Jeanie Duncan

Jeanie Duncan is an executive and team coach who works with Fortune 100 and 500 companies, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations navigating complex change.

With 25+ years as a CEO, advisor, and strategist, she helps leaders align with purpose and create meaningful impact.

Her best-selling memoir, Choosing Me: The Journey Home to My True Self, explores identity, alignment, power, and self-trust.

But writing the book changed her more than she expected.

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“This book wasn’t about what I had experienced. It was about who I was becoming while writing it.”

Jeanie Duncan

What Changed?

Jeanie had been writing for years.

But she wasn’t finishing.

“I needed someone to turn my homework into.”

She needed deadlines.
Rigor.
Accountability.

More importantly, she needed someone to challenge her.

After submitting her first draft, her editor said:

“This is a good book. I just don’t think it’s the book you really want to write.”

It was safe.
Polished.
Professional.

It wasn’t her.

That moment forced her to drop the corporate voice and write in her own.

“That’s when I found my voice. Truly my voice.”

Goal

  • Clarify and organize my ideas
  • Publish a legacy or mission-driven book

Constraints

  • Limited time / full-time job
  • Needed structure and accountability
  • Wanted editorial guidance, not ghostwriting

Role

  • Executive / C-suite
  • Memoir & Fiction Project