Jo Taylor

Founder and Managing Director, Let's Talk Talent

Jo Taylor is Founder and Managing Director of Let’s Talk Talent, the London-based talent and organisational design consultancy she launched in 2015. She has spent more than 30 years in HR and people leadership, starting her career at the BBC and going on to senior roles at HarperCollins UK, Channel 4 and Dentsu Aegis Network, and as Director of Talent and Resourcing at TalkTalk Group.

Her approach rests on one belief: everyone has potential, and it is an organisation’s job to unlock it.

What Jo does at Let's Talk Talent

Jo leads the consultancy and works directly with clients on HR strategy, careers and capability and performance management. She has led Let’s Talk Talent for over ten years, working with organisations including King’s College London, Liverpool FC, Nokia, Vodafone, Wagamama and Bupa.

Career highlights

More than 30 years in HR, talent management and people leadership
Founded Let’s Talk Talent in 2015 and has led it for over ten years
Director of Talent and Resourcing at TalkTalk Group; earlier leadership roles at Dentsu Aegis Network, Channel 4 and HarperCollins UK; started her career at the BBC
Clients include King’s College London, Liverpool FC, Nokia, Vodafone, Wagamama and Bupa
Under her leadership, Let’s Talk Talent won HR Consultancy of the Year and L&D Supplier of the Year at the Personnel Today HR Awards 2025, L&D Innovation of the Year at the British Training Awards 2023 and High Growth HR Consultancy at the HRi Awards 2023

Qualifications and accreditations

BA (Hons) Media Production, Bournemouth University
Accredited VoicePrint practitioner
Accredited DiSC practitioner

Recognition, media and speaking

Consultancy Leader of the Year, British HR Awards 2023
Guest, HR Voices podcast: Running an Award-Winning HR Consultancy Business (January 2024)
Guest, Building Brand You podcast: Get, keep and grow brilliant people (August 2023)
Quoted on competency mapping and career development planning (Zavvy), team building (Lead Grow Develop), high-performing teams (StartupNation), employee development (Poll Everywhere), onboarding trends (Whale) and team collaboration (Featured.com)

Ask Jo about

Areas of expertise: Talent management, organisational design and leadership team development.

Outside work

Jo splits her time between London and Tuscany and rarely turns down a walk with the team's Chief Dog Officer, Dylan, the further afield the better. She is a self-confessed colourful-shoe addict and theatre lover, with the occasional quiet visit to a garden centre.