SMART Leader™
Developing leaders who drive results
The JDR SMART Leader™ coaching process is for leaders with a growth mindset and a genuine desire to bring out the best in those around them.
What You Can Expect
A Clear, Practical Path Forward
We help you turn insight into a plan built around the priorities and habits that will make the biggest difference in your leadership
Force-Multiplying Leadership
We help you strengthen your ability to inspire and develop others, creating a ripple effect that raises the whole team’s performance
Support and Accountability
You gain a trusted ally who asks clarifying questions, challenges your thinking, and and helps you stay focused on what matters most.
Gallup’s latest State of the American Workplace research reports
6 in 10 employees would rather have a new boss than a pay raise
Problems We Help Solve
Addressing the Leadership Obstacles That Hinder Success
Leaders rarely pause to understand what’s driving their behavior.
We help you build the knowledge needed to lead with clarity and intention.
Leaders often spread resources thin, tackling too much at once.
We help you align priorities with your long-term vision of success.
Real growth requires vulnerability, which many leaders avoid.
We create the psychological safety needed for honest, meaningful change.
Leaders often fail to understand cultural dynamics or stakeholder needs.
We’ll create listening strategies to help you gain valuable insights.
Lack of accountability can undermine even the best growth strategies.
We’ll help you create a system to hold yourself accountable.
Traditional leadership training doesn’t focus on emotional intelligence.
We leverage four decades of experience to help leaders cultivate valuable EQ skills.
A Roadmap to Leadership Excellence
The SMART Leader™ Process
A structured, personalized process designed to help you grow as a leader and teammate
Liftoff & Alignment
We meet you where you are
We begin by getting to know you as a whole person — your formative experiences, values, strengths, challenges, motivations, and the realities of your current role. This creates a foundation of trust, shared understanding, and clarity about what you want to achieve through coaching.
What you walk away with
A clear understanding and articulation of your goals
Alignment on expectations and coaching approach
Insight into your drivers, barriers, and opportunities
Leadership Assessment
Define your strengths and development opportunities
Together we explore what energizes you, when you are at your best, areas where you want to improve your performance, what holds you back from peak performance, and what brings you the most meaning in your life.
What you walk away with
A clearer sense of purpose
A mutual understanding of your strengths and challenges
Renewed motivation for the work you’re leading
Feedback & Self-Knowledge
Understanding how others experience you
We examine your psychological and behavioral assessments – as well as 360 degree feedback – to gain a thorough and objective view of your current situation.
What you walk away with
Honest visibility into strengths and weaknesses
Deeper insight into how your behavior affects others and how others might trigger your emotions and actions
The foundation upon which we will build your emotional intelligence and growth plan
Team Dynamics
Exploring how you operate as a teammate
As you take on increasing levels of responsibility, your success and the success of your organization will likely depend on how well you serve on, build, and lead teams. Consequently, we focus on how you compliment your teammates and vice versa.
What you walk away with
Better understanding of how you can elevate the performance of your teammates and the people you lead
Better understanding of how the people around you can help you improve your performance as a leader and teammate
A plan to elevate the performance of the teams you lead and serve on
Development Plan
Turn your new insights into a growth plan
Together, we identify the priorities that matter most to you, and create a plan to achieve your goals by improving your performance as a leader and teammate.
What you walk away with
A focused development plan
Clear measures of success
Alignment between your goals and the needs of your organization
Accountability & Learning
Execute the plan, maximize learning, and fuel continuous growth
We establish a consistent cadence of check-ins to review wins, set-backs, new challenges, and learnings to fuel ongoing growth. I’ll ask the hard questions others avoid and hold our conversations confidential.
What you walk away with
Focus on what matters most: Consistent follow through and momentum
Better decision-making
A growth partner you can trust to both support and challenge you
Refine & Adapt
Growth is a persistent and ongoing journey
We execute 1:1 check-ins designed to illuminate learning moments and trigger actions that will help you improve your performance as a leader and teammate – and ultimately the performance of your organization.
What you walk away with
A dynamic plan that grows with you as you progress through your leadership journey
More confidence and resilience in the face of ambiguity and adversity
A sustainable approach to growth that enhances both your professional success and your overall well-being
What Great Leadership Looks Like
The SMART Leader™ coaching process gives you a clear roadmap for improving across all four areas of leadership.
Personal Leadership
You understand yourself well — your strengths, blind spots, habits, and triggers
You stay grounded, communicate honestly, follow through on commitments, and make thoughtful decisions even when things get hard. Others see you as steady, self-aware, and accountable.
Personal Leadership
You understand yourself well — your strengths, blind spots, habits, and triggers
You stay grounded, communicate honestly, follow through on commitments, and make thoughtful decisions even when things get hard. Others see you as steady, self-aware, and accountable.
Thought Leadership
You think ahead, ask good questions, and connect the dots
You look beyond the day-to-day and keep your team focused on what will matter most in the long run. You challenge assumptions, seek different perspectives, and help others see possibilities they may have missed.
Results Leadership
You keep people aligned around the work that truly matters.
You set a clear direction, keep momentum going, and help your team deliver on the commitments they make. You recognize progress, remove roadblocks, and make sure effort turns into outcomes.
What Makes the SMART Leader™ Coaching Process So Effective?
Aligned With Your Business
SMART Leader™ connects your personal growth to the strategic direction of your company so you lead in a way that strengthens both.
Built on a Foundation of Research and Proven Experience
The process is grounded in decades of research and hands-on leadership — practical tools, real conversations, and guidance that comes from doing the work, not just talking about it.
Stronger Leader, Better Teammate
You’ll become a more effective leader and teammate – increasing engagement, building trust, and developing future leaders across your organization to deliver better results.
By the end of the SMART Leader™ process, you will:
Communicate with greater clarity and confidence
Strengthen relationships and team dynamics
Follow through on commitments more consistently
Respond to challenges with more agility and resilience
Contribute to a higher-performing, more aligned leadership team that delivers better results
Become the kind of leader others want to follow and emulate
Learn more about Coaching & Leadership Development
Don’t Just Lead. Coach.
Leadership isn’t about being the smartest person in the room or barking out
the sharpest critique. It’s about enabling people to reach their full potential.
How to Build Trust on Your Team
Those that create high-performing teams tend to have higher levels of employee engagement, and engagement drives improved results.
Why Emotional Intelligence Matters More Now Than Ever
The best leaders work hard to understand the formative experiences and motivations of the people they lead.
Ready to become a more intentional, effective leader?
Schedule some time to tell us about yourself and find out if our leadership and coaching services are right for you!
- Learn how we can help
- Ask all of your questions
- Decide if we’re a good fit