Resilient Creative Teams: Lessons in Trust, Feedback, and Vulnerability

Matters of Creative

IN THIS EPISODE…

In this episode of Matters of Creative, Jenny chats with professional coach Jen Verharen of Cadence Coaching to discuss the unique vulnerability, challenges, and connectedness that creative teams can experience. Jen shares her expertise on navigating the sometimes emotional nature of creative work, offering tips for building trust, processing feedback, and aligning teams.

Learn about how a culture of curiosity and prioritizing learning over knowledge can foster resilience and creative energy in the workplace. This episode offers actionable insights to help teams connect, grow, and create better for everyone, from creatives and leaders to team culture enthusiasts.

ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Whether it's in your work, your health, your relationships, your sport, your business or a special project that you desire to evolve, it's part of the human condition to struggle. And wrestle with Resistance. And feel thwarted by Circumstance. It is in this struggle that Jen Verharen thrives. And partners with you to create Clarity, cultivate Courage and help you get out in front of whatever's in your way. Jen's superpower is the ability to uniquely blend the energetic and the strategic to help you get results.

Jen has a BA in Organizational Psychology and Mental Health. She's done Master's work in clinical psychology. She's a certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified Transformational Life Coach and a trained mediator. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a coach, trainer and facilitator. This cred pales in comparison with hundreds and hundreds of hours coaching. Of being present for the struggle. Witnessing breakdowns. Facilitating breakthroughs. And celebrating wins. To her work, Jen brings a powerful belief in the strength of the human spirit. She brings inherited and learned knowledge about the path forward. And she brings the ability to hold a larger vision for you than you may be able to hold for yourself at a given moment.