Biography:
Jo Folacci was formerly an investment banker working with institutional clients in the City of London. She has experience of working in a stressful, multi-cultural results-oriented environment and therefore is conscious of the pressures and isolation faced by top executives.
Jo has in-depth knowledge of French and Anglo Saxon business and social cultures and the different approaches to be adopted.
She is English and has lived in Paris for twenty years. Now runs her own consulting company and is an executive coach specialising in change management, leadership skills, motivation and creating high performance teams, communication / interpersonal skills and work / life balance.
Jo brings objectivity and solutions focus in order to maximise a client’s potential. She places emphasis on change management as this often brings fear, paralyses professional performance and the ensuing stress affects personal life.
Enjoys working on developing resistance in the face of uncertainty and instilling a perception of change as a positive opportunity.
Helps managers to understand how to motivate and build winning teams in times of turbulence. Also a trainer in specific subjects such as negotiation skills, project management, public speaking etc.
Jo has worked with corporate clients such as Rio Tinto, Alcan, Deutsche Bank, Natixis, Sun Microsystems, Kraft Foods Europe, Logica GMC.
Jo is bi-lingual, and therefore she is able to coach in English or French.
Languages spoken:
English and French
Qualifications:
Diploma Manchester Business School (Manchester University) in Banking & Finance
Results Coaching Systems (ICT, Executive Coaching, Team Coaching, Work Skills, Coaching Tool Kit and Intuitive Coaching)
Member International Coaching Federation
Member Association of Coaching
Industry experience:
Extractive Industries, Financial Services, High Technology, Manufacturing, Retail, Service Sector.
Intervention specialisms:
Change/Transformation (Managing resistance; Minimising negativity; The Change Process), Leadership coaching (Leadership vs. Management; Imbuing the Vision; Enabling others), Creating High Performing Teams (Creating a Shared Vision; Building a Team; Managing Resources and Time), Motivation (Defining objectives; Innovation; The Role of Incentives; The Power of Feedback), Communication and inter-personal skills (Difficult conversations; Constructive Criticism; Managing my Manager; How others perceive me; Marketing my skills and myself), Work life balance (Work vs. Play; The need for Balance; Imposing a Discipline)
Approach and competencies:
Good communication skills, Good listening skills, High interpersonal sensitivity, Intuitive, Able to establish trust, Motivational, Powerful questioning.
