Consulting:
Provides advice and recommendations from a knowledgeable source
Often delivers a written product or other “deliverable”
Assumes that the consultant has the answers
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Therapy typically deals with how the past informs the present and future.
Coaching typically deals with connecting present thoughts, mindset, and actions to future goals.
Therapy is a licensed profession; coaching is not.
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I work with individual clients in an initial period of 6 months, with an option to continue on a month-to-month basis afterwards. Most of my clients schedule sessions every 2 weeks, and we complete somewhere between 8-12 sessions over the course of the initial engagement. Several of my clients elect to continue the coaching engagement for 1-2 years.
Overall, the client experience is completely personalized and tailored to your needs. I can assign you homework and act as an accountability partner, if this is what works best for you. We can start the engagement with a number of assessments, if this is helpful. Together, we design your personalized program to get you where you want to be.
I default to conducting sessions virtually over Zoom. If you’re based in the SF Bay Area, I would be happy to meet you in person at a mutually convenient location.
My six month 1:1 coaching engagements range from $9,000 - $12,000 depending on your needs. A 360 Verbal Assessment may be added on.
Group and corporate coaching engagements are designed on a case-by-case basis; please contact me at j@jessicawan.com to discuss.
Schedule an Intro Call to learn more.
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