Her Ambitious Career

Today's interview is a fascinating insight into the 15-year career of Sarah Cappello, a commercial litigation lawyer and Partner of Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt | Holman Webb. My guest today is Sarah Cappello, Partner of Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt | Holman Webb, a Sydney based legal practice, working within their commercial litigation team. In this conversation, Sarah is talking candidly about...

What if the strengths that landed you a new leadership role ultimately become a hindrance? Today I am sharing insight from a coaching session where a 1:1 client needed to work on some blind spots to move forwards. In this episode I am talking about a particular coaching session, with an emerging leader within a professional services firm. They had received some feedback in a 360 assessment that re...

We are all in sales. Today we are discussing common sales errors that companies make and the shifts in thinking and strategy that actually build revenue. My guest today is Susan Englehutt, Founder of The Way Buyers Buy.   Susan is often brought in to work with a Sales Division when revenue has slumped and panicked, knee-jerk, tactical responses are being employed such as hiring more (or different)...

Today we're exploring one of the most overlooked challenges in mergers and acquisitions - not systems integration, not organizational structures, and not even culture. But a turnover of your highest performers. One of the biggest risks in a merger is not losing poor performers - it's losing your best people.  Research shows that highly skilled employees and managers are the most likely g...

Today we are talking about what leaders can do to foster deeper inclusion and empower Asian women in their teams. My guest today is Natalie Wong, an experienced HR professional with 25 years experience with a passion for seeing more Asian women progress in their careers. Natalie is sharing practical advice to outline how may women are juggling multiple identities at once at work and the impact tha...

Productivity, competence and trust are all intertwined And today, we are exploring how essential it is for a leader to identify where people are strong, rather than to assume they will fail. It is easy to slip into negative habits that erode trust in the team. Habits such as: Excluding people from decision making Talking over them Not delegating and micromanaging Delegating only low-impact tasks T...

As Rebecca's client Jen nears the end of her coaching program, she opens up about her coaching experience, what she learned and the benefits of working with Rebecca. What is a career and leadership coaching session like? What outcomes might a client get out of a coaching session, or program? Is coaching worth the investment?  These are just some of the questions Rebecca's client Jen is t...

In today's episode we are exploring the primary role of a team leader and I am sharing some of the coaching questions I might ask a leader to help them develop team capability. Today we’re talking about a question every corporate leader eventually faces: “What is my primary role as a team leader?” Is it simply to deliver results? Is it to control outcomes? Or to take responsibility when thing...

Have you ever had a proactive recruiter on your team, advocating for you in the background? Today I am talking with Jonathan Foxley about how to stand out in an increasingly competitive recruitment market. In this practical episode, experienced recruiter Jonathan Foxley and I are talking about a range of different topics including: 1. Getting hired in today's market 2. The impact of AI on you...

Today we’re talking about a situation that comes up sometimes in leadership coaching engagements - a newly appointed leader who inherits an existing team and then struggles to establish credibility. This is one of the reasons organisations bring me in as a leadership coach. On paper, promoting this person to leader makes sense. The leader is capable, experienced, technically strong, maybe high-per...

Leadership. Sales. Marketing. Work-life balance. Let's learn it all from D'Leanne Lewis. My guest today is Dleanne Lewis a Principal Real estate agent of Laing & Simmons in Double Bay, Sydney. D'Leanne is responsible for the sale of some of Sydney's most prestigious properties. She has won multiple awards for her work and commercial impact and was also one of the agents fea...

Today I am going to help you get that promotion. Because today, we are challenging the assumption that your boss is rooting for you... Wake up! I mean that in the kindest possible way. :) Assuming your boss is currently consumed with all the reasons s/he should promote you is a massive mistake. Because here's the thing: perhaps they are looking for all the reasons not to. In this episode I am...

Today I had the privilege of interviewing Nicole Yade, CEO of WAGEC (Women and Girls' Emergency Centres) established to support women and their children, seeking support from situations of domestic violence.  Australia continues to struggle with a national crisis in terms of violence against women with 1 in 4 women having experienced violence from an intimate partner since the age of 15 and n...

Today I am giving you an insight into a real client coaching session by sharing 3 powerful questions that I use with clients to help unlock their potential. There are many different kinds of coaching question. And I have seen, over the decade I have been coaching, that a single question might be all that's needed to unlock a client's pain or 'stuckness' - and help them move for...

Today I have a real treat for you - I am interviewing my client Gill who is sharing her experiences working with me on her career. Today I am interviewing my client Gill about what she loved (and found surprising) about her coaching journey, what she learned and the game-changing impact coaching has had on her - and her career. Gill, explaining what she got most from her coaching program:  "C...

If you’re interested in being an effective leader that means also investing in understanding your own blind spots. In this ep, I am talking about 3 common blind spots that hold leaders back. Technically blind spots are beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that you are unaware of.  In actual fact you might be aware of them, but to date haven’t wanted to acknowledge them, or haven’t known how to addres...

Today we are talking about the critical role of the CEO in embedding equitable practices in their organisations. I am talking with expert Sandra D'Souza, who is sharing research insights from her book, "From Bias to Equality". Join us! My guest today is Sandra D'Souza, author of the book, ' From Bias to Equality: How business leaders can drive innovation, success and profi...

Psychological safety is necessary and important for many reasons. Most notably, when people feel psychologically safe, they’ll feel more secure and perform better. Today I am sharing 5 simple questions you can ask, to help build psychological safety in your team. As a leader, you want to be supporting your team however you can.  One easy way to do this is to create a culture of psychological safet...

The time has come to have a direct conversation with a peer, client or team member and you know you've been avoiding it. In this episode, I am teaching a simple 3-step process to help you confidently maintain a direct, courageous conversation and get a mutually beneficial result. 3 ways to be sure you're avoiding having a direct conversation: You're attributing negative meaning to t...

A personal manifesto helps you set your intent for the year ahead. Want to learn how to write yours?   Today I am sharing a lot of different ideas to help you write yourself a clear mission statement, or personal manifesto, for the year ahead. What sort of leader do you want to be? How will you show up? What transformation will you make, both personally and to the business? By the end of today&apo...

If you're worried you're too young, or don't offer enough value, to be an impactful Board member, think again!  My guest today is Claire Braund OAM, Executive Director and co-founder of Women on Boards. In this episode, Claire is sharing a raft of valuable insight into how to get yourself ready for a Board application. There is no such as thing as 'too early' to join a Boa...

Move over New Year's Resolutions! I've got a simple alternative that will knock resolutions into touch!  Today is all about simplicity. In this quick 10 minute episode I am guiding you through some simple words that you can use to help you make better decisions for yourself and your career next year. Words like 'Courage'; ' Grace'; 'Boundaries'... what do yo...

It's December and, after a busy year, it's time to rest! Today we are exploring the power of bite-sized daily rest and it's positive impact on you, your life and your leadership. Today I am talking about the value of rest. Stillness isn't about weakness, it's that opportunity to be introspective and be more objective which ultimately allows you to be more productive! I am...

Have you ever spent over a fortnight in Antarctica? Jess Styles recounts a fabulous experience with Homeward Bound doing exactly that! My guest today is Jess Styles who earlier this year spent 16 days on a ship in Antarctica with 120 other women leaders in STEM. Not only did she learn a lot about leadership, ice and penguins... she had the opportunity to self-reflect and heal having undergone canc...

Today I am sharing a simple 3-step process to help you take stock of everything you have achieved in 2025. I work with a lot of clients throughout the year and one skill I find a lot of people don't exercise is that of reviewing their progress.  In our coaching programs, we are big on recapping, reviewing and acknowledging the impact we are making... because if you don't, you can easily...