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We have been working together with Joanne for over two years and during that time Joanne has become an important part of our team. She really understands how accountancy practices run and the challenges they face. Her knowledge of personality profiling and experience in getting the best out of people has been invaluable. Joanne recently spent time with our team carrying out reviews and also ran a team day for us which was fantastic.The impact of having an external person like Joanne working with our team has had real tangible results. Joanne is a true expert in her field and I can't recommend her highly enough.

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How well do you know yourself? Do you believe you could know more and be better?I am a huge believer in – and advocate of – personal growth. I believe I can always know more and be better, so taking the opportunity to find out about my DiSC profile and learn more about myself and other people, was a no-brainer.Working with Jo has been hugely insightful. Exploring and understanding my DiSC profile has helped me to understand myself better, to better understand my strengths and weaknesses – and to be ok with that! In fact, it’s been incredibly freeing as it’s shown me blind spots that I didn’t know were there (yep, we all have them) and given me permission to be more fully ‘me’.It doesn’t stop there though, understanding DiSC profiles, has given me an even greater insight into other people. Having a sense of what ‘type’ of people are in my life – my husband, my family, my friends, my work colleagues, my clients and customers – has helped me to understand how to improve my relationships and interactions with all those people. Consequently, how I show up for those people has improved too.If you believe in people, and in the importance of investing in you and the quality of your relationships, then do not hesitate to book your DiSC profile session with Jo!

As an accountancy business, we regularly engage with individuals who possess diverse personalities. Completing the DISC report and participating in the review session with Joanne has proven to be an invaluable experience for my personal and professional growth. It has significantly enhanced my comprehension of different personality types and their implications in the workplace.

Armed with this knowledge, I have gained effective approaches and communication strategies to engage with individuals from various personality backgrounds. I am genuinely grateful for Joanne's hard work and the profound impact it has had on my overall development. Moving forward, I intend to apply the insights obtained from the DISC report and training when interacting with clients.

By identifying their unique personality traits and communication preferences, I will tailor my approach to better align with their needs, fostering stronger connections and promoting heightened client satisfaction. Ultimately, this will contribute to enhanced success in my professional relationships.

I wholeheartedly appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with Joanne and wholeheartedly recommend her services to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and others within the workplace. Her expertise and unwavering dedication have undeniably made a positive impact on both my personal and professional journey.

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Joanne is incredibly knowledgable in regards to business, employee engagement and in creating a business centered around core values. I’ve worked with her over the past year and she has been so supportive during a challenging time for me and my business. She has adapted and flexed her services to suit and been there for me to rant and cry. I would recommend her in a heartbeat!

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When we started to speak to Joanne in 2021 it was really important to us that we got someone on board that would help us involve and nurture our team more; giving the most important part of our business, the people, the attention and care it deserves.  Joanne went through an extensive analysis of our team and meeting them all, following up with a core values session and then delivering our team six monthly appraisals along with monthly coaching support which covers business as well as team support. Our team feels better supported now, we understand more about what is important to them and we are able to more proactively develop them. We continue to rely on Joanne’s excellent support for the whole team.

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I’ve worked with Joanne for 10 years; she has acted as both a business coach to myself and as an advisor to my team assisting with team development and coaching. As a business coach Joanne has helped me to successfully grow and develop the business, whilst balancing this with my personal aspirations. She has helped us to identify and nurture our core values so that all decisions we make are taken with these in mind to further the success of my business.  In terms of team development, Joanne has provided employee appraisals and helped to set goals for individual team members. As a general support for the team and matters affecting employees, Joanne has been instrumental in helping me to build and maintain the right team for the practice and I would have no hesitation in recommending her services to other businesses.

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“I have worked with Joanne for a number of years now. She has a vast knowledge of business and offers fantastic advice and support. You will get immense value from working with Jo and help ease the stress of running a business.”

Since working with Joanne we have successfully established collective company values and all understand a bit more about how each member of the team works: their strengths, ambitions, and communication styles, as well as any concerns or areas where support might be needed. Joanne is a pillar happy to be leaned on, offering fresh insight, objectivity and always positive advice.

We have worked together for over 6 years, in this time Joanne has assisting me to focus on my goals and business growth. During this time our business, team and workspace has tripled. Thank you Joanne for holding me accountable to move forward and even win business awards!! xx

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Jo’s expertise, particularly when it comes to dealing with people and teams, brings an extra dynamic to our business that we simply don’t have in-house.

I have had the pleasure of seeing first hand, the positive difference Joanne can make to the self-belief, ambition and confidence of the teams she works with and businesses she coaches rather than a tradition of going through the motions with end of year appraisals. I would have no hesitation in recommending Joanne’s services if you want your team and colleagues to be helped in realising their potential and grow your business and it’s people.

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Joanne has worked with Professional Energy Purchasing sinceJanuary 2018 and is a great support for the team. Joanne supports us with HR, Appraisals, Team Building and helping us to grow individually and as a team. She has a friendly and professional approach, and we highly recommend her.

Joanne is the reason I am still sane today! 6 months ago seems like a long time for me. Before I was working with Joanne I was struggling with stress, insomnia, high work load, low profits, a lack of direction and that was just the tip of the iceberg! I currently work 40 hours a week (some times less) and never evenings or weekends! I sleep 8 hours a night, I have reduced my workloads to concentrate on my most profitable cases and routinely turn work away. I now bill more and make more profits and this is all due to Joanne's coaching. When Joanne first contacted me (referred to me by Paul Miller, thank you Paul) I could not see see how I was going to be able to commit to working with Joanne to make the changes that were screaming to be made in my business. Initially as a cynical accountant I struggled with the additional financial cost and time cost to me when my stress was sky high. However, I must say that working with Joanne was one if not the best thing I have done since I started my business. Thank you Joanne and thank you Paul.

Joanne recently spent a day with us profiling our team members.The findings and feedback from the exercise have helped my team members understand individual working styles and how to work better with each other. As a result, the happiness in the team is on the up and is their productivity. Fantastic news.

Wow! I have just had my DISC profiling session with the lovely Joanne Wharam and I am absolutely blown away! Jo was able to reveal to me things I didn’t even know about myself. I cannot wait to implement it into my life both business and personally. It was unbelievable how accurate the results were! Thank you, thank you, thank you Jo!

I had a situation witha team member and had got to the end of my tether with this employee and the horrific atmosphere and after looking around Linkedin for business coaches and also the internet, I found Joanne. I've always been very interested in the motivational side of business, so I decided to contact her. Initially, the problem was returning the business back to a good working environment, Joanne was there to support me and also assist me whilst dealing with the employee. It has taken some recovery, but I can see we're 200% better now that the employee has left. At the time I really blamed myself for the employee's behaviour, and I felt a failure. Joanne, helped me deal with that and also helps me set goals for my future progression. I have found the support invaluable, its a lonely job running businesses and its hard to find someone to bounce ideas off or deal with problems. Joanne is highly recommended, her professionalism and support is second to none.

I recently approached Joanne as I needed advice and guidance in setting my companies values and mission statement. Joanne was a great help in guiding me through the process, discussing the different options and the greater meaning behind the values andthe mission statement. I would highly recommend Joanne to anyone who is looking to implement key values in the business as well as updating them.

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Joanne truly believes in helping accountants achieve the best that they want to be. And she is outstanding in helping her clients achieve this. She is true professional. One of life's hidden gems.

My interest was first aroused in DiSC when I heard Joanne's presentation at a networking event. It was a logical step to attend Joanne's seminar on sales/networking. I found DiSC so fascinating that I booked my own individual assessment, report and coaching session. I was not disappointed. It was unnerving how accurate the results were. Not only was my own behaviour interpreted giving me a better understanding of how and why I react in the way that I do, but I was given valuable insights on how best to interact with people with different profiles. I only wish I had discovered this a long time ago and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

I worked with Joanne using her disc profiling coaching system which identifies your natural abilities and character traits. But it’s much more than that of course as she uses this analysis to not just put you in a box, but instead to really dig into how to make these factors and traits work for you rather than against you. She can help you not only see these traits, but understand why you may work the way you do, struggle with certain roles or tasks and how to adapt to work with your strengths.

I have worked with Joanne over two separate periods at different stages in the history of my business. Both times Joanne has proved to be a great help to my business.

As a busy person it often takes a third party to view my business in a friendly but objective way and to help me identify and implement the best changes to grow my business.

I would be happy to recommend Joanne to anybody as a general business coach or with her particular skills in accountancy and her emphasis on making teams work.

Just had a great 1:1 coaching session with Joanne; and she really knows her stuff on imposter syndrome, knowing your true worth and helping me in business to be bold. Thank you Joanne, would highly recommend other independent business owners to get in touch.

I was introduced to Joanne by a trusted colleague, Simon Chaplin. I have had monthly coaching sessions with Joanne for the last 10 months and have benefitted hugely from them.
I find talking with Joanne gives me an outside perspective on my business and allows me to see things I would otherwise miss in the fog of daily activities.
I highly recommend Joanne if you want someone who will speak openly, honestly and confidentially with you about your business challenges. You might not always immediately like what you hear, but you will grow to respect what youhear and that it was a valuable insight!

Joanne is excellent at what she does. Not only is she passionate but shedriven and committed to helping her clients above and beyond the call of duty.I have always enjoyed working with Joanne as she is thoughtful, caring and diligent in her approach.

If you need a sounding board with sound knowledge of accountancy practices you have found the person.

I met Joanne at an online networking event when she gave a 20 minute talk about personal strengths and weaknesses in business. It intrigued me so much that I contacted her and using her DISC system came up with a spookily accurate assessment of mystrengths and weaknesses. Because of this I have worked with her onstrengthening those weaknesses and have successfully pushed my business forward and feel more confident in my abilities. I highly recommend Joanne's service to anybody and everybody in business and push on to the next level.

“**HIGHLY RECOMMEND**I have just completed my online DISC report and training with Joanne and Ihighly recommend. Joanne is very knowledgable, passionate and committed to herwork and she goes above and beyond in ensuring her clients receive all the support they need. From completing the DISC report and training, Joanne has offered thorough support for my career and future, as well as helping me to understand other personalities. From just answering a hand full of online questions, Joanne has collated a mass amount of accurate data to describe my self-image, skills and behaviour. The information has enabled me to better understand myself in the work place and learn how to approach and communicate well with other personalities. Thank you again for all your hard work.

Joanne offers refreshingly candid insights into leadership and getting the most out of people. I’d recommend this book as an invaluable read to anyone running a people business.

I have just read this wonderful book and I can highly recommend it. Having managed teams in the past, this book demonstrates the fundamentals in creating and managing the best performing team.