Joanna Maxwell

I am the owner of WorkInColour and a corporate trainer, professional coach and writer.

Joanna MaxwellJoanna has recovered from her first career in corporate law to become the owner of WorkInColour and a coach, creative thinker, trainer and writer. She's long been fascinated by the power that comes from combining the rigour of critical thinking with the possibilities of creative thinking. Programs such as Juicy Thinking and the Escape Hatch are the result.

Joanna's style is interactive, using humour and a grounded approach to engage participants. Words often used by others to describe her presentation style are 'enthusiastic', 'lively', 'practical' and 'inspiring'. She gets results.

Joanna has been coaching, presenting and conducting workshops since the 1990s. Clients include:

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Janet Newcomb (California)

Janet NewcombJan specialises in business leadership and strategy, organizational effectiveness and career transitions.

Jan is a coach and consultant with over 25 years of wide-ranging business experience. She has worked for Fortune 500 companies, founded for-profit and non-profit corporations, served on the boards of several professional organisations, and is currently an active social entrepreneur and community volunteer. A licensed provider of the Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment (BTSA), individuals and organizations Jan works with learn to improve personal/organisational results by clarifying and focusing on strengths, identifying blind spots, and managing weaknesses effectively. Her mediation experience makes her particularly effective working with the conflicting priorities and personalities on executive teams.

  • 'Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage over the competition.' - Ed McCabe
  • 'Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible.' - Frank Zappa
  • 'Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?' - Mary Oliver
  • 'To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.' - Joseph Chilton Pearce Oliver
  • 'We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.' - Joseph Campbell
  • 'A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.' - Frank Capra