Work With Jodi
Jodi Lanning helps leaders and teams catch the exact moment they are about to overthink, react, or shut down before it costs them.
Because most problems at work do not start in the big moments.
They start in the seconds after something small hits.
A comment.
An email.
A tone.
A silence that feels off.
What happens next is what creates tension, miscommunication, and unnecessary conflict.
The work behind the work
Jodi’s work is rooted in lived experience.
At 42, she woke up on a deflated air mattress in a foreclosed home with her dogs beside her and a life that had fallen apart.
In that moment, she heard something inside her say:
Become the person your dogs think you are.
That moment didn’t fix everything.
But it started something.
The truth.
Sobriety.
And the rebuilding of a life she had nearly destroyed.
This is not work Jodi learned from a book.
It is work she had to live first.
Real pressure, real experience
With more than 34 years in the advertising industry, Jodi has worked in high-pressure environments where performance, communication, and decisions matter in real time.
Sales. Leadership. Ownership.
Deadlines. Revenue targets. Difficult conversations.
Not in theory.
In the moments where people react too fast, overthink, shut down, or give their power away, and it costs them.
Speaking topics
The Pause That Changes Everything
Why the biggest problems at work start in the seconds after something small hits, and how to catch it before it turns into conflict, confusion, or regret.
Stop Giving Your Power Away at Work
How overthinking, defensiveness, and fast reactions quietly impact communication, trust, and performance.
How to Lead Without Reacting
A practical way to respond with more clarity, ownership, and steadiness under pressure.
Why this matters in the workplace
Most companies don’t realize how much emotional reactivity is costing them.
It rarely shows up as one big problem.
It shows up in small moments that happen every day.
A leader reacting too fast in a meeting.
An employee taking feedback personally.
An email sent with the wrong tone.
A conversation that gets avoided instead of handled.
Nothing looks broken on the surface.
But over time, it creates tension, miscommunication, slow decisions, and unnecessary conflict.
That’s where culture starts to slip.
The Let go.be pause
The Let go.be pause interrupts that pattern.
It gives people one moment to stop reacting, stop feeding the story in their head, and take ownership before it spills into the room.
That one shift changes how people communicate, how they lead, and how they make decisions.
Not in theory.
In real conversations.
In real decisions.
In real time.
More ownership. Less blame. Faster decisions. Stronger culture.
How to work with Jodi
Keynote speaking for teams and organizations
Leadership workshops built for real workplace pressure
Select coaching for leaders who want to respond with more clarity under pressure
Bring this work into your team
If your team is dealing with tension, overthinking, miscommunication, or reactions that carry longer than they should…
This is the work that helps them catch it before it spreads.