Meet Janet Williams, Founder

About Janet Williams

Janet Williams is the Founder of Progressive Discoveries, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to building workplace cultures leaders want — and employees love — with no shame, no blame.

She began her culture and leadership journey in 1998, and since then has partnered with organizations across industries to deliver solutions in leadership development, organizational culture, workforce growth, operational improvement, and change management. With a gift for creating community and closing culture gaps, Janet helps leaders align clarity and culture so teams can thrive together.

In 2019, she revitalized Progressive Discoveries with a renewed focus on designing inclusive, people-centered workplaces where everyone’s value and contribution is recognized. Her signature contribution is the Leadership Mode Snapshot™ ,  a groundbreaking assessment that reveals how leadership clarity and team culture interact to drive results. The LMS provides leaders with actionable insight and a roadmap to move from Harmony, Havoc, or Breakdown into Breakthrough leadership, where both people and performance succeed.

She is a Certified Core Strengths Facilitator, a Certified Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Unconscious Bias Facilitator, a Master MBTI Facilitator, and a Master Situational Leadership Facilitator. Janet also contributes her expertise as a member of the Unite As One Beauty Industry Think Tank’s Cultural Intelligence Committee and the Professional Beauty Industry Compensation Study Think Tank, and has served on the boards of Beauty Changes Lives and Hope in a Box.

Janet’s clients span the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including public health, education, the environment, hospitality, and the beauty, wellness, and barbering industries, with a particular focus on these latter sectors. Across all, her strength lies in designing systems and facilitating conversations that unify individuals and teams around shared aspirations and outcomes.

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