Transform Leadership, Elevate Culture, Retain Talent

Organisations are struggling to keep good people who stay positive and productive when times are tough.

PB Performance and Development helps you build leadership capability, improve team effectiveness, and create positive workplace cultures so you can retain engaged high performers and thrive even in challenging times.

I’m Jo Saies, founder and Principal of PB Performance and Development.

We focus on helping organisations to keep high performing, engaged people by building:

  • capable leaders
  • effective teams
  • cultures where people want to stay.

We typically work with:

  • Purpose driven organisations – State and Federal Government, aged care, disability and community services sectors
  • Professional services – Law, Accounting, Engineering, Health and Allied Health

With deep personal and professional experience of disability, Jo brings specialist expertise and a driving passion for maximising potential of leaders and emerging leaders with disability across all sectors.

Services

Executive
Coaching

Developing confident, self-aware leaders who lead with clarity, influence and impact.

Team & Organisational Development

Strengthening organisational culture and capability through tailored development programs.

Leadership
Training

Building leadership and management capability through engaging, group adult learning experiences

What drives our work

We know organisations today are expected to deliver more than ever before, often with fewer people, tighter budgets, increased regulation and greater scrutiny.

This pressure shows up across the organisation as:

  • High turnover and workforce shortages draining your resources
  • Challenging workplace dynamics
  • Overwhelm and burnout affecting morale and productivity
  • Brand reputation or market value taking a hit

Within this context we see leaders stepping into roles they’re not yet equipped for, often with limited support and no structured development plan. As a result we see:

  • Feedback and accountability conversations avoided
  • Teams lacking direction or clear priorities
  • An overemphasis on driving results at the cost of health and well-being
  • Erosion of trust and confidence in leadership.

The cost of inaction can be high.

To help organisations address these challenges, our work is focused on:

Engagement – creates commitment

Engaged people bring more energy and discretionary effort to their work. By creating the conditions where people feel valued, connected and motivated, you build stronger cultures and more sustainable results.

Performance – delivers your results

Sustainable high performance is about creating the conditions and building the capabilities that enable people to perform at their best. Through targeted individual, team and culture development, you can achieve results without compromising health and wellbeing.

Retention – protects your talent

Keeping good people has never been more important. Investing in building capability and culture helps you retain valuable talent, reduce turnover costs and preserve the knowledge and relationships that drive long-term success.

About PB Performance & Development

Established by Jo Saies in 2009, PB Performance and Development has helped hundreds of clients achieve their goals through one-to-one coaching, face-to-face group training, facilitated team development and organisational-wide performance and development projects.

Jo describes herself as a change-warrior – her super-power is supporting people to adapt to, initiate, embrace, manage, lead and thrive through change.

She brings:

  • A deep understanding of human behaviour and human performance
  • Extensive experience of Government, NFP and Professional services
  • An unshakable belief in the growth and potential of others

Jo is a recognised advocate for leadership opportunities for people with disability, bringing both professional expertise and lived experience to this work.

Testimonials

“Catalysed Lasting Change”

Jo worked with me as an Executive Coach for 18 months. Her coaching style was perfect for my kind of interaction and learning. She always found ways to steer our conversation towards valuable self-reflection, and catalysed lasting change in the way that I work.

~ University Dean
"Exceeded all expectations"

The feedback from the Coaching Conversations for Leaders program is absolutely fantastic, it exceeded all expectations, thank you so much

~ GM People & Culture, Aged Care Provider

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If you recognise these challenges, and you’re ready to build engagement, performance and retention let’s explore how we can help.