--- title: "How 20-Plus Years in the Marines Equipped ILEC's Newest Coach To Help Business Leaders Thrive" url: https://burnaze.com/article/e722a541-ea81-4bdf-a2b3-91d2b7d11998 source: "1851 Franchise" original_url: https://1851franchise.com/how-20-plus-years-in-the-marines-equipped-ilecs-newest-coach-to-help-business-leaders-thrive-2717833 category: "General" published: 2022-01-25T17:12:00.000Z modified: 2026-11-01T02:12:13.588Z image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/34946c9284267ccfd86cdf17751eda495033.jpg --- # How 20-Plus Years in the Marines Equipped ILEC's Newest Coach To Help Business Leaders Thrive **TL;DR:** Jean Durham, a 22-year Marine Corps veteran, joins Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching (ILEC) as an executive coach. Durham will leverage her experience to help business leaders thrive, particularly women in the film and entertainment industry. *originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-01-25. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/how-20-plus-years-in-the-marines-equipped-ilecs-newest-coach-to-help-business-leaders-thrive-2717833).* ## Story Jean Durham, a 22-year Marine Corps Communication Strategy and Operations Officer, knows the meaning of perseverance and teamwork. Now she is leveraging her experience with those concepts as an executive coach at Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching (ILEC), the world’s top executive coaching franchise. “It is my desire to help leaders become the absolute best versions of themselves,'' said Durham, who is currently transitioning out of the Marine Corps and was recently certified as an Intelligent Leadership Executive Coach. “I want to help change the world.” Durham says there is no shortage of skills she picked up in the Marine Corps that promise to transfer well into coaching executives, including organizational skills and knowing that hard work, loyalty and teamwork are musts to accomplish just about anything. “I am ready to start working with and helping people with the same drive, compassion, understanding, and sense of adventure that I possess,” said Durham. Durham says she knew immediately when researching the brand that ILEC was the right choice for her. “ILEC was brand new on the market, and that is right when I was working with a transition coach,” stated Durham. “I read their purpose and fell in love with their mission.” Durham says she chose ILEC over starting her own business because it allows her to work within a proven system that works while still being an entrepreneur who can pursue her passions. “Jean's natural enthusiasm and passion for coaching will be an asset to the ILEC brand,” explains ILEC founder, John Mattone. “She brings a dynamic, inspiring perspective that I’m sure her clients will love.” In particular, Durham feels passionate about supporting women within the film and entertainment industry, which is still primarily male dominated. With ILEC, Durham will be coaching women to be the best versions of themselves. Based out of Savannah, Georgia, Durham’s areas of reach will be in film- and entertainment-industry heavy cities including New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. “I choose the entertainment industry because it is very male dominated, and there are so many talented women in the industry that go unnoticed,” said Durham. Firm in her belief that coaching helps leaders become better versions of themselves, Durham is motivated to help those who are ready to improve themselves, and their workplaces, and get them where they need to be. And by using the ILEC method, Durham is motivated to build stronger leaders, cultures and drive results to unleash maximum potential in the workplace. Established in 2010, Co-Founder John Mattone is globally recognized as the world’s #1 authority on Intelligent Leadership (IL), the world’s top executive coach, and the pioneer of the unique, powerful and game-changing Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching® blueprint for success. Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching® (ILEC) is the world’s top executive coaching franchise dedicated to growing leaders, building cultures, and driving results. The ILEC unique coaching methodology provides a proven philosophy, system and tools to empower leaders and future leaders to unlock and unleash their potential. ## Entities - 1851 Franchise (publication) - General (sector) - leadership development (topic) - Marine Corps (company) - executive coaching (topic) - women in entertainment (topic) --- Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/how-20-plus-years-in-the-marines-equipped-ilecs-newest-coach-to-help-business-leaders-thrive-2717833). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e722a541-ea81-4bdf-a2b3-91d2b7d11998).