Executive Coaching for Leaders Who Carry the Weight
You don’t have to carry it alone. Share the load with a peer in a confidential space with someone who knows what senior leadership really feels like.
Start A ConversationLeadership at this level is rarely simple.
You’re trusted to make decisions that matter.
People look to you for answers. Outcomes land with you.
But the higher you go, the fewer places there are to speak freely.
You’re balancing competing demands.
You’re dealing with people issues that don’t have a clean answer.
You’re expected to stay composed, even when the context is messy or political.
For many senior leaders, the challenge isn’t capability.
It’s carrying the responsibility without a place to work it through.
You choose your coach.
At this level, fit matters.
You’re not looking for generic advice or a process to follow.
You’re looking for someone who understands the pressure you’re under and the decisions you’re making.
At JY Australia, you get access to a panel of experienced executive coaches. People who have led teams, carried responsibility, and worked inside complex environments.
You explore the panel and decide who you want to work with.
If it’s helpful, we’re available to talk it through — but the choice is always yours.
Our Executive Coaching Panel
Our panel brings together experienced leaders and coaches from across government, Defence, and industry.
Each coach brings a different background and perspective, shaped by the environments they’ve worked in and the responsibility they’ve carried.
You’re encouraged to explore the panel and choose the coach who feels right for what you’re dealing with.
Explore the panel to learn more about each coach and their experience.
Michelle Lees
With a public sector career spanning over 38 years, Michelle is a distinguished Senior Executive leader renowned for her strategic leadership, managing large operations, driving organisational change, and building effective partnerships. Starting as a Clerical Assistant at 16, she advanced through various roles in health and welfare services at regional, state, and national levels.
Meet Michelle
Stephen Delo
Steve Delo has over 35 years’ experience in leadership roles, with the last 20 being primarily focused on practical training of leadership and personal development through a coaching approach.
Meet Steve
Charlie Brockhoff
Charlie is a highly qualified and experienced Master Coach who has been helping leaders deliver exceptional performance since 2007. He has coached hundreds of leaders and has over 4,000 hours of coaching experience. He works with executives, senior leaders and their teams to transform performance, engagement, leadership capacity and culture.
Meet Charlie
Karen Goldschmidt
Karen Goldschmidt is a program curator, facilitator, and coach with over 20 years of diverse, international experience. Specialising in leadership development, high performance teaming, and coaching Karen empowers others to reach their full potential and develops the capability in leaders to create engaging workplace cultures.
Meet Karen
Martin Brooker
Martin’s coaching applies a systematic, strength-based approach to support executives to adapt and shift thinking for next level leadership. Challenging your assumptions and the order of things, Martin will help to encourage shifts in your thinking, address workplace challenges, and explore opportunities for higher performance in all areas.
Meet Martin
Sally O'Connor
Sally’s coaching passion is in supporting leaders at all levels to build their confidence, competence, and comfort in their leadership skills. She uses a strengths-based approach to support the leader to improve their professional relationships, performance, wellbeing, engagement, decision-making and impact.
Meet Sally
Merryl Semple
Merryl Semple has over 20 years’ of experience in the field of leadership development in the NSW public service, adding value to leadership, performance and change initiatives. Her former management experience saw her responsible for large scale management and leadership development strategy. Merryl is passionate about building resilience at work, to enable leaders to be effective under pressure and for improvements organisational performance, health and well-being.
Meet Merryl
Ann Smith
Ann is a highly experienced senior executive with over 20 years of leadership in the Australian Public Service (APS), specialising in people management, health sector leadership, and crisis response. She has a proven track record of leading high-impact initiatives, navigating complex policy environments, and driving organisational transformation.
Meet Ann
Not sure who to choose?
That's normal.
If you want to talk through what's on your plate before deciding, we're available.
No assessment | No obligation. | Just a conversation.
Start a conversationWhat usually happens next
You jump on a short call to ask questions, talk through your situation, and get a feel for whether this is the right support for you.
You review the coaching panel and decide who you’d like to work with.
If you want a second perspective before choosing, we’re available to help you think it through.
You meet your chosen coach to make sure the rapport feels right.
At this level, trust and comfort matter.
Before the coaching begins, you complete a short question set to give your coach a clear picture of your role, your challenges, and the environment you’re operating in.
This means the first session starts in the right place.
You begin regular, confidential one-on-one sessions focused on the decisions, people dynamics, and situations you’re dealing with in real time.
From the early sessions, you and your coach shape a practical 90-day plan.
Something you can take away that gives you clarity, focus, and early momentum in the role.
What Executives Say About Our Coaching
"I'd done leadership training before - workshops, courses, all of it. But coaching was different. Having someone who'd navigated my exact transition, who I could talk to confidentially every two weeks, changed everything. I'm six months in and I'm a completely different leader."
Sarah M. | Chief Operating Officer, Technology
"Shane's assessment was worth it alone - his background meant he understood the pressure immediately. The coach he matched me with had led turnarounds in my industry. We didn't waste time. My board relationships are stronger, my team is performing, and I actually sleep at night now."
James K. | CEO, Manufacturing
"The initial assessment with Shane was incredibly valuable. His military and C-suite background meant he asked questions no other coach had asked me. Being matched with a specialist rather than taking whoever was available made all the difference in my results."
Michael R. | Managing Director, Financial Services
If this resonates, let’s talk.
If you’re carrying a lot right now, you don’t need to decide anything today.
You might just want to:
- ask a few questions
- talk through what’s on your plate
- get a sense of whether this would be useful
That’s what the first conversation is for.
No pitch.
No obligation.
Just a chance to see if this feels like the right support.
If a different form of leadership or workforce development support would be more useful right now, you can explore other services within JY Australia.
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We diagnose challenges, identify opportunities, and deliver tailored solutions that improve performance, strengthen engagement, and sustain results over time.
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JY Australia’s Leadership Development Courses build the skills, mindset, and capability to lead high-performing teams in complex environments.
Our programs blend practical frameworks with lived experience to help leaders at all levels foster collaboration, drive performance, and shape positive culture.
Fast-paced, tactical, and grounded in real-world leadership, not theory, our courses are delivered in person or virtually and can be tailored to suit any cohort or context.