Jennifer Lee

Current

Owner - Certified Professional Coach, CPCC, PCC at Artizen Coaching

Past

Leader - Oakland at Ladies Who Launch
Owner at Ayako Arts
Director, Executive Development at Gap Inc.

Manager, Strategic Change - Old Navy at Gap Inc.
Manager, Planning and Development, Finance at Gap Inc.
Lead Consultant at Gap Inc.
e-Business Strategist at Novo Corp
Lead Consultant at Accenture
Associate Producer at Columbia TriStar Interactive/Sony
Consultant at Pacific Bell/SBC Smart Pages
Multimedia Consultant at Universal
Managing Editor at UCLA Daily Bruin

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Education

The Coaches Training Institute
University of Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles

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Recommended

18 people have recommended Jennifer

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

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Jennifer Lee’s Summary

Awaken your inner muse with Artizen Coaching. Certified life coach, artist, writer and yogini, Jennifer Lee, reconnects professional and entrepreneurial women to their passions and purpose through creativity and coaching. Using her expressive arts envisioning approach, she blends creative elements like visualization, drawing, collage and book arts with her coaching, workshops and innovative products to help clients tap into their greatest potential and live their most authentic, full life.

She is the creator of the Right-Brain Business Plan and the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit.

As an independent consultant/trainer/leadership development coach, Jennifer has co-designed and co-facilitated a year-long leadership program for a Chicago-based non-profit serving adults with mental illness. She has led MBTI team building sessions. She has also led the Ladies Who Launch Incubator intensive workshop in Oakland.

Valuing the mind/body/spirit connection, Jennifer became a certified Ashtanga yoga instructor through San Francisco's It's Yoga Studio. She has been a guest lecturer/workshop leader for the "Manifesting Your Dreams" portion of It’s Yoga’s globally recognized teacher training program.

Jennifer is a featured coach in the book "The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career into Gear."

Jennifer Lee’s Specialties:

Co-active coaching and leadership skills, life coaching, expressive arts coaching, workshop facilitation, leadership development, strategic change management, OD consulting, executive development, MBTI qualified, book arts, collage, certified Ashtanga yoga instructor

Jennifer Lee’s Experience

Owner - Certified Professional Coach, CPCC, PCC

Artizen Coaching

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)

Certified coach partnering with professional and entrepreneurial women to accomplish their goals, build personal leadership capability and live an authentic and fulfilling life

Design and lead workshops using coaching and creativity to access and express values, vision and dreams

Creator of the Right-Brain Business Plan and the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit.

Co-designed and co-facilitated year-long experiential leadership program for non-profit serving the mental health community (2005-2007)
Leader - Oakland

Ladies Who Launch

(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

August 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 6 months)

Led Ladies Who Launch Incubator intensive workshops and ongoing meetings in the Oakland/Berkeley area.

Ladies Who Launch is a national networking and PR organization that provides content and community to help women start and expand their businesses and creative ventures.

The Incubator is a proven four-week format for success. This intensive workshop brings together 8-10 women for focused creative attention on launching their dreams whether it be a new business, a new project or growth idea, a personal goal or whatever else your heart desires.
Owner

Ayako Arts

(Arts and Crafts industry)

2006 — January 2009 (3 years )

Founder of art studio specializing in unique and stylish handcrafted gifts for everyday intention and inspiration. Products include the wish box, blessings box, photo albums and other book arts, collage and cards. Custom designs also available.
Director, Executive Development

Gap Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GPS; Retail industry)

October 2005 — June 2006 (9 months)

Led creation and management of Executive On-boarding program for new hires and promotions in top 200 positions (VPs and up) across the company to facilitate successful integration, address development needs and accelerate performance

Managed cross-functional/cross-brand project team to develop Executive On-Boarding approach, framework and tools, pilot materials and ensured key stakeholder buy-in

Partnered with new executives and HR VPs to develop and manage personalized on-boarding plans

Co-led creation and management of company-wide Executive Coaching program targeted at high-potential talent; sourced coach candidates and guided the client engagement process

Coached executives on on-boarding

Assisted Executive Development team in other talent management activities including succession planning, leadership development and assessment strategy
Manager, Strategic Change - Old Navy

Gap Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GPS; Retail industry)

February 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 9 months)

Led Strategic Change effort for Old Navy's product development process redesign

Developed and managed the change plan, the communication plan and stakeholder engagement

Coached project lead on Strategic Change issues and provided recommendations on approach

Facilitated change management working sessions; partnered with senior leaders to identify impacts to their functions and to assess organizational change readiness

Co-facilitated focus groups to gather feedback on the pilot; developed recommendations for improvement on change plan

Coached leaders (SVPs, VPs and Directors) and employees through managing change and transition during the Pipeline pilot and the move of the Design function from New York to San Francisco

Consulted to other Old Navy initiative leaders on Strategic Change approach

Assisted in development of Gap Inc. Strategic Change methodology and toolkit
Manager, Planning and Development, Finance

Gap Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GPS; Retail industry)

September 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 6 months)

Dual role of managing Finance Planning and Development projects for CFO and leading the Org Alignment track for Oracle 11i implementation (North America rollout included core financials plus procurement and project costing modules and impacted approximately 1,200 core users and 3,000 enterprise-wide users)

Drove business and strategic planning process for Finance organization by partnering with Finance leadership team and initiative owners; facilitated meetings with strategy development teams and Finance executives

Participated in ad-hoc projects for the CFO including career development process, benchmarking study and org design work

Supported on-boarding of new CFO

Led all OA activities for financial systems implementation to ensure that impacted groups were appropriately structured and skilled for new processes and technology

Managed small team to deliver on org assessment, role profile development, job mapping process, migration recommendations and business readiness
Lead Consultant

Gap Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GPS; Retail industry)

July 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 3 months)

Led HQ change teams for e-HR project; developed change and comm plan; facilitated meetings to resolve issues, address change needs and provide status; developed comm and training materials; assessed groups' change readiness

Consulted with HR business partners and IT teams on comm and business process best practices; coached sponsors, project teams and business partners on communicating vision of project and addressing change management issues

Partnered with business functions to identify opportunities to streamline processes; facilitated "to-be" process mapping sessions; created process maps

Facilitated change sessions to identify impacted audiences, assess needs and plan for org change

Partnered with IT PMO to provide communication planning and business process best practices within Gap Inc.'s IT project process

Managed direct report; provided guidance and feedback on performance and development
e-Business Strategist

Novo Corp

(Management Consulting industry)

December 1999 — June 2000 (7 months)

Change Management specialist in e-Business Strategy group of Internet consulting firm

Assessed e-commerce market opportunities for traditional companies and dot-com start-ups

Partnered with client executives to develop e-business strategies, define business processes and operational requirements

Assessed operational and performance gaps; develop recommendations and implementation plans to facilitate change

Developed change management methodology and defined business strategy deliverables

Supported business development team in defining opportunities with prospective clients
Lead Consultant

Accenture

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

July 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 6 months)

Assessed impact of IT solutions and e-business initiatives on client organizations; partnered with clients to develop and implement strategies to effectively manage change and enhance human performance; clients included: Sun, Visa, HP and Compaq

Developed comm strategy and plan for of Web-based sales tool for 3,600 salesforce and reseller end-users worldwide

Determined training curriculum for implementation of computer and printer manufacturer's global Web site standards; developed technical course to train developers on technologies and tools; planned and facilitated implementation workshops

Assessed comm and training needs of financial institution's internal org and external partners; designed training approach and curriculum; developed comm schedule; created awareness comm

Managed comm activities and created comm materials for hardware manufacturer's implementation of shop floor control system; designed and developed quick-reference guides for on-the-job user support
Associate Producer

Columbia TriStar Interactive/Sony

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

September 1997 — February 1998 (6 months)

Assessed online marketing needs for two Sony Pictures Entertainment television shows; determined and targeted online audience; wrote project proposals; developed marketing strategies and promotional content for Web sites

Partnered with show producers to define Web site objectives; organized and directed redesigns of sites to meet objectives

Assessed operations; gathered data; consolidated departmental knowledge by documenting production processes
Consultant

Pacific Bell/SBC Smart Pages

(Telecommunications industry)

January 1997 — September 1997 (9 months)

Evaluated Web site production flow and identified departmental needs for online yellow pages and city/consumer guides

Streamlined workflow by establishing production standards, status reporting system and online production manual

Improved process for updating Web site's merchant directory by assessing process, gathering user requirements, developing database to replace paper-based system and training team on new system

Assisted content development through authoring HTML, writing and editing articles and conducting research
Multimedia Consultant

Universal

(Public Company; Entertainment industry)

April 1996 — December 1996 (9 months)

Coordinated with film and music publicity departments to design and develop entertainment Web sites

Assessed needs of corporate communications department to determine design, content and functionality of corporate intranet

Authored HTML; created graphics and multimedia elements; digitized audio and video; updated online content daily
Managing Editor

UCLA Daily Bruin

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

June 1994 — June 1995 (1 year 1 month)

Analyzed organization design, process and culture of campus newspaper with staff of 150 students; determined scope of change; drafted and communicated strategy for implementation of electronic publishing system; managed change effort

Revamped organization structure to align processes and team/job designs with objectives of new integrated technology

Facilitated transition by training staff, incorporating employee feedback, promoting team-building and evaluating milestones

Oversaw daily production workflow; enforced deadlines; led meetings; directly supervised 10 section heads

Jennifer Lee’s Education

The Coaches Training Institute

CPCC , Certified Professional Co-Active Coach , 2003 — 2004
University of Southern California

M.A. , Communication Management , 1996 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Active Minds - www.activeminds.com
University of California, Los Angeles

B.A. , Communication Studies , 1992 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Managing Editor of the Daily Bruin campus newspaper - www.dailybruin.com
Member of Bruin Belles, a volunteer service organization

Additional Information

Jennifer Lee’s Websites:

Jennifer Lee’s Interests:

life coaching, expressive arts, expressive arts coaching, creativity coaching, leadership development, change management, organizational development, creativity, book arts, painting, yoga, meditation, reading, personal growth, art, blogging, MBTI, Enneagram, personality typing, co-active coaching, team building, Zen, writing

Jennifer Lee’s Groups:

International Coach Federation, SF Coaches (2008 Membership Co-Chair), Ladies Who Launch (Oakland Leader), eWomen Network, eWomen Publishing Network, Cheryl's Dreaming Big, It's Yoga, C.E.O. Women volunteer, QUEST