Helping Leaders and Their Teams

Breakthrough to the

Next Level of Leadership and Excellence

Executive Leadership Development Coaching

with James Van Auken, PhD, MBA, ACC

Meet James Van Auken, PhD, MBA, ACC

As an executive with 20 years of experience in the workplace at all organizational levels (from a new Customer Service Representative, to Manager, Director, Vice President, and President), I have a holistic perspective on business life—and as a leadership coach, I help people to find their authentic leadership presence.

I have advanced degrees in leadership, change, and business administration, as well as significant training in adult development, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and presence-based coaching.

I learned through experience and education and a lot of trial and error, never having a coach, mentor, or guide myself.

Now, I serve others to help them have leadership breakthroughs and become their best, authentic selves in the workplace out of the gate. No one has to walk the leadership journey alone.

Credentials

PhD in Leadership & Change

MA in Leadership & Change

MBA in Strategic Planning

ICF Certified Coach

Presence-Based Coach

My clients learn how to lead, become resilient, grow their capacity, become more productive, navigate challenging situations and people, and become their best and authentic self.

I provide customized systems for my clients, helping them implement:

  • strategies for success,

  • action plans for growth,

  • positive support models,

  • accountability for measurement outcomes, and

  • developing positive habits while minimizing negative habits.

Using mindfulness, developmental psychology, and leadership practices, we create the opportunity to shift, grow, and level-up together.

Are You or Your Team ready to go to the next level?

If you or your team want to have the capability to grow, perform at a higher level, and take you, your business, and teams to the next level, Executive Leadership Coaching could be the key.

Does this sound like you?

  • I want to go the next level, but I don’t know how to begin?

  • I need my team to strengthen their leadership skills so we can collectively step up to the next level.

  • I struggle with sustainably showing up as my best and authentic self, especially under stress.

  • I don’t want to “screw this up,” so I hold myself back from doing what I know I need to do.

  • I struggle with having tough and important conversations.

  • I bottle up my emotions and I end up feeling burned out, frustrated, and overwhelmed.

  • I don’t always know what my team needs to thrive and be successful.

Helping you become a Highly Successful Leader

My clients report:

  • Feeling calmer even in chaotic or stressful situations.

  • Being able to shift view points from a narrow view to broad view.

  • Increasing their capacity to handle their biggest challenges.

  • Being their best selves, across all interactions.

  • Expanding their view of what their best self is.

  • Turning breakdowns into breakthroughs.

  • Becoming a better person, all around, in addition to being a better leader.

“James has a way of asking just the right question at just the right time.”

—Chris T.

Try a leadership breakthrough session for free and see if it’s right for you.

There’s no commitment, pressure, or obligation.