Lifetime Achievement Award 
Presented to
Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom
for Stewardship of a Nurturing and Sustainable World
Ceremony held via zoom October 26, 2022 at 10am Eastern
Video of the event
Opening Comments
Laura: “Welcome everyone, to this celebration of Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom!
Thank you for being here today for the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony honoring our dear colleague and friend, Jeannine. We will be recording today’s session.
I’m Laura Berman Fortgang, your emcee for today’s event.
In Hollywood, when a supremely talented professional reaches a pinnacle of performance and achievement that deserves honoring, they are presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Last year we presented this award to Dr. Bill Bergquist.
Today’s ceremony allows us to express our heartfelt gratitude to Jeannine as we honor her with a Lifetime Achievement Award. It’s a joy to see so many dear friends and colleagues from all over the world gathered here today in Jeannine’s honor. The Library of Professional Coaching is delighted to recognize the enduring impact of Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom’s lifetime of service to people throughout the world through her contributions to the coaching profession, leadership development and community development. Her work has impacted and touched so many people around the world, and today you will hear all about her impact.
And, like any good awards show, we have some entertainment!”
SONG: Laura sings opening to “Jeannine” to tune of Mame song
AGENDA:
Laura: “Here’s how today’s ceremony will unfold: Beginning shortly, and throughout our time together, we will invite people to share stories, memories, or appreciative words about the impact Jeannine has had in the world.
We will share some of the written comments that have been submitted for Jeannine by those who could not be here today.
We will present Jeannine with the award.
Jeannine will have the opportunity to say whatever she wants to say to all of us.
We will open it up to any additional informal comments afterwards.
After today’s event, we will be creating a special segment on the Library of Professional Coaching for Jeannine’s award that will include the video of this session, so if you need to leave early, that’s not a problem. Once it’s posted on the Library of Professional Coaching you will be able to comment on the site directly, and we invite your comments there as well.
I’ll ask that we keep our comments brief to allow time for as many people as possible to share their thoughts. I’m sure we could all speak at length about our dear Jeannine, but we will do our best to manage our time as best we can so we have time for everyone.”
Lyrics to the original song:
A collaboration between Bill Berquist and Laura Berman Fortgang to the tune of MAME
Written comments submitted ahead by Jeannine’s admirers:
- Hi, Like to add my congratulations to Dr. Jeannie Sandstrom and her well-deserved lifetime achievement award.I met her more than 25 years ago through coaching and throughout that time have watched, learned and listened as she gave coaching legs.You’ve come a long way baby;)!Kudos!mike jay
- Unfortunately, I cannot attend the award recognition ceremony for Jeannine Sandstrom on Oct 26 because of a client engagement. However, I would like to say that Jeannine was my coach over 20 years ago and had a significant impact on my coaching and my life. I’m only one of the many lives she has impacted and believe this is a very fitting award to bestow on her. There are MANY funny stories I could share over the years but I love her too much to embarrass her today. Instead, I would like to make sure that everyone understands how to spell her name correctly by teaching you to spell it the way she taught me — her name is spelled Jean-9 (“nine”). I hear that in my head EVERY.TIME I type her name. 😊 Congratulations to my dear friend!All the best, Jane Creswell, MCC
- How does a linguist turned banker become an executive coach in two years? I studied, practiced, reframed and reinvented myself at Jeannine (and Lee Smith’s) knee. She has remained my inspiring, affectionate, cheerful and wise role model in so many regards. Who else can guide you about a tricky CEO coaching dilemma, and follow it up with a hearty laugh in her best singing voice?
Your friend for life, Agi Agnes Mura, MA MCC
- To whom it May Concern,
I would like to offer a statement in honor of Jeannine Sandstrom and the
Lifetime Achievement Award from Library of Professional Coaching she is receiving on October 26.
As her current pastor, I have witnessed Jeannine’s faith lived out through her personal and professional life. She is deeply committed to the well being and wholeness of all with whom she works. She listens so well to the needs of those she serves with a Christian heart of compassion and caring. As she engages deeply, her insights into individual intentions are profound. She can see systems at work within an individual and offer a hard word to hear with an assurance of grace. Her perspective working with so many professionals with so much experience provides hope for a way forward as she sees and believes the best in her clients. I believe this is one of the many ways her faith shines through. For she sees the holy possibility in people and offers a sacred space in which to share. Her clients can speak honestly with her because they know she will be honest with them and offer a way forward believing in their best selves. Her wholehearted commitment to improving the lives of her clients offers a self sacrificial love in the time and commitment of others. I am so thankful for the message of hope and health Jeannine has been in my life personally and how she has offered the same for other staff in our church. Her witness allows people to realize that their professional lives are a path in which their faith and discipleship is lived daily. Thank you Jeannine for your faithful witness in so many peoples lives! Alexandra Robinson - Comments for Jeannine Sandstrom’s award ceremony.When I think of Jeannine, I think of two words: Brilliant and Fun. Every conversation is full of laughs and new insights. Thank you, Jeannine, for being a great mentor for me and partnering on great work at CHRISTUS. Your legacy lives on here. Cheers to you! Lisa Reynolds, Ph D, SPHR
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Jeannine and I met many years ago through a Netweavers Forum and I felt an instant connection to her. As our relationship developed she became a trusted advisor and friend. Jeannine has a way about her that makes you instantly trust her. Her thoughtful feedback, humor and open heart have endeared her not only to me but many, many others. I eventually asked Jeannine to serve on the Advisory Board of our company as I found her insights to be extremely valuable along with her way of helping you consider and reflect on the options of any scenario. I consider Jeannine a true friend and know she is truly deserving of this award and am so happy to see her recognized for her abilities and talents and her leadership in this profession. Tanis Cornell
- Dr. J has been a tireless and humble role model for gracefully coaching to the edge, which Shirley Anderson defined as “telling the truth with love”. Madeleine Homan Blanchard
- “I’ve enjoyed knowing this brilliant lady for over 25 years.
She designed and built her own mentoring business, volunteered often, and combined all that with a full life – husband and home, many travels, countless friends. Plus, she did it all with elegance and grace. What a wonderful role model she is for young, dedicated people everywhere.It’s beyond gratifying to see her receive such well deserved recognition in her field.I’m very proud to be one of her friends. Mary Bradley - 12 years ago, I set out to find the best coaching education process in the industry and ended up training at the Coach University. Upon graduation my organization realized it was not practical to involve leader managers in the lengthy Coach U training process, so we looked for the best short coaching clinic and was led to the Coach Clinic again at Coach U. After training for several years in the Coach Clinic we found we needed a Leadership model that would seamlessly integrate into a coaching culture and found the Legacy Leadership® Model and was trained in it. When we sought these training’s, we researched them separately but landed upon each independently. What was amazing, at the end of the journey we realized that each of these training’s emanated from the same team – The Coachworks International® LLC Company of which Jeannine is the principal. I have had the tremendous privilege to walk with and train under Dr. J and have benefited tremendously. She has truly been a mentor to me both directly and indirectly through her gracious modeling the true characteristics of a Legacy Leader®. I wish to add my congratulations in this celebration to express my sincere gratitude for the investments she has made in my life and those I now have the privilege to train. Dr. J you rock.Gary Charles
Dr. Gary C. Patterson, M. Div., Th. M., D. D., PCC -
When I looked around for who would be an amazing coach to get me started on my new career, Jeannine was my first choice. I was nervous asking, but she was so welcoming- it was an amazing way to begin my new life. Over the years you have been a mentor, friend and inspiration. So much love to you at this milestone in your life.
Carollyne Conlinn, MBA, MPH, MCC - The contribution that Jeannine Sandstrom has made to the coaching profession is significant. And it doesn’t stop there. The contribution Jeannine has made to leadership and it’s connection to coaching is well documented and significant. Her legacy will live on and on in the bodies of knowledge for both coaching and leadership. Thousands of coaches and organizational leaders have benefited from the concepts, models and principles Jeannine so thoughtfully researched and created. All that, plus she is a lovely, humble and caring human being anyone would be proud to call a colleague and friend. I certainly do. Congratulations Jeannine, Cheryl Smith MCC
- I planned to be at the celebration tomorrow of Jeannine Sandstrom’s Lifetime Achievement….but jury duty called. However, please add into the mix, this note of congratulations for a life well lived.Jeannine has been a role model for coaches, especially for us Master Coaches. Jeannine was creating the conversations before we knew we needed a conversation. This is certainly because she is an outstanding coach. Her coaching skill shows even in casual conversation. In addition she is an outstanding thought leader: blazing the trail years ago with her Legacy Leadership products . She was way out front with tools for both coaches and leaders. So her achievements truly have been over a lifetime. But the very best part about Jeannine is how you feel in her warm presence. Jeannine radiates positivity. She is encouraging as well as challenging. She is a compassionate uplifting presence no matter what situation we are discussing. Jeannine is just a very cool person, and I feel t has been a gift to know her and to love her.Congratulations my Friend ! And looking forward to whatever you decide to do next !Big Hugs, Val Williams, MCC
- This is a short video for Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom’s online awards party scheduled for this Wednesday at 10 am. I am her first cousin Robert H. Driskill and I think the material contained will be very interesting to Jeannine and her colleagues. I hope you can show it during her party.
- Jeannine is a very special lady. She may look elegantly polished, buttoned up, perfectly coiffed, in her signature fabulous jackets, but beneath that cultivated, poised, and proper exterior lies an adventurous, world-traveling, rule-breaker.A self-defined rebel, who doesn’t like to color within the lines. She’s a brilliant colleague and dear friend, and has contributed so very much to the coaching community.I know this because 30 years ago when I entered the field, Jeannine was already running things! Her company, Coachworks, was the first formal coaching company website ever established. She wrote Legacy Leadership, and she developed the Coaching Clinic which became Corporate Coach U, the first global public coach training program for professional leadership coaches. She and her partner Dr. Lee Smith organized the first couple of Executive Coaching Summits, which for a while were held every year for 10 years immediately before the ICF conferences. That’s where I first met Jeannine in person. It was 1999 and she was running the ECS for the second time.Jeannine came to the very first ICCO symposium we held. And we got to see each other several times a year all over the country at ECS, ICCO, CAM, ICF conferences, and we even got to work together a few times coaching executives at Linkage and coaching TED Fellows through SupporTED. Some of us formed the SPS – a traveling mastermind group.So I have had the pleasure of knowing, learning from, and laughing with this wild woman for decades now. She’s always willing to be a thought partner on some new coaching entity we’re plotting, and she always says yes to any sort of interesting travel, and most of all I appreciate Jeannine’s penchant for mischief.If you know the Harry Potter books you’ll remember the Marauder’s Map. After using this magical map, to hide it, the wizards must tap it and say, “mischief managed”. I can’t think of a better way to sum up Jeannine. Mischief Managed! Suzi Pomerantz, MCC
Comments in the zoom chat during the event:
Bev Wright:
- I still have the materials that Jeannine and her coach partner created when I first started my journey as a coach. She has always been welcoming to be a new coach and is someone I have long admired as a colleague. Thank you for your many contributions.
Agnes Mura:
- Jeannine, you and Lee accelerated my becoming a professional coach more than anyone else in the mid-nineties. Inviting me and encouraging me to feel capable and a sort of junior peer early on immediately turbo-charged my commitment to become a true professional by never stopping my coach education – which started with you. That we have found ways to remain both work colleagues and “tele-tea friends” never stops enriching me. I love you dearly!
Tamera Bennet:
- Thank you for allowing me to be a part of celebrating Jeannine!
Carollyne Conllin:
- Jeannine, this gathering reminds me of what I’ve heard from you so often- how the coaches in your world are your family. What a productive family you have grown! So grateful to be part of your amazing coaching family.
Proclamation and award
Whereas… Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom has been a vital contributor to the evolution of the coaching profession, and
Whereas… Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom exemplifies the qualities of a compassionate leader in all of her professional works, and
Whereas… the work of Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom contributes to a sustainable world, and
Whereas… Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom willingly offers her mind, body and spirit to fulfill the needs of others, and
Whereas… The Library of Professional Coaching wishes to recognize Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom’s dedication to the field of professional coaching and to a sustainable world with a meaningful, long-lasting tribute;
Be it therefore resolved that The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to
Dr. Jeannine Sandstrom.
PROCLAIMED this 26th day of October, 2022.
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