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Lead from the Front
An 8-week leadership accelerator for women founders who are ready to stop being the ceiling of their own business.
The Situation
You built a business.
Now it needs a leader.
You're turning over $500K–$1M. You have a team. And somehow, everything still runs through you.
That's not a time management problem. It's not a mindset problem. It's a leadership structure problem, and it has a very specific fix.
01
Every decision still lands on your desk
Even the ones you've already answered a hundred times. You're the last resort for every question, every problem, every fire.
02
You promoted your best operator, and now you're managing the fallout
Technical excellence and leadership are completely different skill sets. Nobody told you that.
03
Good people are leaving and you suspect you're part of why
People don't leave companies. They leave environments where they don't feel seen, led, or trusted with real responsibility.
04
You know you need a leadership layer beneath you, you just don't know how to build it
That's exactly what this program is for.
80%
OF FOUNDERS AT $1M ARE STILL OPERATING
IN THE BUSINESS DAILY
1 in 3
WOMEN-LED BUSINESSES HIT A GROWTH
CEILING DUE TO LEADERSHIP GAPS
$20K
AVERAGE COST TO REPLACE ONE TEAM
MEMBER IN HOSPITALITY & SERVICES
is this for you?
The woman 'Lead from the Front'
is designed for, and who it isn't.
THIS IS FOR YOU
You're turning over $500K–$1M and have at least 4 staff
You're operationally excellent, and ready to become a leader
Everything still runs through you and you know that has to change
You're ready to invest seriously in your own development
You want a framework, not another workshop that fades
You're done being the ceiling of your own business
THIS ISN'T FOR YOU
You're looking for a quick fix or a shortcut
You want to be told what to do, not develop your own judgement
You're not willing to look honestly at your own leadership
You're not yet turning over $500K or leading a team
You're not ready to commit 90 minutes a week for 8 weeks
"The women who say yes to this moment don't do it because everything is perfectly aligned.
They do it because they know it's time. Is it time?"
The program
In 8 weeks, you stop being
the ceiling of your own business.
Lead from the Front is built on Jen's Human Leadership Framework™, the same model behind JD Consulting's work with international hotel chains and senior leadership teams across hospitality, law, and financial services across Australia.
Every session, every tool, every conversation is designed around one outcome:
building the leadership structure that means the business keeps moving when you step back.
Clarity
Say what needs to be said, clearly and kindly. Remove the ambiguity that creates dependency.
Connection
Lead people, not just performance. Understand what your team actually needs from you.
Ownership
Take responsibility for the culture you've created, and build one that runs on ownership, not supervision.
THE HUMAN LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK™
Four layers. Eight weeks.
One clear destination.
Each phase builds on the last, from personal foundation to cultural legacy.
01
WEEKS 1-2
Self Leadership
FOUNDATION
The leader you actually are right now: EQ baseline, trigger mapping, honest audit
Your leadership identity: values alignment and your Leadership Identity Statement
Know yourself before you lead others.
02
WEEKS 3-4
Relational Leadership
Connection
Communication that lands: the frameworks, and the conversations you've been avoiding
Why your people stay or leave : stay interviews, motivation mapping, what they actually need
Lead people, not just performance.
03
WEEKS 5-6
Strategic Leadership
architecture
From operator to architect: stop fixing, start designing. Your one strategic priority.
Performance, energy and decisions: the habits that make this all sustainable
Think beyond today's operations.
04
WEEKS 7-8
Cultural Leadership
legacy
Building the leadership layer beneath you: who, how, and when to hire or develop
Accountability without you: team systems and your 90-day exit from the day-to-day
Build a business that runs without you.
the capstone
Lead from the Front Live
The 8 weeks builds the foundation. These 2 days make it real. This is where identity is anchored, strategy is activated, and your next chapter begins.
Two consecutive days, in person, in Adelaide. Included in the program for founding clients.
DAY ONE
MORNING
MIDDAY
AFTERNOON
EVENING
Integration & Identity
Leadership identity deepening: who are you now vs who you were on Day 1?
Peer hot seats: real challenges, real breakthroughs, real room
The Connected Table: founder-led roundtable. Community, not classroom.
Dinner & connection: the relationships that outlast the program
DAY TWO
MORNING
MIDDAY
AFTERNOON
CLOSE
STRATEGY & ACTIVATION
90-Day Leadership Architecture: build your plan live in the room
Your leadership layer workshop: who, what, when, how
Commitments, ceremony & celebration: graduation with intention
The pathway forward
Lead from the Front Live
The Connected Table™️
This isn't a workshop. It's an experience. The moment everything from the 8 weeks becomes real, embodied, and yours.
Held in Adelaide. Intimate. Curated. Designed to feel like the beginning of something, because it is.
Included in the $5,000 founding client price
Two full consecutive days, in person
The Connected Table dinner on Day 1 evening
Facilitated peer hot seats and group coaching
Live 90-Day Leadership Architecture session
Retreat-format version available at a higher price point. Enquire directly for details.
THE investment
Two Ways In
One Destination
The founding client price exists because the first 5 women help shape the program.
This is not a discount, it's a different relationship.
1:1 FORMAT · FIRST 5 ONLY
Founding Client
$5,000
per person · includes 2-day live event
8 x 90-min weekly 1:1 sessions with Jen
Fortnightly coaching check-ins
Full program tools + implementation playbook
Personal Leadership Behaviour Tracker
90-Day Leadership Architecture Plan
2-day Lead from the Front Live event
Priority pathway to Leadership Advisory
GROUP FORMAT · FROM ROUND 2
Group Cohort
$8,000
per person · cohort of 6–10 · includes live event
8 x 90-min weekly group sessions
Fortnightly group coaching check-ins
Full program tools + implementation playbook
Peer cohort + The Connected Table community
2-day Lead from the Front Live event
Priority pathway to Leadership Advisory
What's included
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
01
Human Leadership Framework™
The JD Consulting proprietary model, your leadership operating system across all 4 layers. The same framework behind Jen's work with senior teams across Australia.and overseas.
02
Leader Competency Framework
Observable behaviours across Clarity, Connection, and Ownership, your personal before-and-after benchmark. Measurable evidence of real change.
03
Leadership Implementation Playbook
Practical tools, frameworks, and exercises for every week, yours to keep and use beyond the 8 weeks. A working document, not a glossy handout.
04
Personal Leadership Behaviour Tracker
Weekly tracking of your 3 committed behaviours. Real-time evidence of your own change, held accountable across every session.
05
90-Day Leadership Architecture Plan
Your post-program roadmap. Built in Week 8, presented at the Live event, activated immediately. This is what you take back into the business.
06
Organisational Leadership Impact Report
Your measurable before-and-after. Net Leader Score, engagement shifts, behaviour adoption, evidence of the change, not just the feeling of it.
Your Guide
Leading with heart and strategy
I've sat on both sides of the table, as an employee trying to find my place, and as a leader determined to create spaces where people feel valued, safe, and inspired to do their best work.
What I've seen, again and again, is that the women who build the best businesses often hit a ceiling, not because of the market, not because of their team, but because nobody ever gave them a leadership framework that matched the actual complexity of what they were dealing with.
So I built one.
The Human Leadership Framework™ is behind everything I do. And Lead from the Front is the program I wish I'd had, built specifically for the woman who has proved she can build something real, and is ready to lead it properly.
Questions
The things people always ask
What exactly is the founding client model, and why is it $5,000?
The first 5 women don't just take the program, they help shape it. You get more direct access to Jen, your feedback informs the tools and facilitation, and you come in at a price that reflects that reciprocal relationship. $5,000 is not a discount on an $8,000 product. It's the price of being first. From Round 2, the program is $8,000 per person, which is what it's worth.
Is this available online or does it need to be in person?
The 8-week program is available either 1:1 (for founding clients) or in a group cohort format. Sessions can be delivered online. The 2-day Lead from the Front Live event is held in person in Adelaide, this is included in the program fee and is a non-negotiable part of the experience.
I'm genuinely very busy. How much time does this actually take?
90 minutes per week for the session, plus a short daily reflection practice (5 minutes). Between-session implementation tasks are built around what you're already doing in your business, you're applying the frameworks in real situations, not adding to your workload. The question worth asking isn't 'do I have time for this?', it's 'how many hours a week am I currently spending making decisions someone else should be making?'
I'm not in hospitality, is this still relevant to me?
Yes. The Human Leadership Framework™ was developed across hospitality, law, financial services and real estate, but the program itself is built for women founders and business owners, regardless of industry. The leadership challenges this program addresses, team dependency, communication gaps, accountability culture, building a leadership layer, are universal for women running businesses at this revenue level.
What happens after the 8 weeks?
You leave with a 90-Day Leadership Architecture Plan, built in Week 8 and activated at Lead from the Front Live. For founding clients, there is a priority pathway to Jen's Leadership Advisory, which provides ongoing 1:1 support as you implement the plan in your business. The end of the accelerator is the beginning of the actual change.
I haven't done anything like this before. Is that okay?
Yes. In fact, it's often better. Women who come in without prior coaching experience tend to engage more openly, because they haven't yet been told what leadership 'should' look like. This program meets you where you are, not where you think you should be.
READY?
You've built the business.
now lead it
Lead from the Front is for the woman who is done being the ceiling of her own business. It is time to lead with clarity, build with connection, and grow with ownership.
Guiding Leaders
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