Develop Better Leaders.
Build Stronger Teams.
Create Healthier Organizations
Leadership development grounded in experience, connection, and the belief that how we lead matters.
Athena Leadership Coaching helps leaders and teams strengthen self-awareness, communication, trust, and the skills required to lead effectively—especially when the work is complex and the stakes are high.
How I Can Help
Executive & Leadership Coaching
Leadership begins with self-awareness.
Individual coaching creates space to step away from the demands of the day-to-day, examine what’s working, identify what’s getting in the way, and make intentional choices about how you want to lead.
Jessica works with emerging and experienced leaders, managers, executives, and professionals who want to strengthen their leadership capacity and effectiveness.
Team Development
Strong teams don’t happen simply because talented people work together.
Jessica works with leadership teams to build trust, strengthen communication, deepen awareness of team dynamics, and address patterns that influence culture and performance.
Engagements are customized and may include leadership team development, facilitated retreats, culture and communication work, and personality-based team development.
Workshops, Facilitation & Speaking
Leadership development should do more than deliver information.
Jessica creates practical, engaging learning experiences that help people think differently about themselves, their relationships, and the way they lead.
Programs are customized and may explore communication, trust, connection, resilience, mindset, coaching, organizational culture, and values-based leadership.
Leadership Grounded in Real-World Experience
Jessica Nowaski spent more than 26 years leading in a complex, high-accountability environment, retiring from the Mountain View Police Department as Deputy Police Chief after more than a decade on command staff.
She pairs that real-world leadership experience with a master’s degree focused on leadership, coaching and facilitation; professional coach training and certification; and years of experience helping leaders and teams become more self-aware, strengthen relationships, navigate challenges, and lead with greater intention.
Her approach is practical, thoughtful, candid, and deeply human.
Leadership can be rewarding—and it can also be messy. Jessica creates space for both.
Different Organizations.
Similar Leadership Challenges.
The environment may be different, but many leadership challenges are remarkably similar.
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Building trust · Communicating clearly · Navigating difficult conversations
Leading through change · Developing people · Creating healthy cultures
Staying connected to your values under pressure
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The work begins by understanding what’s happening in your organization—not by starting with a predetermined solution.
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