An Executive Partner, Advisor & Coach
for you and your leaders.
You're leading something that matters, but right now you're caught responding to operational demands instead of leading strategically.
While you handle what's urgent, your strategic priorities gather dust.
What I see again and again is leaders asking:
"What's the next best move when everything feels important?"
Underneath that sits other doubts like "am I doing enough, should we be further ahead, can we sustain this pace?
You're not the problem. You're intelligent, capable and committed, but stretched thin trying to lead well and manage everything at once. And when you're strained, it's hard to focus on what matters most.
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There are six primary ways for us to work together:
For CEOs who want to lead strategically and sustainably, supported by an experienced accountability partner, strategic advisor, and leadership specialist.
A blend of advisory, leadership profiling and coaching, with on-tap support when things get complex.
Leaders with IMPACT builds the confidence, clarity and capability managers need to lead themselves and others well.
Designed to be affordable and accessible for purpose-led and health organisations, with options for middle and senior managers.
Fit-for-purpose profiling for aware, adaptive leaders.
360s, behavioural styles and personality profiling for individuals and teams, for recruitment, alignment and development.
For executives ready to trade reactive habits for strategic presence, built for the pressures of purpose-driven organisations.
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Build your presence, confidence, and ability to influence up and across.​​
For teams who want a strategy everyone understands, remembers and acts on.
You will achieve to clarity and alignment fast, without endless workshops and wordsmithing.
Executive team growth
Helping executive teams build alignment, trust and shared direction, so strategy translates into consistent, coordinated action.
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These are bespoke programs, co-designed with you.
I work with leaders who want to step back from the chaos and get clear on what will move their career, leadership and organisation forward.
Over 20 years and thousands of leaders in, I get to the heart of things fast. I see the intersection of people, business, thinking and operating that most miss.
The most capable leaders often doubt themselves the most. My role is to help you cut through that, take decisive action, and lead strategically and sustainably.​
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The ability to adapt is what separates leaders who thrive from those who survive.
An Adaptive Leadership approach gives leaders the clarity and confidence to navigate constant change, complexity and uncertainty.​
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The ADAPT approach recognises that adaptive, strategic and sustainable leadership requires five interconnected elements:
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1.Awareness, understanding your strengths, defaults and blind spots.
2. Deliberate planning, direction and action on what matters most.
3. Adaptive communication, leadership and work practices that flex to context.
4. Purposeful prioritisation of tasks, time and energy.
5. Traction, momentum and trust that turns effort into outcomes.
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The ADAPT Approach™
About Sophie
I help CEOs and senior leaders to lead strategically and sustainably.
That's because I truly believe that life's too short to be unsatisfied in your work. I know that most people have incredible untapped potential, and, that you don't have to do it alone.
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With 25 years in leadership across public and private sectors, and 18 years running The Adapt Group (founded 2008), I love what I do.
I partner with good people who are doing great things. Those that are striving to make a impact while managing complex dynamics and resource constraints.
I adapt proven, best practice strategies to work in your world - where budgets are tight, stakes are high, and every decision matters.​​
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Read the full story on the About page.
Ready to lead with ease and move from reactive to adaptive leadership?
Book a confidential conversation where we explore your specific challenges and what success looks like for you.