Jo Owen
Award-winning author and serial entrepreneur who started Teach First, a large graduate recruiter and seven other NGOs
Jo Owen practices what he preaches about leadership. He has started eight NGOs with a combined
turnover above $100 million, including Teach First which is now the largest graduate recruiter in the
UK. Jo has worked with over 100 of the best, and a few of the worst, organisations on our planet. He
was a partner at Accenture; he built a business in Japan; he started a bank, was sued for $12 billion
and put the blue speckle in Daz when he started his career at P&G.
Read the full profile: Jo Owen turnover above $100 million, including Teach First which is now the largest graduate recruiter in the
UK. Jo has worked with over 100 of the best, and a few of the worst, organisations on our planet. He
was a partner at Accenture; he built a business in Japan; he started a bank, was sued for $12 billion
and put the blue speckle in Daz when he started his career at P&G.
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Leadership, global teams and tribes.
Jo Owen is a multi-award-winning author and entrepreneur. His books include
Global Teams,
How to Lead
and
Tribal Business School.
He is the only person to win the CMI Gold Award three times for his writing.
Jo founded
Teach First
and seven other NGOs with a total turnover of £100m pa. He has worked with over 100 of the best, and a few of the worst, organisations on our planet in most industries in Japan, Europe, Asia and North America. He has been a partner at Accenture, started a bank, built a business in Japan and was sued for $12 billion.
As a speaker he has given keynote speeches to Apple, Barclays, BT, CMI, CIPD, EDS, Google, Pearson, RBS, Qualcomm, Skype, Symantec, Unilever and many others. He has featured on the BBC, CNN, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, Times and several additional magazines & media and has presented two television series on leadership.
Jo Owen speaks on leadership skills and mindsets and global teams in anything from a 20-minute highlight for a large conference to a one-day interactive workshop with smaller groups. His leadership practice is based on what works, not on theory. And he can enliven proceedings up by exploring leadership through the eyes of tribal people, based on his work over ten years with tribes from Mali to Mongolia, the Arctic to Australia via Papua New Guinea and beyond.
Jo holds an MA from Cambridge University, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded the OBE for starting
Teach First,
a leading educational charity. Last but not least, he was the best nappy salesman in Birmingham and was responsible for putting the blue speckle in Daz.
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Jo Owen is a multi-award-winning author and entrepreneur. His books include
Global Teams,
How to Lead
and
Tribal Business School.
He is the only person to win the CMI Gold Award three times for his writing.
Jo founded
Teach First
and seven other NGOs with a total turnover of £100m pa. He has worked with over 100 of the best, and a few of the worst, organisations on our planet in most industries in Japan, Europe, Asia and North America. He has been a partner at Accenture, started a bank, built a business in Japan and was sued for $12 billion.
As a speaker he has given keynote speeches to Apple, Barclays, BT, CMI, CIPD, EDS, Google, Pearson, RBS, Qualcomm, Skype, Symantec, Unilever and many others. He has featured on the BBC, CNN, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, Times and several additional magazines & media and has presented two television series on leadership.
Jo Owen speaks on leadership skills and mindsets and global teams in anything from a 20-minute highlight for a large conference to a one-day interactive workshop with smaller groups. His leadership practice is based on what works, not on theory. And he can enliven proceedings up by exploring leadership through the eyes of tribal people, based on his work over ten years with tribes from Mali to Mongolia, the Arctic to Australia via Papua New Guinea and beyond.
Jo holds an MA from Cambridge University, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded the OBE for starting
Teach First,
a leading educational charity. Last but not least, he was the best nappy salesman in Birmingham and was responsible for putting the blue speckle in Daz.
Blog post here!
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