Barbara Jordan on the Michigan Innovation Podcast with Rose Odette

Meet Barbara – A Trusted Guide Through Change, Challenge, and Growth https://www.centerforcoachingtc.com/ https://leadershiplunchclub.com/   For more than 35 years, Barbara has assisted individuals and organizations in successfully navigating transformation. With a background that encompasses leadership and life coaching, HR leadership, small group ministry, workshop facilitation, and consulting, she offers a unique blend of emotional intelligence and strategic insight to every engagement. Clients consistently highlight two reasons for returning to work with Barbara time and again: quality outcomes and meaningful relationships. Over 90% of her clients seek additional services, many becoming long-term partners in their personal or professional growth. Barbara is a certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach, possessing top strengths in Strategic, Belief, Individualization, Connectedness, and Activator. She is also certified in executive coaching, emotional intelligence, leadership development, personal style assessments, and retirement coaching. She founded the Leadership Lunch Club in Traverse City, Michigan—a vibrant community space designed to inspire and connect local leaders through shared learning, genuine conversation, and mutual support. Colleagues and clients alike describe Barbara as a "builder"—someone who brings entrepreneurial thinking, a deep sense of purpose, and the adaptability needed to lead through both opportunity and adversity. Having worked as a senior HR executive in a global training, technology and consulting company during the pandemic, Barbara also brings first hand experience of how to help navigate some of the changes, challenges and opportunities leaders and organizations are facing in the post-pandemic world. Above all, Barbara is motivated by a passion to make a positive difference. Whether she's coaching individuals, leading workshops, or helping organizations align with their values, her work is consistently rooted in purpose and driven by results.