Jeanne Smith is a Sr. Executive Coach and Coaching Culture Architect at Procore, a fast-growing tech company in Santa Barbara, CA. Research has revealed that creating a culture with a growth mindset of inquiry has powerful benefits for business. Jeanne supports Procore’s senior leaders through 1:1 coaching engagements, and is architecting a coaching culture through a curiosity- based approach to performance excellence.

As an Executive Coach, Jeanne has worked with new and established leaders throughout the world, helping them to identify their strengths and put those to use every day.

Jeanne is a Fellow at Harvard Medical School through the Institute of Coaching, in addition to having served as President of the International Coach Federation in Los Angeles. Jeanne is a Certified Co-Active Coach, as well as a certified Leadership Strengths Coach and Facilitator through The Marcus Buckingham Company, and she enjoys her mentorship for LGBT youth at LifeWorks in Los Angeles.

In this interview, Kim asks Jeanne:

• What do you do as a Senior Executive Coach? Who typically are your clients? And what are some of the things that you coach your clients on?
• Your job title is “Coaching Culture Architect” — can you tell me what that is?
• You wrote a great article that I came across: “You Have a Seat at the Table, Now Get Your Voice Heard” — what prompted you to write that?
• When working women hit midlife, oftentimes they are working with younger women. What are some advantages of this for midlife women?
• Do you notice any differences in the coaching themes between the different generations of clients?