Testimonials
ASHLEY SMITH
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP
Coaching with Jen has allowed me to fully step into my leadership and see the possibilities and agency available to me in any given moment. I gained invaluable feedback from my colleagues and have been able to take practical steps to move away from things that weren’t working and towards things that are working in my leadership. And unlike other training I’ve done before, working with Jen has led to transformational and sustainable change, because it’s rewired my habits to be much more thoughtful, authentic, and aligned with the kind of leader I want to be. As a result, I’m building more collaborative and trusting relationships with my colleagues, elevating my level of impact in the organization, and feeling more fulfilled and connected–in and outside of work!
“…working with Jen has led to transformational and sustainable change, because it’s rewired my habits to be more thoughtful, authentic, and aligned with the kind of leader I want to be.”
KARI FRAME
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, STRONGMINDS
Before I started working with Jen, I had recently been promoted to COO and was struggling to really land in the role. I lacked clarity and confidence in how I could best support a very talented and independent team, and I was spending a lot of mental and emotional energy second-guessing myself and my decisions. It was exhausting! Thanks to coaching, I’m no longer wasting time beating myself up about what I could or should have done. Instead, I am much more consistently and effectively giving my team the support and feedback they need, and tackling projects that fuel my curiosity and drive my organization’s impact in the world. Jen helped me get to the root of old patterns and build new habits in a way that was easy to access and has had a profound effect on my leadership.
“Jen helped me get to the root of old patterns and build new habits in a way that was easy to access and has had a profound effect on my leadership.”
ANN JACOBS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JOHN JAY COLLEGE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY
I am deeply grateful for Jen's coaching. It was both exactly what I needed in the moment and instructional in ways that I will carry with me and continue to draw on. I have found it both practical and profound. I have felt both nurtured and challenged. Jen is the essence of compassion, respect, and curiosity.
“Jen is the essence of compassion, respect, and curiosity.”
NICOLE COZIER
SENIOR V. PRESIDENT, D.E.I., HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
I am so appreciative to Lachman Consulting and Jen for her stewardship through this organizational values process. I have been through a number of strategic planning processes over my career that include values work and none of them hold a candle to this process. I feel like the values we developed are functional, instructive and deeply substantive, so thank you for your deft skills in taking us on this journey. This process has provided us with a critical foundation for the culture change we are leading at HRC.
“I have been through a number of strategic planning processes over my career that include values work and none of them hold a candle to this process.”
LORI SWEENY
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ANET ILLINOIS
“I came to Jen for coaching because I wanted to harness my current management role and become the best leader I could be. Our coaching kicked-off with a 360-degree leadership assessment, which lead to an immediate breakthrough for me. I realized that by solving other people’s problems (something I used to see as one of my greatest strengths!), I was actually holding people back and sending a message of mistrust to members of my team. Working with Jen, I was able to put this insight into action and create real behavioral changes that have made me a better listener and much more effective leader. And it’s not only me who feels the difference. I just had a feedback conversation with someone I manage, and she told me that she’s never felt more supported by me or in her job. Coaching with Jen has been one of the most powerful leadership development experiences I have ever had. I have grown as a leader more in the last 6 months than ever before.”
“Coaching with Jen has been one of the most powerful leadership development experiences I have ever had. I have grown as a leader more in the last 6 months than ever before.”
HEATHER RASPBERRY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, H.A.N.D.
Lachman Consulting designed a strategic alignment process that ensured all of HAND’s diverse stakeholders voices were heard. Through working with Jen, we activated all of our members to work collaboratively and create meaningful solutions that will move the needle in responding to our region’s housing crisis. Most importantly, our work with Jen enabled HAND to formalize our role as an advocate, leveraging our collective voice to support public policy and build the will necessary to address the Capital Region’s housing affordability crisis, while centering equity in all that we do.
“Our work with Jen enabled HAND to formalize our role as an advocate, leveraging our collective voice to support public policy…”
ALEX MOORE
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, DC CENTRAL KITCHEN
Jen knows when to push and when to listen. She gives tough feedback in a format that’s usable, applicable, and respectful. And she has the right combination of real experience and a rugged moral compass that together make her uniquely suited to help nonprofit leaders with little time and limited bandwidth get better, faster – and given the challenges our community is up against, we know there’s no time to waste.
“Jen has the right combination of real experience and a rugged moral compass that together make her uniquely suited to help nonprofit leaders…”
DAWNN LEARY
SENIOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT OFFICER, GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
For me this program filled in an important gap in my next steps as a leader. I knew where I wanted to go and I knew the traditional path wasn’t going to work for me, but I wasn’t clear on what I needed instead. This program answered that question and gave me the space, clarity, tools, and permission to focus on myself so that I could move forward.
“For me this program filled in an important gap in my next steps as a leader.”
CHRISTY RESPRESS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATHWAYS TO HOUSING
We hired Lachman Consulting to help our leadership team navigate change during a challenging time. Almost immediately after our partnership, we faced an organizational crisis that really put our team to the test, and the work that we did with Jen has proven to be invaluable. Thanks to the deeper level of trust and understanding that we built on the team, we can now hold each other accountable, play towards each other’s strengths, and get into action in a more powerful and effective way.
Jen is a skilled facilitator who has an incredible gift for getting to the heart of the issue really quickly, in a way that is both challenging and supportive. And my favorite part about working with Jen is that she doesn’t stop there. Sometimes strategy and teambuilding efforts seem to stop short of implementation, but with Jen you can expect equal focus on meaningful conversation and practical action. Jen helped us translate our group’s agreements into real, tangible steps forward. Every time I walk away from a meeting with Jen, I feel invigorated, excited, and armed with a plan for action, and I can’t put a price tag on that.
“Sometimes strategy and teambuilding efforts seem to stop short of implementation, but with Jen you can expect equal focus on meaningful conversation and practical action. ”
REBECCA ALTMAN
SENIOR DIRECTOR THIRD PLATEAU
Coaching with Jen has empowered me to find and strengthen my inner voice as well as live out my purpose, which serves me far beyond our coaching engagement. Jen's extremely present, optimistic, and calming approach empowered me to identify my future steps with confidence and ease. Inspired by Jen's clarifying support, I am now in a new meaningful job, and I draw on what I learned with Jen every day.