About Jo Green
Helping thoughtful professionals find satisfying, purpose-driven careers since 2016
Career coaching that's practical yet gut-driven, calms the chaos, and acts as a springboard to finding the work you love.
My own career path has had its share of these.
I finished a degree, feeling really stressed about where or how to start my career. I fell into my first role in London, settling relocated business people and their families into new homes.
I soon discovered that ‘Relocation’ wasn’t for me. I was back where I began, worried and clueless about what to do next.
‘Wrong’ career but right direction
I did a stint in market research, which turned out to be far less fascinating than it looked on Google. But I learned career change’s most brilliant lesson — do some real-world taste testing before leaping into a new career that looked good on the Internet. This reality testing principle underpins much of my career coaching practice today.
Market research wasn’t for me. But it taught me that a career connected to my curiosity about how humans tick absolutely was.
Finding my feet
Cue moving to Sydney at twenty-six, because, why not? And discovering that I wanted my work to help make the world fairer, kinder and greener.
As a huge change was afoot, I chose to work with a Career Coach. She helped me:
Dig down into what mattered most – social justice, stronger communities, living more lightly on the planet
Figure out which jobs matched those values and satisfied my process-oriented, research-loving brain’s need for structure, systems and data
The result? Eight absorbing years of project management in the not-for-profit and charity sectors. Until the work no longer felt like me. I knew I had more to give, but in a different way. Restlessness and dissatisfaction arrived, telling me I was up for my next big change.
Finding my place
I took off in search of ‘What’s next?’ I started with some soul-searching travel. Then I did an amazing program in India, designed to help people bring more purpose to their work. For me, this turned out to be training as a coach and putting what I’d learned as a career changer, with oodles of community-sector experience, to work. Supporting people to transition into meaningful careers that make a difference felt like my natural next step.
I transitioned slowly, working part-time in the not-for-profit sector while training in three globally respected coaching programs. Over the next two years, Jo Green Coaching flourished and became my full-time work.
This nutshell version of my career changes conveys none of the mess, stress, fear, and false starts I went through. But maybe it does convey my real, lived understanding of what changing careers and coming out the other side looks and feels like.
As Seen On
I’ve got solid credentials
I hold a coaching qualification from CoachU. I’m also a Careershifters & Firework Advanced Certified Coach.
The Careershifters methodology is robust and revolutionary. It’s helped launch thousands of successful career changes since 2006.
A meld of entrepreneurship, psychology, and design thinking, Careershifters does something most career change programs don’t. It helps you think and act differently. It gives you the structure, clarity and confidence to explore and test career ideas before you decide differently and make the leap.
The Careershifters’ methodology is dynamic and flexible. I adapt the program to suit your needs. And when I discover new techniques that enhance the career change process, I can slot them right in.
Finally, Careershifters is a great match for my inquisitive, research-oriented brain. Learning about what motivates us humans (and what messes with that motivation) is my jam. Bringing those insights into my coaching as practical strategies to support my clients make great transitions is satisfying and fun.
I also share them in the Resources page on my website.
I help you tackle the tough issues
We'll work through the tricky emotional side of career change and deal with doubts, fears and limiting beliefs that can hold you back, including:
Worries about protecting your financial security, making a wrong move, starting again, or disappointing others
Untested assumptions about what’s possible for you and how capable you are of pursuing it
Facing your feelings and fears around career change can feel serious and sometimes scary.
So, I bring a light touch and a sense of play to my coaching. My clients tell me that this approach helps them stay buoyant and keep things in perspective.
‘If you're feeling utterly lost and stuck in your career, I'd recommend having a chat with Jo.’
— Former Software Salesman Jimmy had been passionate about investing for 10 years, but he was hesitant to switch to a career in finance.
I’ll never tell you what to do.
I’m here to help you develop clarity, confidence, and direction, and to nudge you gently towards meaningful work that brings you joy.
I listen carefully, and my career-change coaching antennae are tuned to the nuances of what you tell me.
I ask you questions that highlight your strengths, uncover exciting career possibilities, and move you purposefully towards work that matches who you are.
Shoes-off me
Bush walker, beach lover and furniture upcycler
I do my best to live a low-impact, eco-friendly life. And I want to model love and respect for nature for my small sons. The bush and the beach are our favourite places. Salty-skinned and sandy-footed is our default setting.
When I'm not bushwalking or beaching, you'll find me restoring tired, old furniture's purpose and pizzazz. Upcycling is my ideal creative outlet. It's practical, earth-friendly and a great hands-on complement to the more cerebral practice of career coaching.
‘It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.’
Dr Seuss — probably not talking about upcycling (or changing careers) but nailing the essence of both.