Meet Jo Hanlon

I work with business owners and leaders who know something isn’t quite right, even if they can’t immediately put their finger on it.

Over the past 18 years, I’ve worked across start-ups, small and medium businesses, and with Boards up and down the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Across all of that experience, I keep seeing the same thing.

It’s not capability that’s always missing and it’s not effort; businesses just aren’t always aligned and results aren’t where they need to be.

And for the Leaders, it’s not always a lack of skill, willpower or ability, they often need someone they can trust to be their sounding board, to either check they’re on track themselves, or to help them transition to their “what next”.

How I Work

When a business and a person’s life is aligned from their Purpose to their Goals, is coherent from their Vision to their Values, links their Strategies to their Actions, it all just works.

It may not work perfectly, but it does work more naturally and with less friction. Clarity of communication and transparent decision making processes have a greater chance of people focusing in on the same direction or in the right direction, leading to increased flow, satisfaction and results, personal or professional.

My approach is practical, grounded, and human. I fit the solution to the problem or the desired outcomes.

I work with you to understand what’s really going on so we can agree on what needs to shift. Sometimes it’s structure, sometimes it’s leadership, sometimes it’s personal growth, often it’s all three.

My Vision: Have business and life work for you!

My Mission:

I work with business owners, leaders and teams as needed, using bespoke right sized solutions and frameworks, to have business and life work in the best way for each person. Helping people live their lives on their terms and in flow as much of the time as possible at work and at home! 

My Values

Life is a Journey not a Destination

Love learning always, make wise choices

Be Authentic

Transparent, honest and have integrity

Practice Compassion and Care

Have an open heart and open mind, use understanding without judgement

Believe in Abundance

There is enough for us all to thrive in life in our own ways

Have Fun

Life is too short to be serious all the time.

My Qualifications and Certifications

M.B.A. from Sydney Graduate School of Management | Graduate of AICD (GAICD)

What My Clients Say

  • "(Jo is) honest, very capable & experienced, high integrity and commercially pragmatic. Professional, Relevant, empathetic, strong. Jo listens to you and works with you to provide solutions to your problems."

    - MD

  • "Jo is knowledgeable, practical, professional, supportive and inspirational. Jo gives thoughtful, sensible advice you can trust, especially when things feel awkward or delicate. Warm, friendly, knowledgeable and thorough, someone that will advise you like it is her own business."

    - SF

  • "You helped us move from a more informal, founder‑led approach to a more mature and scalable people and culture framework. In particular, you created practical frameworks that supported our growth as a business (around leadership, performance, and ways of working) without losing our identity or over‑engineering solutions."

    - RR

  • "Jo also, through all the issues that the business faced was only a phone call away offering me support and strength. With Jo - the company restructure was successful…. me, forever thankful to you for getting me through some very hard days."

    - CB

Let’s work together

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