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Equipping Leaders for Success

"Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less."

John Maxwell

As an Executive Director with Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, a nationally certified Director and Trainer with The Center for Teacher Effectiveness, and a leader in education, I can provide you with ongoing training, development, coaching, and support that will help you move your school district organization, or company forward.

JFord Equips offers the following leadership and professional development programs:

The Maxwell Method of Leadership

Jeanne Ford and John Maxwell

The Maxwell Method is our proven system for helping you develop your skills for professional advancement.

John Maxwell Executive Director

I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming an even more influential and successful leader!
Contact me to find out more.

Jeanne Carol Ford, EdD

As an educator for more than 30 years, Jeanne has served as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and director in districts as small as 300 to as large as 25,000. She later served districts throughout Arkansas as a performance coach through the Arkansas Leadership Academy with the University of Arkansas. Jeanne earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the UofA at Fayetteville to align with her passion for equipping and adding value to educational leaders.

Jeanne has combined her knowledge and experience with school districts with the John Maxwell Team training and philosopy to provide system-wide improvement through building leadership capacity at all levels.

As an Executive Director of The John Maxwell Team, I am certified to facilitate, speak, train and coach individuals and groups in the areas of leadership development, professional skills and personal growth. Trained and mentored by John Maxwell and mentors of his world-class faculty, I am equipped with the tools, resources and experience to help you and your team improve your productivity, performance and profitability. Whether you are looking for a facilitator for group workshops, corporate training in leadership, speaking, sales, or coaching skills for your leaders, or a speaker for your next event, I have access to exclusive content that is only available through a certified Executive Director of the John Maxwell Team to help you reach your goals and objectives.

Jeanne’s services include workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods…plus educational PD in Classroom Management/Student Motivation, Differentiated Instruction & Engagement, School Culture, Team Building, Student Leadership/Voice, Staff Self-Care, and School Board Leadership Training. In addition, she offers JMT DISC behavioral personality assessment and training that will help you to understand and optimize your own leadership and your team’s effectiveness.

Jeanne will help you take your school or district to scale, ensuring excellence. Let the ultimate winners be your students!!

Testimonials

Dr. Tammi Davis
Dr. Tammi DavisAssistant Superintendent
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Dr. Ford is an outstanding presenter who energizes the room! Having co-presented with her, I have personally witnessed Dr. Ford interacting with leaders from across the state of Arkansas and beyond. She has the ability to reach people through the use of stories, demonstrations, and hands-on activities that push their thinking. Dr. Ford’s use of the DISC personality assessment tool is instrumental in supporting leaders as she teaches them how to communicate effectively with others. I highly recommend Dr. Ford’s work as a leadership coach. Her unique ability to provide a fun learning environment full of leadership capacity building is second to none!
Kelvin Hudson
Kelvin HudsonSuperintendent
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All great leaders know that leadership ability determines a person's effectiveness as a leader. If you want your organization to grow and you want to be an effective leader within your organization, personal growth is a must. Dr. Ford and the John Maxwell Leadership team will individualize a personal growth plan just for your organization. Her use of the DISC assessment tool will give your team a better understanding of each other and empower them to increase their effectiveness as leaders within your organization. The personal growth that I have experienced through this process has been instrumental in helping me lead my organization. Don't hesitate to give her a call and let her and the John Maxwell team show you what they can do to empower your organization.
Gregg Yarbrough
Gregg YarbroughMiddle School Principal
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I am writing to recommend Dr. Ford as a Leadership Consultant. She began working with my staff this year on being better leaders and communicators using the John Maxwell Leadership Training. She had us complete a DISC assessment to reveal our personality types to help us to understand our communication style. With this on-going training, she shares ways we can better communicate with our staff to accomplish our goals. In addition, by better understanding our personalities, we can utilize this knowledge to effectively communicate with students and understand how they respond. Dr. Ford brings a wealth of knowledge by having the experience at all the various levels of education. She also has a bright smile, a lot of enthusiasm, and a zest for learning and growing.
Tracie Luttrell
Tracie LuttrellElementary Principal
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Dr. Jeanne Ford has provided myself and our team training in the John Maxwell Leadership Method and the DISC Method training. Dr. Ford is extremely knowledgeable, professional and caring. She has provided training and mentorship that is second to none. She has helped me grow as a leader by meeting me at my areas of need, by utilizing my strengths, working on my weaknesses and recognizing my blind spots. Her leadership training has helped our team and organization by facilitating open and honest communication in a way that didn’t seem possible before she arrived. Through the DISC Method training, she has helped our team bond and collaborate better than ever because we now know our team’s communication styles. Dr. Ford’s training and mentorship has helped increase my influence inside and outside of our organization and has added value to the people in my organization by helping me understand what the people on my team value and helping make our vision a reality. She has truly helped us establish a culture that multiplies value to everyone within our organization. Dr. Jeanne Ford truly has a servant’s heart and it has been one of my greatest personal and professional experiences working with her this school year. I would give her the highest level of endorsement and recommend her to any organization looking to equip their leaders to grow and become more effective.
Monique LambertTeacher – 4th Literacy
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I felt like the content of today’s seminar was beneficial to me as an individual, but more importantly it was a great building/bonding day for staff.
Deanna AuglerGT/Chair Teacher
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One of the best training sessions I’ve attended. It was both informative and entertaining. It modeled what we should be doing for our students.
Jake DenzerTeacher/Coach
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If we can be half as good a teacher as Dr. Ford, our country has a bright future. Very entertaining and energetic instructor.
Kendra HuntleyGT Coordinator
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This should be provided in college teacher education programs!
Tiffany Randall
Tiffany RandallElementary Principal
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Dr. Ford was my performance coach during my first year as a principal in the 2019-20 school year. Under her leadership in coaching, she helped me to step back, see the big picture, and grow and develop my skills as a leader. We worked together to identify priorities, understand where I was spending time, and assess where my time should be spent. She helped me see my strengths and use them to help the school. She also helped me identify leadership skills that needed to be developed, set goals with me for personal growth, and gave me strategies to reach those goals. Through her listening skills, asking guiding questions, and ability to coach in the moment, I was able to learn from her and expand my leadership skills.”
Nichole Cunningham
Nichole CunninghamOMSD Federal Programs and Instructional Facilitator
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Dr. Ford has a unique way of making everyone feel comfortable in sharing and building team rapport. An organization is only as good as its leadership. Dr. Ford is working tirelessly to ensure that the school districts in the state of Arkansas have great leaders! Our district has benefited greatly from the expertise of the John Maxwell Leadership framework. We will go into the upcoming school year with tools we never possessed before. If you are looking to build your team's leadership skills, this is the best choice you can make!
Debbie Wilson
Debbie WilsonDirector of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Dr. Ford worked with our leadership team this year. We used the DISC Assessment To identify individual strengths and weaknesses. This helped us know and understand each other in a way that not only improved our leadership, but made us more productive as a team.
Shannan Lovelace
Shannan LovelaceHarrison School District
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Jeanne, I wanted to drop you a quick line to say thanks for your time with us this year. I missed your last session, I was FINALLY able to travel again (Hot Springs conference, 1st trip in over 2 years) and it was fabulous being with all my accounting gurus in person again!! Reading this email, I didn’t realize we would get to have you again next year, that’s exciting! You had shared back in Sept about signing up for the daily ‘Minute with Maxwell’ and I have very much enjoyed those! Just recently, I figured out there were podcasts, too, and I’ve added those to my podcast favorites list. I feel like I’m just scratching the surface on learning about leadership but wanted to take the time to let you know how thankful I am for you investing in our district! Appreciate you and I’m looking forward to next year, Shannan Lovelace
Amy Marek
Amy Marek
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I have worked with Dr. Ford as a performance coach through our district and with her during the Master Principal Program here in Arkansas. She has been a critical friend by providing feedback to me on our school goals and strategic plans. I am also fortunate enough to consider her a lifelong friend I can call or text at anytime for advice, encouragement or motivation.
Dr. Steven M. Weber
Dr. Steven M. WeberAssociate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Ford provides executive coaching and leads teams to achieve a deeper understanding of their strengths and areas for growth. As a member of the John Maxwell Team she is certified to administer the DISC Assessment. Based on the results of the assessment, each member of your team will receive a report and personalized coaching. As a former teacher and district administrator, Dr. Ford has the ability to connect John Maxwell's leadership principles and tools with the daily work of educators. I highly recommend Dr. Ford as a consultant and trainer who will help each member of your team multiply leaders and continue to excel!
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