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Coaching - Individual and Team

Helping people become who they want to be

Coaching with Michelle has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I have learned a great deal about myself and developed skills in areas that are allowing me to see success in real-time.

Adrian Ward

Senior Leader at American Express

As your coach, my job is not to teach you anything, per se, but to help you identify what you would like or need to learn, and then support you to learn it.

Coaching is a very individual experience and is therefore unique for each person and team. The best way to understand what your coaching journey may look and feel like is to book a free 30 minute call so we can have a chat!

We offer both the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument and Genos Emotional Intelligence assessments as standalone services or as part of a coaching engagement.

About Michelle

I have two mantras by which I live and coach – the first is that I can achieve beyond my own expectations, and it’s up to me to make it happen. The second is a quote from Maya Angelou, “…people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”.

Prior to becoming a coach, I had a successful 17-year career in high-risk industries, primarily oil & gas and construction. As a Chemical Engineer, I began in a graduate role in 1998 and 17 years later I was in a C-Suite Engineering Management role leading an organisation of 350 people located across the Asia-Pacific region.

This deep operational and leadership experience affords me a first-hand understanding of my clients and the challenges they face in their roles – and therefore, an ability to guide, stretch and challenge them in a unique and empathetic way.

After leaving a traditional corporate role in early 2014, I founded my own coaching and consulting business, becoming an ICF (International Coaching Federation) credentialled coach in 2015. Since then, I have gained more than 500 hours of coaching experience and have had the privilege of coaching more than 70 clients in a variety of settings and industries, including multiple:

Organisational settings – small business owners through to employees in 10,000+ employee multi-national companies.
Organisational levels – C Suite, Directors, Senior Managers, Mid-Level Managers, New Managers, High Potential Employees, Individual Contributors.
Industries – technology, construction, banking & finance, gaming, not for profit, manufacturing, health care.
Countries and cultures – Australia, India, America, Canada.

I want to pass on my appreciation of what you've taught me over the past 12 months. I appear to call on the skills I've learnt on a daily basis and have made huge changes to my productivity and personal contentment.

I would recommend Michelle's involvement in all areas that call on her leadership, team building and mentoring skills.

Coaching with Michelle has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I have learned a great deal about myself and developed skills in areas that are allowing me to see success in real-time. In Michelle I have a safe space, a place where I can share my feelings, talk candidly, discuss my challenges, my insecurities and celebrate my successes. Coaching is completely authentic, Michelle is present and in the moment with me, she cares enough to challenge me and recognise when I need help. Michelle inspires me to think different, to challenge my perceptions and to consider how others will interpret what I am attempting to achieve. Leadership is simple, but it’s not easy. Michelle has enabled me to bring me to leadership, to be authentic and to embrace both the art and science of leadership. I feel supported, encouraged, inspired and more confident as a result of my time with Michelle and am developing stronger, more productive relationships with my team. An inspirational coach is hard to find, I am so glad that I got to experience coaching with Michelle and so grateful for the skills and knowledge I have gained.

Michelle is extremely intuitive and was able to help me reflect on what, why and how I approach things. Michelle has enabled me to resolve issues that I previously considered unresolvable and just part of the challenge of being a manager. I certainly perform my role on a day to day basis very differently following my time with Michelle.

I have been fortunate to work with Michelle Farley as a coach & mentor for the past 3 years. Michelle has helped me through some of my toughest career defining events and has provided excellent support and advice at all times. While always being there for me, Michelle has taught me that I must make my own decisions and is always pushing me to improve as a person in both in my professional and personal life. The biggest endorsement I can give is the fact I will continue to have Michelle as a coach & mentor for the remainder of my working life and I am looking forward to the future.

I have been working with Michelle in the areas of Individual and Team Coaching. The journey has been very interesting and enlightening. Personally in the process of self-discovery, developing strategies and toolsets to deal sustainably with ever increasing challenges. The Team Coaching was also a very positive experience, not only for myself but more importantly for the team and the ongoing improvement in dynamics.

My company introduced me to Michelle as part of a leadership and coaching program. When we had our first meeting, I thought I had a strong understanding of my communication and working style. After many in-depth, challenging and honest conversations, and through these conversations with Michelle, I re-assessed my views, and a new journey began. The coaching and conversations with Michelle, helped me identify and develop my strengths, focus on areas of improvement for by development and become a self-aware leader. What made this possible was the way Michelle took me on a journey by asking the right, contoured and honest questions, forcing me to dig deep, reflect and have a positive change.

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