EXECUTIVE COACHING
Clear, confident & strategic leadership
See clearly, decide well, lead with confidence.
You know you need to think more strategically, but with constant urgent requests and managing staff through challenges while trying to hit targets with lean budgets... well, strategic thinking feels like a luxury you can't afford.
You want to be the person who steps back from all the noise and knows exactly what deserves your attention. Who communicates with conviction because you trust your decisions. Who creates organisational momentum without having to personally drive everything forward.
You’re already on that path. You're a good person with great capabilities. Your people trust you, your organisation is making a real impact, and you genuinely care about doing right by others.
What I hear most from clients...
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"I want to feel more confident as a leader"
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“I'm not sure I’m doing this right”
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"I'm overwhelmed"
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"I’ve got some tricky people, conversations and decisions to navigate”
I often see senior, talented, capable people who are unaware of their true value and potential.
I'm driven to help them be their best and make an impact with their careers, colleagues, clients and communities.
My role is to help you reclaim your clarity and confidence. What I know from experience is that you don't need to work harder, or to be a different person to achieve it.
You need to know how to see and leverage what you already have, and the right tools to deliver.
Executive coaching with me isn't about adding another thing to your to-do list. It's about creating space to step back from all the noise and see what truly needs your attention. It's about building your confidence to trust yourself and your team to do good work without you having to be across every detail.
What I see again and again is that good people with a strong work ethic make sure everything gets done but at a cost to their wellbeing.
My role is to help you reclaim that clarity and calm confidence.
My approach: Clear thinking leads to confident action.
I take the complex situations swirling around in your head and help you synthesise them into clear next steps. We strengthen how you think, work, and lead so you can create sustainable impact with ease.
I combine evidenced leadership strategies and coaching conversations to work with your resource constraints and role realities.
My ADAPT approach is based on the philosophy that sustainable, effective leadership requires five interconnected elements:
Awareness to understand your strengths, defaults, and blind spots.
Deliberate planning and action that moves the needle.
Adaptive communication and leadership that works for your context.
Purposeful prioritisation of tasks, time and energy
Traction & momentum that doesn't require you to drive everything.
This is not a rigid framework, but a guide that we move through that adapts to your situation.
"Sophie has been the physiotherapy for my brain that I needed, and has helped me realise that you don't need to be across every detail, but trust in yourself and the people around you to do a good job. I am more patient, more calm and more confident in my own abilities, and have been able to give my team more autonomy to do their job, and do it well."
Daniel Head, Head of Operations, Transdev
How we work together
You're a values driven leader and committed to doing it well. You want to think more strategically, decide with confidence, and lead well.
You know you're capable of more - you just need the tools to get there.
You might be thinking:
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"How do I make best use of my time?"
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"How do I think more strategically when I'm constantly managing urgent requests?"
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"How do I build better relationships with my peers, executive team, CEO or board?"
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"How do I manage myself and my time better?"
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"How do I influence up and communicate for impact?"
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“How can I be a more confident leader?”
Sophie has been my Executive Coach over the past two years. Sophie guided me through the hardest time (so far) in my professional life and I came out at the other end feeling more self-aware, resilient and empowered as a leader.
Sophie is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable and connects with people in the most compassionate and empathetic way. I enjoyed and treasured every session I had with her. I strongly recommend Sophie to anyone who is looking to advance their leadership capabilities, expand their career opportunities, and/or just want to talk to someone about their professional or personal challenges.
Emma Siqin, Manager, Renewable Energy Policy, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
This coaching is for you if...
Here's what happens when we work together
Executive coaching is designed for leaders with specific focus areas - whether that's communicating with impact, building confidence in your role, managing team dynamics, or stepping into more senior responsibility.
Strategic Conversation
We start with an in-depth discussion about your specific challenges, leadership context, and what you're really trying to achieve...Essentially a focused conversation about your reality.
Leadership Assessment
Using proven tools, we map your leadership strengths, communication style, and decision-making patterns. This gives us clear insight into how you operate and where the biggest opportunities lie.
Targeted Coaching Sessions
Regular sessions (monthly or fortnightly) focused on transforming potential into performance. Practical, actionable insights you can apply immediately.
Real-Time Support
Between sessions, you have access for those moments when you need to think through a challenging situation before making your next move. Like having a strategic thinking partner on speed dial.
About Sophie
I've spent 25 years working with purpose-driven leaders who are trying to make genuine impact while managing complex stakeholder dynamics and resource constraints. I understand the weight of making decisions that affect people's lives.
What drives me is seeing capable leaders liberated from reactivity and step into the strategic value only they can provide. I adapt proven strategies to work in your world - where budgets are tight, stakes are high, and every decision matters.
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 internal coaching and leadership development programs.
My clients include Executives from organisations like The Heart Foundation, ARC Justice, Beyond Blue, Kinetic and leaders across health, community services, government and values driven organisations.
From the outset, Sophie helped me understand my communication style and how to adapt it to communicate for impact which has transformed my interactions with key stakeholders. Now I feel much more confident and equipped with simple strategies and tools to handle challenges. Working with Sophie has boosted my professional growth and motivated me to set my teams up for success.
Justin Rogers, Manager - Media & Communications, Kinetic
Client success stories
I genuinely love this work and the people I get to support.