Transformation
"Transformation is an evolutionary process that we deeply feel and experience. Once it occurs, we move beyond just understanding it intellectually to fully and sustainably living the change. We embody a rooted version of our authentic self, with acceptance and clarity that transcends our past. This shift is such, that even under pressure or when very relaxed, we do not unconsciously revert to our old ways. Such transformation can occur multiple times in our lives." Lutz Otto
Finding peace within
​​"The understanding, acceptance and integration of our totality - our life experiences, different traits, knowledge, upbringing, intergenerational content, success, failure, and the parts of us that we shut down, compare to others, are wounded, or fear will exclude us from belonging - is necessary for us to feel grounded and stable in our self-worth.
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The more that we are able to do this, the more likely we are to feel psychological freedom and inner peace. This does not mean life is suddenly challenge free, it means that we live with greater awareness, make conscious choices, feel less internal conflict, live with greater alignment and psychological well-being.
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This is my wish for everyone I am privileged to work with." Lutz Otto
“Not the world, not what’s outside of us, but what we hold inside traps us. We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” Gabor Mate
Executive & Leadership Coaching
Executive and leadership coaching, are widely embraced as focused, facilitative, personalized, catalytic, empowering, and growth-oriented development processes that take place in a professional collaborative relationship.
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What I work with:
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Navigating complexity, change and transition
Navigating significant leadership and career transitions, new roles, organisational change, uncertainty and complexity.
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Leadership, authority and impact
Developing conscious, deliberate, effective and authentic leadership capability. Exploring how leadership behaviour influences individuals, teams and wider systems.
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Understanding human behaviour and motivation
Developing a deeper understanding of what drives behaviour — in yourself and others — including the conscious and less conscious motivations that shape how we think, feel and act.
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Relationships and relational patterns
Developing more meaningful relationships. Recognising and working with recurring relational patterns and complex interpersonal dynamics.
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Organisational and group dynamics
Making sense of the often complex dynamics within organisations, teams and groups, and understanding your place and impact within them.
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Working with pressure, anxiety and difficulty
Better navigating anxiety, pressure, conflict, competing demands and challenging situations, while strengthening psychological and physiological wellbeing.
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Self-awareness, self-esteem and agency
Cultivating greater self-awareness and awareness of others. Strengthening the foundations of self-esteem and developing greater personal agency through deeper insight into what makes you who you are — including learning to acknowledge and better bear your inadequacies.
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Recurring patterns and self-limiting ways of being
Understanding recurring patterns, self-limiting beliefs, self-sabotage and imposter experiences, and developing the capacity to work with rather than simply re-enact them.
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Making sense of your story
Exploring your personal and professional story, saying the things that need saying, making sense of significant experiences, and finding a way forward that enables growth.
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Choice, meaning and what matters
Making more conscious choices. Clarifying needs, desires and values, and identifying what brings sustained meaning and purpose. Defining goals while attending to the deeper questions that sit beneath them.
Collectively, these outcomes contribute to building aligned teams, improving relationships, accelerating organizational performance, and achieving your objectives. When done well, this results in a systemic impact.
Why this type of coaching?
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​As you climb higher up the ladder, and not necessarily in a traditional leadership position, things change. You are expected to deal with complex organizational dynamics, challenging conversations, implement change processes, create an innovative culture, and improve performance. Peoples perceptions of you change, information flows change, competitive dynamics amongst peers change, expectations change, the pace changes, things at home change, your bodies response to the pressure changes, and anxieties change.
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Your expertise has been honed on the technical aspects of your role, strategy, planning, tactical execution, and objective achievement, and this has served you very well. You though realize that you have not afforded enough time to understand yourself, how this plays out in how you lead, and that starting a process like this, is not only necessary to deliver your vision and objectives, but to living a more fulfilling life.
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Client profile
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The people who decide to partner with me are deeply committed to their journey and intentionally seek to work with an experienced practitioner who also has executive leadership experience.
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Prior starting a work together many of my clients have already explored pop-psychology, have some past experience with coaches or therapists, engaged in coaching models based on the back end of elite or extreme sports, and completed various personality assessments. Despite initial promise, they had found these approaches insufficient; And this has led them to them to recognize that sustainable growth requires deeper work, over time.
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Often referred, roughly 15% of my clients come to me with personal growth as their initial objective, the other 75% arrive with something they are trying to work through – To this point:
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The 15% who proactively invest in their growth are significantly better prepared to navigate the inevitable complexities of life.
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Neither category express regret in starting their journey. All wished that they had begun sooner, and once they experience the benefits of their process, their commitment to the process is ongoing.
What unites my clients is a desire for deeper self-knowledge, a need to make better sense of their current situation, and a clear intention to move forward purposefully. They represent a diverse spectrum of industries, including accounting, academia, banking, building, consulting, coaching, creative fields, education, engineering, IT, legal, manufacturing, mental health care, medicine, retail, and the sciences.​
​​​​​Methodology, approach, and experience
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Our work begins only after we have established that we can work together, and that you feel that you can trust me enough to reveal your most authentic self and that which you would hesitate to share elsewhere.
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My practice is rooted in dedication and respect. I:
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Offer a safe, neutral, confidential, supportive, collaborative, gently challenging, interpretative, informed, and outcomes-focused approach.
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Am adept at working with depth and am comfortable navigating complexity, ambiguity and processes where there may not be an immediate or obvious answer.
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You can explore my:
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Approach here.
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Work foundation here.
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What we could work with here.
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Confidentiality and professional association
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Confidentiality, ethical practice, professional association and our terms of working together can be explored here.
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What is our next step?
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If what you read resonates, or you would like to find out more, lets set up a discovery call. To schedule a conversation simply email me here.
