My Coaching Philosophy

In our work together, you’ll explore and define what matters most to you and what would be different if you were able to achieve the aspirations and goals that brought you to seek the assistance of a coach.

My desire is to help you chart a path that is closely aligned with your core values and your professional or personal mission, and vision. If you're not sure what these are yet, don't worry—I’m here to help you uncover what truly matters. Together, we'll reflect on these essential elements and chart a course that gets you to where you want to go.

How Can I Help?

Executive Coaching

Drawing on my experience as a senior executive, business owner, and consultant, I know the value of having a trusted, experienced sounding board for complex leadership challenges. Together, we'll enhance your leadership impact, improve decision-making, and drive meaningful results—whether you're a seasoned executive or an emerging leader. I'll provide the insights, tools, and support you need to lead with confidence and authenticity.

Career & Life Coaching

Feeling stuck or unsure of your next career move? Have a gnawing sense that there’s a better version of you waiting to come forth? Whether you’re seeking more purpose in your life or work, navigating a career change, or striving for better work-life balance, we’ll work together to chart a path forward that aligns with your core values and moves you closer to creating the life you want to live.

Retirement Coaching

Only 14% of people have a retirement strategy, yet with longer lifespans, many may spend 30 years in retirement. Without a plan, it’s easy to feel a loss of purpose and identity—or stay in an unfulfilling job because you’re unsure what’s next. Whether you’re approaching retirement or already there, I’ll guide you through self-discovery to uncover your talents, passions, and goals, helping you create a vision for a fulfilling and purposeful next chapter.

Why Me?

Choosing the right coach is a big decision. I bring both real-world leadership experience and a deep understanding of personal and professional transitions. As a former executive, business owner, coach and consultant, I’ve helped numerous organizations and individuals successfully navigate transitions.

As a certified emotional intelligence coach, I help clients build self-awareness, resilience, and interpersonal skills—key to leadership, career growth, and personal fulfillment. My coaching is personalized, supportive, and rooted in your values, helping you gain the clarity, confidence, and strategies to succeed.

Tailored Approach

Coaching customized to reflect your unique journey and specific goals.

Deep Experience

Drawing on decades of leadership experience to guide you at every life phase.

Actionable Strategies

Turning your vision into clear, measurable steps that drive real progress.

Emotional Intelligence Certified

Certified to coach and develop emotional intelligence, a key predictor of success.

Supportive Environment

Creating a warm, safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore and grow.

Proven Success

A track record of empowering leaders to achieve lasting, impactful results.

What Our Coaching Journey Looks Like

Every step of our process is tailored to your unique wiring—using deep listening, trusted assessments, and strategic goal-setting to reveal your strengths and craft an actionable roadmap just for you

Explore your goals, our process and determine if we’re a good fit - no cost to you.

Step 1: Introductory Meeting

Step 2: Assessment & Discovery

Understand who you are, what matters most to you, and how you define success— I’ll use personalized assessments and measurable goals to create a tailored coaching plan.

 Identify and discuss actionable strategies, establish timelines and put systems in place to work the plan and ensure progress.

Step 3: Coaching & Development

Gain an accountability partner. We’ll discuss progress,  celebrate successes and learn from failures together.

Step 4: Actions & Accountability

Personal Assessments

Laying the foundation for a more focused and effective coaching relationship

Assessments are a valuable tool to help both of us better understand your natural strengths, potential challenges, blind spots and patterns of behaviors. Assessment results will guide every aspect of our coaching relationship and ensure that we are designing goals and strategies uniquely aligned to you and your needs. They also provide a baseline to help measure progress.

  • Everything DiSC

    Everything DiSC is a powerful personality assessment that provides insights into your natural communication style and behavioral tendencies. This tool helps individuals and teams improve self-awareness, enhance collaboration, and build stronger relationships by understanding four core personality dimensions: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. As a certified DiSC coach, I guide clients through their results, helping them leverage their strengths, navigate differences, and create a more cohesive and productive work environment.

  • CliftonStrengths

    The CliftonStrengths assessment, developed by Gallup, identifies your top talents across 34 distinct themes, providing a clear understanding of what makes you unique. This tool focuses on maximizing strengths rather than fixing weaknesses, allowing individuals and teams to enhance performance, increase engagement, and achieve their goals more effectively. As a certified CliftonStrengths coach, I help clients interpret their results and develop strategies to apply their strengths in leadership, teamwork, and personal growth.

  • Korn Ferry Assessment and Coaching Certification

    ESCI 360 Assessment and Coaching for Leaders: Korn Ferry

    The ESCI (Emotional & Social Competency Inventory) is a critical development tool designed to provide leaders with comprehensive feedback on their performance, competencies, and areas for growth. It combines feedback from multiple sources to ensure that leaders focus on the right areas for improvement and strength building. This leads to an improvement in  overall effectiveness in leading teams, making decisions, and driving organizational success. This tool was co-developed by Daniel Goleman who led groundbreaking research in emotional intelligence.

  • Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Work Team; Wiley; Assessment, Training and Coaching

    Based on Management Consultant and author Patrick Lencioni's model,  this assessment, training and coaching focuses on five key behaviors that contribute to a high-performing team: trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and results. The assessment measures the current state of a team's dynamics and identifies areas for growth. Through targeted training, teams and leaders learn how to foster trust, engage in healthy conflict, make clear decisions, hold each other accountable, and focus on collective results. 


  • Retirement Assessment and Coaching; Retirement Options

    The coaching process starts with a comprehensive personalized assessment to evaluate financial readiness, emotional preparedness, and lifestyle goals for retirement. Through one-on-one coaching sessions, clients receive tailored guidance on  how to align their choices in retirement with their personal values and long-term aspirations, ensuring a smooth and empowering transition into retirement. The goal of the coaching process is to help individuals navigate retirement planning with clarity, confidence and purpose.


Professional certifications with the assessments above ensure that I have received extensive training and testing to help you accurately interpret your results and help you apply them to produce meaningful outcomes.

Certifications

Contact Me

Ready to take the next step? I offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation to help you explore how coaching can support your goals. Contact me today to start gaining clarity, confidence, and direction in your career and life!

  • "Barbara's coaching was instrumental in helping me grow through an impasse in my career. I was feeling stuck, burned out, and unsure of what to do next. Working with Barbara helped me define my values and remember why I chose the career that I did, as well as make some new discoveries. I'm so grateful for Barbara's curiosity, great questions, and insight, and would recommend her highly to anybody looking to challenge themselves to grow and reach their potential."

  • "Barbara Jordan has brought a depth to our company meetings and planning discussions that has proven invaluable to our process. She has provided training for myself and our management team, she has driven annual and management meetings with energy and content and become a valuable member of my advisory team. Barbara has made a positive difference in our business!

  • "Barb was invaluable in guiding me through a transition assessment when I retired from my executive director role. Her insights, wisdom, and ability to ask thoughtful, probing questions helped me navigate this significant life change. She provided impactful resources and ideas that truly made a difference in my transition. I highly recommend Barb to anyone considering retirement or already retired and looking to assess their next chapter in life.

  • “As the principal owner of a local technology business, I was looking for help improving my leadership and communication skills. Barbara’s years of experience as a coach truly showed in her use of structured assessments followed by step-by-step coaching. Her help was so impactful, we hired her to help transform our entire HR function at RJG!” -Mike Groleau, Chairman of the Board, RJG Inc.