Leadership in Tension is for practitioners navigating complexity during uncertain times. We offer guided space for leaders managing teams, collaborating with partners, or advancing systems change inside organizations or independently. Right now, leaders are being asked to hold multiple tensions: embedding compassion while ensuring accountability, attending to short-term wins while holding a long-term bold vision, advancing tactical strategies while deepening belonging and connection, among many other complex realities in professional spaces today. Through this offering, we help surface the tensions alive in your work and translate insight into action.
What makes this coaching approach unique?
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A Two‑Coach Model enables multiple perspectives, dynamic dialogue, and nuanced insights.
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Clarity in Complexity focuses engagement on the tensions you’re holding and what to do next.
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Practical Momentum sets the path to leave each session with tailored reflection prompts or next steps.
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Values‑Led commitment ensures centering shared values such as equity, agency, and emergence to guide how we work together.
FEATURED OFFERING: LIT Sprint
The LIT Sprint is designed to quickly identify core tensions and leadership action steps. The Sprint is comprised of four 45-minute sessions, culminating in an action plan and summary report.
Who it’s for: Leaders who seek thought partnership and coaching to deepen their journey. Typically, we work with emerging and seasoned leaders, those managing up, down and across, within public health, healthcare, philanthropy, nonprofit, and social impact organizations.
What you’ll gain: A clearer lens on your tensions, focused reflection, and actionable steps forward.
Why it works: Two coaches, one conversation—creating a spacious, intentional container for discovery and momentum.
OUR SERVICES
Tailored Coaching Solutions
Explore our range of offerings designed to enhance leadership capabilities to navigate the complexities and tensions. We work with practitioners eager to deepen their leadership skills and mindset across sectors and disciplines. All have one thing in common: a deep commitment to their leadership journey. All of our approaches are tailored to meet the unique needs, challenges and opportunities you face in your leadership journey.
Individual Coaching
Explore leadership opportunities that are ripe and choose the next best step.
Team Coaching
Ensure alignment and values-centered team commitments that translate to performance.
Strategy & Thought
Partnership
Pursue innovation in strategy and partnerships.
Leadership
Assessments
Take stock of your assets and opportunities.
TESTIMONIALS
“I have more belief in my process. Before this series, I doubted myself to the point of not trusting my intuition. I now believe that there is something in me that knows and I should listen to that more often.”
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Experienced program manager, national nonprofit
“I feel more grounded in my approaches to managing up and leading in my preferred style. I feel more confident (and safe) that I can excel in my role.”
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Seasoned director of impact, regional foundation
OUR TEAM
Jen Lewis-Walden (they/she) and Kara Majkut (she/they) teamed up for this offer based on our passion for transformative leadership and changing systems to accelerate justice and shared values of equity, agency, and emergence.
We bring different perspectives to these coaching conversations with the shared goal of supporting leaders through escalating tensions and demands for adaptive leadership.
Learn more about Kara’s work through Liminal Spaces LLC, & Jen’s work through Co-Create Health.
