Business Impact
on global corporations
Distinctions Executive Coaching provides executive and leadership coaching to C-Suite business leaders, and executive teams, helping them enhance strategic leadership skills and performance, with a tailored, results-driven approach
Working with
Joanna Bown
Joanna Bown is the founder and master level executive coach at Distinctions Executive Coaching, bringing over 23 years of experience in global leadership development, executive coaching, and influencing corporate strategy. In her previous corporate career in international banking, Joanna held a senior leadership role at Citigroup, managing multinational clients with challenges faced by top executives in complex, high-pressure environments. During that time, she ran a CEEMEA division from Brussels and London, overseeing clients in 16 global industries across 38 countries. She is 1 of approximately 120 MCC Master coaches in the UK.
As an accredited master integral coach, Joanna specialises in working with C-Suite leaders, Exco teams, senior leaders, and high-performing teams, helping them enhance their leadership effectiveness, decision-making, and strategic focus. Her coaching approach combines strategic business acumen with deep personal development, ensuring that leaders not only achieve their business goals but also grow in self-awareness and fulfilment. Passionate about driving transformation, Joanna partners with organizations across industries to develop strong, purpose-driven leaders who create lasting impact.
4500+
Of coaching hours conducted
23
years of executive coaching experience
350+
Clients worked with
The Distinctions Coaching Way
Qualified & Certified
We pride ourselves on our accreditations, ensuring that our team is equipped with the necessary expertise to deliver exceptional service
Working with Distinctions Coaching
- Executive coaching
Executive Coaching
At the highest levels of leadership, success depends on more than expertise—it requires clarity, adaptability, and the ability to inspire. Our C-suite executive coaching empowers senior leaders and their teams to navigate complexity, enhance strategic impact, and drive sustained performance.
Through one-on-one coaching, we provide a confidential space for executives to refine their leadership approach, strengthen decision-making, and align personal growth with organisational success. Whether navigating change, managing high-stakes challenges, or optimizing executive presence, our tailored coaching helps leaders operate at their peak.
I have been working with Joanna for the last 10 months and I can honestly say, that not only has it been one of the most productive changes in my professional life but also my personal life.... bringing them both together and supporting me in my journey of effective and authentic leadership.
Joanna's honest and self reflective approach, combined with her practical methods and coaching techniques, have played a huge part in developing my leadership skills and given me a platform to think differently.
All of this done with a personal touch that has created a trusting, productive, evolving and enjoyable coaching experience.
Strengthens Leadership Effectiveness
Coaching equips executives with the skills to lead with clarity, confidence, and strategic vision, ensuring they inspire and drive their teams to success.
Improves Team Performance & Culture
A strong leader creates a high-performing team. Coaching fosters collaboration, accountability, and alignment, leading to a more engaged and productive workforce.
Enhances Decision-Making
Through coaching, leaders develop sharper critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and resilience, enabling them to make high-impact decisions, in high change pace environments of complexity and ambiguity.
Drives Business Growth & Innovation
By refining leadership strategies and cultivating a growth mindset, executive coaching empowers leaders to navigate change, seize opportunities, and drive innovation within their organizations.
Increases ROI & Long-Term Success
Investing in leadership development leads to higher employee retention, stronger client relationships, and sustainable business success. The impact of coaching extends beyond individuals—it transforms organisations.
Integral Coaching
Integral Coaching is a comprehensive methodology designed to foster long-term excellence by unlocking a leader’s latent potential through self-observation, self-correction and longer term self-generation. It integrates insights from both Eastern and Western traditions, as well as contemporary fields like cognitive science and genetics, to address the entirety of a person’s experience, across the human area of language, body (somatic) and emotional intelligence.
The approach considers not only the leaders’ thoughts, emotions & intuition, also their physical self awareness, emotional intelligence, as well as the leader’s social context, relationships, cultural and business environment. By encompassing these dimensions, Integral Coaching facilitates profound personal development, enabling individuals to navigate leadership complexities with enhanced competence.