Meet jennifer.

Jennifer Andersen is Founder of Jen Andersen Development, based in Hollywood, MD. She provides coaching and training focused on leadership and personal development, communication, and team development.  Her greatest strength and joy is working with emerging and new leaders helping to build their skills and confidence as they begin their leadership journeys.

Jennifer brings conscientious and forward-thinking approaches to the solutions she provides, and clients appreciate her high energy, interactive presentations and her intuitive and supportive coaching.

Jennifer has over two decades’ experience training, coaching, and developing teams and leaders in various sectors including the federal government, private sector, direct sales industry, education, and non-profit groups.   Her clients include NAVAIR, numerous government contractors, law groups, banks and credit unions, county government agencies, and more!

Jen was a high-school English teacher before entering the direct sales industry where she built and led a multi-million-dollar team recognized for its leadership development.  After investing heavily in her own leadership development, Jen established her training and coaching practice serving leaders and teams working to strengthen their inter- and intrapersonal skills and improve their workplace culture. 

Jennifer holds professional coaching certification through iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching).  She holds PCC Credentials (over 125 hours of training and over 500 hours of coaching experience) through the ICF (International Coach Federation).  She facilitates Appreciative Inquiry and is a Myers- Briggs Master Practitioner, EQ-i 2.0 (Emotional Intelligence) administrator, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, and COR.E Dynamics Leadership and Transitions Specialist.  Her degrees are a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English with Secondary Education and Master of Science (MS) in Curriculum and Instruction with Supervision Certification.

Jen resides in Hollywood, MD with her husband, Adam, and four children Aidan, Ryan, Karianna, and Jayce.

why people work with jen

jen believes . . .

  • In laughter while learning!

  • Our collective strengths fuel our teams!

  • Growing your leadership, communication, and essential workplace skills will grow your organization.

  • A workplace culture that values learning and the development of its people will see less turnover, greater productivity, and higher employee satisfaction.

  • Everyone- from CEO to Manager to Employee- wants to know more, grow more, and do more.

  • There is no such thing as “too much” training or personal and professional development.

  • When we invest time, training, interest, and fun in our people, they invest in the company and their work.

  • In bringing higher conscious leadership to the workplace.

  • Everyone is a leader.

  • Performance increases when individuals feel valued and know their leaders support their growth.

jen provides . . .

  • High energy and interactive presentations, training, and facilitation

  • Customized training and coaching

  • Partnership in unlocking the strengths and gifts within you and your team

  • Conscientious and forward-thinking approaches

  • Skills and experience in the development of communication, leadership, team building, and essential workplace skills for leaders and teams in multiple industries