Twenty-five years of commercial experience and clinical psychology, brought to the conversations that shape your organisation, and the ones that shape you. Confidential. From Surry Hills or online.
Most of my clients have already done well. They've built something, run something, or been entrusted with something large. They're here because the next move asks something different of them, and they want a thinking partner who can hold the commercial and the personal in the same conversation.
Carrying boards, shareholders and the weight that doesn't show on the org chart. Often working alone at the top of a complex organisation.
Stepping into broader scope, navigating succession, or leading through a transformation that demands a different version of you.
Building something significant, or being readied for it. Ambition is welcome, pretence is not. The work starts where you actually are.
An evidence-based framework refined over twenty-five years. Sessions typically run weekly or fortnightly across a four-to-six month arc, shifting to monthly as ground is held. Each engagement is bespoke; the architecture beneath it is not.
Senior executives at Westpac, AMP, NAB, Macquarie Bank, Goldman Sachs, Knight Frank, Woolworths, M&C Saatchi, Allianz, TPG Telecom, Sonic Healthcare, NRMA Insurance, Tourism Australia, UNSW, and the NSW Government draw on this work to lead at the highest level. Each engagement is private, deliberate, and bespoke.
Many accomplished leaders find themselves stretched, balancing strategic demands, stakeholder expectations, and team performance, often at the expense of their own clarity and confidence. The work I do is to provide expert counsel in the room: a confidential space to think, strategise, and lead at your best.
This is high-calibre executive coaching, rooted in business and behavioural science. Working with a dual-qualified executive coach in Sydney, you receive nuanced feedback on your decision-making, leadership style, and the relational dynamics that determine whether your strategy survives contact with your team. The outcome is sharper decisions, stronger influence, and a quieter, more confident leadership presence.
I see a small number of leaders each year: founders, CEOs, managing directors, C-suite executives, and senior leaders carrying real responsibility. Engagements run four to six months, weekly or fortnightly at first, shifting to monthly as ground is held. From business coaching for founder CEOs through to executive leadership coaching for enterprise C-suite leaders. From Surry Hills, Sydney CBD, or online wherever you are.
Dan is engaging and highly insightful, bringing valuable perspectives on team dynamics and leadership functioning that have been immediately helpful. The work elevated the team's ability to meet complex challenges in today's fast-changing workplace.
“He discerns the point of one's growing edge in leadership and takes you back into scenarios for further development. Direct reports spontaneously commented on positive changes in leadership and demeanor.”
“Dan's coaching was instrumental in supporting my transition to Managing Director, providing invaluable guidance on activating teams for high performance, working effectively at senior levels, and navigating a much larger role.”
Two practices, kept in the same room. The first: a corporate psychology firm I built that today supports more than 600 member organisations across Australia. The second: a private clinical practice. Both still run, day to day. I trained in commerce, lectured into the AGSM MBA program at UNSW, and built both. My clients come for the operator who reads psychology, not the other way round.
Transparency reduces risk for both of us. Here's the architecture of a typical engagement: adapted, never improvised.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. We test fit, you ask anything, I'm direct about whether I can help.
360-degree input, Leadership Circle or Hogan as appropriate, and a careful read of the terrain.
Weekly or fortnightly sessions across four to six months. Self-mastery, then relational, then strategic.
Monthly check-ins to consolidate gains and apply them to the decisions in front of you.
The best way to find out whether this work is for you is a short conversation. If it isn't a fit, I'll often know someone who is, and I'll point you there.
Sydney time (AEST). By phone, video, or in person at Surry Hills.