Testimonials

Jo invested a lot of time and effort in developing a performance culture in the team, underpinned by effective planning and communication processes. Jo suggested and implemented a range of new processes that brought rigour to the Group operations and performance planning processes.

Thanks so much for facilitating our Board planning process – I’m really thankful for the great job that you did holding it all together. I felt that it was spot on in terms of what we needed to be addressing as a Board, and you helped us to stay on track. There is a lot I and the rest of the Board can now work with moving forward.

Thank you, Jo, for your inspiring and informative talk on “How to develop a high-performance mindset”. The use of your life experiences as a passionate outdoor adventurer and former National champion and Australian representative down-hill skier to covey your message was well received. The measure of this was shown by the high number of people who came up to you afterwards to discuss your talk further.

During our coaching I found your input to be insightful and of great benefit. You were always very upbeat and optimistic and I found this contagious during our conversations and for some time afterwards. The questions you put to me were always from an impartial point of view and from a completely different perspective to how I was thinking about things. This allowed me to look at matters from a new and clearer perspective which I was struggling to do.

I undertook coaching to help me handle the pressure of managing a diverse project team tasked to formulate the technical aspect of a high-level public document for state government. Thanks to Jo, I gained a lot of insight regarding myself that helped me perform well in coordinating a project under challenging conditions.  I was able to investigate my core personal values, set personal goals, frame strategic issues and develop a plan of action for handling them. These coaching sessions gave me a chance to pause and reflect on my personal journey to clarify what I wanted out of the project and create a script for dealing with difficult people and situations. The time I spent with an external coach was well worth it.

I don’t know where to start in saying thank you for our sessions. The program exceeded my expectations. You have a depth of knowledge and experience from which I’ve gained significantly and I can’t thank you enough. I realise that confidence at interview comes from hard work and clear goals.

Jo was a guest speaker at a recent nationwide ATO learning and development event with the theme of 'Taking charge of your career'. Jo's topic was "What's happiness got to do with career development?". Over 300 people attended the presentation via tele-conference with Jo taking questions via text from around the country. Her presentation was polished, insightful, informative, inspirational and appealed across the board to the wide range of employees attending. Many thanks Jo for a wonderful experience.

Thank you again for your help! The interview went very well and they reference-checked me as soon as I walked out and offered me the job an hour later!! I'm in shock!!! I'm completely convinced my session with you pushed me over the line for that job! It was extremely helpful, not just from a practical point of view of how to address questions etc, but also from a psychological point of view as it helped alleviate some of my anxiety about it.

Jo assisted me to identify a number of skills and also experience that I already had which I alone could not see. My assumption of not having these skills held me back from applying for higher level positions. As a result of coaching I was able to see the number of skills I had which resulted in me applying for and achieving a higher-level position.