Jo Howard, Coach, Londres
Jo is a leadership development consultant and coach. She works with senior teams and individuals embarking on major change. She helps leaders to unlock the energy and passion latent in themselves and their organisations, and to integrate fragmented workforces in pursuit of shared ambitions. Recent assignments have included: leadership development programmes in banking, government and retailing; senior team facilitation in government; management training in an international telecoms business.
Before becoming a consultant, Jo was head of strategic communications for W.H. Smith Retail, having previously led strategy development, and managed various Business Units. Prior to joining W.H. Smith she was a director of Waterstone’s Booksellers. Seventeen years at Board level have given her unique insight into the factors that help and hinder top team performance.
In addition to her consulting work, Jo is Chair of Meridian Search & Selection, Chair of RADAR Promotions Ltd, Chair of the Book Marketing Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was a former Chair of World Book Day and Non-Executive Director of Bertram Trading Ltd. Jo gained an MBA, with Distinction, in 2000.
