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IT Head
“I found Joanna’s coaching to be tremendously valuable in my client work, my collaboration with colleagues and my life. She had good empathy and understanding of me as a person and challenged me just enough to make some positive changes that have made a real difference to my professional life. She has a good balance between the softer people skills and commercial understanding which was just what I needed.”
European Practice Leader, Global IT Company
“Joanna is an exceptional coach, her business experience and understanding of people means that she always gets to the crux of the issue you need to work through, and has resources up her sleeve to help you tackle them! During my coaching she was flexible to support me through business challenges in real-time whilst ensuring we covered the reasons I entered coaching initially. I have grown significantly in my leadership since beginning coaching with her and I have also been able to pass on her wisdom and best practices to my team too. We are all better off for it!”
Business Founder
“It was fantastic to work with Joanna. She is an exceptional coach capable of identifying nuanced growth opportunities of a coachee. She is insightful in crafting subtle coaching interventions to help make lasting leadership and personal behaviour change. As an executive coach, Joanna earns my highest recommendation!”
CIO, Global IT Multinational – Sri Lanka
“I consider myself very fortunate to have embarked on a coaching journey with Joanna. She provided support in areas and at times when needed, but challenged me suitably as well. Through her personable and personal approach, we quickly established a very trusting and open coaching relationship which meant our journey progressed efficiently and effectively, allowing my professional leadership development to evolve in a significant and lasting way. Thanks for your support and I would highly recommend Joanna for anyone in need of an holistic executive coach”
Director Energy, Global Consulting Group
“Joanna has been a key advisor and coach to me enabling my transition into and successful establishment as a senior business executive. She is incredibly effective in balancing listening, coaching and challenge to explore self, values, purpose with a focus on personal and business impact. If you are looking to level up, or simply evolve your leadership impact, Joanna is a wonderful sparring partner to enable meaningful change.”
Vice President, HR, Manufacturing
“Joanna is an insightful and inspirational coach who combines a deeply perceptive understanding of human behavior and interpersonal relations, with solid and practical experience of how institutions and businesses operate. She is not afraid to challenge perceptions, or to ask the challenging questions that are needed to pave the way for transformational change. Her warm and open manner creates a safe space for exploring and practicing behavioral change. Highly recommended as a coach”
Head, Climate Resilience Investments, International Bank
“Joanna coached me for 6 sessions which included a 360 feedback from my colleagues followed by some personality testing and then some targeted coaching sessions. The process overall was far more insightful and transformational than I ever could have imagined. It helped me to identify and be mindful of personality traits of which I had not even been aware. And Joanna’s careful, supportive and highly professional approach helped me to work through behaviour change at quite a deep level. I am certain I will be a more self aware and rounded leader as a result of working with Joanna.”
Global Procurement Director, Oil & Gas Industry
“I strongly recommend Joanna. From our very first coaching session I already felt the results. Joanna is one of the top 50 qualified executive coaches in the U.K. and it shows. She has an amazing ability to constantly change the lenses and channels to coach you to superior leadership. I had now over half of the scheduled sessions and I am much more grounded and a positive force for my people and yes, people, people and people, that’s what it’s all about in organisations. I am so looking forward to extending my sessions with her.”
Managing Director, Group Digital & Innovation, Postal Industry
“I have been fortunate enough to have been working with Joanna over the last year. It has been an incredible experience! Whilst at times it has been personally challenging, as it should be, it has been incredibly rewarding. Joanna has a superb ability to understand and assess my thoughts, observe barriers to progression and has helped develop a frame work in which to operate and explore positive opportunities and resolve challenging issues. Ultimately this had led to better results and the achievement of desired goals with an increased efficiency and increased confidence. I cannot recommend Joanna highly enough and feel very privileged to have worked with somebody of her experience and ability.”
Director, Head of Residential, Estate Agency
“Had the pleasure of being coached by Joanna over a six month period. Joanna always paced the feedback and advice really well so that each session built on the last and nothing felt too daunting. She also taught me a few simple and effective techniques that I still use in meetings large or small. Overall her coaching led to some quite significant shifts in the way I manage my work and teams that have helped me focus on new priorities and others grow into new roles.”
Group Head, Global Mining Industry
“Joanna is a very perceptive coach that works with the pace you as a client are comfortable with. I truly recommend working with her, helping to unlock your inner potential. She makes even the hardest developments seem achievable and shares the real her, which makes it easy to share your real self.”
VP Sales, Global Transportation Industry
“I’ve had the chance to work with Joana at the beginning of my General Manager role, which happened to be the most challenging period of Covid-19. Throughout our 12 months of engagement, I was really impressed by her unique style of using both scientific and emotional evidence. Working with Joanna is a truly impactful investment in supporting your key talents.”
General Manager, Insurance
“To say my work with Joanna has been transformative would be an understatement. Jo had the ability to tailor the coaching experience and focus to help drive the best outcomes for me as an individual. My work with Jo has given me the toolkit in order to understand and identify my behaviours and long held beliefs, and most importantly how to harness and evolve these to meet my objectives within my career. These had been behaviours I had observed previously, but through my work with Jo I was able to identify, interpret and understand the causes and drivers of these behaviours, something I would never have been able to achieve otherwise. I would without hesitation recommend Jo as a coach”
Finance Director
“The work that I did with Jo over a 6 month period was truly transformative and equipped me with a vast array of tools and techniques to develop – not only in a professional capacity but in life in general. Jo has a unique knack of being able to listen carefully, understand and quickly get to the crux of what’s needed and where she can help. Whether it’s deep fundamental work or specific tools to deal with every day situations – Jo can identify what you need and provide guidance, support and input that makes a real difference.”
Chief Marketing Officer
“It is hard to recommend Joanna highly enough. I’ve worked with her for the last couple of years and her guidance and direction have been invaluable. She has a real talent as an executive coach and I have greatly benefited from having been a client of hers.”
Director, Arbitration
“I first learned about the Enneagram from Joanna, and this was a great start to discovering my core motivations, fears and the emotions that drive me. In less than 6 months, Joanna’s guidance has helped me to push my limits and successfully navigate the difficult transition from being a high-performing manager to a senior leader. My new self-awareness has allowed me to communicate clearly with my team and others and to reflect on my leadership skills on a much more regular basis. We connected on our mutual love for reading, and I have increased my library with life changing books, thanks to her. She is always on-call and available, to provide me with with tools and techniques in an engaging way. If you are looking for a coach who is a phenomenal listener, one who will create a safe yet challenging environment and provide you with fantastic tips to improve your performance in key work scenarios, then I recommend Joanna to you. Thank you, Joanna.”
CEO, Africa
“Joanna and I have been working together for about nine months now and have had several coaching sessions. One of her outstanding qualities is getting me to find my own solutions and reflect on myself with straightforward questions. She always manages to look behind my thoughts and to uncover the core of an issue. With her direct and sympathetic manner, Joanna manages to get me out of my comfort zone and to look at topics from other angles. In the sessions, we discuss Leadership and Management topics, as well as transition and career steps. It becomes clear that Joanna has excellent knowledge of these topics and has experience in dealing with upper management from various industries. Joanna fully engages with the client and is also interested in developments and news outside the coaching sessions. I recommend working with Joanna without reservation.”
HSE Manager, Oil Industry – Iraq
“Jo is a superb executive coach with a truly unique approach to empowering her clients to find the best in themselves. She has a real gift for understanding what drives people, how they think and act in the world, and what they can do to be more authentic, effective and fulfilled. I would recommend her to anyone looking to grow and develop in their career”
Director of Policy
“It’s been a privilege working with Jo over the last six months. I have found her insight exceptional and her perspective utterly refreshing. My coaching relationship with her has been among the most influential of my career to date, and has also led to fundamental positive change outside of my working life. A fantastic and worthwhile investment.”
CEO, Recruitment Industry
Joanna Bown
Distinctions Executive Coaching
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