If you don't think of yourself as a leader, then you are limited in your thinking. Leading is the way we help move people into action—personally and professionally, including ourselves. EVERYONE is a leader either by choice or default. The question is not whether or not we are leaders, but how well we lead.
Ladd & Associates helps emerging and existing leaders, IT professionals, and key staff become more aware of their styles, strengths and behaviors and the impact they have on organizational performance. Our coaching approach and consulting methods increase organizational capacity to create meaningful and sustainable business results.
Our life coaches help individuals harness their strengths, tap into their courage and passions to live to their fullest potential.
Whether working with you in a personal or professional context...our team is certified in a wide range of executive and personal development assessments tools that facilitate awareness, insight and goal-definition.
Janet Ladd, SPHR, ELI-MP, is Managing Principal and Professional Coach/Consultant with over 25 years of experience in business, technology, and human resources. She has developed an extensive professional network of talented and like-minded professionals who share her passion for integrity, compassion, and being an agent of positive change.
Janet is a graduate from Newfield Network, one of the most highly regarded certified coach training institutes in the world. Additionally, she is has attended certified coach training in Energy Leadership through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). In addition to her coach training, Janet holds a Master of Science Degree in Applied Behavioral Science (OD/HRD) from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors Degree in Business/Human Resource Management from Towson University.
Prior to starting her own coaching/consulting practice, Janet was Vice President of a leading human resource technology consulting firm, overseeing not only the firm’s HR function but a number of the organization’s most successful practice groups. Additional prior positions include Director of HR for a Maryland-based IT firm, Manager of Corporate HR & Compensation for a national homebuilding/financial services firm, and Systems Consultant with an international management consulting firm.
Janet holds a black belt in Ninjitsu from the American Academy of Martial Arts. She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), and Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and is an active volunteer with the American Cancer Society. She is especially proud to be a Reach to Recovery program volunteer and strives to provide support, encouragement and inspiration to others as they travel through their cancer journeys.
Using a holistic yet practical approach to self-insight, individual assessment, planning and development, Janet is passionate in her quest to facilitate individual and organizational growth and positive change. Janet is equally passionate in bringing coaching to the cancer community and has a growing practice helping individuals and their families thrive...not in spite of adversity but in light of it.
