Jen McDonough (aka The Iron Jen)

Jen McDonough (aka The Iron Jen)

MN, US
Cultivating Courageous & Resilient Leaders / Helping Teams Become Engaged, Motivated, & Achieve Peak Performance / Expert in Helping Leaders Connect, Motivate, and Create Drama Free Teams

When your leaders and team members are resilient and courageous your organization will be prepared for anything...

Outcomes that stem from working with Jen lead to team members developing ways to:

• Cultivate Courageous Mindsets

• Build Resilience

• Reduce Stress

• Create Drama Free Teams & Environments

Through her sessions, Jen trains team members learn how to calm workplace chaos, reduce stress, and toss out much of the trauma and drama that regularly prevents organizations from reaching their potential.

Even the toughest and most skeptical groups will find themselves so engaged and caught up in the moment of Jen's sessions that they don't even realize they are learning and gaining powerful tools to help them achieve peak performance.

Some of the humorous and impactful stories used throughout her sessions are her 20+ years of experience of becoming a:

• Ironman triathlete after not being able to run, bike, or swim.

• 8-time national Olympic-style weightlifter, two-time U.S. Olympic Festival medal winner, and MN Hall of Fame inductee after starting to lift with a broomstick.

• Author of 3 Amazon Top 100 books in one year after being ridiculed as a child and an adult for her grammar skills (one of those books has been in Amazon's Kindle Top 100 for over 3 years while another one hit #1 in Amazon's budgeting category).

• Debt free family after having paid off over $212,000 worth of debt & medical expenses in 4 years after not being able to pay their family's monthly expenses.

• Certified firefighter 1 & 2 and first responder after not being all that fond of heights, confined spaces, and fire.

• Empowered parent of a child who was diagnosed with an incurable lifetime medical condition after being emotionally & financially devastated.

Know that Jen strives to be the EASIEST presenter to work with and has a personal goal to make every one of her event coordinators look like rock stars through delivering engaging and memorable sessions.

 

 

When your leaders and team members are resilient and courageous your organization will be prepared for anything...

Outcomes that stem from working with Jen lead to team members developing ways to:

• Cultivate Courageous Mindsets

• Build Resilience

• Reduce Stress

• Create Drama Free Teams & Environments

Through her sessions, Jen trains team members learn how to calm workplace chaos, reduce stress, and toss out much of the trauma and drama that regularly prevents organizations from reaching their potential.

Even the toughest and most skeptical groups will find themselves so engaged and caught up in the moment of Jen's sessions that they don't even realize they are learning and gaining powerful tools to help them achieve peak performance.

Some of the humorous and impactful stories used throughout her sessions are her 20+ years of experience of becoming a:

• Ironman triathlete after not being able to run, bike, or swim.

• 8-time national Olympic-style weightlifter, two-time U.S. Olympic Festival medal winner, and MN Hall of Fame inductee after starting to lift with a broomstick.

• Author of 3 Amazon Top 100 books in one year after being ridiculed as a child and an adult for her grammar skills (one of those books has been in Amazon's Kindle Top 100 for over 3 years while another one hit #1 in Amazon's budgeting category).

• Debt free family after having paid off over $212,000 worth of debt & medical expenses in 4 years after not being able to pay their family's monthly expenses.

• Certified firefighter 1 & 2 and first responder after not being all that fond of heights, confined spaces, and fire.

• Empowered parent of a child who was diagnosed with an incurable lifetime medical condition after being emotionally & financially devastated.

Know that Jen strives to be the EASIEST presenter to work with and has a personal goal to make every one of her event coordinators look like rock stars through delivering engaging and memorable sessions.

 

 

Cultivating Courageous Leaders

Courageous leaders are in high demand and short supply. As history has shown, leaders who have the guts to step forward, take some risks, and lead with courage during times of turmoil and times of prosperity will be winners. While this sounds great on paper, in all reality, how does this work in our busy world today?

In this talk, leaders will discover how to become courageous leaders both in their professional and personal lives.

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Calming the Chaos

Besides working in ever-changing work environments, our EveryDay Heroes are fatigued, stressed out, and often times, are on their way to becoming burnt out from all the day-to-day pressures. These negative consequences can lead to dangerous and chaotic outcomes for not only the employees themselves, but also for their organizations, communities, and families.

In this talk, audiences will discover how to calm the chaos in their work and home environments using simple...

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Creating Drama Free Teams Through Understanding Personality Styles

Chaos, trauma, and drama due to communication breakdown is one of our biggest issues facing organizations, communities, and families today. In this fun and engaging session, the audience members will learn how to recognize the strengths, weaknesses, fears, stress triggers, communication preferences, and motivators for each of the personality styles so that they can build resiliency, reduce stress, and create drama free environments. 

This session is especially empowering if...

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Building a Courageous Mindset

How much better would our families, communities and organizations be if we helped individuals develop a courage mindset? In this engaging session, audience members will learn how to build resilience, overcome obstacles, and work in their strengths by developing a courageous mindset.

This can be geared as a keynote or hands on workshop session.

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The outcomes of this session are to...
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Understanding How to Build a Resilient Team Through Resilient Communication

If you are looking for a webinar training style event for your team that is built around enhancing team communication, reducing stress, and building a resilient team, this webinar is for your group. 

Based off our most popular workshop (Reducing Trauma & Drama) session, we are able to dive into what makes your team members tick through understanding their:

  • Personality styles
  • Fears
  • Motivations
  • Stress...
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Virtual Programs

I can present my programs virtually that are engaging. I have the webinar and group participation presentation ability for your organization.


Let's connect to create a great experience for your group. 

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