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Jennifer believes that leadership is one of the most vital renewable resources in the world. In this topsy-turvy time, when uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity are raging, we need a new form of leadership for a new era. To that end, Jennifer designs and teaches leadership programs, coaches senior leaders and their teams, and supports new ways of thinking about strategy and people. In her four highly acclaimed books, Unleash Your Complexity Genius (co-authored with Carolyn Coughlin), Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps, Simple Habits for Complex Times (co-authored with Keith Johnston), and Changing on the Job, Jennifer builds on deep theoretical knowledge to offer practical ways to make leaders’ organizations more successful, their work more meaningful, and their lives more gratifying. Jennifer has worked with senior leaders in the private, non-profit, and government sectors around the world (like Novartis, Google, KPMG, Intel, Microsoft, Wikimedia, and the New Zealand Department of Conservation). Jennifer is a co-founder and CEO of Cultivating leadership. She has a masters and a doctorate from Harvard University. Formerly an associate professor at George Mason University, Jennifer learned about deep change more than a decade ago when she turned down the tenure offer and moved to a small seaside village in New Zealand with her husband, two kids, and the family dog. While she still considers herself a Kiwi by choice, you can find her in the French countryside, where she has bought a house with eleven friends who live in community and try to keep the dog from terrifying the cats.

Susan is committed to bringing clients the tools they need to act intentionally in the unpredictable circumstances we all navigate, in the workplace and beyond. An anthropologist by training, she believes in the transformative power of looking at one’s environment with the eyes of an outsider. She teaches clients to step into an outsider perspective using tools from the academy, leadership development, and somatics. She particularly enjoys being with clients as they come to see the humor and fun in this process. Susan has over a decade of experience in the higher education sector, where she cultivated expertise in the different ways people work on themselves. Her research and teaching focus on cross-cultural ways of being and on gender’s complex role in our identities. As a coach and facilitator, she incorporates these insights to create inclusive spaces. She works with individuals, groups, and teams, and she welcomes the opportunity to work globally. She has experience in the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, and North America. Susan holds degrees from the University of Oxford, University of Arizona, and Northwestern University, and has held academic positions at the University of Oxford, University of New Hampshire, and the University of Cambridge. She has a DPhil in Social Anthropology specialising in the Middle East, having carried out her doctoral research in Jordan and lived in several countries in the region. Her coaching training includes systemic constellations, the Leadership Circle Profile, Growth Edge coaching, and somatic coaching. She maintains an active research interest in leadership and is particularly keen to initiate conversations between researchers and practitioners. Susan lives in Cambridge, UK with her husband and son. When she is not working, she enjoys practicing yoga, walking by the River Cam, and adding books to her bookshelf.

As a physician, the challenges Rehema has experienced in her work have highlighted the importance of an intentionally holistic approach to wellbeing within healthcare and across all sectors. She believes that when leaders are armed with the tools to work towards alignment of mind, body and spirit for themselves, this has a ripple effect that becomes a force not only for deep good, but for necessary innovation and sustainable change. Rehema’s leadership expertise is in Healing Centered Coaching, a modality that co-creates spaces for growth that enables clients to cultivate a life aligned more closely with their values and shaped by intention, purpose and joy. She empowers clients to step into the fullness of their personal leadership potential fueled by their individual authentic power. Rehema has spent more than 13 years in medicine and works as a pediatrician, serving primarily under-resourced populations. She mentors and teaches physicians in training and co-facilitates workshops on mindfulness, resilience and wellness for medical students. She has been a science teacher in Jordan and an Assistant Medical Director in Washington DC, and incorporates all of her skills into her coaching work primarily in, but not exclusive to, the healthcare sector. Rehema holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Harvard University and a Doctor of Medicine from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a Certified Professional Coach from Blooming Willow Coaching and Training and is a board member for The Braxton Institute for Sustainability, Resiliency, and Joy. She is on faculty with the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the City University of New York’s School of Medicine. Rehema lives in Washington DC with her husband and family and endeavors to maintain balance with a combination of meditation, movement and the intentional cultivation of deeply meaningful relationships.