Leadership Coaching Melbourne

Leadership coaching is a collaborative, reflective process that supports you to lead in a way that feels right for you. I’ll ask you questions to help you understand yourself better so that you can make choices that align with your values, strengths and beliefs about what makes a great leader.

Unlike mentoring, I won’t tell you how you should be leading, but I will help you uncover your own answers. And unlike formal training, we’re not working through a set curriculum. Instead, the focus is on you – your challenges, patterns, and aspirations – and how you want to show up as a leader.

Two years after starting my business, I moved to an office in Collins Street, Melbourne and began coaching lawyers, bankers, partners in consulting firms and leaders in government. My work focused on helping professional people in service-based roles to build self-belief and executive presence, become more conscious leaders and use their innate strengths to become effective and purposeful leaders.

I obtained a PCC Level Certification in 2002 with International Coach Academy and in 2005, achieved a PCC accreditation with International Coach Federation. I also have taken trainings in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Russ Harris, Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive for Professionals (developed by Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer) and Internal Family Systems by Dr Richard Schwarz.

My leadership coaching works best for thoughtful, capable women who want to lead well without burning themselves out. Many of my clients are experienced professionals or business owners who are outwardly successful but sometimes experience self-doubt, have a loud inner-critic and a tendency to be hard on themselves.

You’re likely a good fit if you’re open and curious about your inner patterns, and willing to try small but meaningful changes. You don’t need to be in crisis – just ready to think more deeply about how you want to lead and live.

Clients often discover greater self-awareness and a stronger sense of what’s important to them within the first few sessions. Over time, this tends to translate into clearer decision-making, healthier boundaries, more confident and grounded communication, and leadership that feels less effortful.

The changes are usually subtle but significant. Rather than becoming a different person, most people feel more like themselves – calmer, more trusting of their judgement, and less driven by self-doubt or over-functioning.

The first step is to book an initial conversation, where we’ll talk about what’s bringing you to coaching and whether it feels like the right fit. There’s no pressure – it’s simply a chance to see if working together makes sense.

From there, I offer a couple of coaching packages, as well as individual sessions. Prices are as follows (inclusive of GST).

Single session: $275

Three-session package: $795

Five-session package: $1,250

We begin by clarifying what you want to achieve from the coaching process and I may invite you to undertake a few strengths assessments. Together, we’ll identify some clear objectives for your coaching and explore the obstacles you perceive as barriers to your growth as a leader. I’ll help you identify beliefs and assumptions that may be limiting your potential and ask questions to expand your thinking and open new possibilities.

During each coaching session, we’ll agree on action steps that will keep moving you toward your leadership goals. I’ll share a range of resources and tools to help deepen your self-awareness and provide insights and learning.

My coaching style has been described by other clients as professional, kind, supportive, wise, practical, intuitive and transformative. The coaching relationship is completely confidential and my approach is to be open-minded and non-judgemental.

The truth is you don’t really need to choose but you can find out more about what we’d address in each of these programs by following these links: career coaching, business coaching, leadership coaching or life coaching.

I take a holistic approach and believe that it’s important that we spend a bit of time looking at the whole of your life. Having said that, the coaching sessions are your time so I encourage you to direct the content. You’ll complete some questionnaires when you make your booking to let me know what you’d like to achieve.

This generally varies, but many clients begin with a package of three or five regular sessions to build momentum. A common rhythm is to schedule fortnightly appointments initially and move to monthly or quarterly sessions, depending on your needs and workload.

Some people come for a defined period around a transition or challenge; others value an ongoing coaching relationship as a steady support alongside demanding roles.