EXPERT COACHING
Sometimes getting from here to there in a career or other journey is a winding path instead of a straight line. Jenn’s passion and expertise lie in connecting with executives, teams, and companies to help them achieve their goals – whether it’s a career or life change, improving leadership skills, or facilitating team realignment to boost productivity and engagement.
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Jenn Pitts is an expert in working with leaders, teams, and companies to get through transitions smoothly and come out the other side stronger and better. Jenn’s own path has been anything but a straight line – from construction work to coaching Fortune 500 C-suite executives. A hallmark of Jenn’s work is that she builds deep collaborative relationships with the executives and teams that she works with to help them clarify objectives and identify and breakthrough roadblocks.
PODCAST EPISODE
Episode highlights:
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You can learn something different and bring something to the table everywhere you go (even if it’s just a different perspective).
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Networking demonstrates the power of relationships. Throughout Jennifer’s career, she has witnessed fortuitous timing from connecting or reconnecting with someone. Building a network is about reaching out to people and offering a two-way relationship with them. In turn, this creates a web-like sphere of influence that continues to grow as those in your network connect you with others. Digital tools have enabled networking ease and speed, but interpersonal communications will always play a part.
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A mentor connects with you in a professional realm (e.g., a professor or boss). A mentor helps you open doors and build out a career ladder. A coach is a personal mentor that enables you to focus and make progress on a specific issue or address what’s holding you back. Having both in your life can be extraordinarily valuable.
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In a maelstrom of social change, leadership qualities of the past may not be as effective in the future. To be a good leader, you have to be professional yet warm with a focus on DE&I and employee engagement and development.
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Advice for women professionals who want to advance as leaders: Look for mentors and find people who are exceptionally good at what you want to be good at (e.g., leadership, technical skills). Don’t be afraid to seek informal mentors as well.
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SERVICES
TRANSITION
SUPPORT
Whether it’s by choice or not, career transitions require careful thought, planning and focused effort (though not at the expense of everything else).
Ask Yourself:
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Has it been 5+ years since you’ve looked for a new role?
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Do you need to expand your skillset?
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Considering a career change?
LEADERSHIP COACHING
Identifying and clarifying strengths, weaknesses and roadblocks preventing you from being the most effective leader you can be in the context of your company’s culture.
Driven by technology, including AI, the job search landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years. With a proven set of strategies and work plan, business coach Jenn Pitts can help you navigate the full continuum of the process from a collateral refresh to interview preparation.
PERSONAL
COACHING
Jenn helps you identify and articulate what’s preventing you from getting the most out of your relationships, your career, and your life.
WORKSHOP, TRAINING & PUBLIC SPEAKING
Jenn has a deep background in public speaking, training and facilitation.
ABOUT
JENN PITTS
Jenn Pitts is an executive coach and business advisor. She possesses an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia University. Choosing Big 4 consulting out of B-School, Jenn realized early on that her career was likely to be a lattice instead of a ladder. A passionate learner, Jenn took deep dives into Human Capital, ERP and technology implementation and corporate governance. All the while active in various coaching and mentoring roles in and outside the office. In addition to her private coaching practice, Jenn was recently back at Deloitte (for round 3), leading the Career Services team for the CIO Program. In this role, she had the privilege to work with CXO technology leaders from Fortune 750 clients.
In her spare time, Jenn can be found hiking with her dogsin the White Mountains and improving her golf game (She has a long way to go!). In the winter, you can find her on skis – wherever the snow is. Jenn is also a member of local non-profit boards and is a mentor and coach for various college programs – helping students build job search competencies including collateral development, creating an effective online presence, networking and interviewing skills. .