Our global clients repeatedly describe our coaching as sharp and strategic with a pragmatic business focus. Coaching will help your people see themselves more clearly, and gain the insights they need to grow and develop.

But that’s not the whole story. We help them with the right balance of support and challenge to find their answers and the route to change. We are experts in neuroscience, including behavioural, and strategies for performance. That means it’s a long-term and sustainable transformation, and they will feel the benefit long after we have stopped working with them.

Getting the right coach for your leaders can be daunting, but we will help make it easier. Because we have been matching coaches to leaders for years, and we know what works. And our global and diverse team of coaches are the best; we carefully selected each one -all 90 plus of them.

Joanna Bower

Jo enjoyed a 24-year career as a lawyer, initially as a barrister and then as a solicitor. Jo was an Equity Partner in a global city law firm, and has hands-on experience of the corporate world, and the culture of large organisations. She particularly enjoyed developing people through her coaching-style of leadership and mentoring, and qualified as an Executive Coach as she is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with others. As a working parent, Jo has first-hand experience of the challenges working parents face.

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Coaching Style

Jo’s experience of corporate leadership, and the culture and politics of large organisations informs her empathetic style in which she creates a safe space for clients to develop themselves through coaching. Jo’s insight, warmth and humour shines through in her coaching. Jo practises a solutions-focused, positive psychology approach. With a healthy element of challenge, Jo helps clients find fresh perspectives to realise their potential, to find solutions which lead to professional growth as well as personal fulfilment.

Clients describe me as empathetic and contemplative; someone they can trust to challenge them in a kind way that allows them to develop self-awareness, self-reflection and to gain confidence to take positive action.

Special Interests

Leadership style and influence
Team dynamics
Transition and change
Managing imposter syndrome
Resilience and stress management
Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion
Parental transition

Training & Qualifications

Accredited Associate Executive Coach, Academy of Executive Coaching
Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching, Academy of Executive Coaching
Member of the International Coaching Federation
Panel Member, Fitness to Practise Committee, Nursing & Midwifery Council
Qualified Solicitor (2000)
Called to the Bar (1998)

Current Clients

Jo has worked with individuals at executive, Director and C-suite level, mainly in the private sector. Industries she has experience of working with include:

Law
Banking & Finance
Financial Technology
Communications
Healthcare & Life Science products
Insurance
Education
Politics

What Our Clients Say

Jo is a very nurturing coach who structures her sessions in a collaborative way to work with you to find answers and a plan for your professional growth. As a new CEO, we had a number of sessions to run through my role, the challenges I was facing as well as the priorities for the business. We then worked through each one with the objective of building on my strengths and improving. I will continue to work with Jo and would recommend her to anyone looking for career growth guidance.

CEO, London Fintech Company

I was introduced to Jo through a mutual friend and we have now had several sessions together. Jo is very personable yet professional and I felt like I already knew her as soon as we started talking. I think her warm style really breaks through any inhibitions that may linger when beginning work with a new coach. Our discussions were objective and Jo has the ability to cut to the key drivers, especially when I went off on tangents. She kept notes and referred back to previous points when relevant and help clarify my own thinking, which has caused me to take specific actions as part of my career development.

I can’t recommend Jo highly enough as a coach.

Board Director, Global Data Analytics Firm

Jo is a very talented coach. Her approach is authentic, practical, and insightful. Our work together has made me more self-aware and confident, given me greater clarity and a stronger connection to my purpose. Jo’s questions and insight supported me and kept me moving forward towards my goals. The insights that I had coming out of my work with Jo were profound, and really gave me a better sense of where I am at this point and where I want to go. I always left our conversations feeling fulfilled and energised for what’s to come. It surpassed my expectations and I highly recommend Jo and her coaching, she is a great resource to have in your corner.

Executive Director, Workforce and Professional Education

The six sessions I had with my ECC Coach changed my perspective of coaching. I was initially uncertain (and possibly sceptical) about the benefits of coaching but my coach read me very well and knew when to coax a response out from me by being encouraging and when to firmly push me to see the benefits of reframing some of my previously held positions.

Head of Legal

International Property Group

I found my ECC coaching sessions incredibly valuable – for the unique and necessary space I was seeking as a sole proprietor to feel heard, understood and connected to a peer in business. My coaching experience provided a safe space where I could be the real me, and provided a relationship I could truly trust. Thank you ECC.

Manager

Creative Retail Agency

The team is a pleasure to work with, consistently bringing expert advice and guidance, energy and professionalism to the partnership.

Diversity and Inclusion Executive

Multinational Investment Bank

Both from my personal experience of ECC’s approach, and from seeing the impact on our company I can particularly recommend their pragmatic approach and their insight into our collective and individual needs.

Senior Leader

Commercial Property Management and Investment Company

The coaches at ECC are commercial, pragmatic and highly focused. The coaching they provide on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our senior executives to gain greater perspective in terms of managing relationships, prioritising, strategic thinking, influencing and confidence.

Senior Leader

Multinational Retailing Company

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