What clients are saying.
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"Denise is an outstanding leader, communicator, and executive coach. Through our coaching relationship, she helped me refine my leadership skills and grow in self-awareness and confidence. Denise was always ready and available to talk through any professional topic that arose. Her deep experience, excellent listening skills, and personalized approach have helped me grow immensely — also very positively impacting my workplace as a result. Ongoing coaching with Denise has been one of the most impactful professional development experiences of my career."
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“There is a reason professional athletes seek out the best coaches and mentors they can find. The same holds true for professional administrators and executives. Having someone with experience and expertise to learn from and bounce ideas off is absolutely essential. Denise Jones is a phenomenal executive coach. Her ability to listen critically, ask probing questions and help one sort through and prioritize thoughts, ideas and action plans is fantastic! I can’t imagine having onboarded into my current role of President/CEO without Denise. She draws upon her extensive experience in a variety of fields and does the homework necessary to push you to a level of performance that would not be possible otherwise. Most importantly, Denise establishes a solid foundation of trust that allows you to shed light on your own areas of opportunity in order to expand your skill set and develop as a leader. I recommend Denise strongly and appreciate the wonderful year of growth I had with her as my executive coach and mentor."
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"When I transitioned between leadership roles in my organization, I wanted a coach who had experience not only in my field, but other fields as well. Denise provided me with a very high level of thought partnering; her style is centered around asking good questions and helping you find the right language to explain your thinking. This approach enabled me to understand my how my leadership style needed to grow to encompass the new role. Far from providing rote, textbook answers to the challenges I faced leading an institution with a great diversity of constituencies, she suggested areas to concentrate on, helped me prioritize desired outcomes and gently forced me to distill down the complexities. With genuine warmth and compassion, she humbly placed herself alongside me on my journey and adeptly supported me in sharpening my thinking, focus and confidence. Denise’s deep experience in executive-level leadership and her honest curiosity about what I wanted to accomplish through coaching provided a strong foundation for meaningful growth and development. It was a great return on investment – I cannot recommend her highly enough!"
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“Working with Leadership by Design on the enneagram has been amazing. Not only has Denise inspired our team to work more cooperatively with the knowledge of the enneagram, she has taught each person to become the best version of themselves. I would highly recommend this training for any organization wanting to build a culture of teamwork and growth."