Leaders come to me when they are working at a level most leadership development was never built to reach. This has long been my work, in direct partnership with CEOs and executive teams through the moments that matter most, from board-level transitions and organisational transformation to leadership under conditions where competence alone no longer decides the outcome. The work has been refined at the point where conventional leadership development ends.
I work with a deliberately small number of clients each year, leaders and teams carrying work of real consequence, where the quality of their own presence now determines what is possible. By the time they reach me, what they are looking for is rarely more expertise.
My work spans six continents and has included senior leaders at some of the world’s most demanding organisations: Kraft Foods, PwC, Mondelez, Bacardi, National Australia Bank, MLC Life Insurance (Acenda), Telstra, Aurecon, GHD, Virgin Australia, Baker McKenzie, Amcor, AXA, Bupa, Coles, Clayton Utz, Fonterra, and government agencies across Australia, Canada and the United States.
I work at the level strategy and execution both depend on, the level that distinguishes the most capable leaders. Here, what a leader is carrying inside shapes outcomes as much as any framework or plan. Leadership as Transmission has grown from long experience across industries and geographies, and from asking what develops a leader when today’s complexity outpaces competence alone.
Background
My practice is supported by advanced training in leadership development and assessment. I am a certified Leadership Circle Advanced Master Practitioner, trained directly with Bob Anderson through Unity Academy in vertical leadership. I work across the full Leadership Circle suite for individual leaders, executive teams and whole leadership systems. I also hold certifications in psychometric and cultural assessment instruments, including Hogan Executive Suites and Barrett Values. I am a Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Executive Coaching and hold advanced coach standing with the International Coaching Federation. My perspective brings together years working in client-focused business strategy, an academic foundation spanning music, philosophy, education and religious studies, and a master’s in educational leadership. It is further informed by a longstanding engagement with psychoanalytic thought, particularly the unconscious patterns that shape authority, relationships and change. These foundations help me attend to both the commercial realities of leadership and the human dynamics that shape organisational life.
I am completing Thomas Hübl’s two-year Timeless Wisdom Training, exploring the edge of what supports leaders to stay grounded under pressure, work with uncertainty and act when familiar approaches no longer suffice. This deepens my capacity to recognise and work with the unseen patterns that shape how leaders and teams relate, respond and act.