Leadership Coaching Programs
My experience suggests that many leaders are not provided with the support they need to become more self-aware, skilled and emotionally intelligent leaders and communicators, especially those who’ve moved quickly from highly technical to leadership roles.
These skills are absolutely fundamental for great leadership. After all, leadership involves navigating a whole range of important relationships and conversations with other people. To succeed, you really need to be good at the ‘people’ stuff.
The problem for many leaders I work with is that this is often the trickiest part! They know their stuff from a technical perspective but are less confident when it comes to managing stakeholders, peers, and team members.
Leadership Coaching Programs
I love working with leaders who are motivated to grow their skills, confidence and effectiveness in these areas.
In working with me, you’ll get the benefit of my 18+ years of experience in organisational psychology, coaching, leadership development and behavioural change. I also bring a lot of evidence-based practices and insights from the fields of neuroscience, social psychology, and behavioural science.
As a coach, I often support leaders in the following areas…
Building greater levels of self-awareness and insight
Managing key stakeholders & peer / strategic relationships
Strengthening communication & influencing skills
Creating and maintaining psychological safety
Building capability & high performing teams
Strategic thinking skills
Leading change & innovation
Giving & receiving feedback
Effectively navigating ‘difficult’ or challenging conversations
Coaching & developing others
Time management & delegation
Genuinely listening; making others feel ‘heard’ & understood
Strengths-based leadership approaches
and more!
A key focus of my leadership coaching and development work is to help you become the kind of leader who builds trust, clarity, connection, understanding & constructive, mutually beneficial relationships.
“Trust is earned in the smallest of moments.
It is earned not through heroic deeds, or even highly visible actions, but through paying attention, listening, and gestures of genuine care and connection.”
What to Expect…
You can choose from two different options - we can set up a structured coaching program with an agreed duration and number of sessions, or we can work on a monthly retainer style basis (starting at 3 months). While tailoring your coaching program to suit your specific needs, here is some general information on what to expect.
We would work together for anything between 3-12 months, depending on your goals & budget
We’ll set up a schedule for regular sessions (for structured programs) or you’ll have access to me during specific ‘office hours’ (for retainer programs) - either way, we’ll work together to ensure there is always time in our diaries to regularly meet!
I’ll often give you ‘homework’ between sessions - e.g. some reading, reflection, or actions to maintain momentum and progress
Typically we’ll stay in contact between sessions as well (via Slack, WhatsApp or similar). This allows you to have some ‘real time’ support when you need it, which is super helpful when trying to manage important relationships or change existing behaviours
You might complete some online assessments to build self-awareness around your style & preferences
If relevant, I might gather some feedback from a few key stakeholders (e.g. your manager, peers, team members). The goal in doing this is twofold - to better understand and address any potential ‘blindspots’, and to garner others’ support
Along the way you will experiment with new skills, knowledge and behaviours in your ‘real’ work environment, with me to support you every step of the way!
All of my programs are ‘high touch’, in that we will both invest a fair bit of time into building your self-awareness and developing the required skills, tools, and approach.
Why? Because changing existing behaviours and habits can be difficult!
If you’d like more info, please reach out today for a no-obligation chat. If I’m not the right coach for your needs, I’ll happily refer you to someone else in my network where I can!
Formal Qualifications & Training
Okay - here is some of the formal stuff about my qualifications & training! My qualifications include a Masters of Psychology (Organisational), Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology), and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology). I’m a registered psychologist within Australia and hold professional memberships with the Australian Psychological Society and Australian Human Resource Institute.
I’m also accredited in a broad range of psychometric assessment tools including the Saville WAVE, OPQ, CAPP Strengths Profile, VIA Character Strengths assessment, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the Burke Learning Agility Inventory, and many more. With strengths in “Growth” and “Love of Learning”, I’ve also completed a number of courses in positive psychology, learning agility, well-being, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Finally, I’m also accredited in Lego® Serious Play®.
Organisations I’ve worked with…
“Having a really skilled and genuine business psychologist personally interviewing, gathering and distilling feedback, and the coaching and facilitating our team to create their development plans was a huge leap forward.”
COLLIS TA’EED, FOUNDER & CEO OF ENVATO