My time with Jan has been invaluable over the past year. Our conversations have challenged me, offered me new perspectives, and have always pushed me to embrace my power and potential. On a practical level, Jan is personable and compassionate while also being direct, honest, and keenly observant -- she guides me to helpful new perspectives through discerning questions and holds me accountable as I work through challenges.

Her coaching method encourages me to think differently and bigger on my own -- and in a way that motivates and drives me. That said, she also continues to teach me the tools to exercise that perspective and growth work outside of our sessions -- in both professional and personal circumstances.

I have seen and felt marked growth in the year+ I've spent working with Jan -- in building better personal habits, taking more ownership over my professional narrative, and expanding in my career to a new executive level -- while also growing into a more confident woman in the workplace.

More than anything, and most importantly: I always look forward to speaking with Jan -- I cannot recommend her enough.

My coaching experience with Jan has been instrumental in relaunching and redirecting my career. In fact, within 6 months of working with Jan I transitioned my role and career path in much thanks to our coaching sessions. Coaching is an untapped resource for professionals that enables you to commit yourself to your goals and where you want to be. It sets you on track for success and growth.

Jan’s successful decades-long career brings incredible perspective to sessions and is paired with her unique talent to motivate and inspire. She has the innate ability to identify her clients strengths and weaknesses - tackling both in sessions to enable growth opportunities in each session with her. She is forward thinking, goal orientated and a pleasure to be coached by.

Working with Jan has been incredibly challenging and rewarding. The time I spend with her every Thursday is my favorite hour of the week. She doesn’t tell me the answers, yet she asks me really hard questions and guides me through the process of making changes to my life – the way I want it to be. I’m seeking balance, fulfillment, joy and success. I have gained a totally new perspective on a variety of aspects of my life now and for the future. For years, I have not been able to sort through these thoughts on my own and I was exhausted. The hard work we have done together has turned that exhaustion into excitement, enthusiasm and hope for what opportunities lie ahead. Jan’s expertise has changed my life.

I have been working with Jan Levine since September 2020. While I originally began my coaching experience looking to define and promote my professional brand, my results have been far more enriching. I’ve learned methods to better address self-sabotage, identify opportunities for myself and my team, and recognize the importance of listening and sharing my voice. The confidence I have gained over the past six months has changed the way I work- a change that has not gone unnoticed by senior executives and my direct reports. Coaching with Jan has encouraged me to embrace opportunities that I would not have accepted seven months ago, and to be more curious about the power and potential that I bring to the table. I feel a renewed energy regarding my career, and look forward to continuing to use and refine the tools I’ve developed with Jan.

A little over a year ago, I decided to take the next step in my career growth and find an Executive Coach.  I had built my career in Healthcare law over the past 20  years and by any objective measure was quite successful.  Yet,  I felt stuck, disconnected from my prior passion for work.  

At lunch one day, a friend recommended his executive coach saying “I think Jan will understand you and may be a good fit.  I’ll connect you and you can see for yourself.”  When Jan and I connected, she first offered a complimentary initial session to see if we would be a good fit.  Right away, I liked her style – our conversation felt both comfortable and probing.  I had found a partner to help me hold myself accountable and take me to the next proscribed level – because that is what I thought I needed: to get back on track, “power up” and plow through on will power as I always had in the past.  I could not have been more wrong – or more glad to be so wrong.  

As I’ve shared with Jan now a thousand times, this past year + has been nothing I expected it would be.  It has been so much more.  I’m a logical person – a lawyer – but when I say there is a magic to Jan’s coaching, I mean it.

Jan heard what I had to say. More important, Jan heard what I didn’t say.  With her coaching, Jan helped me address my own limiting behaviors and “blocks” that were causing me to invert the trivial with the important in my life – across all areas: personal, professional, health, spirit.  

Through our work together and using the tools Jan shared I was able to re-engineer my days, weeks, and months so they align with what my current life goals. I wanted control of my time and creativity back.  I wanted my purpose in law back.  By “doing the work” with Jan, nothing else changed but me – and yet, everything is different. I’ve been able to reinvent my role at work in order to continue to add value to my company and our mission while also ensuring my own professional satisfaction, I re-engaged my creative healthcare legal side with a podcast and newsletter, and  I created boundaries on my time and energy that I  keep 80% of the time (a work in progress).

Building a coaching relationship with Jan has been one of the most material investments I have ever made in myself – and I continue to make the investment because the ROI is astronomical.  The best way I can sum it up is as a lifelong Philadelphian - I now have my  very own Meredith Burgess in my corner, cheering me on, putting me through the paces, identifying my strengths, sanding my rough edges and chiseling out my inner Rocky so every day I’m at the top of the Art Museum.

I can't think of anyone better than Jan Levine’s approach to succession planning. Retirement and succession planning are daunting challenges, which explains why so many successful professionals put it off as long as possible. When I began planning an early retirement from a career and firm I adore, Jan was indispensable in helping me answer: "How do I leave well, not just for me, but for my firm, my colleagues and my clients?" The answer is mostly about succession planning. Jan helped me think through my plan, answer the questions I had, as well as many questions about succession and legacy I hadn't even thought of. In the end, I believe I left well. I am enjoying art school and am happily watching my colleagues continue to thrive without me. I'm so grateful to Jan for helping me get here.

Jan played a pivotal role in guiding me through a major career change. From our first meeting, she was incredibly supportive, offering a listening ear and thoughtful advice. Her insights were invaluable, often providing new perspectives that I hadn’t considered. Jan challenged me in ways that were necessary for my growth, pushing me out of my comfort zone while always ensuring I felt supported. During times when I felt stressed about next steps in my career journey, Jan’s calm and reassuring demeanor made a significant difference. She helped me stay focused on the bigger picture, reminding me of my goals and the reasons behind my career shift. Her ability to provide clarity in moments of doubt was truly remarkable. I’m incredibly thankful for Jan’s guidance, advice, and unwavering support. She not only helped me achieve my career transition successfully but also equipped me with the confidence and skills to face future challenges. I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor during this journey.

I started working with Jan when I decided to move on from my current

employer and find a new role.  Jan initially helped me figure out exactly

what I wanted next—she has a keen ear for hearing what you’re really trying

to say underneath a thousand competing thoughts and helping you focus in

on it.  Her decades in law and business were so valuable here because she

understands these career issues on a deep and intuitive level. 

Along the way, Jan also helped me identify my own limiting ideas about

what my career can be and push back against them.  Admittedly, I did not

realize beforehand exactly how many I had, but once I identified them and

pushed through them, it was if a whole world of new career possibilities

opened.  Most importantly, through the whole process, she helped me

identify and clearly articulate my strengths.  The insights I took from those

discussions gave me a confident and focused mindsight as I reached out to

and interviewed with potential employers.  Finally, once I had multiple,

competing offers, Jan helped me think through the best one for me, and

develop a plan to get off-and-running successfully.

Jan’s coaching skills are exceptional and an experience working with Jan is empowering. Jan provides a setting that immediately feels comfortable and also effectual.

During each session, Jan gracefully integrates the relevant challenges in your situation with tangible tools that result in rapid change and growth. The tools and skills Jan coaches you to build are based on powerful big picture concepts expertly tailored to specific situations, your personality and values. They are provided in such a manner that they are co-designed with Jan and thus belong to you for years to come and to apply to a spectrum of situations.

Jan’s coaching made a phenomenal change in my communication and leadership skills and approach and thus resulted in tangible, positive impacts on each day in my professional and personal life.

Thank you Jan. I look forward to increased clarity in my leadership position and decreased stress during inevitable challenges.

The opportunity to work with Jan over the last 12 months has been transformational in both my professional and personal life.

The best analogy I can give to anyone who is contemplating working with Jan is imagine that you’re Luke Skywalker and Jan similar to the likes of Jedi Masters like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. She will help guide you on a journey of self-discovery through a socratic method.

Incrementally over time, by digging deeper into questions and preconceived assumptions, you will eventually discover a much better version of yourself. The questions you begin your journey with will certainly not be the ones you leave with.

If you’re on the fence about executive coaching, from a risk management perspective, working with Jan is an experience where you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. And like compounding interest, the earlier you start, the greater the life changing gains you will accumulate over your lifetime.

I cannot recommend Jan enough, and am incredibly thankful I was able to work with her.

Jan has been an incredible sounding board as I navigated middle-management at a large tech company and have gone from an individual contributor to hiring and managing a team. She has provided sage advice and helped me strip down politically charged conversations to determine the essence of senior leaderships motivations. Outside of my current role, she has analyzed and observed my true desires for my long term career and pushed me to think about my longer term goals. I couldn’t recommend her enough if you are interested in self growth and actualization!