Dr Johanne Klap
Executive leadership coach, skilled facilitator and experienced learning specialist — aligning culture and values with the goals that matter most.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.Albert Einstein
Grounded in research, driven by people’s potential.
Johanne is a dynamic executive leadership coach with a strategic focus on aligning organisational culture and values with mission-critical goals. Her approach is strength-based and solution-focused, leveraging the inherent wisdom and potential within individuals and teams to negotiate successful outcomes.
Her facilitation style centres on fostering introspection, stimulating new learning, and encouraging people to see the potential in themselves and others. Jo’s primary objective is to equip leaders and teams with the skills and knowledge to achieve results and drive their organisations forward sustainably.
With a robust academic background and deep practical experience, Jo completed a PhD researching mindfulness, wellbeing and authentic leadership — work recognised with two research awards. Her earlier career spanned marketing and public relations management, secondary education in Australia and the United Kingdom, and university lecturing, where she was recognised for exceptional teaching.
Qualifications & credentials.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Murdoch University
- Master of EducationUniversity of Melbourne
- Graduate Diploma in PsychologyMurdoch University
- Graduate Diploma in EducationMurdoch University
- Bachelor of Arts — PsychologyMurdoch University
Credentials & training
- Certified MBTI trainer
- Certified Barrett Values provider
- Certified PRINT trainer
- Mindfulness trainerPotential Project
Twenty years of coaching across very different worlds.
Jo brings two decades of executive and leadership coaching and facilitation across resources and engineering services, the public sector, health, education, legal and finance.
That breadth gives her a comprehensive understanding of organisational dynamics — and makes her a trusted advisor, facilitator and coach to leaders working in very different environments.
An evidence base behind the practice.
Supporting and transforming school principals’ wellbeing and leadership
Doctoral thesis, Murdoch University — a longitudinal study of mindfulness training as professional learning for 30 school principals. Open access.
‘Head’ First: Principal self-care to promote teacher resilience
In Cultivating Teacher Resilience (Springer). Klap, MacCallum & Mansfield — on mindfulness, self-care and the ripple effect of principal wellbeing.
The Mindful Principal
The thesis findings, turned into a practical companion for school leaders — free, delivered straight to your inbox.
Work with Jo.
Every engagement begins with a conversation. Tell her what you’re working towards.
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