Leadership Coaching & Supervision
Leadership is hard. Even the most technically capable leaders find that the people side of leadership brings situations that experience in the work itself doesn’t prepare them for. When a concern lands on your desk or a relationship starts to fracture, the best next step is often a conversation with someone objective and impartial who has been there before.
Our experience in handling concerns, complaints and conflict has shown us the value in leaders having a trusted, experienced persion to think things through with. That’s what our coaching and supervision offers – one-on-one reflective sessions in which a leader can examine their relationships, judgements, communications, decisions and the challenges of their role.
It’s designed for leaders in schools, tertiary institutions, charities, churches and community organisations where the people challenges carry real weight and the stakes are high.
Where we help
Leaders can bring challenges such as:
- Stepping into leadership for the first time
- Handling a concern or complaint well, before it escalates
- Preparing for difficult conversations
- Navigating conflict within a team
- Working with a board or governing body
- Making sound decisions where the stakes are high
- Developing the people they lead
What leaders gain
Leaders walk away with:
- Clearer thinking when the pressure is on
- The ability to have tough conversations that leave the relationship intact
- Problems raised and resolved early
- Confidence in their own judgement
- A clear understanding of their own leadership style
Your coaches
Kerryn Thompson combines leadership experience with extensive academic qualifications. She has decades of church, youth and community leadership experience; has facilitated employee assistance programmes; has an MBA (Distinction), plus qualifications in law, science and theology; and is a certified strengths coach. She lectures on leadership and has coached leaders across sectors. She helps leaders understand how their values and habits shape the way they lead. She is warm, thoughtful and constructively challenging.
Tim Sterne starts with what he has seen work in the real world. He spent more than a decade in New Zealand Police, finishing as a Detective Sergeant, and then built his own business from scratch. He has spent his career leading, supervising and developing people in high-stakes environments, and has watched a range of leaders and boards respond under pressure. Tim is direct and pragmatic, focused on turning what works into action.
How it works
- Online sessions, available to leaders across locations
- A regular rhythm that suits the leader
- A defined season of coaching or an ongoing relationship
- Options to scale up access
- Work with Tim, with Kerryn, or with both
- Fixed fee or retainer for budget certainty
Start a conversation
Book a call to see whether coaching is the right fit for you or your organisation.