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Janine Mathó International

To master and sustain high performance, you must train on every level: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

This belief lies at the heart of what we do at Janine Mathó International, a transformation and leadership consultancy and media hub in London, Côte d'Azur and Boston (US). 

Our Founder & CEO, Janine Mathó, created Live Your Opus, a method and mindset that catalyzes and cultivates healthy high achievement.

We partner with senior executives, high-achieving individuals, and teams to guide them through profound, sustainable personal and organizational health transformations. Janine’s programs have supported the growth and development of thousands of individuals from early career to executive levels. An expert in healthy high achievement, her clients master the Live Your Opus method and mindset.

We invite change through leadership development, mentoring, and coaching strategies, drawing on a comprehensive toolkit and expertise to provide guidance, strategic insight, and lasting change. We do this in three ways:

Strategic Partnering & Executive Coaching: Transformative at-work learning experiences for individuals and teams at the Board, C-Suite, and senior levels of organizations. Leaders learn how to remove blocks, manage healthy stress & reduce unhealthy stress, recover from change fatigue, achieve business goals, cultivate and sustain high performance, and bring that new lens to the cultures they lead.

Transformational Group Learning Experiences: We design and deliver group learning experiences (e.g., programs, workshops) to support leaders and entrepreneurs in transforming their lives, careers, businesses, communities, or organizational culture. We offer our proven programs and create bespoke ones for clients.

Consulting: Janine accepts and enjoys a handful of consulting engagements each year related to the future of work or learning. She has worked with organizations and governments in this capacity.

Contact: hello@janinematho.com

Founder & CEO

Breakthrough Labs

The Breakthrough Labs community provides female founders with a supportive network, valuable resources, and opportunities for learning and growth. This includes learning from and working with me in my capacity as Coach-in-Residence. I provide experiences for learning, connection, and reflection, which support founders’ well-being and personal growth. I help members break through any limiting beliefs or fears that may hold them back from creating the life and business they envision and adopt sustainable habits of mind, body, heart, and spirit that fuel healthy high-performance and business growth.

Coach-in-Residence

ExponentialChangemakers

Launched in 2022, ExponentialChangemakers (XCM) is a global membership community propelling women from early to midcareer. We're on a mission to transform women's early-to-mid-career experience and close the early career gender gap. We apply tools used to crack the glass ceiling to the ‘sticky floor’ of early career with a double bottom-line business model that aims to do well by doing good. We support women in defining, sustainably building & achieving the life & career they want. We also work with enterprise clients to assess, develop & implement inclusive people practices and cultures people practices & cultures. 

Spring 2023: ExponentialChangemakers is proud to have been selected to participate in the Incubator at Breakthrough Labs in the United Kingdom.

CoFounder & CEO

LOVE works

At LOVE works, a collaboration between Claire Harbour and Janine Mathó, we develop leaders who create and nurture cultures that nourish, inspire, and sustain—a human touch that enhances business and sparks a global impact inside and beyond every organisation we touch.

Co-Creator & Chief LOVE Officer

Home

Took a career break to spend time with my family and recover after a significant death in the family.  During this time, I considered what I had learned and enjoyed most over the years, and reflected on my next adventures in life & career. I studied & practiced mindfulness and pursued a lifelong passion for cooking & wine by studying and earning a diploma in Wine, Gastronomy & Management from Le Cordon Bleu in London.

Career Break

Pearson

As Pearson’s global expert on thought leadership, I developed and led the future of work and learning agenda at Pearson globally. In this role, my team and I brought trends in the future of work and learning into focus companywide by releasing a multiyear thought leadership project, Future of Skills: Employment in 2030. Collaborating with leadership, I integrated future of work insights into the strategy for the UK & Core Markets (Europe, APAC, North Africa), laying the groundwork for its use companywide. In collaboration with the strategy team, we developed the first companywide strategy that aligned Pearson’s twelve businesses around common themes of lifelong learning, employability, and connecting the work and education ecosystems for learners

My team and I pioneered new perspectives about work- and post-secondary-based learning in the context of the future of work, new consumer behaviors, and the role learning technologies can play in improving learning & employability outcomes. 

Our thought leadership products energized and influenced consumer product innovation, brand, marketing, and business development and ultimately informed a new company strategy that better connected PreK-Gray learning products and services to the world of work.

During this time, I relocated from the US to the UK where I simultaneously successfully led corporate and government affairs strategy and teams in other full-time global roles across the business during challenging periods of business transformation (see below).

VP, Global Thought Leadership (CxO Suite)

As VP, Global Corporate Affairs & Thought Leadership, executives relied on my ability to swiftly assimilate into new environments, build relationships & teams, bridge gaps, and unite unconventional thinkers to address complex issues in creative ways. Leaders valued my versatility, vision, and ability to use insights and narrative to build cohesion, solidarity & enhanced reputation during periods of profound transformation.  I understand the delicate art of nurturing relationships while confronting dilemmas and making tough decisions.

Built & led an international Corporate Affairs team across Pearson's businesses in the UK and across Pearson's most mature (Core) international markets (Europe, APAC, North Africa) which became Pearson's fastest growing business. This is a geographic division with a $1bn annual turnover and a complex portfolio of PreK-Gray learning products including publishing, assessment, online programme management (OPM), and qualifications.  Responsibilities included: global brand/reputation management, strategic advising to the Executive team and Board, internal communications, public affairs and UK Government Relations. Led teams across 4 countries, and collaborated globally across all international markets.

I relocated from the US to the UK to take on this role, diving into the new markets quickly, forming new relationships within the company as well as externally with key stakeholders, including those in key positions in the UK government, universities across the globe, think-tanks, nonprofit organisations and more.

VP Corporate & Government Affairs, UK, Europe, APAC & N. Africa 

Created & led a global Corporate Affairs team across two countries to support Pearson's global product function, which powered multiple product lines, the largest being North America Higher Education, and intersected with entities across the company matrix, including Pearson's R&D hub. Areas of responsibility included reputation management, change management, employee engagement, company culture, and strategic communications. I also partnered extensively with human resources to support the developmet of a skills taxonomy and build out internal learning and development opportunities. This highly cross-functional role required collaboration and intensive stakeholder engagement across the business during a time of focused restructuring, business, and technological simplification.

VP Corporate Affairs, Global Product

Led Corporate Affairs for Pearson's R&D hub, focused on communicating the technological capabilities that powered digital learning products and product efficacy to internal and external audiences globally. Partnered with thought leadership team to strengthen alignment with internal and sector priorities, as well as dissemination. My background in K-12, US charter schools and US higher education policy, practice and trends was leveraged consistently across the company, where I was tapped to advise senior leadership and the executive team, partner with government relations, and lead strategic communications.

VP Efficacy & Research, Global Corporate Affairs & Marketing

Massachusetts Charter Public School Association

Originally hired as Deputy Director for Innovation and promoted to the first role of Chief of Policy and Practice. I built the Association's learning and development capacity from the ground up. Partnering across all 72 member schools, which served 40,000 students, I worked collaboratively to lead the initial needs assessment, propose a structure, and ultimately build a leadership learning function which not only aligned with the practice needs of school leaders and their staff but also the policy environment which significantly affected their practice. The goal of this work was to enhance the school's capacity to support leaders and teachers, as well as students, especially English language learners and students with special needs. 

Through this work I cultivated powerful leadership learning networks across 72 schools which enhanced sector performance & capacity. Created & delivered 50+ programs annually leading a team of instructional designers. 98% participation. 95% of CEOs ranked networks “very effective” (top ranking) annually 2012-16.

I was a vocal and staunch advocate for expanding the quality, impact, and availability of charter schools across the state. My work and partnership with leaders fostered a culture of collaboration across schools and fueled sector-wide innovation, helping to attract $4.7M in new funding. 

I also initiated, raised funds, and drove the collaborative development of the first statewide effort for charter schools to collaborate to enhance their capacity to deliver services to students with special needs and English language learners and improve their educational outcomes as such. 

Awards & Recognition: The US Dept of Education recognized the statewide charter school capacity-building program I designed to support the needs of students with special needs and English language learners as a national model. And I was awarded a Massachusetts Congressional Award for Service in Education.

Chief of Policy & Practice

Harvard Graduate School of Education

As founding administrative director of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard (CEPR), I I stewarded the launch & initial growth of a new university-wide education policy research center through intense university-wide collaboration. I led all enabling functions (operations, communications, finance & grants administration, and HR) and supported increase in annual revenues from $1.5M - $6M and staff growth from 5 – 40.  

Critically, I helped to shape the ideas & proposals which attracted $25.5M in new funding for the start-up & scale-up of national programs transforming teaching & learning. Funds represented 50% of total external grants raised by HGSE in FY09. Created steady influx of new funds by showcasing CEPR to alumni, donors, philanthropy & media.

In my capacity as Director, I co-founded the Strategic Data Project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launching & serving as Acting Director of the now-renowned national Fellowship program that finds & trains data strategists to advance critical analytic initiatives & insights which strengthen the data-driven decision-making capacity of state education agencies. 

In that capacity, I designed and led the fellowship program, including marketing & business development; recruitment, selection & placement; partnership & outreach; program evaluation; and alumni network. Importantly, I partnered across the university and with external consultants to create the Fellowship's learning and development program which focused on leadership, change management, and the use of data in policy decisionmaking.

Director of Administration & Communications, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard

Supported institutional change efforts of the Dean by identifying high-potential cross-institutional projects and developing an external relations strategy that showcased the innovation and impact of HGSE faculty, students, and alumni globally. Efforts enhanced the visibility and perception of HGSE, underpinned greater donor engagement, and supported an increase in funds raised.

Associate in Research, Innovation & Outreach / Special Assistant to the Dean (External Relations)

Harvard Medical School

Directed all aspects of the $1.3M Center funded by the Institute of Medicine, including education program development, budget, evaluation & recruitment. Worked under pioneer Dr. Joan Reede, Dean for Diversity & Community Partnerships, gaining front-line exposure to the barriers facing underrepresented students and faculty as they pursued careers in science, public health, and medicine. Cultivated & expanded cross-institutional partnerships and created new pipeline programming supporting underrepresented medical students and faculty across 10 Harvard hospitals, Boston Public Schools, and a wide range of university partners.  Attracted $2M in new grants and outside funding to support program expansion.

Asst. Director, Center for Minority Health & Health Disparities, Diversity & Community Partnerships

Harvard Law School

Served as special advisor to Dean Robert Clark, helping to drive a 2-year, institution-wide strategic planning process. Facilitated internal coalition building and cross-institutional collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Served as Dean’s Designee & administrator of six institutional planning committees, including the Curriculum Committee, Student Services Committee, Facilities Committee, International Committee, Faculty Affairs, and the core Steering Committee.

Special Assistant to the Dean (Strategic Planning)

Janine Mathó is an American entrepreneur and healthy high-achievement expert. 

An award-winning executive who served in senior roles across Harvard & Pearson, Janine is pioneering the future of achievement. 

Connecting research across fields and philosophies, she helps high-achieving individuals & teams discover their inner source of sustained energy & well-being, confidence, fearlessness, and high performance and stay calm amidst daily pressures and change.

Her programs have supported the growth and development of thousands of individuals from early career to executive levels. She is an expert in leadership, learning, adult development, culture change, and transformation, and also brings expertise in nutrition & gut health, mindfulness & meditation, and wellness strategies.

Janine created Live Your Opus, a transformation method and mindset for entrepreneurial people who are (secretly) aching for more in their lives and at work; her book will be available in 2025. 

She brings 25+ years of global strategic & operational leadership success across corporate, nonprofit, & academia. A 2x C-Suite nonprofit leader, she raised over $30M for learning innovation & received a Massachusetts Congressional Award for Service in Education.

At Pearson, Janine guided the future of learning and work agenda and advised executives on brand and reputation matters. She has spoken about the future of learning and work at top institutions, including the Confederation of British Industry, EdTechX London, Harvard, and the International Longevity Centre.

She is also the CEO & co-founder of ExponentialChangemakers, a global career development network for women in early to mid-career.
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The pressures we all face in life & work today require new, integrated solutions. To sustain the energy and high performance needed to meet today's business, career, and life challenges & opportunities, you must train on every level–physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Janine understands this; she learned everything she teaches out of necessity as she grew a global career, raised three children, and recovered from burnout, childhood trauma, and other setbacks.

She delivers tailored holistic support and guidance using leadership development, mentoring, teaching, and coaching strategies. She is a warm, grounded, open person who leads with curiosity.

Please connect/follow to stay in touch & use the link in bio to receive Janine’s encouraging letters each week—start to Live Your Opus today! To explore working with Janine or for speaking/podcast inquiries, contact: hello@janinematho.com.

Janine Mathó

Tired of setting goals no one cares about by March?

In my latest piece, I offer an alternative: 

A four-step framework to align your ambition with energy, clarity, and what really matters to you in 2026.

It's based on the Opus Way and written for thoughtful, high-achieving leaders who are ready to trade performative productivity for meaningful progress.

If you’re rethinking how you want to work and lead this year, I hope it gives you something useful to reflect on.

I look forward to hearing what's stirring within you for the year ahead.

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Despite all the focus on the “new” year, many of the ambitious, thoughtful leaders I work with experience January less as a blank slate and more as a 

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