LauraLynn Jansen, PhD, PCC

Are you ready to lead in a way that people actually feel?

In a world where technology is accelerating faster than human connection, the leaders who stand out aren’t the ones with the best systems – they’re the ones who make people feel seen, valued, and respected.

That’s exactly what LauraLynn has spent decades practicing, studying, and teaching.

With 20 years as a professional coach, a PhD in leadership and change, and real-world experience spanning healthcare, nonprofits, private enterprises, and the U.S. Military, LauraLynn brings a rare combination of research depth and practical wisdom to every room she enters. Her global research pinpoints a key drive of performance and retention – and it comes down to one question your employees and clients are silently asking: Do you actually see me?

As AI and digital tools reshape how we communicate, LauraLyn helps organizations stay anchored in the human nuance technology, simply cannot replace. Because efficiency without trust isn’t progress – it’s a liability.

Whether you’re a leader navigating change, a people-focused team raising the bar, or a growing organization building a culture where people perform at their best, LauraLynn meets you where you are – and moves you forward.

Through compelling stories and interactive experiences, she equips you with tools you can use immediately – shifting from autopilot to intentional leadership, deepening client relationships, and building the kind of accountability that actually sticks.

If strengthening how you show up – for your people, your clients, and yourself – is a priority, LauraLynn delivers the insight, the research, and the roadmap to make it real.

LauraLynn Jansen, Ph.D., PCC, is a respected international speaker, professional coach, author, and consultant whose work sits at the intersection of leadership, humanity, and meaningful change. With more than twenty years of experience inspiring individuals, and teams. LauraLynn is widely recognized for her ability to translate deep insight into practice, lived application. Her work invites people to move beyond surface-level performance and into authentic, relational, and human-centered ways of being - at work and in life.

As a professionally certified Co-Active coach, LauraLynn brings a rare blend of rigor and heart to her practice. She is known for creating spaces where people feel both challenged and deeply supported, where reflection leads to action, and where insight becomes embodied rather than theoretical. Whether she is speaking to senior executives, emerging leaders, nonprofit professionals, or culturally diverse teams, her presence is grounded, engaging, and catalytic. Participants consistently describe their work together as transformative - not because it offers quick fixes, but because it offers people a way to reconnect with who they are, why they lead, and how they relate to others.

LauraLynn's scholarship and practitioner background have both played a pivotal role in shaping her approach. In 2023, she was awarded the Academy of Management’s prestigious Promising Dissertation Award for her groundbreaking research on how humanizing ways of being are fostered. This honor recognizes not only academic excellence, but also real-world relevance and future impact of her work. Her research challenges traditional, mechanistic models of leadership and organizations, offering instead a vision rooted in relationship, embodiment, and intentional design. At its core, her work asks a powerful question: What becomes possible when we place our shared humanity at the center of how we lead, work, and live together?

Drawing from relational theory, leadership studies, somatic and embodied practices, and intentional design, creating immersive learning experiences that drive sustainable, values-aligned change and are highly experiential. She has worked in healthcare, the nonprofit sector, private enterprise, and the US military.

*** Inviting LauraLynn to your event is more than securing a keynote speaker—it's unlocking a catalytic experience.***

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

LauraLynn spoke to my company’s Women’s Leadership Network on ‘The Choice of Leadership.’ WOW!! Even without a fancy PowerPoint presentation or booming microphone, her presence took command of the auditorium. She provided humorous and light-heartedness, yet soul-reaching messages that can apply to each of us.

-Connie Cotter, Covance Laboratories

I have had the privilege of attending multiple engagements where Dr. LauraLynn Jansen delivered compelling presentations and talks within a military context and beyond. She possesses a rare ability to establish profound connections with her audience, fostering an environment conducive to self-reflection and candid conversation.

– Colonel Shannon Phares, USAF

Program Offerings

Keynote: The Power of the Space Between Us: Moving Beyond Autopilot Thinking to Create Human-centered Interaction

Breakout (90 Minute Interactive Experience):

From Noise to North Star: Discovering the Values That Actually Drive You

This immersive session expands upon the keynote message by guiding participants through a reflective and experiential journey into the discovery of their personal core values. Through storytelling, guided inquiry, reflective writing, partner dialogue, and practical integration exercises, attendees will move beyond intellectual understanding into embodied self-awareness.

Session Outcomes

* By the end of the breakout session, participants will:

* Understand what personal values are and why they matter

* Differentiate values from morals and principles

* Identify 5–9 personal core values

* Recognize how values influence decision-making and fulfillment

* Develop greater self-awareness and emotional clarity

* Explore how alignment with values supports human-centered leadership

* Leave with practical tools for integrating values into everyday life

Workshop

Response-Ability: Communication as a Conscious Practice (half day/4 hours)

Galileo said, “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

These offering invites individuals to delve into key elements for cultivating a deep learning mindset through mindfulness, critical reflection, and other transformative learning components.

This offering invokes a depth of consciousness and inner agency. It is a journey that moves the individual toward response-ability by exploring the gaps and biases we may hold toward ourselves and others. You are invited to focus and engage in a language of recognition and equity in the community.

Time-tested interactive activities are incorporated to explore the components making up your identity and connect your voice from within and without.

Session Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

· Go beyond theory by engaging in interactive and reflective personal awareness and understanding in their communication style.

· Experience an environment of mindful learning through depth of conversations and reflection.

· Delve into a new level of self-knowing through a comprehensive conception of how values drive real-life encounters and predicaments.

· Embody communication tools: a.) listening on multiple levels, b.) speaking through a grounded understanding of one’s inner needs, and c.) learning how to integrate these to create more impactful requests.

· Discover core nuances to human engagement for more powerful interactions.

LauraLynn's Credentials

· Ph.D. in Leadership and Change - Research focused on the lived experience of humanization

· MA in Integrative Health Education - Expertise in whole-person well-being, bridging Eastern and Western approaches and perspectives

· 1000+ hours of certified study focused on integrative somatic and mindfulness practices globally

Professional Certifications

· Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, ICF certified, PCC

· Intensive Year-Long Leadership Program – The Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

· Internationally accredited Co-Active Life Coaching certification, CTI (San Rafael, CA - 2003)

Awards & Recognition

· Academy of Management's 2023 Promising Dissertation Award

· LiveStrong Challenge award – Recognized for her cancer advocacy and foresight

· Human Values Award (Honorable Mention) – Art of Living