Executive Coaching for Women Leaders

Helping you be more effective with more ease, lead with clarity and confidence, and sustain peak performance without burning out

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Jess Van Garsse, Certified Executive & Leadership Coach

You’re driven, capable, and accomplished. Yet it feels like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. You’re constantly going, going, going yet what matters most never gets enough attention. Sound familiar?

The women leaders I work with come to me feeling:

  • Stressed, overwhelmed, and headed for burnout

  • Lacking headspace to be strategic or intentional

  • Scattered, unfocused, and rarely fully present

  • Stuck in the weeds and the endless to do lists

  • Not the confident, impactful leader they want to be

  • Often knowing what needs to change, but unable to effectively make shifts or sustain them for long

The result? Their effectiveness is diminished substantially, their impact muted, their energy drained, and it’s all taking a massive toll on them, their teams, and their organizations.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

The great news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. These challenges are complex but solvable. I work with women like this every day, and meaningful change is absolutely possible.

I can help.

My 6-pillar coaching process helps women leaders reclaim their time, energy and focus - so they can be more effective with less stress, better more confident leaders, and energized and excited by their work.

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  • Focus & Prioritize

    Sharpen attention, operate with more focus and clarity, increase efficiency, be fully present, and create the headspace to be strategic, creative and visionary.

  • Delegate & Elevate

    Get out of the trenches, delegate effectively, set boundaries, and empower others, unleash their and your own potential, and amplify collective impact.

  • Lead with Confidence

    Develop your authentic leadership presence, lead with confidence and clarity, make decisions with conviction, inspire others, and garner respect.

  • Reduce Stress

    Learn how to relieve and prevent stress, replenish your energy, and build systems that prevent burnout and support long-term performance.

  • Increase Resilience

    Learn to stay emotionally-regulated and grounded no matter what, adapt to change with agility and steadiness, and make good decisions under pressure.

  • Operate with Intention

    Ensure what matters is never on the backburner, spend your time and where it counts, be more purposefully productive, and show up daily at your best.

My coaching process is personalized, integrated and transformational. We start by identifying your greatest needs and what will create the biggest shift for you, then design a coaching plan that addresses what’s standing in your way - unlocking tangible and lasting change in your work, leadership and well-being.

Why It Matters

Making these shifts is essential. These challenges don’t resolve themselves - they get worse. The impacts ripple outward from the leader to their teams and organizations, and the costs are steep:

  • Diluted Impact: High-value work and innovation end up on the back burner

  • Stalled growth: Individuals and organizations plateau, and opportunities are missed

  • Little Strategic Thinking: Leaders are stuck in the tactical, not driving vision and innovation

  • Wasted Time: Inefficiency costs organizations hundreds of thousands each year

  • Poor Decisions: Choices are short-sighted, reactive, misaligned with goals, or indecisive

  • Low Performing Teams: Ineffective leadership leads to a drop in team performance and morale

  • Eroding Culture & Engagement: Stress spreads, engagement plummets, and turnover spikes

Women in leadership quit their jobs 60% more often than men, yet research shows that effective women leaders
have more impact than their male colleagues.

When women have the tools and support to lead intentionally and sustainably, the ripple effects are transformative for them, their teams, and their companies.

More and more organizations recognize that providing executive coaching for their women leaders is not a luxury but rather a critical high-impact investment with significant, measurable ROI. 

About Me

I’m a certified executive coach (ICF, Co-Active Training Institute) in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over a decade of experience coaching senior women leaders. Before becoming a coach, I was an executive myself, leading teams of up to 150 in high-pressure environments, so I understand the realities you face. I'm also an experienced meditation teacher and mindfulness expert, and trained in a wide range of evidence-based modalities including performance science, behavioral psychology, and stress reduction techniques. Over the past ten years, I’ve developed a proven approach that blends practical, evidence-based tools with deep presence and dynamic coaching, to help women close the gap between where they are and where they want (and need) to be.

The Bottom Line

The good news is: the challenges that brought you here are solvable. You don’t need to settle for how things are, wait for a better time, or keep pushing through.

There’s a new way of leading and living available to you - one with more time and space for what matters most, greater effectiveness with far less stress, sustainable success, and the satisfaction of showing up at your best.  Not only will you consistently have a greater impact with your team and organization, you can begin truly enjoying your work and life again.

If you want to explore how coaching could help you break through, contact me or book a complimentary Breakthrough Session below.

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What Clients are Saying

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  • “Jess is absolutely fantastic, truly life-changing. Before working with her I struggled with time management, multitasking, lack of focus, and worries asserting myself in a new leadership role. Jess is so insightful and  I love her ability to help me to understand myself better and make concrete changes. After every session I feel so much more grounded, a sense of balance, and a newfound ability to focus and be present.  She’s a miracle worker!”

    — Jess, C-Suite

  • “Jess has an incredible ability to connect and meet you where you are, and I found her simple and practical frameworks the ideal way to help myself think differently, make concrete changes in my behavior, and create a system of accountability. I started with some simple goals focused on minimizing distraction and maximizing presence and leadership. Working with her enabled me to achieve easy wins, address previously unsolved problems, and achieve goals.  I highly recommend her!”

    — Andi, Managing Director

  • “After working with many coaches and therapists over the years, working with Jess honestly felt like winning the lottery. She's uniquely gifted at identifying the internal patterns that, despite years of work on myself, I didn't have the ability to break free from. Jess helped me close the knowing-doing gap, and clarify and achieve my goals. It's difficult to put into words how much my work with Jess has changed my life."

    — Victoria, SVP

  • “Jess’ impact on my personal and professional growth has been truly transformative. Through her thoughtful tool-based approach, Jess has enabled me to think more creatively, be more confident, and achieve more in life by helping me realize my potential in a broader, exciting way.  Her sessions are focused and inspiring, always making the most of our time together to foster tangible progress. If you are looking for a coach who is deeply committed to helping you become the best version of yourself, I cannot recommend Jess highly enough”.

    — Chris, entrepreneur