Work Life Balance

About.

WLB Consulting Group was founded in 2008 by Jae Ellard with the mission to empower 10 million people to make the choice to own their lives. After 4 years of working countless hours crafting messaging and online content for executives at Microsoft, Jae collapsed from stress-related adrenal failure directly attributed to the way she was living her life. This life-altering experience propelled Jae deep into research on human behavior, neuroscience, organizational relationship systems, co-active coaching, Eastern philosophy, and leadership development. The result was The Awareness Framework and content offerings designed to meet employees where they are and ultimately empower them to make the choice to own their life.

Jae has an extensive 16-year background in writing and communication with a master’s degree in communication management from Colorado State University and a bachelor’s degree in broadcast communication from Metropolitan State College of Denver. Jae is also the founding member of The Empowerment Alliance and a member of the Greater Good Science Center, Center for Right Relationships and the Society for Human Resource Management. She holds certificates in co-active coaching and organizational relationship systems coaching, and actively pursues additional training and certification on related topics.

Jae’s journey to balance and the Awareness Framework

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The Awareness Framework is a methodology developed by WLB Consulting Group founder Jae Ellard to identify blocking behaviors and create opportunities to improve organizational communication and relationships. Based on Jae’s personal experience, years of research, and hundreds of interviews and workshops, the framework is designed to empower employees to create awareness around their behavior, identify the impact of their behavior, and seek better results.

It's widely known that behavior has an impact and that there is a result, whether intentional or unintentional, related to the behavior. When people choose to or are empowered to become more aware of their behavior (hence the name), they are able to be more accountable in their roles and to their teams, more authentic in their communication, and more awake in their environment (both literally and figuratively). The impact to the team and organization is a shift in the team’s ability to be more innovative and more productive on multiple levels. The result is sustainable success for both the organization and the employee.