Work With Jodi

Jodi Lanning helps leaders and teams stop wasting energy on what they cannot control so they can make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and take ownership under pressure.

Because trust, communication, accountability, and performance rarely break down in big moments.

They break down in the small reactions people do not catch.

A comment. An email. A tone. A silence that feels off.

The pressure is rarely the problem. The reaction usually is.

Someone says something you do not like.

Feedback lands harder than expected.

An email gets misread.

A conversation does not go the way you planned.

That is when people start defending, explaining, controlling, avoiding, or shutting down.

And that is where trust, communication, and performance begin to break down.

More than 34 years inside pressure.

Jodi spent more than three decades in advertising, sales, leadership, and business ownership.

She worked in environments where decisions mattered, communication mattered, and reactions had consequences.

Deadlines. Revenue pressure. Difficult conversations.

This work was built inside real business environments, not a classroom.

This work had to be lived first.

At 42, Jodi 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 did not fix everything.

But it started something.

The truth.

Sobriety.

And the rebuilding of a life she had nearly destroyed.

Pressure changes how people show up.

With more than 34 years in the advertising industry, Jodi has worked inside high-pressure environments where communication, decisions, and emotional control matter in real time.

Sales. Leadership. Ownership.

Deadlines. Revenue pressure. Difficult conversations.

Not in theory.

In the moments where people react too fast, carry the wrong story, avoid the hard conversation, or let one reaction change how they show up.

That is where this work lives.

Speaking Topics

Catch the Moment Before It Costs You

How leaders and teams make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and take ownership under pressure.

The Pause That Changes Everything

Why the smallest reactions often create the biggest workplace problems.

How to Lead Without Letting the Reaction Drive

A practical framework for responding with clarity, accountability, and confidence under pressure.

Why this matters in the workplace

Most companies do not realize how much uncaught reaction is costing them.

It rarely looks like 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.
  • A small misunderstanding turning into distance.

That is where culture starts to slip.

Nothing looks broken at first.

But over time, those reactions create tension, slow decisions, miscommunication, resentment, and unnecessary conflict.

The Let go.be pause

The Let go.be pause interrupts that pattern.

It gives people one moment to let go of what they cannot control and be here long enough to choose how they want to show up.

That one shift changes how people communicate, lead, and make decisions.

Not in theory.

In real conversations.

In real decisions.

In real time.

Better decisions. Stronger communication. More ownership under pressure.

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, avoided conversations, or reactions that carry longer than they should...

This is the work that helps them catch it before it spreads.

Contact Jodi

Bring Let go.be into your organization.

Speaking. Workshops. Leadership development.

Help your leaders and teams make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and take ownership under pressure.