My Experience
With over 30 years of experience in human resources and organizational development, I bring a deep well of insight, strategy, and empathy to every engagement. As a Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach and a Certified EQi-2.0 Practitioner, I specialize in helping individuals and teams unlock their potential through strengths-based development and emotional intelligence. My work centers on dynamic workshop facilitation, impactful speaking engagements, and personalized one-on-one coaching - each designed to foster growth, resilience, and meaningful transformation.
My Services
With 30+ years in HR and organizational development, my services help you or your organization build resilience, enhance collaboration, and achieve meaningful results - whether through targeted coaching, dynamic workshops, motivating talks, or strategic partnerships.
Clifton Strengths Workshops
Unlock your team’s full potential through dynamic CliftonStrengths Workshops led by Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach Janet Cooper. Participants complete the assessment to discover their natural talents, then engage in interactive discussions, activities, and action planning to apply them effectively. Customizable in length and focus, these sessions build self-awareness, boost collaboration, enhance performance, and shift the focus from weaknesses to strengths—creating more engaged, cohesive teams and a thriving workplace culture.
Speaking Engagements
Inspire transformation with impactful speaking engagements from multidisciplinary speaker Janet Cooper. With over 30 years in human resources and organizational development, Janet delivers engaging keynotes and presentations on strengths-based leadership, emotional intelligence, and personal growth. Tailored to your conference, corporate event, or retreat, her talks empower audiences to harness their unique strengths, build resilience, and drive meaningful change in their organizations and lives.
One-on-One Coaching
Through personalized one-on-one coaching, I partner with you in a confidential, strengths-focused space to activate your unique CliftonStrengths talents and build emotional intelligence (via EQ-i 2.0 insights). Drawing on 30+ years in HR, organizational development, and leadership, we uncover authentic ways to leverage your strengths, enhance self-awareness, strengthen relationships, manage stress, and create actionable strategies for professional growth, resilience, and fulfillment. Whether you're an emerging leader, executive, or professional navigating change, our flexible virtual sessions deliver clarity, confidence, and sustained results - often leading to greater impact, better work-life integration, and renewed purpose.
Organizational Strengths Strategy & Facilitation
Partner with leadership teams and organizations to design and implement customized strengths-based development strategies that align individual and collective talents with business goals. Through facilitated planning sessions, I guide organizations in embedding CliftonStrengths and emotional intelligence principles into their culture, performance systems, leadership development, and change initiatives. This includes conducting team strengths audits, creating action plans for talent optimization, improving collaboration and engagement, and measuring impact - delivering sustainable transformation for higher productivity, retention, and organizational resilience.
Testimonials
Client Reviews & Experiences
My clients share their experiences working with me:
Katie, Executive Director
"As the leader of the agency, I learned so much about my staff and what their strengths are. The session Janet conducted was very engaging, fun and valuable for us to be able to better work as a team and collaborate to make more of an impact together moving forward. We loved her energy, she has extensive knowledge of the strengths, and I loved how she encouraged all of us to embrace the innate strengths within us. We will be inviting her back in the near future for another session and look forward to learning more from her. Thanks again for a great session."
Julie, Admin & Development Manager
"Janet's CliftonStrengths training was a fantastic experience for our agency. She guided us in understanding our individual strengths and highlighted how our collective strengths can enhance the office dynamics, and improve our service to the community. The workshop provided incredible insights and was an excellent team-building exercise. I highly recommend it to any business!"
Dianne, Program Director
"Understanding my Gallup Strengths has empowered me to stop focusing on my weaknesses and concentrate on the areas where I thrive. This self-understanding has given me deep insight of my natural talents and tendencies and allowed me to align my career in a way that has led to accelerated growth. From a leadership perspective, understanding the strengths of my colleagues has helped foster more collaborative and effective work environment and improved our team cohesion. Focusing on our strengths continues to be a rewarding journey of experiencing positive outcomes."
Sarah, College Student
"Since learning my strengths with Gallup, I have been able to grow as an individual in both my personal and professional life. Understanding and knowing my strengths has allowed me to understand both myself and others and set myself up for success in the future as well as spread the word about the importance of knowing and understanding your strengths and applying them to everyday life. As a college senior who is working on applying for graduate school, it is vital that I understand and use my strengths when seeking further education."
My Journey
