Ann Van Eron PhD

Ann Van Eron, PhD, MCC is CEO and founder of Potentials, a global coaching and leadership development firm. With over thirty years of experience, Ann has dedicated her career to guiding leaders and teams toward creating positive environments where people engage in open-minded and productive conversations that lead to unparalleled relationships, positive results, and overall wellbeing. Potentials has been engaged in supporting organizational culture change, executive coaching, team coaching, and providing leadership mindset and skill development. Certified as a somatic Master Coach and organization development consultant, Ann works with leaders, teams, and organizations to create open-minded, collaborative, and engaged environments. Ann has a doctorate in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She is the author of OASIS Conversations: Leading with an Open Mindset to Maximize Potential and Open Stance: Thriving Amid Differences and Uncertainty. She is the co-author of JOYBeing: Connecting With Your Essence and the Rhythm of Life to Thrive and Inspire. Ann focuses on creating awareness and meaningful connections, enhancing emotional and social intelligence, fostering engaging conversations, inspiring joy, supporting transformational change, and realizing potential. Signature leadership development programs include OASIS Conversations, Open Stance Leadership, Cultivating Team Culture, The Coach Approach for Leaders, Cultivating JOYBeing, and more. Ann trains facilitators to lead Open Stance Circles that create community and support people in being open-minded. She works with a diverse range of leaders and organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. Clients include CVS Health, the United Nations, The World Bank, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Ford Motor. Ann lives in Chicago.