Since 1998 Jo has developed and implemented coaching programs that have benefited women worldwide.
Jo created the Women's Leadership Coaching Inc leadership coaching
system, and has logged thousands of hours coaching women who are in
executive and management positions, or aspire to be.
Jo has a passion for helping women develop their leadership
skills, confidence and presence, and specializes in helping women
break into leadership in industries that have been traditionally
considered 'a man's world',
such as technology, finance and energy.
Jo was a faculty member with Australia's most prominent coach
training organization and trained, mentored and supervised over 100
coaches in North America, Europe, and her home country of Australia.
She has traveled widely in Europe and the US to facilitate corporate
leadership development programs for organizations including
Nortel Women in
Leadership, National Semiconductor's Women @ National initiative, Capgemini Women of the West,
Rockwell Collins Women Employees Network, the Women at Intel
Conference, and Genesys (part of Alcatel-Lucent) Women
in Leadership.
Jo serves on the board of the California Professional Women's
Association, is Past President of Silicon Valley Coach Federation, and
was a Committee Chair for the International Coach Federation.
She was named one of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's 40
people to watch under the age of 40 in 2006.
Jo’s articles on leadership and career management appear at CareerBuilder.com,
Work It Mom, the AOL and MSN career centers,
and in her blog. Jo is a popular speaker on women’s leadership topics. |
