
GROW YOUR INSTITUTION
Create The New Business Model
be a VISIONARY
Invite New Ideas, New Solutions
be the LEADER
Develop The Institution Faster
be TRANSFORMATIVE
More Students
New Donors
Clear Strategy
%
New Business Models
Staff said their institutions were implementing new business models
Salesforce.org and The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2021
#1
Block to Creativity and Innovation
Politics, Turf Wars, No Alignment
Information Leader, 2018
Be Transformative & Grow Your Institution
Our 3-Step Coaching Plan That Works For All Levels
Align Your People To Quickly Adjust Your Business Model
Book A Clarity Call
- Schedule the zoom meeting
- Attend the meeting
- Help us understand your needs and goals
Receive A Proposal
- Work with the coach to define exactly what you need
- Set the coaching scope that works for you
Be Transformative
- Let complexities work for you
- Define strategies with flexibility
- Set crystal clear priorities
- Be at your best & enjoy leading
STRATEGY: Creative Use of SWOT
Turn the institution’s SWOT analysis, designed for planning, into an action tool. Use the TOWS analysis as a strategy discussion tool to create actionable tactics.
- Strengths/Opportunities (SO) Consider all strengths one by one listed in the SWOT analysis with each opportunity to determine how each internal strength can help you capitalize on each external opportunity.
- Strength/Threats (ST) Consider all strengths one by one listed in the SWOT analysis with each threat to determine how each internal strength can help you avoid every external danger.
- Weaknesses/Opportunities (WO) Consider all weaknesses one by one listed in the SWOT analysis with each opportunity to determine how each internal disadvantage can be eliminated by using each external option.
- Weaknesses/Threats (WT) Consider all weaknesses one by one listed in the SWOT analysis with each threat to determine how both can be avoided.
Transformative Leaders
- Ask a LOT of Questions
- Attract GREAT Ideas
- Get MORE Done
- GROW Their Institutions
We eliminate confusion so you can be a transformative leader, too.
Join Higher Ed In Closing The Gaps
LJ Coaching can help. We’re more than a bundle of services and definitely not a paid-for best friend. This is serious business, there’s a lot at stake, and we need you to keep your doors open for future students.
- Our caching is confidential
- You have an unbiased, fully engaged sounding board
- You find new opportunities and new solutions
Closing the Gap Survey results indicate leader perspectives between the worlds of business and academia align when it comes to thriving in the future: “We Need to Transform.”
“We need to transform.”
- Higher Ed Presidents, 2021 74%
- Corporate CEOs, 2020 63%
Coaching ROI Is Measurable
Get More Done In Less Time With Limited Resources
Attract More Students
- Lead with a future-forward emphasis
- Use meaningful metrics to support focus
- Clarify the organization’s primary purpose; spread the word
Save Time & Accomplish More
- Reduce miscommunication with Level III Conversation techniques
- Simplify accountability issues with coaching language & systems
- Update your Leadership Narrative, clarify your personal boundaries
Services & Pricing
- Affordable
- Measurable ROI
- Retainer Model Packages
SIMPLIFY Development & Save Time
Plan A Full Year of Transformation Using Pre-Done Templates
(Created by an educator for educators)
1:1 Coaching
Leadership Team Coaching
Faculty Development
- Reduce resistance and achieve goals quickly
- Get everyone on the same page
- Lead with confidence
Why Choose LJ Executive Coaching
Trusted & Experienced
Dr. LJ knows higher ed and is a professionally trained coach
- Taught by Thomas Leonard, the ‘Father of Coaching’ and his original team
- Longtime ICF member
- 15+ years specializing in coaching academic leaders
- 20+ years in higher education – administration, academic senator, and associate professor
Advance Your Career
√ What do you need?
LJ Coaching provides support in developing and clarifying your personal primary purpose and boundaries. It’s an enlightening endeavor!
Join other courageous leaders creating results where the output really is greater than the sum of its parts – join the transformative leaders making a noticeable difference.
Start celebrating your journey with the FREE Personal Roadmap.
New Position: Execute the First 3 Days Flawlessly
Most newbies will never know how much time they could save if they strategically planned their First 72 Hours. Establishing your identity for a new position begins immediately. One little misstep, one misspoken word can halt the momentum inherent to a new position.
The 90-day plan is about getting comfortable in your new position. The First 3 days establish your executive presence so you can execute the 90-day plan flawlessly.
- How clear and compelling is your leadership narrative?
- How will you manage blindspots now that relationship dynamics have changed?
- What are your boundaries? What line won’t you cross?
- How will you establish accountability within the existing system?
As your trusted partner, LJ Coaching helps you lead with confidence.
Create Thriving and Resilient Teams
Transformative leaders help their teams by establishing environments where living in or with the unknown becomes re-energizing and exciting. They establish a culture where curiosity is welcome, and the exchange of ideas is encouraged.
But is this enough? Mega-successful leaders develop and support culture-specific language for their co-creating teams. They know meanings become context and culture-specific and thus the organization’s competitive edge.
The words used to co-create the language percolate into the organization’s compelling story – the story that stakeholders remember. Get started today with the FREE College Story Framework.
Clarify Your Leadership Narrative
Why the story so important. We know mental models often interfere with moving forward, especially through change. When aligning your people is a goal, wrap the institution’s primary purpose in a compelling story. This helps stakeholders align their own mental models with the college’s purpose – you’ve generated intrinsic motivation to take action.
LJ Executive Coaching helps you find your story and the language of your institution’s culture. Start today, download the FREE College Story Framework.
Save Time & Money
Save Time LJ Executive Coaching supports you and your team in using Level III conversation methods. Move beyond debate, silo agendas, and resistance. Instead, channel all that wasted energy into creating lots of new ideas and fast-track the institution to new solutions.
Save Money Maximize existing resources, especially skills and talents. Create environments conducive to impromptu conversation and cross-pollination of ideas. The ROI is measurable and the VOI is priceless!
Coaching Beyond Artificial Intelligence
A.I. helps with learning new behaviors and discovering blind spots. It’s actually a great intro to coaching.
LJ Coaching takes you beyond entry-level coaching into the world of professional executive coaching where the stakes are higher and measuring ROI is a must.
- LJ Coaching gives clients the tools they need to create a vision that actually aligns people with their purpose and generates intrinsic motivation.
- Transformative leadership skills can be learned and are more easily honed with our coaching model designed for higher ed.
How transformative are you? Download our free quick quiz to find out.

4 Pillars
Simplify Leading and Managing
- Coaching builds trust and strengthens accountability
- Change is an advantage and opportunity for building the future
- Conversation at Level III lets leaders build toward their vision knowing the result will be greater than the sum of the parts
- Creativity unlocks the doors to innovative ideas and new solutions
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