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Executive Coaching and Leadership Development is a confidential, individually-tailored engagement designed to meet the needs both of the executive being coached and the organization paying for the service.

Jo meets with the executive or small business owner; together they create individually tailored goals and explore specific ways to achieve them. Usually the focus is on developing the capabilities of a high-potential executive or facilitating a transition. Coaching Con Brio is less about fixing problem behaviors and more about enhancing the performance of valued executives. “Con Brio” (Italian, “With gusto”) is the perfect term to describe Jo’s vibrant coaching style and the fully alive and confident professional life she helps her clients create for themselves. Read what some of her clients have to say:

"Jo is the invaluable resource in my professional toolbox. She serves as a sounding board, confidante and partner in negotiating the seemingly tumultuous corporate landscape. Her ability to actively listen, ask the right questions, including the tough ones, and render coaching expertise has strengthened my ability to lead, avoid professional land mines and never waver from my professional integrity which is tested over and over in corporate America. Jo is the guidepost who delivers wisdom and fosters professional and personal development.."    - Managing Director, Fortune 500 company

"An executive today cannot succeed without a high degree of emotional and relational intelligence. I learned this the hard way from my own experience! I also learned from experience that Jo Hawkins Donovan is the best at helping executives learn these important skills. She is a wise coach and teacher who has made an extremely positive difference in my life as she recently helped me successfully negotiate a major professional transition. You fill find both immediate and long-term benefit from the investment you make in working with Jo."    - CEO, Professional Counseling and Consulting Firm

"Jo's evaluation of our general staff and management TEAM helped our company move to the next level during an extremely difficult time, her continued support over these many years has been invaluable."    - CEO, machinery distribution firm



Clients include:

  • Kohler Company
  • Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, (Law Firm)
  • Momentum North America
  • Jakes Restaurants
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • Team Buffalo
  • Wausau Insurance
  • Bank One Wisconsin
  • Catholic Knights Insurance Society
  • Purnell Wealth Management
 
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