Dr. Jeny Potter: Facilitating Radical Growth.

Dr. Jeny Potter is an Executive and Personal Coach dedicated to closing the gap between potential and performance. She is a strategic partner for leaders and individuals who recognize the results they want but struggle to implement the consistent strategy or cultural change required to achieve them. Jeny operates from a rare vantage point, combining decades of technical leadership in mission-critical environments with the depth of an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership. Her work is centered on one foundational truth: sustainable achievement is not accidental; it is the deliberate result of robust systems and a culture where people genuinely belong.

Jeny’s primary focus is on Executive Coaching and Leadership Development within highly demanding sectors. Her extensive background in engineering and the defense industry makes her uniquely fluent in the challenges faced by leaders overseeing complex government programs. This is not coaching based on abstract theory; it is a partnership built on firsthand understanding of regulatory environments, mission-critical deadlines, and high-stakes stakeholder management. She understands the pressure to scale technical teams while maintaining rigor and compliance.

The Systems-Coaching Framework: A Mission-Critical Upgrade

To ensure leadership development is treated with the same meticulousness as any engineering project, Jeny developed the original Systems-Coaching Framework (SCF). This methodology blends the analytical rigor of Systems Engineering with the human-centered, transformative power of coaching. It positions leadership development not as a soft skill upgrade, but as a mission-critical system upgrade—rigorous, measurable, and essential for success:

• Requirement Definition: The process begins by defining the exact critical outcomes (requirements) your leadership needs to deliver (e.g., talent retention, rapid innovation), ensuring clarity and organizational alignment.

• Holistic System Analysis: Jeny analyzes the entire organizational system—from processes and team structures to current leadership behaviors—to precisely identify the root cause of performance gaps and developmental needs.

• Iterative Design & Implementation: Solutions for leadership growth (such as new decision-making models or communication systems) are designed, implemented, and tested in iterative cycles, utilizing rapid feedback loops to confirm effectiveness.

• Verification and Validation: Throughout the coaching engagement, new leadership behaviors and cultural shifts are continuously validated against the original business requirements, guaranteeing sustainable, measurable development and optimal system performance.

Rigor and Research: Cultivating Belonging

Jeny's commitment to evidence-based practice is rooted in her Doctorate of Education in Organizational Change & Leadership. Her doctoral research, which culminated in the dissertation "Cultivating Belonging Through Managerial Impact," provides the deep insight that underpins her entire coaching philosophy. She argues that the one of the most powerful drivers of high-performing teams is the strategic effort of managers to foster a culture of belonging.

This academic grounding ensures that her coaching extends beyond strategy to address the vital human element. In all her engagements, Jen integrates elements of positive psychology, focusing on identifying and mobilizing existing individual and team strengths. By focusing on optimal functioning, engagement, and resilience, she helps leaders not just solve problems, but build enduring capabilities that sustain peak performance.

Personal Growth: Overcoming Inertia and Setting Goals

Jeny's coaching expertise extends beyond the boardroom to individuals seeking personal growth and breakthroughs. If you are feeling stuck in your career, struggling with consistency, or simply have goals that seem perpetually out of reach, Jeny provides the rigorous strategy needed to initiate and sustain meaningful change.

Her approach to personal goal attainment is informed by her decades of disciplined involvement in competitive sports, teaching her a fundamental truth: achieving any major milestone requires breaking down the overwhelming into the measurable, sustainable daily effort. She leverages principles from high-performance environments to provide the clarity, structure, and accountability necessary to transform ambition into actionable reality.

Whether she is guiding a defense contractor through a critical organizational restructure or helping an individual define a clear path to a long-term personal objective, Dr. Jeny Potter serves as the strategic partner who ensures the path to your desired outcome is clear, measurable, and ultimately, successful.