Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Board Work And Affiliations
Timeline
Jacklynn Holmes MBA PCC

Jacklynn Holmes MBA PCC

Calgary,AB

Summary

Highly motivated and dedicated executive coach and senior organizational development (OD) change consultant with a diverse background in guiding organizational development, effectiveness, and change leadership initiatives across industries such as oil & gas, airlines, and government. Brings a wealth of corporate experience to the table. Versatile skill set encompassing project management, operational oversight, marketing, sales management, HR, IT, and learning and development. Expertise in executive leadership coaching and team coaching seamlessly aligns with extensive knowledge of leadership development and strategic transformation. Known for exceptional coaching, project management, and teaching abilities. Engages clients to enable meaningful and sustainable change while achieving targeted Key Result Areas (KRAs).

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Distinguished Fellow Coach & Executive Coach

BetterUp
05.2020 - Current
  • Executive leadership, parent, and sales coach to senior leaders in Fortune 100 & Fortune 500 companies around the globe, facilitating client professional and personal change to impact organizational goals and realize outcomes
  • Coached 100+ clients with over 750 sessions and nearing 500 billable coaching hours with over 70% of successful change metrics from clients scoring amazing and life-changing coaching work achieved
  • Contributed to research activities by providing specialist input based on professional expertise, practice, experience, and qualifications.

Executive Coach

Coachello
03.2023 - Current
  • Empowered clients to make informed career decisions by providing expert advice on job transitions, promotions, or new opportunities.
  • Cultivated a high-performance mindset among clients by sharing best practices in time management, prioritization, and delegation techniques.
  • Enabled smoother transitions during mergers or acquisitions by guiding executives through change management processes while focusing on maintaining productivity levels.
  • Expanded professional networks for clients by connecting them with industry peers, mentors, and thought leaders.

Business, Coaching, and Change Instructor

University of Calgary
02.2008 - Current
  • Effectively deliver my 15-hour course BMC 106 Coaching: Inspiring Excellence in Others over the last five years impacting hundreds of leaders with positive measures from students throughout
  • Taught a 13-week core certificate business course BMC 205 Canadian Business for eight years using Blackboard and D2L platforms while successfully delivering the course for in-person learning
  • Developed course curriculum with the Continuing Education Director to provide instructor program consistency

Organizational Change Lead / HR OD Consultant

City of Calgary
01.2017 - Current
  • Leadership Circle Profile360 coach for Senior Leadership Team (SMT) members and other leaders across the city to improve leadership capabilities and capacity aligned with the Cultural Growth Plan initiative
  • Team coach & Lumina psychometric coach and workshop facilitator for teams and groups throughout the city using Lumina Spark, Lumina Leader, and Lumina Team wheel
  • Internal executive coach & change lead for Restorative Workplace Strategy project, Corporate Communication Change, 311 Team Coaching, Law System Change, and the Corporate Culture journey
  • Senior-level organizational change and design support, executive coaching, and team coaching for clients to improve performance in a low-trust environment to a risk-positive culture
  • Managed the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) and Request for Proposal for coaching and was part of the evaluation committee
  • Organizational Change Management (OCM) department lead for three years, implementing corporate and departmental Realignment change for multiple departments to operationalize a functional model successfully
  • Change management co-lead for Solutions for Achieving Value & Excellence (SAVE) initiatives for 50+ projects that improved organizational efficiencies and financial savings of $80M
  • Project Manager for Lumina & Leadership Circle team certifications key implementing culture change for over 250+ leaders throughout the city to improve organizational leadership and create a positive cultural impact
  • Created, organized, and executed departmental change strategies for a culture shift through an Emotional Intelligence (EQ) program, transforming a fear-based leadership group into a higher-performing team
  • Successfully facilitated a business unit design change to a new organizational structure within 18 months through effective leadership and team coaching, enabling movement from surviving to a thriving organization
  • Organizational change management lead for two (2) transformational projects aligning the City's business planning processes to service-based planning and a 4-year budgeting cycle
  • This monumental organizational shift led to the creation of an organization-wide One-Calgary strategy

Leader Corporate Learning & Development (L&D)

City of Calgary
05.2019 - 06.2020
  • Provided strategic leadership to shape and evolve learning and development programs applied across the corporation while influencing culture change and performance improvement to maximize corporate investments
  • Innovated corporate learning programs to move classroom-based learning to online learning platforms
  • Led a team of 10 senior consultants to fulfill multiple learning program changes and operational goals, transforming from a traditional to online learning model
  • Implemented a City-wide Learning Management System (LMS) to support alternative delivery models for corporate learning while improving the corporate return on investment
  • Completed the project management Request for Proposal and Request for Standing Offer processes and onboarded vendors to successfully deliver corporate learning programs with the University of Calgary & Western University (IVEY) for multiple types of leadership development programs
  • Effectively led multiple organizational change processes, organizational design changes, established measurement protocols, and website rework while managing a $1.4M operating budget to create a positive change in team morale while aligning corporately for city-wide learning and development

Organizational Change Management Instructor

Mount Royal University
09.2017 - 09.2022
  • Taught hundreds of adult learners in leading and managing change 2-day program for five years impacting hundreds of students in the Organizational Change Management program
  • Designed and developed an online course to maximize student access and achieve revenue targets
  • Facilitated the Being First Change Management program for the change certificate program teaching Managing & Sustaining Change and achieving regular positive student feedback

Digital Transformation Business Readiness Lead IT Agile Software

Tervita Corp
01.2015 - 09.2016
  • Provided Agile team coaching while developing Agile organizational change processes to ensure effective software product delivery of multiple B2B software iteration releases on a new digital transformation project
  • Change lead on an in-house created software that successfully transformed order-to-cash process by 36%
  • Created technical IT and process documentation for IT for client and customer support to ensure a quality digital customer experience to realize successful project plan targets and meet regular progress reviews targets
  • Coordinated the technical documentation of business requirements and processes to determine functionality gaps, required changes and developed stakeholder maps by working closely with Business Analysts and Project Manager to develop appropriate, cost-effective training
  • Trained 200 employees in less than 60 days with a 93% satisfaction rate that included a successful customer and employee product launch
  • Co-created a corporate project communication plan along with writing and coordinating timely communications to ensure user engagement and end user participation
  • Effectively supported the Tervita360 development team through User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in three phases of testing and two full product releases
  • Developed a detailed risk and impact assessments to gauge product training, gaps, and issues for product releases to address and mitigate issues and increase readiness potential

North American Agile Change Lead - Truck Transportation

Gibson Energy
10.2014 - 11.2015
  • Created and executed global communication release plans for multiple custom software releases for Agile software products and systems, while providing a change management strategy to build user-system confidence
  • Coordinated the communication, education, and training requirements on several interrelated change initiatives to transform the IT business unit into a service-focused business within multiple business areas
  • Facilitated Agile IT team scrums, retrospectives, and product owner program reviews while coaching the team to capitalize on actionable outcomes and improve collective accountability
  • Created Agile team-building workshops to clarify team norms, roles & responsibilities (RASCI) to address dysfunctional team issues and improve team performance while developing an integrated change plan to successfully implement employee engagement to improve leadership in becoming more active and visible change champions

Senior Management Consultant

Marketing Directions
01.2008 - 01.2013
  • Project-based change, business, and marketing consulting for technical business leaders; providing research, reports, and recommendations on strategy, change management, and sales to improve benefits realization
  • Developed business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, website and collateral strategy reviews and channel distribution strategies repeatedly exceeding client satisfaction
  • Created digital and supply distribution strategies and conducted stakeholder analysis and impact assessments to devise appropriate marketing & business plans

Director of Sales and Marketing

Divestco Inc
05.2011 - 05.2012
  • Responsible for revenue and corporate brandings for five (5) divisions of a $40 million oil and gas technology company to enhance shareholder equity by effectively managing a $5.7 million software, data sales and marketing budget to grow revenues by 33% while improving cash flow of 452% and EBITDA by 960% versus 2011 KPIs
  • Rebuilt a marketing and sales team of 20 employees, creating a new structure through role clarity and DEI&B

Manager Marketing & Loyalty

Bridgewater Bank
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Effectively managed project resources to derive competitive solution-based products through secondary research and strategic implementation
  • Accountable for marketing and loyalty product for a suite of MasterCard credit card products including marketing and compliance collateral materials; delivered in record deadlines
  • Project manager for multiple card-related sub-projects leading stakeholders from kick-off to product launches with unique systems and product strategies for an entirely new product suite for the bank

Marketing & Research Manager

WestJet
11.1999 - 09.2005
  • Led consumer research initiatives for significant organizational changes and product launches including executive presentations for: AIR MILES Study, Satellite Television, Mosaic MasterCard and HBC credit cards, Food-on-Board, Flight Safety, and large-scale operational surveys culminating in on-time project implementation with significant brand impact, cost-saving results, and real-time benefits realization
  • Managed creative marketing team, digital marketing, and online sales channel with a $10 million-dollar advertising budget; established a national advertising plan to service Canada via 60+ newspapers to double sales to build a national billion-dollar Fortune 500 brand
  • Conceptualized and executed a $1.5 million advertising campaign that built the corporate brand in eastern Canada and created an ROI of 55% over a five (5) month period

Category Manager, Petroleum & Liquor

Calgary Coop
01.1997 - 01.1998
  • Responsible for marketing, change management and category profitability for 19 retail outlets with annual sales of $65 million and profits of $7 million by creating campaigns and managing execution, increasing market share saturation by 2% to 11.4% in one year
  • Managed liquor margins, product selection, categories, and sales to increase annual profits by $500,000+, exceeding targets in a unionized environment
  • Exceeded operating profits by 37% for petroleum and related products by raising depressed margins for car washes, thus returning to full profitability after five consecutive years of losses
  • Successful project manager for five (5) store rebuilds on time and within capital budgets within one year
  • Managed multiple price books on an enterprise software system for various types of retail stores while negotiating over $100,000 in over and above income from suppliers

Regional Sales & Marketing Manager Western Canada

Hachette International
09.1995 - 01.1997
  • Answered store performance, operations and change management for a retail team of 200+ stores and reversed declining sales by 25% in the western Canada district while improving depressed margins and achieving record profits for 37 retail stores via team communication, team building, and organizational change tactics
  • Formed and maintained productive working relationships with business units, ensuring a successful transition to the new organization as part of the national strategic task force tasked with designing the company's corporate strategy
  • Streamlined regional operations via downsizing, team creation, and change management to increase the speed of adoption to change and substantially decrease costs by 10% annually

Territory Regional Operations Manager + Various Positions

Petro Canada / Suncor
02.1989 - 06.1995
  • Accountable for management, operations, communications, and profitability of 55+ retail and wholesale facilities generating $40 million in revenue and $4.0 million in profits via effectively managing pricing, supply chain management, marketing, recruiting, team building, and change management; achieved the highest net profit contribution for three consecutive years in Prairie Region
  • Created annual marketing plans and budgets accurately pinpointing sales growth opportunities, substantially decreasing variable costs annually and exceeding annual sales targets
  • Negotiated, closed, and administered ten types of franchise and lease contracts over six (6) years
  • Achieved an excellence award in change and supply management while achieving second in area annual profit
  • Project management of 300+ attendees with a $300,000 budget while managing the division's annual community budget for corporate initiatives and environmental and construction projects within scope, time, and budget

External Executive Network Coach

Ernst & Young (EY) LLP
01.2020 - Current
  • Provide individual leadership coaching including career development, executive onboarding coaching, vertical leadership development, inclusive leadership, leading through change, and soft skills development for EY clients
  • Supports clients in building personal change strategies and organizational relationships with leaders and key stakeholders while measuring the impact of coaching for EY clients

Marketing Analyst

Shell Canada / Turbo
05.1995 - 10.1995
  • Provided senior leadership support providing financial, analytical, and marketing analysis to successfully achieve regional performance targets to be appointed to the national team charged with project creation and implementation for revamping the entire company credit business
  • Completed quality control and validation of new financial system implementation while sourcing opportunities that created profitable lease opportunities out of province

Education

Masters in Positive Organizational Development - Organizational Development

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
05-2025

Leadership Circle Certification & Collective Assessment -

Leadership Circle, New York, NY
12.2022

Professional Certified Coach (PCC) -

International Coaching Federation, Lexington, KN
01.2022

Lumina Spark, Leader & 360 Certified Practitioner -

Lumina Learning, London, UK
01.2020

Certified Team Coaching Professional (CTCP) -

Team Coaching International, San Francisco, CA
06.2018

Adult Education Certificate - Adult Education

Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB
06.2017

Emotional Intelligence (EQi2.0 + EQi2.0 360) Certified - Emotional Intelligence

MHS, Vancouver, BC
01.2016

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Strategy

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
07.2007

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Marketing & Finance

University of Regina, Regina, SK
05.1988

Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) Certification -

CRR Global, San Francisco, CA
01.2023

Skills

  • ICF PCC Leadership Coach
  • Change Leadership
  • Change Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Project Management
  • Operational Oversight
  • Team Coaching
  • University Adult Educator
  • MBA in Strategy
  • Communication & Facilitation
  • Budgeting and Business Planning
  • Marketing, Sales, & HR Leader
  • Workshop Design & Delivery
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Leadership & Development
  • Human Resources Strategy

Board Work And Affiliations

  • President Elect, International Coaching Federation - Calgary Chapter, Calgary, AB, 12/01/19, 12/01/20
  • Director of External Relations & Partnership, ACMP, Calgary, AB, 06/01/16, 06/01/18
  • Vice Presidents of Events, ACMP, Calgary, AB, 06/01/14, 06/01/15
  • Organizational Change Management Advisory Committee, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, 09/01/16, 09/01/22
  • International Coaching Federation (ICF), 01/01/16, Present
  • OD Network Member, 01/01/23, Present

Timeline

Executive Coach - Coachello
03.2023 - Current
Distinguished Fellow Coach & Executive Coach - BetterUp
05.2020 - Current
External Executive Network Coach - Ernst & Young (EY) LLP
01.2020 - Current
Leader Corporate Learning & Development (L&D) - City of Calgary
05.2019 - 06.2020
Organizational Change Management Instructor - Mount Royal University
09.2017 - 09.2022
Organizational Change Lead / HR OD Consultant - City of Calgary
01.2017 - Current
Digital Transformation Business Readiness Lead IT Agile Software - Tervita Corp
01.2015 - 09.2016
North American Agile Change Lead - Truck Transportation - Gibson Energy
10.2014 - 11.2015
Director of Sales and Marketing - Divestco Inc
05.2011 - 05.2012
Business, Coaching, and Change Instructor - University of Calgary
02.2008 - Current
Senior Management Consultant - Marketing Directions
01.2008 - 01.2013
Manager Marketing & Loyalty - Bridgewater Bank
01.2008 - 01.2009
Marketing & Research Manager - WestJet
11.1999 - 09.2005
Category Manager, Petroleum & Liquor - Calgary Coop
01.1997 - 01.1998
Regional Sales & Marketing Manager Western Canada - Hachette International
09.1995 - 01.1997
Marketing Analyst - Shell Canada / Turbo
05.1995 - 10.1995
Territory Regional Operations Manager + Various Positions - Petro Canada / Suncor
02.1989 - 06.1995
Leadership Circle - Leadership Circle Certification & Collective Assessment,
International Coaching Federation - Professional Certified Coach (PCC),
Lumina Learning - Lumina Spark, Leader & 360 Certified Practitioner,
Team Coaching International - Certified Team Coaching Professional (CTCP),
Mount Royal University - Adult Education Certificate, Adult Education
MHS - Emotional Intelligence (EQi2.0 + EQi2.0 360) Certified, Emotional Intelligence
University of Phoenix - Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy
University of Regina - Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Marketing & Finance
CRR Global - Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) Certification,
Case Western Reserve University - Masters in Positive Organizational Development, Organizational Development
Jacklynn Holmes MBA PCC