Meet Jaynie Nucete

(she/ella)

I am a facilitator, trainer, and mediator working at the intersection of self-awareness and systemic change.

I am here to help you see yourself & your world more clearly so you can move through anything that keeps you from your truest self, your most effective team, and your joyful community.

Here’s how I approach our work together

Insider / Outsider

I am talented at getting to know an organization and adapt my approach to your culture and needs.

My clients consistently think of me as an "insider/outsider" -- someone who can bring that outside, industry-wide perspective in a way that feels tailored and internalized to the organization.

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Connect the dots

Oftentimes the challenges we face seem like they’re individual when they’re actually a symptom of the bigger systems in which we are operating.

In our work together, we’ll connect the dots between individual choices and impact on the teams, communities, and systems which affect us — so you can then make choices that ripple across those systems and make an outsized impact in your world.

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Facilitated Learning & Practice

Through workshops, coaching, and consultation we:  

  • Develop mindsets, skills, and practices you need to engage your most challenging conversations, disagreements, and negotiations with confidence

  • Help your team articulate and practice how you will work together toward your goals

  • Facilitate leadership culture development and organizational change through conversations that enable deeper insight and connection

  • Advise organizations seeking integrate into their work an understanding of systemic oppression and embodying liberation.

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Lenses

There are a lot of models and frameworks out there, and I find that people are often looking for "the right one", the one that will help them make sense of complex and tenacious problems.

Sometimes we find one and stick with it, and it becomes our way of dealing with every situation that comes our way. I have learned is that there is no single framework, model, or belief system that can do that job. There are insights to gain from each of them, especially if used at the right time and in the right context. Instead, we need to experiment with different approaches until we get really good at picking the right tool for the situation.

I like to think of this as finding a lens that helps us see more clearly.

Anyone who has been to the optometrist has had to pick between lenses to find clarity ("Is it 1 or 2? 2 or 3?") And the reality is that their lens prescription is customized to bring clarity.

For individuals, teams, organizations, and communities, we ask a similar question: which of these ways of thinking about or working with your challenges is bringing clarity? How might you use these lenses to sort through complexity and find your way forward?

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Background & Experience

For 25+ years I have helped individuals and teams develop the skills and capacity to navigate internal and interpersonal challenges. I have worked across sectors and geography with clients in for-profit, non-profit, and public service in the U.S., Middle East, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

My clients are teams, organizations, and communities who share big goals but struggle to move forward together because their experiences, ideas, or approaches are different: teams with poor communication, communities in conflict, and leaders struggling to shift away from what worked before to what is needed now.

  • In the private sector, I facilitate workshops and deliver training in leadership, communication, difficult conversations, and negotiation for Fortune 500 companies in energy, healthcare, consumer packaged goods, food & beverages, and banking.

  • In the public sector, I design and deliver training in collaborative negotiation and consensus building for federal managers, non-profit leaders, higher education, congressional staff, civil society leaders, youth-at-risk, the World Bank Group, and the World Health Organization.

  • I also support organizations in the early stages of implementing their strategy for equity, inclusion, and diversity.

I teach a course for emerging leaders at Tufts University, where my students and I grapple with the big questions and everyday practices needed to lead in a world that keeps serving up fresh challenges.

Previously, I was a field instructor and program manager for Outward Bound where I spent 800+ days leading wilderness expeditions through challenging terrain - and often more challenging group dynamics - in the U.S. and Mexico.

I speak English & Spanish, and I dabbled ever-so-briefly and delightedly in Italian.