Strategic Leadership Partnership that adapts to your organisation, with sustainability in mind
I untangle complex organisational challenges and connect the dots others miss - so your leaders can adapt and lead with clarity instead of just working harder.
For NFPs, health services, government agencies, and values-based businesses ready to develop sustainable leadership practices that fit your reality.
Whether you're a CEO of a purpose-driven SME or a senior leader in an NFP, government, or health organisation, or responsible for developing your leadership team - you're leading something that matters and you care deeply about. But right now, your leaders are caught responding to relentless operational demands instead of leading strategically and sustainably. While you juggle urgent requests, your strategic initiatives gather dust.
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You're people are carrying too much and frankly, everyone’s frustrated.
What I see again and again in my work is leaders asking themselves: "How do I make the best use of my time when everything feels important?" You're fitting everything in, but it’s a constant rush that’s costing you. The self-doubt is getting louder: "Am I doing enough? Should we be further ahead? Can we sustain this pace?"
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You're not the problem. Your leaders aren’t the problem. You're all intelligent, capable and committed, but you're stuck between trying to lead well, respond to others’ needs, get things done and manage multiple demands at once. And when people are running on fumes, it’s hard to trust your own judgement, and the inner critic just gets louder.
I work with leaders who and organisations who want to step back from the chaos and focus on what will move their career, leadership and organisation forward.
What makes this different: I have what my clients call an "exceptional ability" to quickly understand your specific context and translate complex challenges into clear next steps.
Many of the leaders and organisations I work with arrive carrying a quiet question: 'Am I enough for this role? Is my team capable enough?’ What I know from 25 years of this work is that the most capable leaders often doubt themselves the most - especially when they're leading in ways that aren't sustainable.
My role is to help you build leadership practices that you can actually maintain, while quieting that self-doubt voice with clarity and evidence of your impact.
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Whether I'm working with CEOs, executives, leadership teams, or organisations, my clients often say I grasp their situation "almost immediately" - that's because I can see connections and patterns others miss from having worked with thousands of leaders for over 20 years and understanding the intersection between people, business, thinking, working and being.
The ADAPT Strategic Leadership Approach™
The ability to adapt is what separates leaders who thrive from those who survive. My ADAPT approach recognises that sustainable leadership requires five interconnected elements:
A - Awareness to understand your strengths, blind spots, and organisational insights
D - Deliberate planning and action on what matters most
A - Adaptive communication, leadership and work practices that flex to your context
P - Purposeful prioritisation of tasks, time and energy
T - Traction that creates meaningful momentum in your organisation
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This isn't a linear process. Whether I'm working with individual leaders or entire organisations, we move between these elements based on what you need most. Sometimes you need awareness of a blind spot. Other times it's about getting traction on stalled initiatives. The framework adapts to your situation, not the other way around.
OUR VALUED CLIENTS INCLUDE:
Services
Depending on where you are in your leadership journey and what your organisation needs most,, I offer four primary ways to work together:
Executive Partnering
For CEOs who need strategic thinking partnership, not just coaching. Comprehensive support that includes real-time advisory, leadership profiling, and on-tap support when complex situations arise
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For CEOs ready to elevate their leadership, influence and impact.
Leadership Development
For managers and senior leaders who want to develop their people and personal leadership.
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Our Leaders with IMPACT program builds the confidence, clarity, and capability your managers need to lead well - designed specifically to be affordable and accessible for purpose-led organisations.
Executive & Leadership Coaching
For executives and senior leaders ready to step into their strategic leadership potential while managing the unique pressures of purpose and people driven organisations. Build your presence, confidence, and ability to influence up and across.
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Strategic Planning
For government, SMEs and NFPs looking to develop a ‘plan on a page’ strategy that everyone can understand, recall and action.
Our unique approach your teams to achieve clarity and cohesion, so that you get on with the work at hand, without endless workshops and wordsmithing.
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About Sophie
I've spent 25 years working with leaders who are striving to make genuine impact while managing complex stakeholder dynamics and resource constraints. I understand the weight of making decisions that affect people's lives
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What drives me is seeing capable leaders liberated from reactive and restrictive ways of thinking and working and step into the strategic value only they can provide. 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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I'm an accredited executive coach with experience across public and private sectors, including six years with KPMG and several years with leading consulting firms. I also sit on McKinsey Consulting's global faculty providing coaching and leadership development programs to the world’s leading practitioners.
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However, for the last 16 years, my clients have included CEOs and leaders across health, community services, government, SME and for-purpose organisations, supporting good people doing great things.
Ready to lead with the 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.
