Janet Makepeace

Janet is an executive coach and the founder of JAR Leadership Coaching, partnering with clients who want to challenge their thinking and actions to gain better results. For over 20 years she worked in healthcare, primarily in the pharmaceutical sector in various therapeutic areas where she held senior leadership roles with increased responsibility. Janet has an exceptional track record of strategic commercial and operational leadership roles in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Having worked in several multinational companies including ManorCare, Sanofi-Aventis, Roche, and AstraZeneca, she understands the corporate environment. Over her career, Janet has led companies of 100+ employees inclusive of cross functional leadership teams. Her broad business experience building and leading diverse, high performing organizations provides a robust platform for coaching individuals and teams.

Janet has a special interest in working with business leaders within healthcare, individuals leading through significant organizational transformation and those experiencing business or strategic challenges. She has coached leaders in a variety of sectors including healthcare, higher education, primary education administration, foundations, management consulting, angel funding and small business entrepreneurs.

Janet earned a Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership.  She holds a BS in Interpersonal Communication from Ohio University, MS in Social Work from The University of Cincinnati and is an International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach.  Janet is a certified facilitator of The Leadership Circle 360® framework & TLC Culture Survey®, Everything DiSC® Workplace and The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™.