Jacklynn Holmes
What becomes possible when leaders fully trust themselves, lead with clarity, and align their vision, values, and strengths with meaningful action? Jackie partners with leaders, teams, and organizations navigating growth, change, and complexity to strengthen executive presence, strategic leadership, and sustainable impact. Clients work together with Jackie to leverage strengths, deepen awareness, and translate insight into meaningful, lasting action.
Jacklynn (Jackie) Holmes brings over 30 years of leadership, coaching, and organizational development experience across global corporations, government, technology, energy, consulting, and executive education environments.
She uniquely integrates executive coaching, organizational transformation leadership, and real-world business experience to support leaders in navigating growth, transition, and increasing complexity. Jackie works with executives and leadership teams to strengthen strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, collaboration, and performance while aligning vision, values, and strengths with meaningful action.
Her approach is pragmatic, reflective, and grounded in real-world leadership. Drawing on Intentional Change Theory, Coaching with Compassion, systems thinking, and team coaching practices, she creates psychologically safe environments where leaders and teams can think more strategically, build trust, navigate uncertainty, and lead with authenticity and confidence.
Jackie has coached hundreds of leaders across Fortune 500 and global organizations, delivering more than 3,000 hours of coaching with consistently strong impact and measurable outcomes. She also contributes to leadership and coaching research through applied practice.
Areas of Expertise
- Executive Coaching & Leadership Development
- Organizational Development & Change Leadership
- Team Coaching, Alignment & Effectiveness
- Strategic Planning & Facilitation
- Emotional Intelligence & Leadership Presence
- Culture Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness
- Agile Transformation & Change Management
- Communication & Stakeholder Alignment
Client Types / Levels
- C-Suite & Senior Executives
- VP / Director-Level Leaders
- Senior Leadership Teams
- High-Potential Leaders
Industry / Functional Experience
- Energy & Oil & Gas
- Government & Public Sector
- Technology & Digital Transformation
- Airlines & Transportation
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Executive Education
Representative Clients
- Fortune 100 & Fortune 500 global organizations
- Multinational energy and technology companies
- Municipal government organizations
- Executive education and leadership programs
Professional Experience
- Founder & CEO, Evoke Leadership Partners
- Distinguished Fellow Coach & Executive Coach, BetterUp
- Organizational Change Lead & Executive Coach, City of Calgary
- Leadership & Business Instructor, University of Calgary
- Executive Coach, Coachello (Global Technology Leaders)
- Director, Sales & Marketing; Marketing & Research Leadership Roles
Education
- Master of Science, Positive Organizational Development & Change (Leadership Coaching Distinction), Case Western Reserve University
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy
Certifications & Assessments
- Intentional Change Theory, Coaching with Compassion – Distinction
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
- Leadership Circle Profile & Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA)
- EQ-i 2.0 & ESCI (Emotional Intelligence)
- Lumina Spark, Leader & 360
- Certified Team Performance Coach (CTPC)
- ORSC (Organizational & Relationship Systems Coaching)
- Newfield Certified Ontological Coach (NCOC)
- Organizational Change Management Certified (OCMC)
Professional Affiliations
- International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- OD Network
- Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP)
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