James Van Auken, PhD, MBA, ACC
I am a leadership development coach.
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 coach, I help people to find their authentic leadership presence.
I have a doctoral degree and two masters degrees in leadership, change, and business administration, as well as significant training in adult development, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and presence-based coaching. Clients find that we can talk in any direction and co-create a whole-person approach to their coaching experience.
I learned through experience and education and a lot of trial and error. 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
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Leadership and Change
Master of Arts in Leadership and Change
Master in Business Administration (MBA)
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Presence-Based Coach
What People Are Saying
Philosophy
I understand that life can feel like a series of mountaintop peak experiences, dark valleys, and long journeys in-between the ups and downs.
We do not have to hold on so tightly to the peak experiences or dread and wallow in the valleys, we can recognize and see the interconnectedness of the peaks and valleys, see the journey objectively, and live in ease and joy regardless of where we measure ourselves.
The key is to open up to the possibility of living a fulfilled life right where you are, right now, right here.
Leadership Development Coaching
This is not just performance coaching, although we use performance coaching.
This is not mindfulness coaching, although we use mindfulness.
This is not just executive/leadership coaching, although we use leadership development techniques and models.
This is customized for wherever you are and whatever you need in this session and the next in order to achieve your goals and future state.
We use mindfulness and awareness to “wake up,”
adult development to “grow up,” and
leadership coaching to “level up.”
I trained as a presence-based coach in order to
synthesize all of the learning and experience I have had in order to
best serve clients in ways that I wish I had had during my 20 years in the workplace.
By waking up to who we are and what we do, and declaring who we want to be and where we want to go, we can change our whole world, our whole perspective on our life and the lives of others.
Too many of us get lost in the grind.
Let’s talk
Let’s have a free 30-minute leadership breakthrough session to see if we are a good fit for each other.