Joseph Thompson

About Joseph Thompson

Joseph Thompson is a Partner at Novus Global and VP of Innovation & Learning Design at the Meta Performance Institute. He is a strategic leadership coach and elite executive trainer who has logged thousands of hours coaching C-suite executives, senior leaders, and founders across Fortune 500 firms, global nonprofits, and high-growth companies.
His journey began after being rejected from every PhD program he applied to — a pivotal moment that led him to rediscover his passion for leadership. Rising quickly through the ranks in education, Joseph was given the opportunity to lead a struggling school campus. Within a year, he turned it around and earned top honors in the network by applying the same principles he now teaches leaders.
In 2020, as the world grappled with COVID, Joseph launched his coaching practice. Since then, he has become a partner at Novus Global and led the redesign of the Meta Performance Institute’s world-class executive coaching training program, reshaping the industry and setting new standards for outcomes-driven coaching.
Joseph’s philosophy is simple yet profound: leaders are not struggling from a lack of resources, but from a lack of imagination. He helps leaders go beyond high performance into Meta-Performance — creating cultures where people accomplish seemingly impossible visions while loving their lives in the process.
A published poet and author, Joseph brings both precision and creativity to his work. He lives near Houston, Texas with his wife and their six children.