About Me
I’m Jo Blakeley, a trainer, coach, author, and creator of The Breakthrough Framework™: a mindset-first approach to lasting professional growth.
Over the past 20 years, I’ve helped thousands of individuals and teams build confidence, improve communication, and lead with real impact. But I’ve come to realise that most people aren’t only held back by a lack of skill, they’re held back by the inner blockers they don’t even realise are running the show.
Whether I’m delivering a course (face-to-face, virtual or online), training teams or coaching leaders, I help people shift how they see themselves and how they relate to others, so they can finally perform, and feel, at their best.
Why I Do This Work
Long before I started working in learning and development, I was stuck. It wasn’t that I wasn’t capable; I worked hard, hit my targets month after month, and had a solid career in corporate sales and recruitment. But something was missing. I lacked passion for my work and felt like I was just going through the motions.
On top of that, I had a huge fear of public speaking. And I knew it was holding me back.
That lack of direction and fear became the start of everything. I started exploring how the mind works, how confidence is built, and how change really happens. In the process, I not only overcame my fear of speaking, I discovered my true passion: helping others do the same.
I transitioned into Learning and Development and worked for a global professional services firm, designing and delivering training across all levels. But I kept seeing the same thing: people were being taught performance skills before they had the internal foundation to make those skills stick.
That’s why I founded my own company in 2007, which ultimately led to the creation of The Breakthrough Framework™ – a practical, psychology-based pathway for creating real, sustainable change.
The Breakthrough Framework™ guides you through the essential stages of growth – self, other, and team – in the order that lasting change really happens.
- Self-Mastery → The Confidence Breakthrough
Build unshakeable confidence, emotional resilience, and courageous presence from the inside out. - Other-Mastery → The Communication Breakthrough
Develop coaching-based communication skills to truly understand others and avoid breakdowns, and instead create breakthroughs. - Team-Mastery → The Leadership Breakthrough
Once you have mastered yourself, and truly understand others, it’s possible to learn the high-impact skills that bring it all together: leading, coaching, influencing, managing performance, and handling difficult conversations with clarity, authority and confidence.
A Personal Approach to Professional Growth
I’ve intentionally stayed small and independent to keep my work personal, flexible, and focused on real results. I don’t believe in skills-only training, I believe in breakthroughs, big and small, that lead to meaningful, lasting change.
Whether you’re an individual who wants to find their confidence again, or an organisation wanting to build courageous, emotionally intelligent leaders, I’ll meet you where you are, and help you get where you want to go.
Tailored Training for Your Business
- Customised Learning for Lasting Impact
I design every training programme around your team’s real challenges, goals and context. - Flexible Delivery: In-Person, Virtual or online
Whether face-to-face, virtual or online, I bring energy, interaction and practical takeaways that stick. - Practical, Actionable and Results-Driven
People leave my sessions inspired and equipped to put what they’ve learned into action straight away.
What Makes My Approach Different?
- Relatable, Human, Real
I’ve been where you and your people are. That’s why I focus on mindsets as much as I do on skills. - Engaging and Fun
Training shouldn’t be dry or theoretical, it should be energising and make people want to change. That’s why I design every session to spark curiosity, laughter, and those lightbulb moments that actually stick. - Psychology-Backed, Results-Focused
Everything I teach is grounded in mindset science, behavioural psychology, coaching principles, and what I have found actually works in the real world.