For CEOs and senior executives

Executive Coaching in Melbourne

One-to-one executive coaching in Melbourne for CEOs and senior executives who are already capable, but know a new level of performance is available. What got you here may now be in your way. Paul Berry helps you see it, shift it, and lead from a new paradigm.

25+ years. 100,000+ people coached across five continents. Based in Melbourne.

The Real Problem

What got you here is now in your way

You did not reach the top by luck. You are competent. You have built real skill, real judgement, and real results. The way you think and operate has worked.

That is exactly why it is hard to see when it has become the ceiling.

A quantum leap from the level you are already operating at is challenging. Working harder will not make the difference. Doing more of what already works will usually give you more of what you already have.

The breakthrough comes from changing the paradigm you think and operate from. That paradigm shapes what you see, what you avoid, what you decide, and what actions are available to you.

Executive coaching unconceals that paradigm, so you can break through to a new level of performance. Not an incremental improvement. A real shift in how you lead and operate.

Who Is It For

For executives already performing at a high level

CEOs who know another level is required, but more effort is not enough.
C-suite executives who have outgrown the way they used to operate.
Founders who have reached the top role and now need to lead from a new context.
Senior leaders who want a breakthrough in performance, not more advice.
What We Work On

Where the old paradigm keeps running the role

Context

You act from the context you are in, even when you cannot see it. We look at the assumptions and interpretations shaping your decisions, so you stop being run by them.

Decisions

At this level, decisions carry weight. You learn to see where fear, certainty, avoidance, or old habit are driving the call, then act from a clearer place.

Communication

Executive communication sets the standard for the business. You learn to say what needs to be said, listen for what is not being said, and create conversations that move the work forward.

Leadership of leaders

A business that depends on your force of will cannot grow past you. We work on how you build leaders who own their part of the business, think from the whole, and carry real accountability.
How It Works

What you cannot see, you cannot impact

See it. Impact it. Keep it.

Paul listens for the paradigm beneath the obvious issue. Not the story around it. Not the symptom. The real thing that is shaping your action.

Once you see it, you can act differently. The change is not a script or technique. New actions become available because you are no longer operating from the old paradigm.

The change becomes how you operate. It holds because it is not added on from the outside. It comes from seeing and acting differently.

Based in Melbourne. One-to-one online Zoom sessions

Sessions are one-to-one and built around what is live in your role. There is no set curriculum. Paul works with what you are facing now, then goes to what is actually in the way.

Paul is based in Melbourne. Sessions are held online over Zoom, so he works with executives across Melbourne and the rest of Australia.
Outcomes

What changes when your paradigm shifts

You see what has been limiting your performance.
You make hard calls from clarity, not old habit.
You stop repeating patterns that used to work but now cost you.
New actions become available to you.
You lead leaders from a stronger context.
Performance shifts without needing to push harder.
Why Work With Paul

25+ years of coaching leaders, executives and high performers

Paul has coached and trained more than 100,000 people across five continents, bringing breakthroughs with CEOs, Olympic athletes, entrepreneurs, academics and leading-edge thinkers.

As a former Landmark Forum Leader, he spent over ten years facilitating transformation for a world leader in professional growth.

His coaching helps you unconceal for yourself what is in the way of your performance, so you are left naturally powerful, effective and productive. Today he partners with founders, CEOs and teams to bring about aligned action and unprecedented results to their performance.

What Clients Say

From the people who have worked with Paul

He works and goes to the heart of the matter with care, integrity, compassion, velocity, and precision.
Nev Bray
Chairman & CEO
Bray Group
Elite sports professionals have coaches. Elite business people need them too.
Marty Drill
CEO
Luminary Digital Pty Ltd
Paul is in that category of people that have made a difference at global level to thousands of people.
Mihaela Giurca
Leadership Development, Coaching.
Creating Thriving Work Cultures
Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about executive coaching

Executive coaching is one-to-one coaching for senior leaders carrying significant responsibility. It is focused on what is limiting your performance in the role, especially the paradigm you think and operate from but cannot see clearly on your own. Paul helps you see it, then act from there. the full guide to executive coaching

An executive coach helps you see what is in the way of your performance at the top. Paul listens for the barrier beneath the issue, helps you see it for yourself, and coaches you to take effective action from there.

Executive coaching is for the demands of the top role, where you are already capable and the work is to break through a high level of performance. Leadership coaching is about how you lead a team day to day. Many senior leaders need both. Leadership Coaching

A mentor shares their own path. A consultant studies the situation and gives advice. A coach helps you see your own situation clearly, so you can choose and act from there. That is why the change can hold after the session ends.

No. Paul works with CEOs, C-suite executives, founders and senior leaders. What matters is that you are operating at a level where what you cannot see is limiting your performance.

Most executive coaching sessions are one-to-one and held online over Zoom. Paul is based in Melbourne and coaches executives across Melbourne and the rest of Australia this way. If you prefer to work in a group, Paul also offers group sessions. Speak to him about that on the first call.

There is no fixed curriculum. Coaching is designed around what you are dealing with and what you are out to transform. In most cases, it is at least a six-month commitment.

Choose someone who can work beneath the obvious issue, has enough depth to coach at your level, and will not hide behind frameworks. The first call is the best way to judge whether the fit is right.

The first step is a short call, usually 30 minutes and sometimes up to 45 minutes. Paul uses it to understand what you do, what you are dealing with, and what you want to transform. On that call, you can also ask about his rates and how he would work with you.

It is a short call, usually 30 minutes and sometimes up to 45 minutes. Paul gets to know what you do, what you are dealing with, and what you are out to transform where you are. You also find out his rates and how he would work with you.

You will unconceal what is in your way at the top, including the patterns and assumptions that shape your decisions, communication and action. From there, you can make the hard calls with more clarity, lead other leaders from a stronger context, and create a breakthrough in performance.

For enquiries, drop an email to us.

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