About Jen Todd
Acclaimed Coach and Consultant. Jennifer (Jen) Todd is founder and CEO of Breakthrough Partners. As an experienced leadership coach and change consultant, she is a trusted confidant to CEOs and known for transforming groups and individuals who report life-altering shifts from her programs. Jen has coached hundreds of executives, leaders and individuals around the world. She has unique success with complex large-scale change in organizations through using holistic systemic principles that unleash the whole person and whole system.
Prior to founding her business sixteen years ago, Jen held consulting and leadership roles at Arthur Andersen, AON Consulting and Allstate Insurance Company.
Jen's Purpose Journey. While she was transforming the paradigms of thousands of people a month in her corporate work, her own paradigm about life changed. Burn-out, depleted and exhausted, she had a hole in her soul that no American dream could fill. Fed up with living that way, she took a sabbatical and followed a whisper in her soul that said “Go to Africa.” Jen embarked on a personal and spiritual journey to uncover her life’s purpose, re-ignite her soul and tap into a deeper calling.
She founded a women's program in rural Africa that has educated and empowered thousands of women and girls in Pokot, Kenya. Jen has partnered with leaders from around the world to empower women and delivered a workshop at the 55th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to aspiring women leaders from 16 undeveloped countries. She now offers clients experiences to uncover their own purpose and tap into their whole self - mind, body, heart and spirit- to leverage their true power, passion and potential.
Inspiring Speaker and Author. Known for always “saying it like it is,” Jen’s bold truth telling pierces through excuses and perceived obstacles. Her real world stories spark seeds of inspiration in people's hearts. She speaks to corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists, human resources professionals, women with a vision, churches, non-profits, other coaches and individuals that want to make a difference in the world.
Jen’s new book is coming out this Spring is called “Daily Nuggets of Truth: Wisdom for Centering your Soul in Unsettling Times”. She published articles in Choice Magazine for Professional Coaching and the Journal ACAO of Coaching. She wrote about the proven results of her work with a 10,000 person organizational change project in a Fortune 100 financial services company called “Getting Dramatically Different,” published in the 3rd edition of Practicing Organization Development book. Her blog news “Nuggets of Truth” is a treasure of insights for professional and personal growth.
Professional Education and Personal Passions. Jen holds a Master’s of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, an International Executive Business Program and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Michigan State University. She is graduate and guest faculty at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a facilitator of Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).Jen is passionate about spiritual and personal growth, is active in her church and community as “an instrument of change.” In her personal time, you will usually find her boating, frolicking on the beach, hiking, doing yoga or playing with her beloved daughter Kenya at her lakefront home outside of Detroit, Michigan.
