Through Connected Leadership I defined my leadership vision and discovered how to align my actions with that vision. The journey, along with coaching, helped me articulate what I truly needed and wanted both professionally and personally. This process has allowed me to define my true self and tap into my authentic presence and talents to make that vision a reality. My work and home life have been transformed to realize my true potential and the impact has been profound. I am living an authentic life in every aspect of my life.
Susan Woerdehoff
Assistant VP of Alumni Relations, Seattle University
I received more results out of one year of leadership coaching with John and Virginia than I have in the last 17 years of management and leadership training combined. These conversations have changed my life. The bottom line is that I am a happier, more fulfilled, and effective leader.
Denise Rundle
General Manager, Microsoft
I lead a large and complex team responsible for serving millions of customers. I think we are pretty good at working together. Watching the crew of the Adventuress I have learned more about true leadership and teamwork than I thought was possible. Truly inspiring.
Santhosh Mathew
Sr. Director, Microsoft
Through my coaching work with John I aligned all arenas of my personal and professional life with my core purpose. I am more confident that I can achieve my vision and help create a successful company and a better world.
Steve Anderson
CEO, Index Sensors and Controls
My work with Jempe has been a fun and wild ride. I laughed, I cried, and most importantly, I discovered how to follow my path toward my deepest desires. I have a renewed sense of who I am, what I stand for, and how I can generate that in my life. I am now fiercely committed toward what I want and yet patient with the journey as it unfolds.
Sara Jones
Artisan, writer, and business development consultant
My experiences with the Jempe Center have given me more freedom in my life.
Laurie Rodgers
Sr. Director, Microsoft
Have you ever wondered what could be holding you back from being the person and leader you hope to be? I certainly did. Spending 10 days in the heart of the Rainforest with those so connected to what matters most, was the ideal setting for my mission of discovery. I rediscovered the real me, and better yet, I really liked what I found.
Scott Stout
10 year Microsoft veteran, family man, and cyclist
If I won a million dollars, I would us it to send everyone I know and love on the Leadership Journey to Ecuador. The Leadership Journey to Ecuador was a journey of self-discovery amongst exceptional people, nature and adventure. It has had a profound and life changing impact and is the greatest gift I could have ever given myself. The Leadership Journey to Ecuador has had a profound impact on my life. Experiencing life in the most indigenous form, with exceptional nature, allowed me to explore and get connected to my life’s purpose. The Leadership Journey to Ecuador was a deep spiritual experience and a journey of self-discovery. Experiencing life in the most indigenous form, surrounded by exceptional nature, allowed me to look more deeply within and discover my life’s purpose.
Niki Salisbury
Business Manager, Microsoft
The Leadership Journey to Ecuador put me face to face with absolute raw beauty and the power of being in authentic relationship with indigenous people. I discovered what it would take to live in freedom and gratitude. I found a different way to become my more authentic me. The Journey is a real experience of authoring my life – designed from my inner truth, rather than others' expectations. If you are truly serious about owning your destiny you can’t afford not to go. There is not a conflict of time, money, or others' opinions that should interfere with going on this Journey. It is beyond words.
Jeff Baker
Partner, Hornell Anderson Design Works, ironman triathlete
The Leadership Journey to Ecuador was life-changing for me. John and Virginia, and our guide Cristina, made this such an amazing, safe and exhilarating space for me to accelerate my self-growth. I shed some of my old ways and moved forward in my life in areas I didn't know I could – in such a rapid and deep way. My only wish is that I could have done something like this earlier in my life! Truly. Life-changing. If you're even considering it, my recommendation to you is to don’t hesitate for a second longer, and GO!
Leslie Pobst
Strategy Manager, Microsoft
In early 2008 I found myself lacking motivation and excitement towards life. In an effort to access my passion I began coaching and signed up for the Leadership Journey to India. It didn’t take long to notice changes. First I started to be more aware of my body and how to deal with discouragement as it came. While in India, I was able to get a glimpse of the person I am deep down. I became very aware of my strengths and conversely my weaknesses and the beliefs that were limiting me. I developed friendships with total strangers who are now some of my best friends. The realization of the different masks I was wearing, and how to take them off, has changed my relationships with family, friends, clients, and colleagues. Through the discovery of my purpose I now have a guiding light that I can use to make important life decisions and to measure my progress each day. The strength and energy that has come from this has been nothing short of life changing.
Aaron Tyler
Partner, Capital Financial Mortgage
It is difficult to describe the changes that have occurred in my life since the Leadership Journey to India. In the past I let many opportunities pass me by because I was paralyzed by fear. Going to India was the hardest and best thing I have ever done for my family and myself. During the Leadership Journey I learned who I really am – a loving, committed, courageous woman. I gained confidence and learned to love myself. Since my return I have been able to help many people that are struggling with similar challenges. The Leadership Journey literally changed my life and that journey continues to unfold, long after my return from India.
Niki Bennett
Mother, founder of Love What You Got
The Leadership Journey in India was a powerful force that shaped my life. As a result of the journey, combined with the support of my coach (Virginia Rhoads), I am more open, joyful, centered and secure. I am happier. I am able to speak my truth, from the heart, in a manner that gets results and builds trust and relationship. More concretely, I was able to smoothly transition from my career as a Chief Marketing Officer for Fortune 500 firms to my new purpose-driven venture – a positive media company devoted to inspiring a better world.
Ginny Hutchinson
Co-Founder, Better Because
The adventure, people, and scenery of the Leadership Journey to India were well worth the price. Combining the trek with an intense personal growth experience, supported by world-class coaches, led to astonishing results: breaking through patterns that have held me back; discovering my life purpose which I now express daily; learning how to lead more effectively, with less effort and suffering; growing my business (including my best sales to date – all in the face of current economic slowdown). In my experience, personal growth courses begin to fade over time. Nine months after my return from India the results continue to stick with me. Each day my connection to that experience has helped me to see new possibilities, be joyful and appreciate my life as never before. I highly recommend this powerful journey!
Robert Landis
Principal, Capitol Media, Inc.
Before I began the Leadership Journey I was not aware how much I lived behind a mask that kept me from truly connecting with others. I am now more relaxed, present, and able to connect with people in a way that builds partnership and trust. I have new skills that help me use my mind, body, and life energy in a way that I can only describe as authentic and effective. The coaching, combined with the Leadership Journey, were by far the most impactful and life changing experiences of my personal and professional life.
Ben Bennett
Senior Director, FamilySearch.org
I reached a point in my career where I recognized I could not move forward without a trusted guide. Through coaching and the Leadership Journey I was able to get in touch with my purpose and I discovered how to manifest this purpose in my daily life. I also gained a sense of how to lead from my authentic leadership presence. I would highly recommend the Leadership Journey to other senior management.
Jack Schlafer
Senior Principle Operations Excellence Manager, Fortune 100 tech firm
Connected Leadership is a transformational experience. It is fun, awakening and purposeful. I have generated truly remarkable results in all arenas of my life.
Valerie Bone
Director, Corporate Responsibility, PMI
I came to the course feeling generally stuck and uninspired. Through this journey I re-discovered my authentic path, which opened up new possibilities that hadn't occurred to me before. I left the course with a plan and the skills to take action and make it real. And perhaps most importantly, I'm excited about my Life again. I can't say enough about the work that John and Virginia do.
Laura Henderson
Sr. Manager, Boeing
I am a skeptic of training and the impact it has. Despite my resistance, I came away from this experience enriched and energized. So, I say stir up that pot of skepticism, add a double shot of annoyance, put the lid on your email OOF, and get ready to eat the sessions up because no matter how you slice it this is worth your time.
Joe Swart
Group Program Manager, Fortune 50 High Tech company
I've been involved in a lot of training and workshops over the years and have found them all valuable and yet lacking a key ingredient. How do you internalize the knowledge of the "experience" after the workshop ends? Being a part of the Leadership Journey has given me the choice, time and the structure to do just that. It's easy to rationalize not taking on something like this, it's time away from family, work, your life. Those things matter, and that is exactly why you should consider this Journey. It will give you the power of choice and cement to your core what it is you value and how you show up.
David Wyatt
Sr. Group Manager, Microsoft
My participation in the Ascent Institute 3 day workshop was an incredible experience. I was surprised at how quickly the group leaders empowered us to identify things in our life that pulled us off center, and then provide us with specific tools to move back. I've been involved in multiple Leadership Focused training seminars during my MBA and Boeing career, and the Jempe Center program offered much more.
Sara Spencer
CEO, Seed Launch
Centered Leadership has given me the tools to empower myself to live the kind of life that I want and have always dreamed of. The course has taught me to take a closer look at other important aspects of my life. It is only when I obtain a balance between my professional and personal worlds will I become the most effective and self-fulfilled individual.
Tuquynh Tran
Business Development Engineer, C&D Zodiac
I learned simple, but profound techniques in the Centered Leadership course that allows me to truly help other understand how others appear in the world and why. I am able to return to center more quickly. If knowledge is power, than you can say I gained an enormous amount of power from this course.
Susie Reed
Centered Leadership was a memorable and truly life changing experience. The experience launched me through what could have been years of work in self-discovery, bodily awareness, confidence building, and leadership skills. It was a truly magical journey, and something I would recommend to anyone looking for clarity in the midst of confusion or uncertainty in any area of life.
Angela Kilkenny
Mother of 2, in transition back to work
The Centered leadership training is an extraordinary way to rebalance yourself around what is important for you. It helped me to better deal with my emotional reactions in challenging circumstances.
Jean-Philippe Grenet
Sr. Director, Commercial Technical Support EMEA, Fortune 50 high tech firm
After years of being a student and a teacher of leadership, and the leader of organizations and my own businesses, Centered Leadership took my game to a new level. There is an African proverb that says 'information is only rumor until it's in the muscle.' My experience with Jempe Center showed me how to embody the qualities and actions of a leader.
Kay Sandberg
Program Director, Soul of Money Institute
This experience changed my habitual way of thinking and helped me embody new patterns and approaches. It was not a process for adding new tricks and tips, but for remembering my core assets and skills that often get lost or squashed in the daily grind.
Terry Meersman
Telaris
Your Centered Leadership course was the best leadership course I have ever taken in my life. This course is focused on the person, as a whole leader. I gained clarity about the difference I want to make... In my company, in my life and in the world. I have more hope than ever about what is possible.
Valerie Bone
Director Corporate Responsibility, Pacific Market International
If you want to evolve from ‘manager’ to ‘leader’ then I highly recommend coaching with John. He has helped me to discover my authentic leadership voice and to chart the path to my next level of responsibility.
John Ginn
Sr. Director Business Strategy Group, Microsoft
I gained a vision, or rather a North Star, about how I approach my decisions and the business results I am leading my teams toward. And I assess my behavior, and how I am living up to my intentions, through the lens of that North Star. It has made a huge difference in my exercise of leadership.
Michael Griffin
Service Line Director, Group Health Cooperative
For me, this work goes right to the core issues of awareness, courage and clarity of choice toward my goals. Their keen insights saved me years of enduring the more traditional methods of analysis and assertion of will. This work has enabled me to go from a struggling corporate misfit to a thriving teacher and leader in my life.
Janelle Aberle
The question I would ask is can you create from possibility or just solve problems? There are no formulas for great leadership, but now I have the capacity, the confidence and the freedom to lead in all that I do.
Diana Elser
I strengthened my self awareness and my comfort leading in the face of ambiguity. Through our work together I am now more grounded in leading from my strengths and capable of moving into conflict to reach critical decisions and achieve the results we stand for.
Tricia McKay
Executive Director, Medina Foundation
Before this course I was experiencing the world in black and white. Now I live in a world of color.
Steven Evans
Nintendo of America
This experience is entirely different from a standard instructor-led classroom training. Virginia and John led the course in an unconventional, hands-on fashion and that made the results sustainable. They challenged the way I look at things and helped me go deeper into my commitments. This is a rewarding, enjoyable and inspiring experience – I highly recommend it.
Abhijit Kini
Senior Supportability Manager, Microsoft
I feel lighter and more at peace than I have felt in 10 years. It was a life changing experience.
Bernadette Curran
Lead Program Manager, Microsoft
This was not a training – it was a transformational event. If you are serious about truly knowing yourself, understanding your strengths, and what is possible for you, then this is the place to go. This experience has immediate ROI for my work and my personal life. It felt like I was getting one-on-one coaching and the benefits of learning with a group of highly engaged participants.
Juan Sanchez-Gonzales
Partner Services Manager, Microsoft
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