Jo Willis

MA (Coaching and Mentoring) Oxford Brookes University, UK; Cert Executive & Organisational Coaching; Cert Professional Coach Supervision; Dip Counselling

Jo works in partnership with the leaders she coaches. She believes leadership is an ‘inside job’ and supports clients to define and achieve their own definition of success. Jo uses her enthusiasm and passion for growth and development to enhance the potential in both the individual and the team. 

Jo has been coaching and mentoring for 17 years and has been a Senior Advisor in Organisational Development – Leadership Development and Coaching in a large organisation as well as a leadership consultant in multiple sectors. Her first career was counselling and she is a specialist in adult adoption support.

Jo draws from a foundation of rigorous studies and empirical research coupled with an intuitive warm and person-centred approach to her coaching and mentoring. Jo facilitates change and development drawing upon transformational adult learning theory, positive psychology, neuroscience and professional coaching skills and tools. Her clients enjoy her professional, energised, relaxed and empathic coaching style.

Jo is an accredited practitioner in Human Synergistics LSI 1&2, Lominger Leadership Architect, and is a Gallup Strengths Performance coach and trainer.

“I found our time together immensely rewarding and I feel I learnt a lot about myself, particularly in relation to my leadership style. Some of the strengths of our work were: I felt my opinions were always valued and heard. Jo has a fantastically warm nature so I felt able to discuss challenges in a safe and secure environment. She also helped to dispel some myths for me, taking away the fear of the unknown, which helped me to push myself and try new approaches. I felt that Jo kept our time together on track, by holding me to account, with both my overall goals and the session by session tasks I set. At all times I felt in control of my development and learning, this meant I got out as much as I put in. Having to take personal responsibility meant I didn’t rest on my laurels!”
Zoey Henley  Leader