Beverly Jones

A former attorney and corporate executive, Beverly Jones has been working for almost two decades as an executive coach. Her clients range from high performing senior leaders, to newly-appointed managers. While coaching, Bev also has continued to deepen her expertise as a leadership, career and workplace consultant, including through her appointment at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, her two books and other publications, and her long-time podcast, Jazzed About Work, on NPR.org.

Beverly’s ideal clients are leaders in all career phases and professionals at all ages who want a nonjudgmental and truly interested listener and thought partner to help them:

  • Observe the big picture, spot opportunities and take a fresh look at challenges
  • Frame language around their issues and build communication skills
  • Develop deeper understanding about their professional and personal aspirations and preferences
  • Define goals, create action plans, and achieve results
  • Support well-being and flourish at work and in life

Beverly’s focus is on helping clients to build resilience, enhance performance, manage time and energy, improve communications, navigate transitions and difficult situations, and create engagement.

Beverly’s select credentials

  • Leadership Coaching Certificate, Georgetown University
  • PCC, the International Coach Federation
  • Certificate, Kennedy School Program for Senior Managers in Government
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
  • M.B.A. and B.S. in Journalism, Ohio University

Areas of Expertise

  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Career Consulting
  • Workplace Consulting
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"The day I met Bev in 2010 was indeed my lucky day. I sought her advice as I was transitioning to a senior position in a new organization. I knew right away that my experience with Bev would be different than a coach I worked with earlier in my career. Bev views the workplace from every angle, because she lived through it herself having navigated a successful career as a lawyer and senior executive. As a result, she immediately zeroes in on the issue and provides sage advice when I’m faced with challenging situations. Most importantly, though, Bev sees the big picture and takes the long view. By urging me to expand into new roles and industries with growth potential, she set me up for future success."
Linda KinneySilicon Valley, CA
"Bev immediately saw that the issues I faced extended well beyond the walls of my office. As we worked together, Bev helped me to understand the interconnections between the various aspects of my life. Since I began to work with Bev, my revenues and profits have risen by 30%, but other changes have been even more profound. I’ve lost 40 pounds, I completed a 100-mile bike ride, and I’ve found new ways to achieve balance in the totality of my life."
Robert ReichAlexandria, VA
"Bev has provided fabulous support as an executive coach, helping me grow as a leader. She has a gift for listening, asking smart questions, and helping me find a path forward through challenging situations. She's also an excellent communicator, bringing helpful suggestions about how to navigate difficult conversations. I'd highly recommend her to anyone looking for a management, leadership or career-change coach."
Alexis GrantHarpers Ferry, WV
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Ms. Uman also works with teams: the interplay of one-on-one coaching with members of a team while simultaneously focusing on team dynamics has helped her clients develop collaborative behaviors and increase trust among team members, improve personal and team accountability, and improve productivity by individuals and the team as a whole. Ms. Uman specializes in gender dynamics within teams, woman-managed teams, and teams where women are in the majority. She helps these teams identify the behaviors that undermine others, and develop both an attitude and behaviors that help the team members and leaders become more powerful and effective.

As a certified organizational consultant, Ms. Uman specializes in conducting organizational assessments and developing reports that illuminate the patterns and themes of organizational behavior, enabling organizations to move positively and effectively into a successful future.

As an organizational trainer, Ms. Uman designs, develops and conducts a broad array of workshops including leadership development, teambuilding, career development, running effective meetings, and managing gender differences. She has received the certification as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designated by the International Coaching Federation.

Her clients include:

  • Crestline Hotels
  • Georgetown University
  • Intelligence Community
  • National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health
  • JBS International
  • Russell Reynolds Associates
  • American Psychological Association
  • Software Engineering Institute

Ms. Uman holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, a Master’s in Education from the University of Maine, and certificates in Organization Development and Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. Her experience includes serving as an instructor at George Mason University, Georgetown University, Northern Virginia Community College and Mt. Vernon College. She is certified in aa array of assessments, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) EI.20 (Emotional Intelligence) and EI 360, Change Management (Prosci) and was also certified by William Bridges and Associates to conduct workshops and provide consulting services on managing organizational transitions.

As a coach, Mandeep brings this experience, and his fundamental belief in each person’s innate abilities, to create the non-judgmental and energized space for leaders and teams to truly get in touch with what is important to them, and rev up the energy and momentum to make it happen.  His clients take ownership of their own power. They also leverage their own observations to get deep insights into what’s holding them back and then break those habits.  A number of his clients have reported their work together has been transformative.

In addition, these leaders and teams begin to accept the world as it shows up, rather than the way they wish it would.  That accepted, they hold the courage of their convictions pragmatically, communicate their vision authentically and directly, and set about influencing the people, networks and systems of which they are part to create the enabling environments within which their organizations, projects and people succeed.

Mandeep considers himself extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to express his passions through two completely different careers separated by two decades.  The path of transition has been bumpy and fascinating, and has provided Mandeep the direct experience and insights which make him the coach he is.

Mandeep is also an Executive Coach with the American University Key Executive Leadership Programs.

As a consultant, Mandeep facilitates interventions with senior leadership teams, helping them surface key issues and create jointly owned action plans to solve them. He is adept at uncovering unclear, missing or misaligned roles and accountabilities, business process gaps, and unspoken organizational agreements on topics that are undiscussable.  Mandeep can create environments within which teams bring up the elephant in the room.

Mandeep has a background that spans 35+ years of hands-on experience creating, and facilitating the creation of, solutions to complex problems involving multiple stakeholders.  In his career, he has worked internationally, across cultures and organizational boundaries, to build IT Systems, reengineer business processes, provide organizational and innovation consulting services, nurture client and employee relationships, and grow companies in roles spanning coaching, facilitation, individual contribution, and project, line and executive management.  He has done this within large international organizations, federal and local governments, non-profits, consulting companies, and start-ups.

MANDEEP’S CLIENTS have included a wide range of organizations:

  • Government & International Organizations: The World Bank Group; DFAS, EPA, FBI, FEMA, ICE, NIC (National Institution of Corrections), OCC, TSA, USSS; Fairfax County, VA.
  • Non-profit: US Green Building Council
  • Private Sector: Allegis Group, Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, Progeny Advanced Genetics, Turner Construction (US); Applied Materials (USA, China & Taiwan); Grupo Elektra (Mexico); Tata Chemicals, North Delhi Power Limited, Samsung, IBM and  Konkan Railways (India); and EFI (USA and India).

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Georgetown University Certification in Leadership Coaching (CLC)
  • ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • The Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) & Collective Leadership
  • Hogan Assessments (Hogan Personality Inventory [HPI]; Hogan Development Survey [HDS]; Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory [MVPI])
  • Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI);
  • DiSC Assessment

EDUCATION:

  • MBA, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
  • BSEE, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur