Jolynn Mitchell

Executive Coach, Team Coach, Organizational Instructor

Portland, Oregon, USA

JOLYNN’S COACHING PHILOSOPHY

Jolynn’s approach is grounded in the belief that people, not systems alone, are the heart of organizational transformation. She invites clients to show up fully, engage courageously, reflect deeply, and act practically. Her style is human-centered, curiosity-led, and rooted in authenticity. Key themes include:

  • Whole person leadership: She supports clients to bring both their professional and personal selves into the work, because leadership isn’t just what you do, it's who you are.

  • Strength + growth oriented: Harnessing existing strengths while creating a safe space for stretch, exploration, and change.

  • Connection + performance: Helping teams move beyond functional alignment into relational trust, shared purpose, and inclusive dynamics.

  • Practical & holistic: Using real business experience (20 + years in senior leadership roles) to ground coaching in organizational reality, while also attending to mindset, culture, and human systems.

  • Adaptive & relational: She blends facilitation, dialogue, self-reflection, and structured practice to embed learning and sustainable change.

Specialties and Expertise

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  • Leadership coaching for senior, emerging, and transition-stage leaders (Executive, Director, General Manager levels)

  • Team coaching: high-performing executive teams, cross-functional leadership teams, hybrid/multi-cultural teams

  • Organizational change, cultural transformation, leadership alignment in matrix/global contexts

  • Human-centered leadership: building trust, inclusion, connection, and psychological safety

  • Coaching through transitions: new role, new team, reorganization, growth phases

  • Coaching for high performance without burnout

Assessments and Certifications

  • The Enneagram Assessment

  • The Hogan Assessment

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Proficient in team-systems assessments and coaching frameworks for team alignment and relational dynamics.

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (via accredited training)

  • ICF Certified Integral Coach

  • 25+ years of senior leadership experience (Senior Director, General Manager, Vice President) in global, matrixed organizations.

Credentials and Accreditations

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Industries & Roles

Industries include manufacturing, retail, apparel and footwear, consumer goods, team-based professional services and non-profits.

Roles include senior leadership roles at Nike, Inc. and adidas AG which give her strong domain experience in global product, marketing, and innovation settings.

Select Projects

  • Coaching Senior Director in a non-profit through a re-org and co-founder departure, successfully helping her to be elevated to Chief Administrative Officer.

  • Coached International Sr. Director through a global offense change, new leadership/new management, helping her to grow her team to 73.

  • Coached CEO through a new appointment, including org structure, strategy, and outgoing leadership.

  • Led executive team-coaching engagements that focused on deep listening, dynamic observation, conflict resolution, and leveraging untapped individual and group potential to deliver sustainable performance shifts.