Profile
I am a credentialed Executive Coach, with a masters in coaching psychology from the University of Sydney, and accreditations in coaching from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
I work with emerging leaders in the public and private sector who are facing increasing demands on their time, energy and mental and physical capacities. They find they are often being promoted based on their technical capacity, overall work experience and strong career networks, with little or no training in what it means to be a good leader and manager. As a result, many of them struggle with issues of confidence, leadership presence and fulfilling their career potential.
These are all issues I faced in my previous 20-year career with the United Nations, which saw me serve in leadership roles in Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan, Afghanistan, Israel/ Palestine, Indonesia, Washington DC and New York.
I typically work with leaders for 8-9 months, with around 10-12 one hour one-to-one sessions that help shine the light on the challenges they are facing; what is important to them, what is challenging, what assumptions they are making, and any negative thinking that might be holding them back.
Together we co-create solutions, using well researched and proven techniques, investigating strengths, values and future visioning. We focus on developing the balanced, flourishing life they so deserve!
At the end of our time together, the people I work with find:
• Increasing self-confidence at work, and an expanded horizon on what is possible for in their career. The type of jobs and roles they didn’t think were possible have now come into view!
• Enhanced leadership and managerial presence, improved communication skills including conflict mediation skills.
• A well-developed sense of their personal and professional strengths and values.
• A clear vision for where they want to go to lead a flourishing life!
• They are working at peak performance in a sustainable way!
Let me know if you would like to know more about how this program might work for you.
Qualifications
I am an internationally qualified mentor and coach, with a Masters in Coaching Psychology from the University of Sydney, and a qualification of “Senior Practitioner” from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
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10 Reviews on “Flourish Coaching Australia”
Rob coached me regularly between February and August, 2023 during a period of growth, and also uncertainty, for me. Rob has a laser focus on development and action which challenged me to consider, and work with, issues that were preventing me from moving ahead. I appreciated his passion for helping me take tangible steps out of my comfort zone towards my goals. He offered practical advice as well as prompting me to address more personal issues, very gently and with a lot of positivity.
I found Rob to be an empathic and supportive coach who had many wise reflections and sayings that have stuck with me and give me some significant guidance as I put into action what I learned with him.
Rob has helped me with business specific goals in developing my career as a Senior United Nations Official with responsibility for the UN’s development work in Europe and Central Asia.
Rob is a diligent, inspiring and insightful coach. He not only shared a lot of materials and asked poignant questions so that I can reflect further on my own behaviour and become more aware of the impact I have on others. He has also helped me understand what my priorities in life are and how I should pursue my ambition both at professional and personal levels.
Through coaching sessions, I understood my strengths and lesser strengths better and how to address them while further strengthening my strengths. I highly recommend Rob for his practical and inspiring sessions which helped me become more secure and develop nerves of steel. I look forward to continuing to work with Rob.
Gwi Yeop Son
United Nations Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia
Robert is a great coach and mentor, with proven coaching skills and the right pedagogy to guide the person being coached, step by step, towards achieving their goals.
Throughout the process, Robert provided regular updates on progress in relation to the initial objectives. He is also able to reassure the person being supported and encourage him to achieve the objectives set.
It was a great Pleasure to work with Robert. As a result, I was able to gain more confidence at work in the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Togo. I have subsequently been able to achieve some important goals that have helped to build my leadership presence, confidence and communications skills. For example, I have undertaken a surge mission in Tunisia for 2 months; I have started to express myself more during meetings: and I have improved my active listening skills.
I am a senior technical staff member in the United Nations, and I have been working with Rob for several years. Rob has assisted me with setting clear pathways toward achieving my career goals, including technical work, like interview preparation strategies and conflict mitigation. I have also benefitted from Rob’s strategic advice in formulating my career goals.
Rob is an excellent coach, insightful and caring. He shared a lot of materials and articles, which helped me clarify a lot of the issues I had, especially related to the impact of my and my unit’s work on the people we serve. Through his practical advice I gained a better understanding on how to leverage my strengths and shoring up weaknesses in order for my work to be more impactful.
Rob is always present when asked for assistance, meaning not only in the context of pre-arranged coaching sessions, but even outside of those, if an emergency arises that requires his advice or expertise. I am currently working with him, and I cannot recommend him enough for his wealth of experience, his practical approach and his genuine care for the people he works with.
Stefan Gherman
Senior Adviser – United Nations HQs
Rob has helped me with business specific goals in growing a portfolio career, having transitioned from practising law for 24 years.
Rob is a very authentic and empathetic coach. He is highly skilled in asking insightful questions and helping me to become more self-aware, supporting me in areas where I lacked clarity and confidence. Through working with Rob, I have achieved a better sense of myself and my purpose, and where I want to go with my new career path, helping me to see that I am on this journey for a reason. Rob kept me focused and instilled a positive energy to our coaching sessions. I highly recommend Rob for his mastery of coaching which shines through in his ability to focus my otherwise busy mind on my true values, and supporting me to find practical solutions with renewed energy. I look forward to continuing to work with Rob.
Rob was my coach in 2023 and worked with me in a executive coaching context. I found the process valuable and would recommend Rob to anyone who wants to accelerate from good to great. Rob helped me to become more aware of and challenge the assumptions and negative thought patterns that were holding me back. Without a coach I think it would have taken a lot longer to have made the progress I did. Thanks Rob!
This was my first experience with coaching and Rob was an excellent coach with whom to start this journey. Our coaching sessions between February and September 2023 established a routine in my life to periodically reflect on my goals and actions linked to them and to evaluate the results and impact of my actions. His coaching also helped me get used to seeking feedback from others, a practice which I would like to continually invest in and improve.
Rob is an excellent active listener. He knows how to frame the discussion, with minimal interventions and right questions, to help his clients reflect on their actions, set goals and plan short- and medium-term benchmarks towards the goals. Rob’s flexible approach to coaching allowed me to review and reprioritize my initially set goals and add a new goal to better manage my work/life balance. He offered a variety of methods and practical advice to help me understand and improve my peak performance in a stressful living and working environment in Ukraine; this was useful as I could try and choose what worked well for me in a given context. His flexibility in scheduling coaching sessions around my demanding work and unpredictable security situation in Ukraine was also greatly appreciated.
I would highly recommend Rob to anyone interested in coaching, but especially to those in the humanitarian sector and/or the UN system, since his past professional experience offers deep compassion and understanding for these professions, challenges related which may not be as easily grasped by coaches without such experience.
I worked with Rob for 10-12 sessions over 9 months in 2023. We worked on finding a new role that was well suited to my strengths and values, on future visioning, on developing greater self confidence during my transition to an entrepreneurial career, and on creating better balance in my life.
I found the programme had a significant impact on me. I was able to develop greater self confidence and tools/ strategies to apply for new jobs, and within 2 months found a role well suited to me. I became more assured about my transition into coaching, and more aware of the need for greater balance in my life. I developed a much greater understanding of my strengths, values and future vision, and became much more aware of the key physical, emotional, mental and spiritual peak performance tools and techniques that help me lead a flourishing life.
Fiona Sample
Leadership Development Consultant, Facilitator and Executive Coach
Rob helped me with specific ways and tools to identify life values, aligning career paths to these values, and working on leadership and stress mitigation skills. He also helped me be more balanced and grounded.
He was also flexible during the process, identifying gaps to work on and changing the sessions according to my needs, progress, and aspirations. I came into coaching not expecting much, as I was in a stressful situation and just trying to handle it in any way I could. It ended up being way beyond that, and I appreciate Rob’s patience, understanding, and flexibility; that’s why I decided to work on more aspects I did not think I could work on before with him.
Shorouq Manaseer
United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Kyiv, Ukraine
Rob and I co-led the programme unit of the UN’s global humanitarian fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund, for 2 years from 2020 to 2022. During the pandemic, this was a hard time for the team as we were all working from home while there was a lot of demand and pressure on the team. I learned so much from Rob during this time about how to lead and support a team through a difficult time. Rob showed so much empathy and leadership that the team didn’t just make it through this difficult time but came out much stronger, with more trust and respect among the team, resulting in an empowered team and higher performance. To this day, both the team and I benefit from Rob’s wisdom and leadership.