When teams underperform, leaders end up carrying the load.
You're chasing, fixing and picking up work, so you can't do your own job. I help you find out what's getting in the way and sort it, so your team delivers and you can get back to leading.
I've spent over thirty years in teams, and leading them, the effective ones and the not-so-effective ones, so I’ve experienced first-hand how exhausting it gets when the team isn't stepping up. Doing their job, as well as your own, is a sure-fire way to burnout.
Whether your team needs a diagnostic, a reset, a rebuild, or better tools for managing stress, I can help you figure out what's going on and what to do about it so you can get back to your job.
Here's what keeps you stuck carrying the load, and how I help your team take it off you.
My team isn’t delivering so I’m leaning in more than I’d like to.
For leaders who are chasing, fixing and refereeing because the team isn't delivering. Conflict, crossed wires, or work that keeps ending up back on your desk.
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My team is running on empty and I’m feeling it too.
For when stress is showing up as sickness, people leaving, or a team that's running on fumes. And if it's you that's running on empty, there's a workshop for that too.
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What changes?
You get space back for strategy and priorities.
Less of your time goes on chasing or refereeing.
People take ownership and follow through, so you can let go.
Decisions move forward without everything coming back to you.
Want your time back?
Book a free 30-minute call and we’ll work out what’s getting in the way.
Hi, I’m Johanna Hooper.
In this video, I introduce my style of coaching (and working) and its origins.
A bit more about me…
I've been leading people since I was 24, helping people build the teams they need, not the ones they’ve ended up with. Helping them build teams that bring them joy rather than drama…and taking the load back off the leader.
23 years in the Navy taught me that leadership isn't about rank or authority; part of it is luck - you either have a great team, or you don’t! And the other part is unrewarded effort - just as you get the team where you want them, team members change and you start all over again.
Since then, I've worked with leadership teams across professional services, technology, finance, healthcare and the public sector, helping them build the teams they actually need, not the ones they've ended up with. Helping them build teams that allow them to do their own job and have a work-life balance that doesn’t kill them.
I'm a Chartered Manager with the CMI and delivered a TEDx talk in Southampton all about personalised resilience. I've taught leadership and management on Degree Apprenticeships at the University of Portsmouth, led dozens of small businesses through the national Help to Grow Management programme and completed over 1,000 hours’ coaching.
If you've seen the videos on this page, you'll have a sense of my style. But let me spell it out. It's direct, evidence-based, occasionally sweary, always honest. I'll challenge you, but I'll do it with plenty of mischief and a cheeky smile. 🤪
What people say
"I chose Johanna because she quickly grasped the issues I was grappling with, explored the kind of support I was really looking for, and I knew she would challenge me the most."
Head of Legal Services
"As well as helping me develop a more robust toolkit with which to approach operations, specifically around building a team, you empowered me to think about my business in a much more positive and productive way. In particular, you helped me to value the strengths of the business much more, and recognise how many fantastic opportunities that we can offer people both inside and outside of the company."
Ben, Architecture Firm
"Straight-talking, honest, and genuinely funny. Exactly what I needed."
Workshop Attendee