EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COACH

Your leadership evolves when you do

The patterns that built your success are now the patterns limiting what’s next. I work with principled, high-performing leaders at inflection points that require fundamental shifts in how you think, lead and decide.

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"Mind blown. The impact on my life has been profound. Our coaching improved my productivity, communication, satisfaction, quality of work and confidence. What stands out as the most meaningful impact is understanding my drivers and then changing them."
Dave Tu-Hoa, Managing Director, Lumiere Partners
"Working with Alex has transformed not just my leadership style, but how I approach personal and professional growth, which is with newfound confidence and clarity. Alex has instilled in me the belief that anything is possible."

— Brett Moorgas, Head of Growth Advisory, Accenture
"It's not just levelling up, it's about unlocking a new level that you didn't even know was there. There was a breakthrough in each session and it was growth and insight I didn't think was possible."
—Tori Dundas, Sr. Director of Strategic Partnerships, PAR Technologies

WHO THIS IS FOR

For leaders at pivot points

You're smart, capable, and respected. You've built a career most people aspire to. But the strategies that got you here have started creating friction.

You're too sharp for shallow self-help. Too principled to just play the game. And too entangled in your own patterns to see them clearly on your own.

I work with founders, C-suite executives, senior partners, and high-performing leaders across industries and seven countries. Leaders at inflection points:

Founder to CEO, moving beyond the builder identity
Senior leaders stepping into roles requiring fundamentally different leadership
Executives navigating major change... career pivots, post-acquisition, life stage shifts
High-performers questioning conventional paths and designing success on their terms

As a leader, growth eventually demands more than tactics. It requires transformation at the level of identity. You know this. Are you ready to become the leader your next chapter requires?

WHY LEADERS CHOOSE THIS WORK

The patterns underneath the problem

For high-achievers, the issue is rarely confidence; it’s self-worth tied to achievement.

You’re capable and composed, yet internally carry constant pressure, overthinking and self-doubt. You struggle to switch off, and mistakes feel disproportionately personal.

This affects your clarity, creativity, emotional steadiness, and your ability to lead sustainably. This is not a confidence problem… it runs deeper and requires a different approach.

You’re told you “care too much”, but the real problem is taking responsibility for too much.

You care about doing good work, supporting people and being dependable. This isn’t your issue. It’s that you carry too much responsibility - mentally, emotionally and practically.

You say yes because you feel guilty. You prioritise others’ needs above your own. Your commitment turns into pressure, exhaustion, resentment and an inability to rest.

This impacts your health, relationships, leadership and capacity to think strategically.

Your communication changes under pressure, so you soften your message.

You know what you want to say but hesitate. You avoid difficult conversations, over-explain or hold back parts of your thinking to avoid conflict, disapproval or tension.

This is only partly a communication issue. Directness feels risky because approval and belonging have become psychologically entangled with safety.

This pattern creates misalignment, reduced influence, weaker boundaries, and a slow erosion of self-trust.

Your wellbeing is no longer separate from your leadership.

At a certain level of responsibility, you cannot endlessly override your nervous system without consequences.

The chronic stress, mental vigilance, poor recovery, inconsistent health habits, emotional fatigue, and lack of genuine rest eventually start affecting how you think, lead, relate, and perform.

Many leaders try to solve this with more discipline, better routines, or productivity systems. But sustainable leadership rarely comes from becoming harder on yourself. It comes from changing the internal patterns that made pressure, self-abandonment, and constant proving feel necessary in the first place.

My Approach

Transformation over tactics

Traditional coaching focuses on what you do. My work addresses what's driving it... the identity, beliefs, and patterns that shape how you lead.

These are structures built over years, usually invisible to you but rarely invisible to the people around you. We go to the root, helping create long term, sustainable change.

Clarity with practical action

We surface what's actually creating the friction: the self-worth patterns, the protective strategies, the places where who you are and how you're leading have come apart.

Then we translate that clarity into how you actually show up... sharper authority, cleaner boundaries, more honest ambition, better decisions.

Precision over platitudes

Combining psychology, transformational methodology, and performance science, this work is intellectually rigorous whilst remaining grounded in practical realities. You won't get generic models or motivational fluff.

You'll get psychological precision, direct challenge, and insight that changes how you think... not just what you do.

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"I've been able to achieve a work/life balance I never thought I'd be able to achieve.”

David Pain, Professional Futures Trading, Sydney
“I could not have had this years success with last years tools.”

Emily Lonsdale, General Manager Growth, Lendi

ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m Alex

I've been fascinated by human potential and what drives exceptional performance since stepping into my first leadership role at 21. Over fifteen years, I built a reputation for transforming underperforming teams into award-winners and developing high performers into exceptional leaders.

My coaching draws from:

Behavioural psychology
Performance science research
Transformational coaching methodologies
Practical philosophy and wisdom traditions
15+ years of leadership experience

My client partnerships span seven countries and include Fortune 500 executives, partners at MBB firms, and founder CEOs of global startups.

My Style

I’m known for searing insights and a lovingly direct approach that balances challenge with genuine warmth and care. Clients describe me as rigorous yet supportive, unafraid to ask uncomfortable questions that help them grow.

Our sessions are a rare space where hard truths feel safe to explore.

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My Promise: If you don't find our work together transformative, you can end the partnership anytime.

SERVICES

How we can work together

Personalised coaching partnerships for senior leaders and CEOs at identity inflection points, ready to transform how they lead. I keep my client roster deliberately small so that every partnership gets my full attention.

PRIVATE RETAINED COACHING

For leaders navigating high-stakes transitions, identity shifts, and the internal patterns that are shaping their leadership and limiting what’s possible.
What we address:
• The gap between your external success and your internal experience
• Self-worth, approval, and over-functioning patterns that limit your leadership
• The key relationships and power dynamics shaping your decisions
• Alignment between your values, your ambition, and how you actually lead
• Sharper authority, cleaner communication, and stronger delegation
The commitment:
Six or twelve-month partnerships. Two sessions per month. Investment from A$1,800/month.

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FOR ORGANISATIONS
I also partner with a select number of values-led organisations that invest in private coaching for their senior leaders.
What you’re noticing:
- A brilliant leader who's creating friction or burning themselves out
- A high performer stepping into a bigger role who you want to set up for success in the transition
- A senior leader whose self-doubt is showing up as control, withdrawal, or over-functioning
- A founder whose intensity is starting to cost the culture
The work is tailored to the individual, with a clear focus on the organisation's priorities.
If you’re a founder, CEO, or Head of People looking for an experienced coach for your highest-potential leaders, I’d welcome a conversation.
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"Being able to seamlessly balance going deep while having a lot of laughs was so memorable. The impact on my life has been profound."

Dave Tu, Hoa, Head of Commercial, Melbourne
"Alex is always challenging and insightful and provides unique perspectives that encourage you to reconsider the norm."

Cheryl Maley, CEO & Board Member, Starpharma

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I work with a limited number of clients at any time to ensure depth and quality of partnership.

Whether you’re exploring this for yourself or for someone on your team, share a few words about where things are. I’ll be in touch within 48 hours.

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