
About Janette Boden
Co-Founder; Leadership Advisor at OD Alchemy JB Coaching & Consulting
Janette Boden is a Co-Founder and Leadership Advisor at OD Alchemy JB Coaching & Consulting, specializing in authentic leadership coaching, organizational effectiveness, and team facilitation. With a B.Comm and MBA, she helps individuals and teams leverage unique strengths for aligned, effective leadership and work. Her work emphasizes practical tools like free resources, buzzword humor, and strategic planning, though her interests extend to space and entrepreneurship.
Professional Background
Janette Boden holds a B.Comm and MBA, positioning her as a leadership advisor and coach.[11][8] She co-founded OD Alchemy JB Coaching & Consulting, focusing on organizational development (OD) alchemy through coaching and consulting services.[11]
Coaching Philosophy
Boden's coaching helps individuals sort through strengths, personality, experiences, and 'sharp edges' to find aligned paths that are effective and fulfilling.[3] She assists in discovering unique skills to lead authentically.[4]
Services Offered
- Individual Coaching: Leverages intuitive traits for exceptional work and leadership.[4]
- Team Facilitations: Identifies challenges, opportunities, and priorities via exercises like 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'.[5]
- Consulting: Specializes in organizational effectiveness, strategic/business planning, employee motivation, and engagement.[6]
Resources and Tools
Boden provides free resources, worksheets, exercises, and book recommendations.[9][10] She created 'My Colouring Book', a humorous, stress-relieving take on groan-inducing buzzwords from meetings.[7]
Blog and Insights
Her blog explores topics like confidence, distinguishing 'knowing' vs. 'learning', a recurring theme in conversations with students, colleagues, and teams.[12] Earlier academic ties include teaching communication classes in 2011-2012.[1]
Personal Story
Detailed in 'My Story' and 'The Full Story' sections, reflecting her journey in coaching.[8]
Note: Unrelated obituary[2] and academic CV reference[1] appear in searches but do not align with her professional profile.
Authentic Leadership
Emphasizes discovering and leveraging unique personal strengths, personality, and experiences for genuine, effective leadership.
Organizational Effectiveness
Focuses on strategic planning, business planning, employee motivation, engagement, and team improvements.
Confidence and Self-Awareness
Explores confidence as knowing vs. learning, common in coaching conversations.
Confidence: knowing vs learning... comes up often in conversations with students, colleagues, team members [12]
Practical Tools and Resources
Provides accessible, fun resources like worksheets, books, and a buzzword colouring book to aid development.
Team Dynamics and Facilitation
Uses discovery exercises to prioritize team outcomes and address the good, bad, and ugly.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Identify challenges, opportunities... top 3 outcomes [5]
Humor in Professional Development
Incorporates light-hearted critiques of corporate buzzwords to relieve stress.
Eye roll inducing colouring book full of groan inducing buzz words [7]
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