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MEET THE TEAM
full of personality, grit, and disruption

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    Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Always ready to bring the fire, the insight, and the most relevant jam for the room (talkin’ music not your mama’s marmalade). I’m going to shake things up. A master coach and leadership expert (and not-sorry Silicon Valley dropout), I’ve got an uncanny ability to break down concepts with as many illustrative examples as I’ve got funky boots in my closet (note: it’s a big closet).

    My coaching superpower:

    I’m going to cut through the clusterf*** with powerful questions driving you to awaken your new perspective.

    Jenn Barley
    CEO
  • Unshakable and ready to G.S.D, I’m the retired police chief constantly inspired to create game-changing impact in the next arena. I’m calling out the REAL issues and elephants in the room because there’s no time for B.S. I don’t do boring and I don’t do fluff, because I want to drive change and I want to have fun too! I stay nimble and ready to pivot so as a team, we can bring the most relevant content to our clients.

    My coaching superpower:

    Grace under fire.

    Karen Sullivan
    President
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    Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Jenn Barley
    CEO

  • Keeping stress at a minimum and checking off the boxes to amplify the work of KickStart Your Edge Team—that’s my superpower. I’m all over the details, making sure all that the other stuff gets done. Even my checklists have checklists. I’m not afraid to ask questions that bring the team closer to our goals with a creative solution always in my back pocket.

    Heather Hinson
    Assistant Extraordinaire
  • In life and in business, my superpower is Connection (notice the capital C!). I unleash it every time I’m building client relationships. I worked my way up the corporate ladder, spending nearly three decades (count’ em!) in sales and marketing for giants like IBM and Compaq, before leaping into sales strategy and coaching. I thrive under pressure, bringing contagious energy and my customer service conscience. And I’m never afraid to share my experience from both sides of the coaching equation.

    Barbara Alexander, ACC
    Play to Win Coach
  • Training teams and individuals to perform under pressure for more than 30 years, I’m the go-to behavioral dynamics expert. Emotional intelligence much? My superpower is my EQ x-ray vision: my ability to see someone’s strengths, weaknesses and potential blind spot patterns and how those show up in their behaviors, perspective, relationships and communication styles. I take each piece, view it as a whole and chart out an easy to implement roadmap that results in practical steps and lasting behavioral change.

    Hilary Hinckle
    EQ-i 2.0 Master Class Instructor
  • I’m the one walking into a meeting with a venti Tazo Awake tea in one hand, a hot pink notebook emblazoned with “Ridiculously Good Ideas” in the other, and a boatload of humor, creativity, and optimism. I transitioned to coaching leaders with some serious creds in emotional intelligence after 25 years in the C-suite in health policy and corporate communications (with a Doctor of Philosophy in my pocket). Like my Red Sox, my superpower is building effective teams with a play-to-win culture!

    Kathy Shanley, PhD, PCC
    Play to Win Coach
  • My superpower is seeing potential through the fog. Not pipe dreams. Legit sh*t. Oh, yes, and I tell it like it is. Holding leadership positions in the advertising and media industry for more than 20 years, I now bring that expertise to executives and leaders wanting to remove performance blocks, drive employee engagement and elevate leadership skills. My coaching superpower is getting these big-time players to clarify their personal values, resolve career stressors and align personal priorities with professional pursuits.

    Stacey Staaterman, PCC
    Play To Win Coach
  • KickStart Your Edge Values…
  • disrupting the status quo.
    We rock the boat. We approach people, projects and possibilities with a ‘What if?’ curiosity and ‘Then what?’ drive. We don’t rest on our laurels, and we won’t let you either.
    Life is a daring adventure … hop on.
  • spreading contagious energy.
    If it’s not fun, we’re not interested. Period. We bring the heat every time: engaging, direct, and hugely amusing. Our energy catches on like wildfire, powering you through challenges with the kind of horsepower you didn’t know you had.
  • cultivating deep expertise.
    You can’t see the spinach in your own teeth. We are life-long learners, we’re curious. We study, deconstruct and investigate what makes people tick. We shatter people’s patterns and do it in a way that creates long lasting stickability. Some even call us ‘the elephant in the room slayer’.
    This. Is. What. We. Do.
  • GSD. (getting shit done)
    We Get Shit Done. We make decisions. We’re resourceful, bold, nimble, and know how to leverage our work to move you forward. With incredible focus, discipline, and motivation, we run circles around our to-do list. We don’t check boxes; we break down walls.
  • creating raving fans.
    Relationships are everything. Our raving fan-centered mindset powers our partnerships. Loyalty means the world to us. We do what we say and we say what we do. We go above and beyond in a transparent what-you-see-is-what-you-get way and then some.
    To us, integrity is not a ‘have to,’ but a ‘must do.’

  • KickStart Your Edge is dedicated to equity, diversity and inclusion.
    KickStart Your Edge is dedicated to equity, diversity and inclusion.
    We are an organization committed to social justice – including women’s rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, and environmental justice. We believe in unity, and will continue to educate ourselves and examine the policies, leaders, institutions, and systems that guide and affect us.

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