This is who we are
Elephant in the Room consulting is a wholly-owned indigenous consulting and coaching company, serving businesses leaders in Australia, Europe, South East Asia, Canada and the United States.
We have a passion for helping people live their genius; for developing remarkable leadership and an unwavering desire to create value.
We know how to design and build a sustainable business that works for you, not someone else. I help overwhelmed, business owners, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists to regain time, build your confidence and authority, shift your mindset and create the foundations for future success.
Whether you are just starting out in business or turning over 6 or 7 figures, we often find ourselves in the messy middle.
Building a business is not straightforward. For most, the path from identifying your passion, developing an idea, to implementing is messy. Full of twists and turns.
I help you find your purpose and gain clarity, structure and process through high-touch, deeply human programs, coaching & mentoring.
Hi, I'm Jenni.
Founder & Business Creator
Whether you are just starting out in business or turning over 6 or 7 figures, we often find ourselves in the messy middle.
Building a business is not straightforward. For most, the path from identifying your passion, developing an idea, to implementing is messy. Full of twists and turns.
I know how to design and build a sustainable business that works for you, not someone else. I help overwhelmed, business owners, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists to regain time, build your confidence and authority, shift your mindset and create the foundations for future success.
I help you find your purpose and gain clarity, structure and process through high-touch, deeply human programs, coaching & mentoring.
My path to becoming a business owner, like many others, has been full of ups and downs. So, let me start at the beginning.
A few years ago...
I was in a job I was good at. Great in fact. I had clients who valued my advice, I had the respect of my manager and I had freedom in how I performed my job.
Then, it all changed.
The respect I had was slowly whittled away, the freedom I had was removed and I suddenly found myself caught up in someone else’s insecurities and games. It seemed the more competent and valued I became, to our clients and the business, the more threatened they became. The result, I left. I had to.
For three months I battled serious anxiety, all while being told there was nothing wrong with me, I was ‘faking it’. I would wake with a sense of dread, wondering how I would cope with whatever came that day. At the time, I felt I was living someone else’s life or watching a really bad movie!
For many this could be seen as the end, for me, it was the beginning.
Despite an eclectic career that included military service, project management roles with the Commonwealth Games, APEC 2007, and World Masters Games and the Sales Director of a global learning and development company, I realised, I was living the life I thought I should live – not necessarily the one I wanted to live.
When I took the time to stop and consider what I was good at AND what I LOVED TO DO, I realised I had developed great skill and a passion for helping others gain clarity about their business strategy, their programs, their communications and in some cases their life.
And so, Elephant in the Room was born in the Hide Out Cafe in Barcelona Spain in June 2017.
Why Elephant in the Room?
As an Aboriginal woman, you may be wondering, Why an Elephant? Well, there are two reasons.
Since I was a child, I have been enamoured with elephants and when considering the values I wanted to share through my business, Wisdom and Freedom came to mind, and so did the grace and magnificence of elephants.
I remembered a story of the elephant traversing the lands, always remembering its tracks, its stories, its ancestors. As members of their tribe passed, the elephant would pay homage to them and share this knowledge, this wisdom with those around them – so they would not forget. Their movement though, was free – exploring and traveling across lands with the seasons.
For me, and the amazing team at Elephant in the Room we want to be Wise and Free. What this means is that we seek to receive and share knowledge and wisdom every day, and have the choice to live, work and engage the world in a way that is true to us.
Secondly, as a coach and consultant, my goal is to build leaders – cultural leaders, business leaders, and value leaders. When wondering about jumping into business, I recalled a presentation I had developed regarding origami and leadership and the use of the elephant as the central theme, (You can read more about this in one of our early blogs here)…
This reminded me that my role, as a coach, facilitator, consultant or speaker is to highlight the elephant in the room – the “thing” that is holding you back, preventing you from taking the leap or creating change.
I have been blessed with love, intellect, & fierce determination.
If you are seeking to create impact - you are in the right place.
I work with business owners, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, and leaders wanting to create purpose and provide support in building sustainable businesses that fit them. I do this by providing high-touch, deeply human coaching and consulting programs that focus on what you want to get out of your business.
Our coaching programs provide our clients with clarity, structure, and systems to enable them to grow and scale in a way that suits them and our consulting assignments help businesses develop their product offerings, design client pathways, and develop solutions and strategies to empower their team and clients.
What I do is not about me. It is about you.
What your goals are; what you want to achieve.
My role is to simply help you get there.
