Jen Lewi, Executive Coach & Career Strategist

Make work “work” for you.

Leadership today is more complex than ever. 

It is no longer just about expertise or having the answers. It is about communication, relationships, self-awareness, and how we show up for others. 

Most leaders are balancing people dynamics, constant change, competing priorities, and questions about what’s next. The pace of change today leaves many leaders looking for a trusted space to think, process, talk things through, and cut through the noise.

I’m Jen Lewi, founder of Design Your Next Step™. I partner with executives, association leaders, mission-driven organizations, and professionals who want to communicate more effectively, strengthen their leadership and team culture, and approach their careers and work with greater clarity and intention.

Through executive coaching, leadership development, facilitation, and workshops, I help make work “work” better for people and teams.

Let’s design your next step together.

Extensive training in leadership development, public speaking, training, and professional coaching. 

Trained Career Coach and Executive Coach with multiple certifications, including:

- International Coaching Federation- Associate Certified Coach (ACC) 

- Designing Your Work Life Certified Coach taught by Dave Evans & Bill Burnett from Stanford's Design Lab

- Certified Association Executive (CAE)

- Accredited Insights Discovery Practitioner 

- Mental Fitness Coach (based on Positive Intelligence curriculum) 

- Masters of Science in Management/MBA Equivalent from HEC Paris, Bachelor of Arts (BA) McGill University (Montreal)

- At School Nutrition Association, oversaw and developed professional development events/virtual training, including leadership & communications programming in partnership with Georgetown University, built tailored conferences and virtual training ranging from 15 to over 6,500 attendees.

- Main liaison to the Chefs Move to Schools coalition with Let's Move/Obama White House  

- At BBC America, responsible for the marketing campaign behind "The Office" (British original), culminating in two Golden Globe awards  

- Marketing career and partnership development all began at Saatchi & Saatchi in Paris and then in New York, building powerful brands for Procter & Gamble, LVMH, General Mills, and more.  

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