About
The work is personal.
So is the approach.
Willow Springs Consulting grew out of lived experience, not just academic training. We know what it feels like to lead inside a struggling system, and we bring that understanding into every engagement.
Jo Burke
Founder, Willow Springs Consulting
Leadership Experience
Jo Burke has spent more than a decade at the intersection of human-centered care, leadership development, and organizational consulting. Her work began in the trenches: training staff, building programs, and navigating the real complexity of mission-driven organizations where the stakes are high and the resources are often thin.
As a former CEO, Jo understands what it means to lead through instability and what it costs when organizations don't have the relational systems and leadership capacity they need. That lived experience shapes everything about how she shows up with clients.
She founded Willow Springs Consulting to bring the kind of grounded, practical, human-centered support she wished had been available to her, and to the leaders and organizations she now walks alongside.
Background & Credentials
13+ years in human-centered care and resiliency training
9+ years in coaching and leadership development
Former CEO with direct experience leading organizational transformation
Certified Trauma Informed Care Trainer
Life and Success Coach Certification
Trauma Coach Certification
B.S. in Family Consumer Studies & Early Childhood Development, University of Wyoming
Philosophy
How we think about organizational change.
Healthy organizations don't happen by accident. They're built through intentional leadership, honest systems, and relational cultures that make it safe for people to show up fully.
People Before Process
Sustainable organizations are built by and for human beings. Systems matter, but relationships are the foundation everything else rests on.
Sustainable Over Urgent
Real change doesn't happen in a single training session. We build slowly, intentionally, and in ways that hold up when things get hard.
Non-Clinical, Scope-Aware
Our work is educational and skills-based, not therapy. We respect the line between organizational consulting and clinical care, and we hold it clearly.
Accessible and Practical
We translate complex concepts, including nervous system science and relational systems, into tools leaders can use tomorrow.
"The goal isn't to fix your organization. It's to help you build something that can sustain itself: leadership that holds, systems that breathe, and cultures where people actually want to stay."
— Jo Burke, Founder
Ready to explore what's possible?
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