From our clients

Mary Gibble

President and CEO, Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc.

In the ten years of my leadership as President/CEO, the Foundation that I serve had tripled the size of its endowed charitable assets, operational budget, staffing, and overall community presence. I was exceeding goals and smiling in the process.

Unfortunately, the pace and stress were wearing on me.  What I didn’t realize is that I was wearing that stress every day through behavior that was not working for my staff.  I was unaware of this until departing staff members shared their concerns about how I managed.

The Executive Committee rolled up their sleeves and called me in to share that things needed to change. Fortunately for me, a member of the Executive Team was familiar with executive coaching. 

In came Jenny Banner.  She was patient with me and helped me move through the stages of the grief I was feeling.  I learned through her expertise and deployment of effective tools that I wasn’t broken, but I did need to have a better understanding of my values, how those values drive my behavior, how I needed to communicate this information with staff, and how I needed to recognize their values so that I could communicate more effectively.  Jenny’s work with me was complimented by her recommended readings and podcasts.  My transformation into a self-aware, intentional creator of positive workplace culture, did not happen overnight.  Jenny spent 18 months with me. 

Jenny continues to be only a phone call or text away.  She has become my organization’s “go to” for team building exercises, new hire DISC analysis, value identification, and more.  Her services are now weaved into our annual operating budget.

Thank you Jenny. You literally saved my life…and my job. 

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  • “Jenny always provided heartfelt coaching and meaningful interaction. Her capacity to hear me and listen actively never ceased to amaze me. Jenny always offered me new ways to process and think. She allowed me space to grow and develop while leaning in and challenging me to further examine many painful areas I was afraid to visit in my personal and professional journeys."

    Derrin Slack

    Founder & CEO, ProAct Indy

  • “Jenny has an amazing ability to listen, perceive, and provide invaluable insights that have helped me grow exponentially in my personal development and leadership journey. Jenny’s perceptive coaching has given me space to think through crucial conversations at work. And this reflection has in turn enabled me to have my ‘best career conversations ever’, leading to meaningful understanding, deeper relationships, and positive change.”

    Tiffany O'Brien

    Chief People Officer, Ultimate Technologies

  • “Jenny was a great facilitator for our company-wide DiSC implementation! She helped each of our teams increase their communication skills and learn more about each other, and the DiSC program. Would recommend her to come in to any company and bring her expertise!”

    Rory Hibbler

    Director of Operations, Feed Media Group

  • ”Jenny has been fantastic to partner with on our organization’s training efforts. She is an extremely empathetic and skilled communicator who seeks to understand the needs of those she is working with. She is flexible, a great thought partner, and also has a great sense of humor! Jenny has helped build trust and bring teams closer together through her deep expertise in emotional intelligence and psychological safety, and in turn has brought tremendous value to our organization!"

    Chelsea Patterson

    Learning & Development Manager