Joanne Brem

Joanne Brem is an executive coach who brings seasoned, hands-on expertise to the field of organizational leadership development and education. She works with executives as well as senior and emerging leaders to develop the skills and strategies to achieve high levels of productivity, achieve business goals, and effectively lead needed changes in their organizations. This leads to her clients producing high impact, sustainable results while experiencing professional and personal success.

Joanne specializes in leadership development, cultivating executive presence, strategic planning and thought-partnering, development of effective interpersonal skills including communication and conflict resolution, building long-term strategic partnerships and stakeholder relationships, navigating the political landscape, and organizational and personal transition. Her coaching combines strong business acumen and insightful intuition, and an engaging and energizing personal style with a direct and results-oriented approach.

Prior to executive coaching, Joanne spent 17+ years in the information technology industry. As a top-performer in this extremely high-paced, competitive environment, she learned and integrated into practice the principles, dynamics and skills of sustainable high-impact performance and collaborative teamwork, which intrinsically informs her coaching methodology.

Her clients' companies include IBM, Hitachi Global Storage Technology, Pacific Gas & Electric, Robert Half Management Resources, Informatica, PeopleSoft, Anritsu, Wyndham Vacation Resorts, and Better Energy Systems.

Education and Personal: Joanne received her education at Arizona State University where she was a high honors graduate in psychology and business administration. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute. She is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) qualified.

Her personal interests include Class 4-5 white water river running, adventure travel, hiking, lap swimming, opera, classical orchestral and chamber music, and professional/personal life-long learning and development. She is founder and principal of Joanne Brem and Company.