Where Leaders Are Made
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The EvolveByNEC© Leadership Accelerator Academy is designed to help you advance and evolve your personal powers. We aim to build a community that uplifts each other. Our goal is to support Asian American and women professionals who struggle to navigate, elevate, and create (NEC) success in their careers despite their hard work and qualifications. Gain the courage and confidence you need to NEC your best work and life. Enroll in the next upcoming academy program today.
About what I do :
I'm Jennifer Nielsen, Chief Success Coach and owner of Nielsen Executive Coaching LLC (NEC). I'm here to help you become more ambitious and confident, using your personal powers and inherent character traits and qualities—such as collaboration, humility, curiosity, and grit—to break systemic barriers. Once enrolled in the academy and beyond, I will be your co-pilot, guiding you on your journey to define what success means to you, providing personalized strategies, insights, and motivation in the areas of career advancement, transitions, and wellness. My keystone program is called EvolveByNEC©. It’s a 12-week leadership accelerator for the busy professional ready to advance and grow by learning how to embrace your personal powers to evolve, not change, who you are. The program aims to assist you in navigating and understanding the unwritten rules of office politics for advancing in the workplace. Prior to becoming a certified leadership coach, I spent over 20 years at Columbia Partners, MorganFranklin Consulting, and Deloitte in professional services, management consulting, training, and facilitation. My passion and focus are to help multicultural professionals break mental and systemic barriers through career advancement, transitions, and wellness strategies to become inclusive leaders today and in the future. My expertise lies in fostering positive behavior changes and developing strengths-based skills. My coaching style is empowering, exploratory, and actionable. I have had the privilege to work and coach with hundreds of executives and leaders across Fortune 1000 companies, nonprofit, and government agencies worldwide. I bring my lessons learned from navigating the unwritten rules of office politics and having coached over 300 multicultural professionals since I started my coaching practice in 2018, wrapped into this 12-week leadership accelerator academy for you.
Why I do this :
You are here because you identify as an Asian American or a woman professional, talented and hardworking, yet finding it tough to advance in your organization. You’re not alone. Did you know that only 5% of executive positions in Fortune 500 companies are held by Asian Americans, and less than 10% are held by women? This is precisely why I created the EvolveByNEC© Leadership Accelerator Academy. Despite over 83% of Asian Americans aspiring to be promoted to manager or higher levels, stereotypes persist, portraying Asians as non-assertive, poor communicators, and lacking personality and presence. Other challenges include microaggressions, double standards, and unconscious bias, among others. Studies also suggests, perhaps more alarmingly, that Asian Americans and women receive less support from their managers. They are less likely to have bosses who promote their contributions, assist in navigating organizational politics, or socialize outside of work. Consequently, they miss out on the informal networks crucial for career advancement, lacking meaningful mentoring and sponsorship. If you are experiencing real or perceived challenges in upward or growth mobility, I'm here to help. Let’s connect.
My lived experience
I learned at an early age to tie my self-worth to how productive I was, and climbing the socioeconomic system was the only goal in life. This made me very judgmental, stressed, and overextended. My mantra was that self-worth is tied to one's profession and making my parents proud. Goofing off and having fun was often discouraged, and there was always the feeling that more could be done. I was raised to believe hard work is rewarded, and complaining or resting was a source of shame and disappointment to my immigrant parents who sacrificed everything to come to America for a better life for their children. The constant pressure to perform and work hard became obsessive (I used to boast about being a master multitasker in my 20s/30s), leading to no real satisfaction; it only drained my ability to appreciate my life and be more present. In addition, growing up Asian American, I worked hard to assimilate into the culture but because my parents were immigrants, they never taught me critical skills to leverage connections, be assertive about my ideas, owning personal power, social awareness of how people are really rewarded at work and how to help others in a way that gets me noticed and valued. Getting past my own self-doubt and cultural mindset is hard to do when you spent your life pleasing others. Does this resonate with you? Let's connect!