Jennifer Maynard

Leadership Coach, Ama La Vida

Houston

I upgrade leaders to create a better world through personalized strength-based coaching; let me tell you how I got here.

My life took it's first huge pivot when I had my one and only child, daughter Grace, in 2014. After a bad return to work experience, my family decided to take a vacation. We packed our bags and headed to Costa Rica. Six months later, we decided to move to Costa Rica for a year, and I left my 10 year Boeing career behind. We lived the adventure of a lifetime and spent the year exploring, relaxing, surfing, cooking, eating tropical fruit, playing and growing together. Upon our return from Costa Rica, we continued to explore, traveling the states and spending two months in Nice, France.

Leaving Boeing wasn't easy. I had years of growth and support. I'd been a manager, they paid for schooling and certificates, and it was where I learned to be a coach and spent countless hours coaching others. But the pivot and adventure were calling.

While on our journey, I explored leadership coaching as a full-time career. I started a business and ran my own coaching company for 5 years before joining the Ama La Vida team.

Now, with Ama La Vida, I get the opportunity to work with leaders from around the world and all backgrounds to elevate their leadership skills. Often I find managers are given some management training but not leadership. They are taught how to do the tactical pieces of the job, sign off time, write development goals, avoid legal or union issues, but not the strategic, leadership part of the job.

Leadership coaching allows me to upgrade leaders' skills in order to create happy teams, increased morale, engagement, accountability, and overall growth of future leaders. I want my clients to love what they do, and feel like they are making a difference and an impact.

Tactically my leadership clients experience:

*Powerful 1:1 coaching time

*Access to our eCoaching leadership modules that replicate the coaching experience

*A deep dive into personal strengths & how to leverage them as a leader

*Client only trainings & webinars

*Tools and resources customized for the client

*My suite of team building resources

I'm a maximizer! I'm always looking for the strengths in others and want to help them leverage those skills to become better.

Today my family and I are living in Houston, TX. When I’m not coaching my husband and I share homeschooling duties for Grace as she enters 1st grade. Together we enjoy family bike rides, painting and hiding rocks, cooking, and family game nights!

Read more here: https://alvcoaching.com/team-jennifer/