"It's not what happens to you that defines you, it's how you respond that counts!"

JOSIE'S IMPACT ON ME PERSONALLY & PROFESSIONALLY, HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY

Josie was engaged by Wiley to work with members of the executive team during a particularly difficult time of transition in the publishing industry. The challenges we faced were complex and filled with uncertainty.

It was suggested to me that working with Josie would help equip me with the skills to charter the murky waters ahead. I agreed to participate in the sessions but was unconvinced that they would make any real or long-lasting impact.

That was 4 years’ ago - and Josie’s impact on me personally & professionally, has been nothing short of extraordinary. Through Josie’s guidance, I was not only able to confidently charter my division through tricky waters, but also to ensure we would thrive in the long term. And thrive we have – our division has been one of the highest performing digital business in Wiley Globally for the last 3 years in a row.

Josie’s is one the most highly skilled and creative practitioners of any field I have encountered. Her approach is evidence-based, rigorous, supportive, and importantly, is grounded in personal experience.

Through her craft, Josie gently puts a mirror in front of you and helps you ‘see’ the cracks that have appeared through years of personal assumptions or professional misconception. Her industry expertise is not only rare, it has the ability to profoundly change lives.

IF ANYONE DESERVES TO BE CALLED A MASTER COACH IT IS JOSIE

If anyone deserves to be called a Master Coach it is Josie Thomson, except she is very feminine. I have known her for many years and she has coached me on a number of occasions very successfully, and I am no push over. She is challenging, tough and persistent in the most gentle and caring way. I have grown much from working with her. Furthermore, she really enjoys coaching people and devotes an inordinate amount of her time doing so without getting bored or stale. When coaches really genuinely enjoy coaching, they give of their very best and Josie does that. I would trust her with my vulnerabilities any day.

Josie Thomson is the most professional and skilled workplace coach that I have worked with

Tynan Mackenzie Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s premier professional financial planning and wealth management companies. Recently we brought together a number of our client service staff into one service team. These team members had been operating more or less independently, however the increasing size of our business meant that amalgamating teams of people to increase levels of service efficiency was inevitable.

Many of these people in the new group had never worked in a high-paced team environment before, and as a result many necessary team synergies did not gel. Our company was familiar with Josie Thomson’s work in other organisations, particularly in the realm of executive and management coaching. Due to Josie’s reputation and impressive references we sought her out to see whether she would be interested in working with our newly created team to identify and work on the gaps in the team dynamic.

Josie readily accepted the challenge and commenced her work with us by individually profiling all the staff and stakeholders involved. She was able to provide excellent support and advice to each person and made preparations for several successful workshops where the issues were revealed, explored and addressed. Josie uncovered some underlying tensions and anxieties amongst the team. She was able to apply her impressive coaching skills to both teach the team how to operate effectively and guide the team to achieving ownership of the direction and success of the team. They learned how to work in synergy and achieve more together.

Josie’s patience, skill and professionalism was borne out both in the measurable success of the team following their sessions with Josie and the very positive comments about Josie’s methods and abilities from both the team members and stakeholders alike. In my many years of managing groups of people I have no hesitation in stating that Josie Thomson is the most professional and skilled workplace coach that I have worked with. I have no hesitation recommending her services or engaging her again in the future.