Jo Robbins

Jo Robbins is a highly-experienced business leader and people management professional. She combines senior leadership and commercial experience gained with world-class businesses, with a deep, expert knowledge of talent management.

During her career, Jo has worked with a wide range of organisations and publicly-quoted companies in the UK and internationally. She has broad experience of diverse sectors including technology, manufacturing and engineering, education, professional services, hotel and leisure, logistics and transportation. Jo provides HR consultancy support in a variety of areas.

Developing a practical, effective and future-oriented talent strategy, that supports the business and is approved by the Board and key stakeholders including the HR community.

This typically involves:

  • Holding high-level meetings with the Board and Executive team to determine manpower and talent requirements over a five-year period
  • Helping the HR community identify key strands and priorities, articulating these clearly and relating priorities to the business strategy
  • Supporting the communication of the strategy to gain buy-in and commitment from managers and leaders across the business

Managing talent and succession plans and ensuring success in an area where HR makes one of its most vital contributions to the success of a business. The benefits of managing talent are clear, improving productivity and allowing your talented people to realise their potential, removing the barriers to performance and encouraging excellence. Jo has significant, in-depth experience in this area including:

  • Establishing a talent programme, including 360-degree feedback and individual development plans
  • Designing a succession planning process, identifying gaps in the organisation and developing strategies to ensure business continuity and development

Developing the effectiveness of organisations and individuals by providing in-depth expertise, practical support and experience, for example:

“Jo is a practical, talented and highly effective leader. She combines clear commercial acumen with a mastery of people management issues and an in-depth, expert ability to get people working at their best.”

Paul Lester, Chief Executive, VT Plc

  • Carrying out a cultural diagnosis to find the barriers and blockages to effective performance and devising action plans to improve performance
  • Designing remuneration policies to retain talent
  • Planning and delivering assessment and development centres for graduate recruitment and internal talent assessment
  • Ensuring an effective performance management system and goal setting to align with business requirements
  • Coaching executives to develop their approach, prepare for a transition or succeed with a major new initiative
  • Designing and delivering leadership and team development programmes
  • Providing career coaching and outplacement support

Jo believes that the best solutions come from experienced, knowledgeable consultants working alongside internal change agents. Crucially, she tailors her support to meet the organisation’s specific needs and priorities. In practice, this means instructing, coaching and challenging executives to find the best solutions. She recognises that at the end of her support the organisation has to ‘own’ the solution and be committed to its maintenance and success. A consultant should look to pass on their knowledge so that the organisation does not become dependent.

Jo works with a network of talented and experienced professionals that can deliver a range of human capital and talent service to organisations and individuals. Her approach delivers a flexible, personalised service that can only be provided by small, client-centric teams.