Higher altitudes require different equipment and skills
Expert career strategies for founders, execs, and mid-career professionals in tech
Thrive in high-stakes, rapidly changing conditions
With over 20 years in tech, I've seen (and experienced) the consistent challenges high-performers face when climbing to higher career altitudes, where the stakes are higher and the conditions are rougher and constantly changing.
Working with a coach who has successfully traversed the terrain accelerates your ascent. Together we'll equip you to:
- Drive more measurable business impact
- Avoid or recover from burnout
- Overcome imposter syndrome
- Navigate racism, sexism, and other biases
- Uplevel communication effectiveness
- Manage stakeholder expectations
- Create healthy, accountable teams
- Balance strategy & tactics
- Improve decision-making and risk-taking
- Align your career with what you actually want
Coaching intensives that get you there faster
There are consistent patterns of development needed to thrive in more senior roles. The below coaching intensives accelerate your skill development in as little as three months, depending upon your starting point and destination. Book an intro call to determine what is best for you.
LEVEL UP AS A FIRST-TIME FOUNDER or EXEC
Shorten your path to making the exec mindset and skills shifts, and more gracefully deal with new levels of pressure, politics, and scrutiny.
START STRONG IN YOUR NEW ROLE
How you start in a new role largely determines how it goes. It comes down to one thing: building credibility. Invest early in your long-term success.
LAUNCH YOUR NEXT CAREER MOVE
Gain clarity and momentum to go after what YOU *actually* want, whether it is to move up, move out, or jump to an entirely new career path.
NEGOTIATE MORE EFFECTIVELY
Nearly 100% of a leader's job is negotiation - with your team, cross-functionally, and externally. Improve here for more impact and less stress.
LEARN TO LOVE YOUR INNER IMPOSTER
WTF? Love that undermining voice? Yep. It is actually trying to help you. Work with it to figure out more effective ways to help yourself.
GROW YOUR INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION
As you move up, your success lies in continuously motivating people to take the right actions. Bonus, these skills help personally too!
What clients experience
Corp Comms Director
"If you want to accelerate your career in tech AND create more purpose and joy, work with Jo. By combining my personal and professional desires, I bring so much more power, motivation, and purpose to setting and crushing my goals."
VP, Revenue Marketing
"Jo's deep experience in tech, combined with her 'whole-person' approach, led to faster and more authentic insights. I've gained confidence in delivering an executive and board-level narrative. Any VP or Sr. Director would truly benefit from her coaching."
Product Marketing Leader
"Jo has helped me overcome perfectionism and imposter syndrome and step into a more empowered relationship to myself and my career. I now overcome whatever challenges that come my way with more confidence and internal coherence."
Let's get started
I'm Jo Sanders
I've lived many lives in tech, and have first-hand perspectives from learning to thrive in:
- tiny startups to large global companies like Adobe and Microsoft
- individual contributor roles to executive leadership
- Product Management, Marketing, Developer Relations, and Sales functions
- booms, busts, reorgs, and acquisitions
- environments with multiple biases stacked against me
The highest points of my career on paper were often the lowest points for me physically, emotionally, and in my relationships because I didn't invest in getting the support and expertise needed to shorten my learning curve and reduce stress
So I've built this coaching practice to give you that support and expertise, to help you level up faster and with more ease and joy.
