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Jen Coken

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Executive Coach Humorist Speaker
Embrace the Ridiculousness of Life!
Country or state 
United States (Maryland)
Available to 
Global
City 
Rockville
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Ask for pricing
Languages 
English
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No
Timezone 
America/New_York

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Bio

Leave it to a comedian to make leadership (or anything that could evoke a snooze fest) entertaining — but Jen does it every time.

Her seminars, keynotes, and workshops are designed for leaders and their teams who crave actionable lessons from the heart and the opportunity to laugh at life’s absurdity.

With thousands of speakers vying for your attention, you need to make a winning selection. Jen Coken’s smooth delivery and soulful wit will leave your group inspired and talking about their experience long after it’s over.

The Method Behind Her Madness

(and there is a little bit of madness … in all the best ways, of course.)

The best speakers are experiential, but most speakers aren’t.

Most speakers are on the hero's journey, using their experience as an additive to what the audience already knows.

Not Jen. Jen is having people experience the story, putting them in front and center. Using her training in the ontological, Jen helps people be in the story. When they find themselves in the story, that’s when the shift and transformation happen.

How does she get them into the story? (Apart from being a damn good storyteller and seriously relatable as a human? Jen uses comedy.)

She takes people to the brink, right to the point where the brain can’t take any more information, and then she uses humor to diffuse the room, and the brain opens back up for business.

Most of the time, our brains need to hear something 600 times before we retain it. Some research has found that when you incorporate comedy, it only takes 12. Jen packs all her comedic tricks and uses them cleverly with her audiences to get them to open up, chill out, and really hear what she’s saying.

When there’s laughter, there is listening, and when there’s listening, there’s learning.

It’s no accident that Jen transforms whole rooms.

Jen’s content is designed for listeners who think differently when it comes to breakthroughs and discovery. She listens to the heart of her audience, allowing her to go deeper than most presenters. Jen motivates her participants to trust their own instincts and find new paths to growth, success, and being themselves. Plus, she keeps their minds (and ears) open the entire time. They sit at the edge of their seat and hang on her every word. She’s that damn powerful with a mic.

Current position (1)

Executive Coach Humorist Speaker

Embrace the Ridiculousness of Life!

Degrees (2)
MA, Political Science
Kent State University
1985 to 1987
BA, Political Science
Kent State University
1981 to 1985

Presentations

Presentations (4)
Cracking the P.O.W.E.R. Code of Personal Responsibility

How Multidimensional Leaders and Their Teams Thrive In An Ever-Changing Landscape

Multidimensional Leaders are those who are able to simultaneously navigate their bottom line, customer needs, and team dynamics. This requires demonstrating authenticity, vulnerability, and empathy while remaining curious about the future and what it will take to continue to succeed. Those who cannot bend will break eventually. This new kind of leadership requires new ways of thinking, being, and acting.

In this keynote with Master International Executive Coach Jen Coken, you will learn how to:

✔️Identify the automatic beliefs, thoughts, and behavioral patterns that lead to linear thinking and will ultimately break you and your company (if they haven’t already)
✔️Learn tools to create your leadership canvas by answering the question, "How do I want to show up as a leader?"
✔️Develop the practice of remaining above the line in the creative zone where you can choose your next move

Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower: The Neuroscience Behind Self-Sabotage

Imposter Syndrome isn’t just for those who feel inadequate or insecure — although that’s the usual misunderstanding. Imposter Syndrome is a hallmark of leaders who sabotage their success by thinking it was just ‘right-timing’ or ‘luck’ when they achieve success.

This keynote is designed for individuals ready to get real, rise to the challenges they face, and achieve the seemingly impossible. It’s high-energy, high-impact, and dives deep into:

✔️Why so many people attribute their success to luck or timing (rather than their unique skills and talents)?
✔️Why people often worry others will find out that they are not as perceived (and that belief impacts every facet of a leader's life)?
✔️The behaviors and relationships that may be contributing to feelings of undeserved success
✔️Practical action steps we can all take immediately to turn Imposter Syndrome into our success

Are You Willing To Fail Spectacularly?

Fifteen years ago, Jen Coken was faced with a monumental choice — to follow her heart to Colorado or stay in Washington, DC where she had built a successful high-profile consulting business. In a brief conversation with a friend, she chose to move. That one bold action launched her into a lifetime of giving up the familiar and taking a chance on the unknown — of being willing to fail spectacularly.

As entrepreurs we are often faced with these kinds of decisions: do we take a chance and be surprised by the ending, or do we hold back in case the whole thing goes down in flames?

Using her life experiences, coaching skills and comedic background, Jen will take you on a journey so that you too can dream big, shoot for the stars, and build an epic life.

When I Die, Take My Panties

Ovarian cancer claims the lives of 14,000 American women and 140,000 women worldwide every year. Jen Coken, whose mother died from the disease, has a mission to end late-stage diagnosis by educating women about the signs and symptoms. “If I knew then what I know now, my mother might still be alive,” Coken says.

On a mission to encourage women to be more proactive in their health and to become more aware of warning signs in their body in order catch cancer earlier on, Coken shares her own experiences with her mother’s death and the grieving and healing process she went through, she educates readers on how ovarian cancer is far more treatable if caught early on, and also inspires readers to find personal growth in the midst of their own tragedies.

Coken also uses jokes she co-wrote with her late mother to bring awareness. For example, as Coken’s mother’s disease progressed she looked like she was pregnant. Her mother used to rest snacks on her “belly” just like she did “when I was pre

Past talks (15)
The Three Keys to Being a Viral Leader
32nd Annual Diversity and Leadership Conference
University of South Carolina
January 10, 2018
Blueprint for Being a Great Caregiver
Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance Annual Fundraiser
Denver, Colorado
January 10, 2017
Balance is Baloney
Professional Women in Advocacy
Washington, DC
January 10, 2017
Blueprint for Being a Great Caregiver
Friends of the Essex County Library
Tappahannock, VA
January 10, 2017
Balance is Baloney
Denver Dames
Denver, CO
January 10, 2017
Celebrate Your Wins, Achieve Greater Success
St. John's Episcopal Church
Bethesda, MD
January 10, 2017
When I Die, Take My Panties
Women of Calvert County
Calvert County, MD
January 10, 2017
When I Die, Take My Panties
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America
Colorado Springs, CO
January 10, 2017
Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower
IMEX
Las Vegas, NV
October 11, 2022
Cracking the P.O.W.E.R. Code
Cascade Living Group
Phoenix, AZ
October 25, 2022
Introduction to Clifton Strengths
Global WIN
Washington, DC
December 12, 2022
Making Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower
Orthofix
Dallas, TX
April 13, 2023
Are You Willing to Fail Spectacularly
Anne Arundel Society of HR Managers ASHRM
Annapolis, MD
April 28, 2023
Self-Care is Sacred: From Burnout to Balance
Ameriprise Financial
Arlington, VA
April 29, 2023
Cracking the P.O.W.E.R. Code of Personal Responsibility
California Ambulatory Services Association
Monterey, CA
September 14, 2023
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USC 32nd Annual Diversity and Leadership Conference
USC 32nd Annual Diversity and Leadership Conference
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Books & Articles (5)

When I Die, Take My Panties
Morgan James,
2016
Just say YES to Less Stress
Spa For Your Soul!
Lunch with my Ex-Husband
Are You Ready to Slow Down Your Crazy Busy Life?

Expertise (14)

Leadership
Health & Well-being
Social & Political
Empowerment Leadership Humor Building Teams Communication ovarian cancer Caregiving Cancer Female Empowerment Health personal dynamic

HRPA competencies

Enabling Competencies
Emotional Intelligence
Strategic and Organizational Leadership
Relationship Management
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I go deep, win laughs, can read a room, & create transformative experiences for mid-career leaders.

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