Jenn Barley and Karen Sullivan are co-founders of KickStart Your Edge LLC, a revolutionary, straightforward, disruptive organization focused on building Play to Win Cultures for bold distinctive brands, such as Coty, Philosophy, The University of Texas- Austin, BMW, Facebook, and more.KickStart Your Edge uses an innovative, sustainable framework, focusing on three key Play to Win Strategies:• Developing a Play to Win Internal Coaching Culture• Creating Play to Win Brand Relevance Turnaround• Producing Play to Win LeadershipJenn and Karen created the International Coach Federation Accredited Get REAL: Leadership Coach Training Program. This dual-certification program is designed for coaches who want to focus on a non-traditional leadership approach to create cutting edge experiences.The KickStart Your Edge team has influenced, impacted, and shaken up individuals, teams, and organizations from California to Kuwait. They have cracked the code on rapid, quick adoption of concepts and within just 45-minutes, a new language, a new mindset, and new behaviors begin to take shape.With Jenn’s background in Silicon Valley and Karen’s background of 25 years in law enforcement and retiring as a Chief of Police in Monmouth County, NJ, KickStart Your Edge brings a ‘we don’t even have a B game’ approach to all their engagements.To tune in to the KickStart Your Coaching Edge Podcast click here: https://link.chtbl.com/KSYE or check out: www.kickstartyouredge.com.

The Get REAL: Leadership Coach Training Program is an intensive, interactive, and eye-opening certification program for committed coaches fired up to transform leaders and teams at organizations large and small. This program uses a no-fail combo of workshops, virtual webinars, peer coaching, mentor coaching, and a sh*t-ton (yeah, we said it) of research and resources. The teachings are based on neuroscience and the Get REAL: Leadership model. And they’re FUN. Participants learn to work with leaders to lead themselves, lead others and lead the business.We’re talking 20 weeks of coursework, including 99-plus hours of instruction covering individual and team coaching within organizations. This means extensive resources, exercises, and in-depth study around leadership core competencies and more. Plus, participants get certified to administer the must-have EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 emotional intelligence assessments. The powerhouse combination of EQ-i, plus the over 40 tools and exercises leave participants locked and loaded to deliver long-term programs.Get REAL: Leadership Coach Training is accredited by the International Coaching Federation, the gold standard for coach-specific training.For more information, check out www.kickstartyouredge.com/coachtraining.

All brilliant coaches have one big secret...another coach who's backing the hell out of their revolution. And it’s not just coaches—it’s a smart move for anyone in a position of authority.KickStart Your LifeYou don’t just want to talk the talk. You want to walk the walk—in 5-inch nude stilettos or those Salvatore Ferrgamo wing tips, without stumbling over even the smallest seam in the sidewalk. You want to be able to hold your head high, nix those feelings of, “OH MY EVER-LOVING GOSH—I have got to get my stuff in order,” and gain that oh-so-crucial alignment (where you stop feeling like a well-meaning hypocrite), we’ll work together to use the very coaching practices you preach to uplevel your own life from a 360 degree angle, proving that the proof really is in the pudding. And in your practice.KickStart Your CoachingYour skill set is one thing you can’t set…and forget. You might be a good coach, but the best coaches don’t just seek room for improvement—they live and breathe it. Sometimes, it’s the littlest details that give you the biggest ignition. A fire that not only your clients will recognize, but you’ll notice in yourself. That spark that will help you charge what you secretly wish you could now, get even more confident about the advice you’re giving to your clients, and walk into any room like a powerhouse that everyone inside won’t be able to take their eyes off.KickStart Your BusinessYou’ve been to coaching school. You’ve earned your stripes. And maybe you’ve even formalized it into a business. But here’s the problem about coaching businesses: Coaches are coaches. Not business people. And so you may find yourself struggling with the business end of things, trying to find clients, separate yourself from the pack, figure out what to charge, get them to commit and do it all in a way that leaves you plenty of time to kick back and put your feet up at the end of the day, right? Maybe. If you do it right.

Lead Trainer for 360 hour coach training program. This program is an ICF Accrediated School. Taught in person training plus teleclasses helping students to become Certified Coaches. Focus was on core coaching skills, helping clients to understand what is stopping them from what they truly want and helping to shift their perspective to get out of their own way. Taught over 65 classes of coaching students throughout the US, London and Canada totaling over 1000 coaching students.

Lead scoping efforts, requirements generation, focus groups, information architecture as well as usability studies. Review functional specifications, storyboards, architecture specifications, and acceptance criteria to ensure documents are compliant with requirements specifications. Specialize in workflow analysis. Participate in various sales efforts including creation of sales presentations, functional decompositions, proposals and effort estimating.

Led a team of three project managers, while managing own project load, to successfully implement Internet programs for Cisco’s award winning external website. Team lead responsibilities included budgeting, work and resource allocation, career development, internal client relationships, and development of processes.Worked closely with internal Cisco clients to understand project objectives and made recommendations on effective Internet program strategies. Managed web programs from request through execution including developing and maintaining schedules, vendor relationships, internal IS coordination, content development, testing and measurement. Participated in over seven comprehensive usability studies for CCO.