Jennifer DePaola

Developing Authentic Leaders and Leadership Teams

25+ years of human resources and talent management experience​
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Expert at developing effective leaders and leadership teams

Believes in a people-first approach to business

​Lives in Arkansas, travels as needed

Jennifer DePaola is an accomplished human resources executive with a proven track record of achieving strategic business results and strategic change. She leverages deep business expertise and applies it to enterprise-wide leadership, talent, and executive team development. Jennifer is a pragmatic, results-driven leader that puts people's development at the core of her initiatives to ensure long-term success and sustainability of all deliverables. Jennifer has a passion for leadership development and team development and has worked with many leadership teams to align and strengthen their trust and commitments to each other and to company results. 

Jennifer is also well versed in change management and has led several organizational change efforts in a variety of industries and organizations. She knows what levers to pull to help teams and organizations move through change most effectively.

Jennifer has earned a reputation for people-first, business-focused results. Her efforts are characterized by trust-based, collaborative, innovative and practical solutions that are scalable and sustainable. She brings out the best in people and instills confidence and competence in those she partners with. 

​She applies her deep business expertise to all talent development, including enterprise-wide leadership and executive team development. She believes in putting people’s development at the core of initiatives to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of all strategic initiatives.

You can learn more about Jennifer on her website.

"I have worked with Jennifer over the last several months. She has been a fabulous thought partner helping me to think through what our organization needs to develop exceptional talent. She has brought both strategic thinking and operational acumen helping us to develop our LTD team and capabilities. Her work is very high quality, always meets time constraints, and takes into account our culture and our people. Beyond that she is a pleasure to work with and makes getting the work done easy. She is someone who comes in and quickly gets results and makes a difference."
~ Carolyn Kenny - CHRO, ANH Healthcare

ALL Testimonials

Carolyn Kenny - CHRO, ANH Healthcare
“I have worked with Jennifer over the last several months. She has been a fabulous thought partner helping me to think through what our organization needs to develop exceptional talent. She has brought both strategic thinking and operational acumen helping us to develop our LTD team and capabilities. Her work is very high quality, always meets time constraints, and takes into account our culture and our people. Beyond that she is a pleasure to work with and makes getting the work done easy. She is someone who comes in and quickly gets results and makes a difference."

Chuck Leu - VP, Total Rewards, The Key
“Redwood Leaders (Jennifer DePaola) was instrumental in our successful Workday go-live. With a short deployment window and big-bang development, we needed a partner who could not only understand our business needs but also quickly develop customized change management programs to foster quick adoption. Jennifer took the challenge head-on and developed a comprehensive change management program that resulted in an immediate adoption rate of over 90%."

Christopher Kane - Managing Director, Obsidian Holdings
“Working with Jennifer is a pleasure. She is easy to get along with and brings valuable knowledge and insights to the table. I would happily work with her again and recommend her to anyone."