Jo Josephine Thompson

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ABOUT JO JOSEPHINE THOMPSON

I am a Strategic HR Executive, with broad and deep experience, across HR Strategy, Business Partnering, HR Centres of Expertise and HR Shared Services with some of Australia’s largest and most iconic organisations. I have extensive transformation experience with a focus on developing people strategies that redefine employee experience, drive outstanding engagement, are commercially sound and deliver enhanced business outcomes. I bring a unique combination of strategy development and delivery execution, I am comfortable partnering to develop strategy and driving through to execution and run, ensuring that the people, customer and commercial aspirations are achieved.I am an authentic and genuine leader who believes in developing and enabling my teams to achieve outcomes, career and performance goals. I can connect and engage across all levels of the organisation in a positive and meaningful way.Over the past 20 years I have delivered effective and impactful change, through innovative digital transformation and automation, exploring and leading the market with new solutions, partnering commercial relationships, leveraging new ways of working and an ongoing improvement mindset.I have led large scale functions, across a broad range of industries in complex and challenging organisations, going through growth, acquisition or transformation. My industry experience includes Financial Services, Telecommunications, Retail and Professional Services and I have international experience supporting, India, UK, US, Asia and New Zealand.I am a fun, high energy, approachable, down to earth leader who inspires and engages teams and business leaders across the organisations I partner with to improve business results, create employee, customer and shareholder value through sustainable change.