JENNIFER C. WHITCOMB, MCC
jcwhitcomb@thetrilliumgroup.com
www.thetrilliumgroup.com
Seasoned leadership coach with over 16 years of experience in leadership development, executive coaching and mentor coaching.
Expertise in action learning coaching. Known for calm presence, collaborative nature, energy, and dedication to improving individual
and organizational effectiveness.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Trillium Group
Principal
1992 – Present
Coaching
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Coached senior executives including C level clients to successfully reach their business and personal goals.
Coached executives in Senior Executive Service Program to easily transition from Acting Director to Director roles.
Enhanced individual and organization effectiveness by coaching mid and upper level management to enhance
leadership skills, gain influence skills, improve interpersonal effectiveness, manage performance, build teams and
resolve career and work/life balance issues.
Debriefed various assessment instruments (360’s,HBDI, Hogan, MBTI) to leaders that helped them plan and reach
determined goals.
Coached managers on developing performance improvement strategies that enhanced working relationships between
manager and employee.
Conducted group coaching to several C level executive teams that enhanced team effectiveness and resolved
organizational issues.
Applied Action Learning (group coaching) to high potential leaders in organizations to solve organization challenges
and enhance leadership skills.
Designed and facilitated a coaching workshop for internal coach program that improved coaching skills, utilized
internal capability, and received outstanding reviews.
Mentor coach to coaches pursuing additional skill level towards successful completion of coaching certification.
Training, Team Building and Facilitation
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Co-Designed and facilitate ICF Competency Tune Up workshop that helps coaches enhance their coaching mastery.
Designed and facilitated training programs in leadership development, career management, behavioral interviewing
skills, mentoring, train the trainer, coaching skills, and meeting facilitation skills using a performance based approach
and learner centered activities that enhanced retention and transfer of skills to the job.
Designed and facilitated train the trainer workshops for over 3,500 participants in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Eastern
Europe and Latin America that have enhanced trainer delivery, interaction, and learner’s retention of content.
Consulted with intact work teams. Assessed and diagnosed team performance to develop collaborative strategies and
activities that enhanced team and organizational effectiveness.
Consulted with an entire division undergoing change to develop strategies that increased morale, prioritized processes,
and created a more cohesive structure.
Designed and facilitated retreats that resulted in a joint work product, improved morale and better working
relationships between two previously opposing departments
Collaborated with the president of a firm to develop strategies to successfully transition from a larger company to
form their own firm and corporate structure. Consulted with the entire organization to establish future direction and
goals.
Facilitated numerous meeting and retreats to effectively manage group dynamics, achieve meeting and client goals,
resulting in enhanced communication and understanding among team members.
Facilitated cross-functional team meetings that included union representation to develop new training processes and
implementation steps that resulted in greater buy in for a change effort impacting hundreds of employees.
JENNIFER WHITCOMB
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Leadership Coaching Certificate Program, Georgetown University
Co-Director and Faculty
2006 – Present
Organization Development Certificate Program, Georgetown University
1999-2001
Director
 Managed adjunct professors, learning coach faculty, and liaised with University staff to support program and ensure
program continued excellent reviews and high regard from potential employers.
 Planned and managed curriculum by communicating with faculty one-one and in team meetings to seek input for
improvement and alignment with program goals.
 Participated as a faculty member by teaching organization development theory that helped new consultants apply and
leverage tools and techniques to enhance organization effectiveness.
 Coached participants in learning teams to effectively apply organization development theory and skills to succeed in
actual consulting projects.
Georgetown University Medical Center
1995-1997
Organization Development Consultant (internal part-time)
 Consulted to individuals and teams within the organization by using assessment and diagnosis, designing and
facilitation of intervention to reach the desired client outcome.
 Designed and facilitated interactive workshops in leadership and new manager skills, meeting facilitation, team
building, change management and performance management to help leaders work more effectively, efficiently, and
collaboratively within the organization.
 Coached senior level management to successfully lead teams through downsizing and transition.
Practical Management
1989 - Present
Consultant/Facilitator
 Conducted instructional design and training facilitation workshops for over 3,500 participants in public and in-house
workshops across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Master Certified Coach, (MCC), International Coach Federation
 Advanced Certificate in Ontological Coaching – Newfield Network
 Certified Mentor Coach, InviteChange
 Executive Coaching Certification, Lore International Institute/KornFerry
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MA, Human Resource Development, Graduate Instructional Design Certificate, Marymount University
BA, Psychology, York University
Master Action Learning Coach Certification, World Institute for Action Learning
Advanced Coaching Training, Coaches Training Institute, Newfield Network
Relationship Systems Coaching, Coaches Training Institute
Organization Development Certificate, Georgetown University
Using Type in Executive Coaching, CAPT
Adult Education/ Staff Training Certificate, Social Service Worker (S.S.W), Seneca College
Myers Briggs (MBTI) Qualification Workshop
Hogan Leadership Forecast Assessment – Certified
Lominger VOICES 260 Assessment - Certified
PUBLICATIONS/ PRESENTATIONS
 “Coaching as a Leadership Development Strategy” – Chapter in the Big Book of HR, Career Press, January 2012
 “Action Learning; An Approach to Team Coaching “– Chapter in On Becoming a Leadership Coach, Palgrave, 2008
 Training Games, Steve Sugar & Jennifer Whitcomb, ASTD Press, 2006
 Co-presented pre-conference workshop at 2004 International ASTD Conference on A Powerful Tool for Leaders: Making
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Reflection an Everyday Action
Presented at regional International Coach Federation Conference on Team Coaching for Action (2004), to introduce coaches to a
group coaching methodology.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
International Coach Federation
Human Resource Leadership Forum – Board Member
Association of Coach Training Schools (ACTO) - Vice President