About Ellen McGinnis
A strong external life can still ask for a truer internal one.
I’m Ellen McGinnis, a Life and Leadership Strategist. I help women ready for more expand into more of who they are, from the inside out.
My story
From organizational change to the inner transitions that shape a life.
I spent more than twenty years in organizational development, coaching leaders and working with their teams, and became fluent in the tools of human growth.
But my own transitions asked something different of me. Career shifts, living overseas, reinvention, starting over more than once. In navigating all of it, I discovered that the tools I had used for others worked even more powerfully when I turned them inward. I developed new ones along the way. I learned to listen differently, not just to strategy or intellect, but to something deeper.
The most important work I have ever done has been my own.
That is what my work is now: helping women through the inner transitions that shape how they live, lead and choose.
How I work
Intuition belongs in serious decisions.
Discernment
Your inner knowing is information. We learn to hear it clearly, separate it from fear and habit, and take it seriously.
Professional rigour
Two decades of leadership and organizational work keep the process grounded: clear questions, honest assessment and practical next steps.
Both, together
You do not have to choose between what makes sense and what feels true. The strongest decisions use both.
The territory
Inside-Out Expansion
Inside-Out Expansion is the territory that unifies everything I do, from the workshop and cohort to private work, speaking, the podcast and the book. It starts with listening inward and ends with a life or way of leading that reflects who you are becoming.
01
Permission
To want more, without apology or explanation.
02
Voice
To say more of what is true, in life and in leadership.
03
Intuition
To trust your inner knowing in the decisions that matter.
04
Creation
To build what comes next from who you are becoming.
Experience and credentials
The work behind the work.
Background
20+ years in organizational development and leadership
Credentials
ICF Associate Certified Coach · iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram Accredited Practitioner
Leadership experience with
SAP · Workday · Kaiser · UC Berkeley · Sandia National Laboratories
As seen on
TMJ4 The Morning Blend · What’s Brewin’ Milwaukee
Speaking
On stage
Warm, grounded talks for women’s leadership groups, corporate retreats and conferences.
Podcast
Live Your Jam
Conversations for the curious and courageous, hosted by Ellen McGinnis.
Book
Living From the Inside Out
A practical guide for people ready to create what matters most.
Two invitations
Ready for what comes next?
If this is about your own next chapter, start here. If you are looking for a speaker, invite me to your stage.