Leadership and performance coach, behaviour-change specialist

Overview

Josie Askin is one of New Zealand's most relatable voices on sustainable high performance. As founder of Spring Coaching, she works with ambitious leaders, founders and teams to lift performance without the cost of burnout, drawing on twenty years inside government, a deep grounding in behaviour change, and her own experience as an endurance athlete.

Who is Josie Askin? Josie spent nearly two decades in government strategy and performance advisory roles before moving into coaching full time. She is a certified behaviour-change coach, an endurance athlete and the founder of Wellington-based Spring Coaching. Her keynotes weave lessons from sport into business and challenge audiences to swap heroic, unsustainable effort for small, consistent daily actions.

Career Highlights

• Founder and Director of Spring Coaching

• Creator of The Power of Small Steps online programme

• Performance, leadership and wellbeing coach to leaders, founders and corporate teams

• Nearly 20 years in NZ government strategy and performance advisory roles

• Certified behaviour-change coach and Precision Nutrition trained

• Endurance athlete bringing lessons from sport into the corporate world

• Regular guest expert writer for Health 2000 and other industry publications

Key Speaking Themes

• Sustainable high performance: doing more without burning out

• Mindset, resilience and navigating challenge

• Productivity, time management and the power of small steps

• Self-leadership and energy management

• Women, perimenopause and performance at work

What Your Audience Will Gain Josie gives audiences practical strategies they can use the next day. They walk out with a clearer sense of their non-negotiables, a small-steps plan for change, and permission to stop trading their health for short-term performance.

Ideal For

• Leadership and people-leader conferences

• Wellbeing and high-performance programmes

• Women's leadership and perimenopause-at-work events

• Executive offsites and team days

• Workshop and panel formats

Frequently Asked Questions...

What does Josie Askin speak about? Sustainable high performance, mindset, resilience, productivity, self-leadership, and perimenopause and women's health at work.

What is Spring Coaching? Spring Coaching is the leadership and performance coaching practice Josie founded, working with leaders, founders and teams across New Zealand.

What is The Power of Small Steps? A curated online programme Josie runs to help busy professionals stay motivated and accountable to goals through small, manageable daily steps.

Does Josie Askin speak about perimenopause? Yes. She has become a leading NZ voice helping organisations support women through perimenopause and lift performance at the same time.

What is Josie Askin's background? Nearly 20 years in NZ government strategy and performance advisory roles, followed by a move into full-time coaching and behaviour change.

How long is a typical keynote? 45 minutes is standard with Q&A optional. Workshops, lunch-and-learns and longer programme rollouts are also available.