TAILORED EXECUTIVE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT
BUILD STRATEGIC CAPABILITY WHERE it MATTERS MOST
STRENGTHEN TEAM PERFORMANCE through INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Executive support development should be intentional, context-specific and aligned to the realities of senior leadership environments. My approach is grounded in deep, first-hand experience supporting CEOs and Chairs, and an understanding of how executive support functions at its best within complex organisations.
I design and deliver tailored development programs that strengthen judgement, prioritisation and strategic contribution across executive support teams. The focus is not short-term uplift, but sustainable performance — reducing friction, increasing effectiveness and ensuring teams are equipped to operate confidently and consistently at senior level.
DESIGNED for CONTEXT not GENERIC DELIVERY
Every organisation operates within its own leadership context, expectations and pressures. My work reflects that. I design development programs informed by real executive environments, applied research and practical experience — ensuring relevance at both team and organisational level.
Each engagement is tailored to the specific goals, dynamics and maturity of the executive support function. Programs are designed to adapt over time, supporting sustained capability development rather than short-term uplift.
MASTERCLASSES FOR TEAMS
DEVELOP TEAM CAPABILITY through STRATEGIC MASTERCLASSES
These masterclasses are designed as focused, high-impact interventions for executive support teams. They create space to address specific capability gaps, recalibrate expectations, and strengthen how teams operate within senior leadership environments — without the disruption of longer programs.
Each masterclass is designed to be focused, practical and immediately applicable. Sessions combine structured discussion with applied exercises and clear action-setting, ensuring learning translates into how teams operate in practice.
Light pre-work is used to tailor content to the specific context and priorities of the organisation. Sessions can be delivered as individual masterclasses, or combined into a half-day or full-day engagement to address multiple capability areas in a single, cohesive program.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
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Session outcomes:
• Understand how organisational priorities are shifting and how this reshapes expectations of support.
• Learn to read signals from leadership, market conditions and internal dynamics to stay ahead of needs.
• Build confidence navigating AI, automation and ambiguity while maintaining the human judgement leaders rely on.
• Shift from reactive execution to shaping the conditions that help leaders think, decide and move faster.
• Develop critical and creative thinking to actively reshape your role so it stays relevant and high-value. -
Session outcomes:
• Recognise micro-stress patterns and how they quietly erode clarity, confidence and performance.
• Learn practical strategies to protect your mental load while delivering at a senior level.
• Understand how your behaviours and habits influence micro-stress across the wider organisation.
• Shape team rhythms and workflows that reduce reactivity for everyone.
• Build personal systems that support consistent performance without burnout. -
Session outcomes:
• Understand the conditioning and workplace narratives that have shaped how EAs see themselves and their value.• Recognise the blind spots and limiting patterns that quietly hold you back, including over-functioning, perfectionism and over-accommodation.
• Build the confidence, clarity and personal agency to lead your role instead of waiting for permission.
• Strengthen self-trust and identity so you can show up with grounded authority in complex environments.
• Learn how to interrupt disempowering dynamics and step into your full potential with intention.
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Session outcomes:
• Understand the cues that shape how senior stakeholders perceive you.
• Build a recognisable professional presence grounded in clarity, reliability and strategic contribution.
• Show up with confidence in high-stakes moments and interactions.
• Learn the small adjustments that dramatically elevate how your work is received.
• Strengthen your ability to represent leaders with consistency and confidence. -
Session outcomes:
• Learn how to brief leaders with clarity, accuracy and context so they can decide quickly.
• Strengthen your ability to synthesise complexity and present the essential ‘so what’.
• Build language that influences without relying on authority.
• Understand how communication flow affects pace, alignment and organisational outcomes.
• Recognise how senior leaders interpret communication and how to meet that standard consistently. -
Session outcomes:
• Identify the work beneath the work and make that contribution measurable.
• Recognise your own impact with precision so you can articulate it clearly and confidently.
• Translate day-to-day activity into business-relevant outcomes executives understand.
• Build habits and artefacts that surface your contribution without self-promotion.
• Speak to your value in ways that influence leaders and support recognition, growth and opportunity. -
Session outcomes:
• Map your career intentionally to future organisational needs, not just current tasks.
• Build capability in areas that lift you into strategic partnership and higher-value contribution.
• Learn how to create opportunities rather than wait for them.
• Position yourself for growth by aligning with emerging trends and business priorities.
• Leave with a clear, strengths-based direction that supports long-term relevance and momentum. -
Session outcomes:
• Understand what aligned, high-performing support teams look like in modern organisations.
• Learn how to reduce friction, micro-stress and rework so work moves cleanly across the system.
• Create shared standards and behaviours that lift consistency and performance.
• Strengthen collaboration and communication flow across executives, teams and stakeholders.
• Develop a shared team brand that increases credibility and cohesion across the organisation.
BESPOKE STRATEGY DAYS
ALIGN CAPABILITY, DIRECTION and EXPECTATIONS through STRATEGY SESSIONS
Strategy Days create dedicated space for executive support teams to step back from day-to-day demands and focus on alignment, expectations and strategic direction. These sessions are designed to clarify how executive support operates within the organisation, surface what is working, and identify where shifts are required to better support leadership priorities.
Each engagement is intentionally designed to reflect the organisation’s context, leadership environment and objectives. Rather than generic facilitation, Strategy Days focus on practical outcomes — strengthening decision support, improving alignment across teams, and enabling executive support functions to operate with greater confidence and consistency.
Every Strategy Day begins with a structured discovery conversation to define objectives, scope and desired outcomes. From there, I design a tailored agenda that brings the right topics into focus and supports meaningful progress. Sessions can be delivered as a half-day, full-day or multi-day engagement, in person or virtually, depending on organisational needs. A detailed proposal is provided in advance, outlining focus areas, structure and delivery approach.
SPEAKING
ENGAGE your TEAM with a CREDIBLE, CONTEXT-LED SPEAKER
My speaking work draws on extensive experience operating within senior leadership environments, including supporting CEOs and Chairs in high-pressure contexts. I combine real-world insight with narrative and perspective that challenges teams to think differently about their role, their impact, and what’s possible when executive support is done well.
Sessions are engaging, grounded and designed to resonate — offering clarity, momentum and a renewed sense of purpose without slipping into generic motivation. Audiences leave with a stronger understanding of how their work connects to leadership, performance and organisational outcomes.
I speak at conferences and organisational events globally, with both in-person and virtual delivery available.
A PROVEN TRACK RECORD in DEVELOPING HIGH-PERFORMING EXECUTIVE SUPPORT TEAMS
With nearly three decades of experience working at the most senior levels of organisations, I bring a deep understanding of what effective executive support looks like in practice. My background includes supporting CEOs and Chairs, leading executive support functions, and operating within complex, high-pressure environments across multiple sectors.
Today, I work with organisations as a trainer, advisor and speaker — translating that experience into structured development that strengthens capability, judgement and strategic contribution across executive support teams. My work is grounded in real leadership environments and focused on outcomes that matter at organisational level.
Alongside this, I bring a strong understanding of sustainable performance. My training is informed by evidence-based approaches drawn from positive psychology, mindfulness and applied wellbeing practices, ensuring teams are supported to operate at a high level without compromising clarity, resilience or long-term effectiveness. This balance is essential in senior environments — and is deliberately embedded into every program I deliver.