Jo Hennessy has been appointed as Director of Research and will oversee all research activities at Roffey Park. Jo has been at Roffey Park since 2005 as Director of Open Programmes where she was responsible for the strategic direction of their extensive portfolio of open programmes.
Jo graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Experimental Psychology and also has an MSc in Occupational Psychology. As a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Jo is a member of the British Psychological Society and the Association of Business Psychology. She is also a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Jo has published research articles on team cohesion and assessment methodology. She recently authored a chapter on the Psychology of Customer Relationship Management in “Business Psychology in Practice”. Jo is a regular conference speaker on a wide range of topics including: “Change Management – Seasons of Change Model”, “Action Learning in Organisations”, “Enlightenment at Work”, “HR – Adding Value” and in 2005 she was Dean of the Association of Business Psychologists Conference entitled, “Psychology at the Heart of Business”.
Jo specialises in the design and facilitation of executive development programmes in the areas of leadership and change. Prior to joining Roffey Park she was previously a partner at Human Qualities where she worked across business sectors both in the UK and internationally. Before that, Jo headed up Executive Development for Penna and, at Brathay, she managed the team of learning and development consultants, with personal involvement in team facilitation and process consultancy. Jo’s early career was with SHL where she gained experience in managing large-scale assessment/development centre interventions.
John Gilkes, Chief Executive at Roffey Park said: “Research lies at the heart of what we do at Roffey Park and we aim to produce research which is practical, valuable and enlightening to both organisations and individuals alike. Jo’s wealth of knowledge, experience and commitment to Roffey Park make her the ideal person for this role.”