COACHING EXPERIENCE

Elinor is a full-time practicing executive coach who coaches C-suite and senior leaders across government, private and not-for-profit sectors. Her experience includes individual coaching, groups and team coaching across a range of roles, in large commercial and public organisations. Elinor has been on the NSW Academy of Leadership panel since its inception.

COACHING STYLE AND APPROACH

Elinor is passionate about assisting people to reach their potential. Her personal style is warm, authentic, forthright, honest, and practical. She uses an evidence-based approach to tailor her coaching engagements, based on research and measurement to drive results. This results in a positive impact for individuals, teams, and organisations. As a skilled facilitator and coach, Elinor has extensive experience working within and with organisations. She is insightful, challenging, takes a holistic approach, believes in impactful coaching conversations, and can navigate complexity to enable the executive to facilitate a clear path and have the tools to remove roadblocks.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Elinor has worked with leaders and their teams at all levels in public and private sectors in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK. She has worked in industries including FMCG, technology, manufacturing, financial services, transport, and infrastructure and at all levels of Government. Elinor is known for her innovative leadership development programs (including values-based leadership) that link to and drive strategy and particularly culture change. She has served on numerous government boards, committees, and university advisory committees.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Commercial acumen, combined with strong people skills to assist leaders to navigate change, build resilience and effectively lead their teams to deliver higher performance and measurable outcomes

• Coaching executives and leaders to support their development goals whilst being linked to the performance of the organisation

• Transition coaching for leaders new to the organisation or seeking promotion to a more senior role

• Coaching as part of a cultural change program or leadership program for teams and individuals

• Elinor is certified in best-in-class coaching tools and uses these to suit the person

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

• Executives and leaders from NSW Public Service, across a variety of agencies including the Department of Premier & Cabinet, Transport for NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service, Department of Planning, Industry & Environment, Ministry of Education - coaching has resulted in the executives being able to successfully lead their teams in a time of complexity and constant change, and to support their development to take on more senior roles.

• COO, Public Listed Company – coaching supported this leader to develop skills and confidence to manage their team, resulting in higher engagement and reduced staff attrition.

• Executive Team, Scientific Environmental Manufacturer – worked with the executive team to be adaptive and sustainable in a highly competitive environment, resulting in the profitable expansion of the business internationally.