Charlie is passionate about inspiring exceptional performance in both individuals and teams. He has a strong corporate background with more than 20 years" experience with blue chip organisations.

Areas of Expertise

• Executive and leadership coaching
• Group and team facilitation and coaching
• Developing high performing sales teams
• Systems thinking
• Public speaking
• Strategy and future thinking

Overview

Charlie is a highly qualified and experienced coach and facilitator who is passionate about inspiring exceptional performance in both individuals and teams. Charlie has a strong corporate background holding leadership positions with, consulting to, and coaching in blue chip organisations for more than 20 years. Charlie is pragmatic and results focused and brings a solution focused and systemic approach. He has particular interest in the areas of executive coaching, team building and developing leadership capability.

Business Background and Experience

Charlie has a strong corporate background having held leadership positions in the areas of business development, sales, marketing, strategy and innovation in consumer goods, pharmaceutical and professional services firms. This direct experience gives him a clear understanding of the commercial, strategic and political realities faced by his clients.

Charlie has been both an internal and an external coach  with experience coaching senior leaders across a broad range of industries, with a focus on Financial and Professional Services, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Mining and Resources and FMCG. Charlie is committed to his own development as a coach both through learning and supervision.

Charlie is also an accomplished facilitator and presenter with significant expertise in building coaching and leadership capability. He has facilitated hundreds of workshops in key business skills, strategic planning and thinking, development of vision and purpose, change and performance improvement.

Approach

Charlie is passionate about creating sustained performance bringing a pragmatic, solution focused approach tailored to the specific needs of the business and the individual. He leverages his extensive business, consulting, facilitation and coaching experience and uses an evidenced based whole of system approach. His personable style, curiosity and energy make him a much sought after executive coach and facilitator.

Qualifications and Memberships

• Certified Organisational Coach Level 2, IECL
• Education: MAppSc (Coaching Psychology); BBus (Marketing)
• Diagnostic tools: The Leadership Circle, Hogan suite
• Memberships: University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Alumni (USCMA).

Recent Client Engagements

• Director, Professional Services " coached client to increase confidence, presence and impact in order to successfully transition to next role.
• Director, Investment Bank " coached client on the 3 year strategy for the business
• Newly formed team, consumer goods " Team coaching to improve team dynamic and output.
• Partner, professional services " coached client to successfully enhance build profile outside of the firm, strengthen their reputation and to build sustainable business development opportunities.
• Finance Manager, consumer goods " coached client to successfully transition from subject matter and technical expertise into people management
• Presence & Communication " developing executive presence and communications skills in leaders. Ability to help leaders take followers on an emotional journey not just a rational one.
• Assertiveness " has assisted many leaders who have built their career based on technical skills to develop assertiveness, people skills and self-awareness
• Flexing your style " has coached and facilitated on knowing your audience, when to give detail and when not to, this also stems from self-awareness.