Jenny Rogers was an early entrant to the world of coaching, beginning when she ran the BBC's management development department after a career in teaching, television production and publishing. She left the BBC to start her own coaching company and has been a coach ever since, specializing in the world of senior executives. She has now been a coach for more than three decades. As well as working with her own coaching clients, she trains and supervises other coaches.


Her books range from her classic Coaching Skills: The Definitive Guide to Being a Coach to the book published in 2021, Coaching - What really Works. Penguin Random House will publish Are You Listening? in September 2021. She has also written books about how to be an excellent facilitator, how to navigate career crises and get through a job interview successfully as well as several books on psychometrics. Jenny was married for many years to the former BBC Editor and journalist Alan Rogers. He died in 2010. She lives in central London and is close to her two sons and three grandchildren. She is a keen cook, filmgoer and walker.