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Coach. Consultant.
Speaker. Author.

I believe that the future of leadership hinges on EQ. Partner with Jill Wardell Coaching & Consulting to build human-centered leaders and teams maximize potential, unlock performance & engagement and transform toxic to thriving culture. 

Jill Wardell reflecting on leadership challenges
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Hi, I’m Jill Wardell

I help people lead from the inside out.

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As a human-centered leadership coach and organizational development catalyst, I partner with purpose-driven professionals and leaders to navigate uncertainty, deepen self-awareness, and bring more authenticity, courage, and calm to how they lead. My work is rooted in mindfulness, emotional intelligence, conscious leadership, servant leadership, and over two decades of creating transformational learning experiences in the learning & organizational development field.

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I bring a wealth of experience to our work: an MA in Transformational Leadership & Social Change, as well as certifications in executive coaching, organizational development and change leadership, emotional intelligence (EQ-i 2.0), and conscious leadership (the Leadership Circle 360 Profile™). I’ve had the honor of designing and facilitating  award-winning leadership cohorts, offering countless retreats, and leading impactful full-scale change efforts. But what truly guides my work is the belief that leadership is not just a role—it’s a practice.

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I’m here to help co-create a space for real growth, meaningful reflection, and effective action that helps you reconnect with your inner compass, navigate change with confidence, and cultivate the kind of deeply human leadership that changes lives—starting with your own.

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Work with Jill

Online Leadership Course

Rooted in EQ and Human-Centered Leadership, The Retention Code is a call to lead from the inside out, offering practical leadership strategies, research-backed tools, and reflective practices to reduce turnover & quiet quitting, deepen engagement, and transform toxic workplace culture, creating a kind of workplace that employees don’t want to leave, either literally or figuratively.

Executive Coaching

Executive coaching creates a space that is both strategic and soulful—where reflection meets action. Together, we’ll explore the internal patterns, emotional habits, and leadership narratives that shape how you show up, make decisions, and lead through complexity. By enhancing emotional intelligence, you’ll build your own brand of authentic influence and lead with grounded confidence from the inside out.

​Group Coaching

Group coaching offers similar benefits to 1:1 coaching but in a more affordable format that includes the added benefit of community. Together with other leaders you’ll form a tribe committed to authentic human-centered leadership, courageous conversation, and collective impact.

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Keynote Speaking

My keynotes are more than talks—they're experiences. Rooted in emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and authentic servant leadership, each presentation is customized to meet the moment and move the room. Whether for 50 or 5,000, I blend story, science-backed strategies, and meaningful reflection to spark insight, connection, and transformational action.

Team Retreats

Team retreats are tailored experiences designed to meet your team where they are.Whether the focus is strategic planning, team cohesion, or data-informed leadership development, each session is aligned with  your priorities and built for real engagement. For deeper insight, I incorporate tools like EQ-i 2.0, the Leadership Circle Profile™, and the Collective Leadership Assessment. Every retreat is crafted to foster clarity, connection, and momentum for what’s next.

Leadership Circle Profile Certification for Jill Wardell Coaching & Consulting
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Jill has a kind of quiet brilliance that catches you off guard—in the best way. She listens with such presence that you start to hear yourself differently. She doesn’t jump in with solutions or frameworks; she reflects, nudges, mirrors, until the thing you couldn’t name before suddenly comes into focus. Her emotional intelligence is unmatched, and she creates space that feels both sacred and electric—like something important will happen, even if you don’t know what yet. She’s creative, intuitive, and has this uncanny ability to make you want to rise—not out of pressure, but out of possibility. 

- Neena Narayanan

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Jill Wardell''s Writing

Through her original poetry, Jill Wardell invites readers to turn adversity, love, and leadership into sacred teachers—alchemizing grief, fire, and tenderness into presence, possibility, and belonging. Her work explores what it means to stay open and real in the midst of heartbreak, uncertainty, and human becoming, offering refuge, courage, and renewal along the way. 

Scatalogical Alchemist

Scatalogical Alchemist by Jill Wardell book cover

Scatological Alchemist is Jill Wardell's breakout poetry book. This is for anyone navigating the messy, sacred liminal space of change. With

fearless honesty and spiritual depth, these poems dig through the mess to find meaning—transforming shadow into gold, pain into power, and the earthly into the divine.

"This collection offers a refreshingly grounded poetic journey—blending earthiness with insight in a way that feels both honest and elevating. With lyrical clarity and fearless imagery, it speaks to those seeking personal truth, creative liberation, and emotional authenticity. Perfect for readers beginning their inner work or drawn to soulful writing that honors the body, spirit, and complexity of being fully human. A powerful companion for those on the path of transformation."

I’m not for everyone.
 
(neither are you by the way…)
 
An acquired taste.
 
A little eccentric, unpredictable, a wild card,
constantly pushing at boundaries, mine,
but either fortunately or unfortunately, yours as well.
 
I know it’s not easy…
 
I know it scares you…
 
The idea of more fully stepping 
into yourself, darling, you know, 
the soul that arrived on planet earth
before the conditioning took root.
 
Part of my gift (or curse) is to be all in,
to be your provocateur.
 
The one who stokes your fire.
 
The one who helps you paint 
your own picture of possibility,
outside of what it means for me.
 
And then to sit back and watch...
 
making space for the you that is emerging
and lovingly bearing witness to its unfolding.
 
I commit to this long game.

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