Redefine Success Without Entrepreneur Burnout and Achieve Sustainable Business Growth
Mission
Intentional Empowerment exists to help small businesses unlock sustainable growth by aligning people, processes, and purpose, without the burnout. We combine results-driven strategy with emotional intelligence to support leaders, empower employees, and design workplaces that work for real people with real lives. Our goal is to create win-win workplaces where businesses grow and employees thrive.
Vision
To redefine success in the workplace by proving that human-centered leadership, flexible systems, and inclusive strategies aren't just ethical, they are profitable. We envision a future where small businesses thrive not through hustle, but through intentional empowerment. Creating cultures where people can grow, contribute, and belong.
Jess Sumerak
CEO & President
Jess Sumerak is a workforce development and business strategy expert with over 20 years of experience helping companies build stronger teams, improve efficiency, and create workplaces where employees thrive. Based in Twinsburg, Ohio, she specializes in talent development, operational strategy, and employee engagement, bringing a people-focused, results-driven approach to every organization she works with.
With a background in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, she's designed leadership training programs, streamlined onboarding processes, and implemented employee engagement initiatives that have increased retention and productivity. She's led projects that reduced training time while improving knowledge retention, helped businesses refine their hiring strategies to attract top talent, and developed performance metrics that gave leaders clearer insights into their teams’ strengths.
She believes that when employees feel valued and supported, businesses perform better. That’s why she focuses on creating customized workforce solutions that not only enhance operational efficiency but also foster a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation. Whether it’s through team-building programs, leadership coaching, or process improvements, her goal is to help businesses and their employees succeed together.
If you’re looking to strengthen your workforce, improve operations, or enhance employee experience, she'd love to connect and explore how she can help. Let’s build a better workplace—one where people and business thrive together.
Research & Expertise
Published Works
How Involuntary Part-Time Employment is correlated with Life Satisfaction in the U.S.A.
August 2023
International Journal of New Technology and Research (IJNTR) ISSN: 2454-4116, Volume-9, Issue-8, August 2023 Pages 11-32
