Episode #63: Jo Wright – We Can Make Things Better, But We Have To Do It Together
Jo Wright admits she had to get her dad’s permission before deciding on No More Sh*t Managers: Seven Steps to a Coaching Culture as the title of her book.
Thankfully he agreed and the book has made Jo a bestselling Amazon UK author as her message about the power of a coaching culture spreads to people and organisations around the world.
In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Jo tells host Alex Swallow about the foundational experiences in early life that instilled her with a belief in the positive change that can happen when people have better conversations.
She describes the life-changing conversations that have shaped her career, from managing a small team and noticing her flair for mentoring, to co-founding a coaching business and magazine that helped propel the industry forward by creating digital coaching solutions.
Jo’s book is a love letter to humanity, and what shines through in this episode is her desire to help as many people as possible, by making sure that coaching – and the life-changing experiences it offers – is for everybody.
Having embedded coaching cultures in some of the world’s biggest organisations, she is succeeding in her aim quite spectacularly.
In this episode, Jo and Alex also talk about:
The human development that takes place when training as a coach
How far we can go when we’re willing to be vulnerable
The fundamental importance of maintaining hope that things can be better
The value we invest in ourselves and how our clients experience our personal growth and self-development
Jo also shares some invaluable advice about getting your work out into the world, generously opening up about the steps she took to reach her audience.
For more information about Jo, visit www.jowright.com.
For more information about this episode’s host, Alex Swallow, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexswallow/.
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
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Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):
- Barefoot Coaching https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/
- Kim Morgan on The Coach’s Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-25-kim-morgan
- Henley Business School’s coach training https://www.henley.ac.uk/study/corporate-development/leader-as-coach
- Nancy Klein’s Time to Think https://www.timetothink.com/
- The Life Coach Directory https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/
- Coaching Culture https://www.coachingculture.com/
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/start-with-why/
- Jo’s podcast, Coaching Culture https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coaching-culture/id1442935513
BIOGRAPHY FROM JO
Jo’s passion to help others raise their self-awareness and think differently through the power of coaching is inspirational. She works from a place of “everybody has more potential to be released”. She provides a safe space to explore values, beliefs, strengths and behavioural patterns, which in turn unlock the ability to achieve personal goals.
Jo is an ICF-accredited coach and considered a key influencer in the UK coaching industry. She has 30 years' experience leading and managing teams across various functions in blue-chip organisations. Since 2017, she has co-founded two businesses: Coaching Culture, and Jo Wright Speaker and Coach, which has given her the opportunity to speak to thousands of people, sharing the many benefits that a coaching culture brings.
She coaches those in C-Suite and senior leadership positions, to help them remove their limiting beliefs and to truly unlock their potential. Jo is warm and engaging and loves to help others bring their true authentic self to work. Jo can often be found speaking about the transformational benefits of coaching and the life-changing power of the mind, as well as interviewing industry leaders for Coaching Culture’s LearnCast series.
Jo is now the Amazon bestselling author of No More Sh*t Managers: Seven Steps to a Coaching Culture.