Ben & Jamesa - Leadership Coaching
Overview
We’ve spent our lives working with people and caring about the communities we’re part of. We’ve seen how much good organizations can do, and we’ve also seen how easily the way people work together can get in the way of that good work.
We started Ben & Jamesa because we love helping organizations become better places to work and better members of their communities. We genuinely get a kick out of this work: sitting with leaders, asking good questions, figuring out what’s really going on, and helping people find better ways to work together.
Our approach is shaped by our different backgrounds, a shared belief in the power of relationships, and a long history of work focused on helping people and communities thrive.
Our Backgrounds
Jamesa
Jamesa is a licensed professional counselor, nationally certified therapist, and owner of Blue Lotus Counseling (learn more about her private practice here). For more than 20 years, she has supported individuals navigating healing, growth, relationships, and life transitions.
Over time, her work expanded beyond traditional counseling spaces as she became increasingly interested in how emotional and relational patterns shape leadership, workplaces, and organizational culture.
Today, she brings her therapeutic background into organizational settings, helping leaders and teams strengthen emotional awareness, communication, and relational capacity so people can work together with more compassion, curiosity, and care.
Ben
In 2008, Ben founded an award-winning forensic counseling practice focused on transforming harmful behavior through evidence-based programs. Over the years, that work gave him a deep understanding of accountability, human behavior, and the role communities play in creating the conditions for people to change.
As the organization grew, Ben became increasingly interested in the culture within the workplace itself. He saw how the same patterns of trust, disconnection, conflict, and accountability that shape individuals and communities also shape organizations, and how changing those patterns can have a ripple effect far beyond the workplace.For more than 20 years, Ben has worked with organizations and leaders to navigate these dynamics.
Today, he speaks across North America and Europe to help leaders recognize unhealthy patterns and build workplaces where people can thrive, believing that healthier organizations contribute to healthier communities.
Together
We’re partners in both life and work, and we genuinely enjoy doing this together. We bring different perspectives, different strengths, and a shared curiosity about people. That combination makes our work better and, frankly, a lot of fun.
What matters most to us is helping good people do good work in ways that make their organizations stronger and their communities better.
Outside of work, we’re parents to two children, wander whenever we can, and are always looking for something new to cook.