My major point of difference and value for my coaching and consulting clients, is I am a practitioner with lived experience, of what I now coach and consult in.What my executive leadership coaching clients say:31 March 2021 Leadership Coaching "I have been working with Karen for nearly two years now. I feel very grateful and privileged to have had this opportunity to explore, challenge and articulate my strengths, values and passions in my work. Through doing this with Karen’s facilitation, I have been able to make the most out of the opportunities within my role and also work through the challenges of multiple restructures and what was 2020.Karen supported me through a job crafting exercise. This has been one of the most powerful activities I have undertaken for my personal growth as a senior leader in health care. I have been able to use these reflections in working to my strengths within my role ensuring the organisation and ultimately the patients are benefiting from the work that I do.Karen has provided me with the tools to not only reflect on my own personal development and growth but also in supporting me as a member of my work teams, my relationships with my managers and colleagues and in how I lead my teams.Karen has provided me with the platforms to truly self-reflect, to believe in what I have to offer, to acknowledge my achievements and to identify areas of development and to continue to bring my best self to the work place.Karen has a passion and focus on wellbeing and mental health in the work place. I am especially grateful for this knowledge and expertise last year. Karen’s currency of knowledge, literature and how the impact on the Health setting has provided reassurance, strength and in really tough times, hope that we can continue to make a difference.Karen’s willingness to provide readings and tools for me to share with other colleagues in supporting their work and challenges has also been widely appreciated.I am a better leader for the work I have done with Karen and I am very grateful of this."Project Director, Large Public Healthcare organisation. (details available on request)4 March 2021 Executive Leadership and Change Coaching "Karen Walker has walked alongside me for the past 18 months through what has been an unprecedented period of change predominantly through the COVID pandemic.Leaders during this time needed to be exceptionally responsive and adaptive in such a reactive environment, and Karen’s coaching style was equally adaptive to my needs.If I reflect on my journey over this time I would say that it has been the most defining period of my career, and I feel that I have made significant steps forward in my leadership style and impact. This was definitely amplified through the relationship I formed with Karen.Karen helped me to adopt (and embrace) a love of Appreciative Inquiry as a way of leading, to be able to amplify my ability to listen and hear my team’s needs and understand the emotions that drive these. Karen embodies these values herself and role models this style, truly seeking to understand my own needs and finding ways to share her knowledge and connect me with academic literature to further my own learning.I know that my coaching time with Karen has helped me to become a more responsive, compassionate and connected leader and that I have the frameworks to continue in my own development into the future."Director of Operations, Large Public Healthcare organisation. (details available on request)Consulting Testimonial 2018 "Karen successfully completed a whole of organisation capacity – culture, resources, business systems and processes - review against strategy for Family Life, to help us set our business transformation priorities and map out the journey we needed to take. We found that Karen brings her whole self to a project, seeking to engage the people, understand the issues and draw in from her extensive knowledge and resources to enable solution finding and strategy for implementation for results.Internal feedback was very affirming that even for those most challenged by the project, Karen was able to bring them on board and set us up for success.”Jo Cavanagh OAM, CEO; Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology.

What clients say: "Before I started working with Simone, I was not nearly as confident as I am now. The pressures of my role and life in general had me not performing at my best. With Simone's support, guidance and coaching sessions I have been able to feel much more calm and confident in my work and a better overall leader" Manager, QBE “Simone was very talented at knowing exactly what I needed in each of our sessions. Some sessions I just needed an empathetic sounding board and in other sessions I need problem-solving and strategy. From working with Simone I have been able to increase confidence in my abilities and clearly see and work on areas of improvement to be able to achieve the things I want to in my working life.” Manager, Victorian Government Department“One of the things I wanted to work on was my communication as a leader. Simone was able to help and support me in becoming a clearer and ore influential communicator with my team. One of the most surprising benefits of working with Simone is how much I learnt about myself and the ability to be more in control of my emotions at work.” Lending Manager, National Australia BankWith over 22 years of experience in corporate Australia working with companies such as McDonalds, Hilton Hotels, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson as well as 7 years as a coach and business owner, working with hundreds of leaders, teams  and entrepreneurs, I'm immensely privileged to guide people to be more compassionate, influential and effective leaders and contributors to the workplace. Certifications include:Applied Neuroscience, BrainFirst Institute, Australia.The Emotional Culture Deck, Certified Practitioner, Riders & Elephants, New Zealand.ThoughtCode, Certified Practitioner, Capability Development Solutions, Australia.NLP Practitioner, Be Brilliant Now, Australia.EQ Certified Practitioner, DTS Australia.DiSC Certified Practitioner, DTS Australia.Workplace Motivators Certified Practitioner, DTS Australia.Leading Positive Change through Appreciative Inquiry | Positive Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, USA.Education includes:Bachelor of Business (Japanese), LaTrobe University, Australia.