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Jo has been instrumental in my career in Elite Sport. I have worked with Jo for a number of years, through multiple Olympic/Paralympic cycles.
Her support and empathetic challenge has been a critical tool for me as I’ve navigated the challenges of leadership in high-pressure, fast-moving environments.”
“Jo has been instrumental in my career in Elite Sport. I have worked with Jo for a number of years, through multiple Olympic/Paralympic cycles.
Her support and empathetic challenge has been a critical tool for me as I’ve navigated the challenges of leadership in high-pressure, fast-moving environments.”
Managing Director
UK Sports Institute
Do you have high aspirations for your career?
Do you want to achieve those, thrive and enjoy it all at the same time?
I’ve got a global HR background and have spent the last 30 years in the learning and development space, helping people to grow and achieve their goals.
Education
Holding degrees in: Business, Education and Psychology, I'm passionate about helping people put the habits, processes and inspiration around them to be at their best. To sustain their growth trajectory.
Experience
With thousands of hours of Exec coaching experience under my belt underpinned by decades worth of corporate experience, I help leaders who are under pressure in high stakes, high profile environments to thrive.
So, what do I do?
Fundamentally, I help people
Work can be overwhelming at times. I work with lots of people who’ve been on all sorts of courses and learnt all sorts of leadership theories but what they’re really struggling with is what to do on a Tuesday morning when they’ve got 382 emails, 3 deadlines to meet and 2 people off sick……as well as trying to deliver on strategic goals and personal dreams and ambitions! That’s a BIG ask!!
So, what I do is help you to navigate that in an effective and enjoyable way. Together we find practical solutions to workplace challenges as well as enabling you to find time for the rest of your life.
I help you: At work and in building sustainable practices so that you can thrive and be successful in your work as well as being able to make time for all the other things that you want to do. That might be spending time with your family, staying (getting!) fit, or even building hovercrafts!
Whatever it is, I support you to achieve what’s important to you.
I’m not a life coach. Your career, your ambition and the rest of your life have to fit together somehow. I work with you to make all of that happen.
Are you?
Feeling as if you and your organisation are under great scrutiny from the media, on social media or in your sector?
Holding high expectations of yourself, your team and your organisation to deliver?
Taking on new professional challenges which are super exciting for you AND you need some external support and encouragement to meet.
Seeking to achieve all of the above whilst sustaining relationships, health and interests outside of work?
Services
Executive Coaching
A completely bespoke approach where we’ll work together on the challenges that you're facing in the workplace and how we can best tackle those for you your organisation and your whole life.
Team Coaching
I offer Team Coaching which works through the issues that teams need to address in order to enjoy and thrive in delivering on those high expectations.
Coach and Consultancy Supervision
My hope is always to support coaches in supervision at a pace which is appropriate to both their personal development and the needs of their practice.
Workshops and Keynote Speaking
These sessions offer the opportunity for large audiences to be enthused together about simple pragmatic techniques that they can use to energise and refresh their work lives every day.
About me
I founded my business in 2004, and have built a successful coaching and people development practice, working with senior leaders from a variety of sectors, including high performance sport, leading global academic institutions, owner entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses as well as many public and private sector clients.
Jo combined deep organisational insight with extensive experience in her consultancy work alongside me, playing a key role in developing our organisational coaching strategy. She also led impactful coaching supervision work, offering invaluable guidance and support to our internal coaches. Professional, knowledgeable, and highly collaborative, Jo was a genuine pleasure to work with over the three years we worked together.”
Head of Coaching
Russell Group University
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Telephone
(+44) 7977 486129
jo@josmith.co.uk