Phenomenal Woman Academy

Phenomenal Woman Academy Empowering women and girls to discover their power through leadership and personal development. ConfidentlyMe! Confidently Me!

Coach CJ specializes in EMPOWERING women to walk in BOLD CONFIDENCE so they can get Sugar-Honey-Ice-Tea done and start living the life they truly desire to live! Her transformational sessions are designed to help her clients:

*Experience A Mindset Shift
*Learn How To OWN their stuff
*Master Their Triplets (Self-Worth, Self-Esteem, and Self-Confidence)
*Find Their Voice
*O

vercome Fear, Self-Doubt, and Negative Self-Talk
*Create Clear Visions Of Themselves
*Become Dynamic and Transformational Leaders
*Live Authentically and Develop Sustainable Habits

Coach CJ is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and influencer who specializes in EMPOWERING women and young girls to step into BOLD CONFIDENCE! Known for her ability to break down barriers and elevate confidence in women, she provides online one-on-one and group coaching. She also provides youth educational workshops for schools and entities focused on the advancement and empowerment of youth girls. A firm believer that success starts with having a strong foundation, she passionately advocates for youth to have access to mentors and coaches that can show them the beauty of what's possible! Coaching LLC is built around CJ's Triplet Framework, a model she developed based on over a decade of research working with hundreds of women and girls. The Triplet Framework focuses on touching the "unseen" parts of us that impact how we show up for ourselves and the results we experience in our lives. This model combs through the multi-layered complexities of Self-Worth, Self-Esteem, and Self-Confidence giving each client the awareness they need to understand how their Triplets keep tripping them up! Working with Coach CJ is a TRANSFORMATIONAL CONFIDENCE JOURNEY that allows her clients to see themselves in a different light, create a solid blueprint for their lives and experience real liberating results. Coaching LLC hosts several events throughout the year, such as the Spring Empowerment Retreat and the annual Phenomenal Woman Conference. Interested in staying up to date on upcoming events? Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/ieVd-L

LEADERSHIP STARTS LONG BEFORE YOU LAND THE JOBLeadership shapes far more of our lives than most people realize. It influ...
02/17/2026

LEADERSHIP STARTS LONG BEFORE YOU LAND THE JOB

Leadership shapes far more of our lives than most people realize. It influences how we make decisions, manage conflict, regulate emotions, set boundaries, pursue goals, and take responsibility for our impact on others. Long before leadership becomes a title, it is already at work, in families, friendships, classrooms, communities, and eventually workplaces. Yet, most people are never explicitly taught how to lead.

What many of us learn instead is compliance, performance, and achievement. We learn how to meet expectations, follow rules, and produce outcomes. However, leadership, the ability to direct oneself with clarity, discipline, and integrity, and then extend that capability to others, is rarely intentionally developed.

The Missing Foundation

Research across psychology and leadership studies consistently points to self-leadership as the foundation for effective leadership. Self-leadership includes self-awareness, emotional regulation, values alignment, accountability, and the ability to reflect before reacting. It is the capacity to lead one's own thoughts, behaviors, and choices with intention.

Continue reading this article here:
https://phenomenalwomanacademy.org/pwa-insights/f/leadership-starts-long-before-you-land-the-job

WHEN ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN UNDERMINES LEADERSHIPThe age-old question of strategy versus tactics. Who owns strategy? Who ...
02/10/2026

WHEN ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN UNDERMINES LEADERSHIP

The age-old question of strategy versus tactics. Who owns strategy? Who owns tactical work? There are leaders, often well-intentioned and deeply committed, who believe their role is primarily tactical and operational. They manage work, solve problems, unblock issues, and ensure ex*****on happens. In many organizations, this mindset is not only tolerated; it's reinforced and rewarded. Yet, when a leader reaches the director level or above, the role fundamentally shifts. Or at least, it should. At that level, the job is no longer about doing the work or even managing the work. It is about shaping direction, aligning systems, making tradeoffs, and ensuring the organization is positioned for what comes next. In other words, the work becomes strategic. So the real question isn't whether directors should be more strategic. Research is clear...they should. The more interesting, and more uncomfortable, question is this: Is your organization designed in a way that actually allows them to be?

Continue reading here:
https://phenomenalwomanacademy.org/pwa-insights/f/when-organizational-design-undermines-leadership

DOES YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM NEED TO LEVEL UP?Sit quietly in enough leadership meetings, and a pattern begins to emerge. Th...
02/04/2026

DOES YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM NEED TO LEVEL UP?

Sit quietly in enough leadership meetings, and a pattern begins to emerge. This pattern goes beyond what is being said and focuses on what drives it. You can see the stories people tell themselves in real time... stories that reveal their posture, certainty, and, ultimately, their decisions. Egos surface, often subtly. Positions are defended, territory is protected, feelings are expressed with confidence and authority, all presented as if they are the objective truth. Yet when you look more closely, those "truths" are rarely grounded in data, research, or a systemic understanding of the organization. More often, they are preferences, deeply held, emotionally charged preferences, masquerading as facts. This isn't a moral failure but a human one, and it's far more common in leadership teams than most are willing to admit…….

Continue reading here:
https://phenomenalwomanacademy.org/pwa-insights/f/does-your-leadership-team-need-to-level-up

DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS THE PERSON, NOT JUST THE POSITIONOrganizations are investing more in people development than e...
01/27/2026

DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS THE PERSON, NOT JUST THE POSITION

Organizations are investing more in people development than ever before, and that's a good thing! Development signals care, commitment, and a belief in potential. If you know me, then you know I'm a lifelong learner and a strong advocate for helping people excel in the roles they occupy. When development is done well, it strengthens performance, deepens engagement, and builds healthier organizations. Where we start to get off track is not whether we develop people, but how we decide what that development should look like, and who gets to decide. Too often, development is something done to people rather than with them.

The Well-Intended Trap of Imposed Growth

Many organizations operate under the implicit assumption that growth follows a linear, upward trajectory. High performers should become managers, managers should become senior leaders, and senior leaders should aspire to executive roles. Development opportunities are then aligned to this assumed path. The problem? Not everyone wants the same destination. When leaders project their own career stories, values, or ambitions onto others, without deeply understanding what those individuals actually want, we turn development into a form of quiet coercion…..

Continue reading here:
https://phenomenalwomanacademy.org/pwa-insights/f/development-that-respects-the-person-not-just-the-positioning

01/17/2026

LOVE without ACCOUNTABILITY is RECKLESS.

ACCOUNTABILITY without LOVE is HARSH.

Both are needed in PARENTING (and leadership).

Love answers the question, “Am I safe with you?”
Accountability answers the question, “Can you trust me to help you become who you’re capable of being?”

When parents lead with love but avoid accountability, children feel protected but not prepared. When parents lead with accountability but withhold love, children may comply but they don’t internalize values, and they don’t develop self-trust.

The work is learning how to hold boundaries without withdrawing connection. That means consequences that are clear, predictable, and rooted in teaching, not emotion, fear, or control. It also means staying present when your child is uncomfortable, disappointed, or dysregulated instead of rescuing them from those feelings or punishing them for having them.

Love says, “I’m with you.” Accountability says, “I believe you can do better.” Together, they teach a child how to regulate themselves, take responsibility, and repair when they fall short…skills they will need long after your rules no longer apply.

If you remove either one, you’re not being kind, you’re being incomplete.
✌🏽💖

12/17/2025

Dear New and Emerging Leaders…

Leadership isn’t just a promotion; it’s a responsibility shift so get ready!

• Your workload increases before your authority does
• Your pay rarely reflects the emotional and cognitive load
• You’re expected to “figure it out” with very little real training
• You stop being rewarded for doing the work and start being accountable for others’ work
• People skills become more important than technical skills. So many new leaders trip over this one 💯

No one tells NEW leaders that the hardest part of leadership isn’t the role, it’s the transition. You move from being valued for what you produce to being responsible for how others perform, feel, and grow. Most organizations promote people into leadership without ever teaching them how to actually lead.

This series is for leaders who said yes, and then realized the job was heavier than the title.

This Giving Tuesday, we’re investing in women who are ready to rise.We invite you to join our mission of cultivating con...
11/29/2025

This Giving Tuesday, we’re investing in women who are ready to rise.

We invite you to join our mission of cultivating confident, capable, and purpose-driven women by giving dollars to support our women leaders’ development in the community.

Your gift directly fuels programming, helping us provide high-quality workshops, learning experiences, and development opportunities that equip women to lead in their homes, workplaces, and communities.

Every dollar expands access.
Every woman reached creates impact.
Every gift moves a leader forward.

Give today. Help a woman rise tomorrow:
https://shareomaha.org/donate?nonprofit=11727

11/12/2025

Capability is built and Capacity is cultivated🤔🤔🤔

Some people just can’t give you what you’re asking for and it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s because they don’t care or because they are trying to intentionally hurt you. Those types of people do exist but that’s not what I’m talking about here! I’m talking about people who simply don’t have the capability or capacity yet.

We forget that capability has to be built and capacity (mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual) has to be cultivated. You can’t demand what someone hasn’t yet learned to carry and you shouldn’t punish them for being where they are.

However, YOU have to understand what you’re willing to tolerate, what you truly need, if someone (something or some place) is capable of meeting that need, and when it’s time to release the expectation or change environments. Remember, everyone has potential but potential isn’t always fully realized. Potentiall takes intentional work to come into fruition.

Sometimes love means giving grace.
Sometimes it means giving space.
Both require wisdom. ✌🏽💖

Your growth is not limited by your title, your organization, or anyone’s expectations. Your growth is powered by your in...
11/05/2025

Your growth is not limited by your title, your organization, or anyone’s expectations. Your growth is powered by your intention.

The Four E’s of Intentional Growth (Education, Experience, Exposure, and Effort) are your roadmap to becoming who you’re meant to be. Start where you are. Learn something new. Take the next step. 💖

11/05/2025

WHY LEADERSHIP STILL MATTERS IN EVERY ROLE

In every professional environment I engage with, I see the same quiet truth: leadership isn’t a title but a daily practice. Whether you’re an emerging leader, a mid-career manager, or a seasoned executive, the real question isn’t “Am I in a leadership position?” but “How am I showing up as a leader?” When we shift our gaze from role to influence, we see that leadership matters because it shapes behaviors, relationships, systems, and ultimately, the results.

A comprehensive review of leadership studies confirms this reality. Zeb, Ahmad, and Saeed (2018) observed that leadership effectiveness and organizational performance are not simply correlated but are instead entwined in complex ways that vary by culture, context, and system. Their work reminds us that leadership must adapt to its environment rather than rely on a one-size-fits-all formula.

To finish this article, visit:

https://phenomenalwomanacademy.org/pwa-insights/f/why-leadership-still-matters-in-every-role

More pics from our 2025 Phenomenal Woman Conference: Breaking Barriers and Building Legacy!This was such an amazing even...
10/09/2025

More pics from our 2025 Phenomenal Woman Conference: Breaking Barriers and Building Legacy!

This was such an amazing event 💖💖💖

The 2025 Phenomenal Woman Conference: Breaking Barriers and Building Legacy event pictures!Enjoy 💖
10/09/2025

The 2025 Phenomenal Woman Conference: Breaking Barriers and Building Legacy event pictures!

Enjoy 💖

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