Dr. Janine Elias PCC, NBC-HWC
Founder & President
I’m delighted that you are exploring the many opportunities of working with us here at Elias Institute of Professional Coaching. We take a systems approach to coaching, leadership development, and organizational wellness.
I’m excited to share with you how we came about and my vision for expanding the evolution of leadership, advancing the field of coaching, and building a community of support for those who protect and serve.
Skills
Programs with Heart
My work isn’t just a job or a career its a calling. I didn’t have a convental start. I dropped out of high school and became a business owner with a partner who was embezzling funds. I soon realized I needed a formal education and went back to school.
When I took my first college class on management I was shocked at how many people who haden’t even had a job that were taking a course on management. I remember thinking, “How can you lean how to manage people and eventually lead if you have no context of the matterials applicaitons?”
Key point being “context of application” also know as transfer of training.
I spent the rest of my college career, much to the frustration of my professors, persistently asking, “How does this apply to the job?”
These life experiences rooted in passion and courosity are the foundation of all of the work I do. How I lead, devleop training matterial, and who I choose to work with is all about principle centered application.
You might be wondering – this is function – where’s the “heart” part of programs with heart? Keep reading…
Business Consulting
I began as a small business consultant in 2001. Supporting small business that were ready to scale yet didn’t have the infrastructure to grow. Later moving to midsize enterprises that wanted to scale to sell.
Coaching
After dropping out of high school I went to beauty school and bought into a full service salon. While doing hair, I often felt like a counselor and decided to go to school to become a therapist and completed a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology. While in my internship I discovered I was very goal oriented and realized coaching was a better path for my unique talents. More about this later.
Working with Senior Level Leadership
I began focusing my work with senior levels of leadership while providing consulting services and implementing change initiatives within organizations. I quickly learned engagement with the senior levels of leadership was essential for successful implementation and outcomes. I’ve found that senior levels of leadership are often an untapped resource.
Providing Formal Coach Training
As I mention on our about page, you can go into any company anywhere in the world and hear a senior level leader tell an operational leader to coach their followers – becoming frustrated when they’re not getting the outcomes their looking for. The problem being, what their doing isn’t actually coaching! To combat this problem I began teaching leaders basic formal coaching skills with tremendous results and now I provide specialized coach training specifically for leaders to develop hardy and resilient teams and an organizational culture of wellness and community engagement!
A Promise Made with Love
In 2004, the trajectory of my career shifted, with a phone call from my cousin Sgt Glyn Elias, returning from his second tour in Iraq. He called me crying. His 3rd friend that month had died by suicide. He pleaded with me to help; he insisted that I promise.
That promise, made with love, changed the course of my career.
Inspired by Glyn, In 2006, I went to my first Center for Deployment Psychology training. I returned to train mental health professionals in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for War Related PTSD. I worked closely with military personnel and their families assisting with reintegration.
I went on to combine what I had learned in my decades of working as a business and leadership consultant and coach with the unique experiences of military and emergency response personnel specializing in hardiness, resiliency, stress management, transfer of training, change initiatives, formal coach training, and organizational wellness.
In 2021, I began working with Law Enforcement providing a 6 Week Leadership Group Coaching: Transformational Leadership & Crisis Response to mitigate the stressors of the pandemic, social unrest, and stress management.
I continued to modify my training programs and conduct research on resiliency, effective leadership to reduce the negative impact of prolonged stress, and permacrisis.
Leading to My Commitment to Close the Resiliency Training Gap by taking a Coach Approach
Resiliency training is designed to help people cope with adversity, adapt to change, and overcome challenges.
Resilience is an essential skill for police, military personnel, and first responders due to the constant stressful and adverse situations they are subjected to during the performance of their duties. Making resiliency training central to their wellbeing. In 2009, the US Army implemented a Master Resilience Training.
In 2022, Walter Reed conducted an evaluation of the Master Resilience Training program, with a recommendation to shift to a coaching and leadership approach. (Krust et. al., 2022)
My Goal
Closing the Resiliency Training Gap with Formal Coach Training
Leadership is Key to Resiliency
Therapist Trained in Resiliency Leadership Coaching & First Responder Culture
Resiliency Leaders Certified
Over a Period of 24 Months
Professional Coaches to Support Ongoing Implementation Efforts
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LA Wildfires
Our coaching program offers a proactive and holistic approach to addressing the mental and emotional toll of the Los Angeles Wildfires on key community members.
By equipping first responders with the tools to navigate trauma and foster resilience, we aim to create lasting positive impacts that extend beyond the immediate crisis.
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Host Trainings
We are looking for first response agencies to host our coaching and training events within your departments to make our services easily available to your firefighters and officers. We will come to you and provide the coaching services and training opportunities. Hosting these events in house reduces overtime required for program attendance and removes blocks to services by creating ease of access.
Partner & Sponsor
We welcome the opportunity to collaborate and bring this vision to life. Together, we can support those who dedicate their lives to serving others and rebuild stronger, more resilient communities. We’re accepting sponsorships to provide coaching support and training initiatives for Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® as well as scholarships to train and certify coaches, mental health professionals, and trainers allowing us to expand these vital services throughout Los Angeles communities in need.
Dr. Janine’s Qualifications
CSUN Educational Leadership
Doctorate degree 2015 – 2019
Philips Graduate Institute: Clinical Psychology
Masters degree 1998 – 2001
Antioch University, Santa Barbara: Psychology
Bachelors degree 1996 – 1998
Los Angeles Pierce College: Business Management
Assocate of Arts degree 1992 – 1995
International Coach Federation: Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
Certified Coach & Level 1 & 2 Coach Certification Programs Approved Provider
National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC)
Certified Coach (NBC-HEC) and Continuing Education Provider
California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Continuing Education Provider
Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Continuing Education Provider
Master Trainer for the Hardiness Resiliency Gauge (HRG)
Certify Practitioners to Administer and Debrief the Assessment
Emotional Intelligence & Leadership 360°, Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), & the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Certified to Administer and Debrief Assessment
Member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Since 2024
Grief Recovery Specialist
Since 2013