Strozzi Institute
Jo Manton is an accomplished Director and Executive Coach leading JMA Leadership Ltd since January 2018, focusing on leadership development through a team of consultants and coaches. With extensive experience in executive coaching at various organizations, including Quest Leadership, Strozzi Institute, and Wondrous, Jo has built a strong foundation in consultancy and coaching since October 2012 at ASK Europe plc as Principal Consultant. Previous roles include Employee Engagement Project Manager at Tata Steel Europe, E.ON Academy Learning Manager, and L&D Manager at E.ON UK, where strategic direction, training interventions, and talent development were key responsibilities. Jo also held significant positions at Barclaycard and Barclays Bank, where talent management and organizational development were central focuses. Jo holds an MA in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St Andrews.
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Strozzi Institute
Our mission is to produce leaders who embody pragmatic wisdom, skillful action and grounded compassion. We propose a different approach to learning – embodied learning. We begin with the claim that learning is the ability to take actions that were previously unavailable to us. Secondly, we offer a new interpretation of the body that is fundamental to learning. This interpretation challenges the rationalistic tradition, the dualism of mind and body that our educational system has maintained over the past three hundred years. In contrast to this tradition we say that learning is the result of new practices that we commit our body to, not in gathering and understanding information. In the words of William Shakespeare, “By my actions teach my mind.” We challenge the notion that cognitive understanding produces the ability to take effective action. We are not suggesting abandoning cognitive learning. We are saying it is only one aspect of learning. We do see, however, that learning happens in our bodies. When we understand, for example, the power of making grounded assessments, requests, offers, and leading those we manage, but find ourselves incompetent to do so, we see it is necessary to design practices that train our bodies for these actions.
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