Sue provides executive coaching to academics.
Who benefits from executive coaching?
Academic Leaders and Decision-Makers
Department Heads and Academic Administrators
Professors and Researchers
Academic Teams and Research Groups
Early-Career Researchers
High Potential Future Leaders
Non-Academic Professionals in Academic Settings
Coaching for academic leaders: unlock your full potential.
Tailored Support: Coaching offers personalized guidance, addressing unique challenges academic leaders face.
Skill Enhancement: Develop crucial leadership skills like communication, conflict resolution, and strategic thinking.
Self-Awareness: Improve emotional intelligence and self-awareness for effective leadership.
Decision-Making: Enhance decision-making and problem-solving abilities in complex academic environments.
Change Management: Equip leaders to navigate change and handle conflicts with resilience.
Goal Achievement: Set and achieve goals with a coach's accountability and strategic planning.
Networking: Expand networks and foster collaboration for innovative initiatives.
Work-Life Balance: Manage responsibilities and avoid burnout by optimizing time management.
Confidence Boost: Build confidence, overcome imposter syndrome, and lead with conviction.
Continuous Growth: Evolve as academic landscapes change, ensuring sustained success.
Elevate your academic leadership journey with coaching. Experience real transformations and achieve lasting impact.
What are the benefits?
Executive coaching is primarily designed for top-level executives and senior leaders within your organisation. These individuals often face unique challenges and responsibilities, such as strategic decision-making, leading teams, and managing organisational change. Executive coaching helps them enhance their leadership skills, gain clarity in their roles, navigate complex situations, and drive organisational success.
When researchers and educators transition from individual contributor roles to leadership positions, they often face unique challenges. Executive coaching provides essential support during this transition, helping people develop the mindset and skills required to succeed as leaders. Coaching assists them in understanding their new responsibilities, managing the expectations of their team members, and adapting to the demands of their new roles. It helps them develop a leadership style that inspires trust, fosters collaboration, and drives performance within their respective department.
Identifying and developing high-potential future leaders is crucial for succession planning and building a strong leadership pipeline. Executive coaching plays a vital role in developing these people for future leadership roles. By providing personalised guidance and support, coaching helps high-potential employees refine their skills, expand their capabilities, and prepare for increased responsibilities.
Coaching can support you.
Sue provides you with the opportunity to work closely with a skilled coach who understands the unique challenges and dynamics of the academic world in Australia. Over a twenty year period she worked at four universities and a medical research institute in teaching, research and translation roles. In this time she successfully navigated a path from lecturer/research officer to Associate Director and Research Group Leader leading international collaborations.
Sue has coached and mentored academics for more than six years and can help you successfully navigate the intricacies of the academic environment and support you to gain insights, develop effective strategies, and leverage your strengths.
By working with Sue as your coach you will:
advance your career,
increase your professional satisfaction, and
achieve your goals.
Sue offers a safe and confidential space and provides a supportive partnership that empowers academics to navigate their career imperatives with confidence and clarity
Are you ready to thrive in your career? Book a free 30 minute appointment to meet Sue and discuss your needs.
What’s included in your coaching program?
Your program will include:
a program induction, including a Commencement Survey and Welcome Pack
a 90-minute establishment session
nine or eleven x 60-minute coaching sessions via phone, Zoom or face-to-face (where practical)
a system for recording coaching actions and outcomes.
Your Coach:
Sue West
Sue is an executive, leadership, and life coach who has worked in universities and research institutes for 20 years and has coached and mentored many academics over the last five years. Sue has coached and mentored academic leaders including Professors and Assoc Professors as well as upcoming leaders and non-academic staff.
Sue is certified as a Global Executive Coach and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
