My services
✅ Executive Coaching for midlife leadership to lead as your best self
Lead as your best self when it matters most
I offer a bespoke 3–6 month Executive Coaching program designed to support leaders through the complexity and opportunity of midlife.
This is often a pivotal stage in a leadership career. Expectations are high, responsibilities are broad, and at the same time leaders may be navigating shifts in energy, identity, confidence, and direction. For some, this includes the impact of perimenopause or menopause. For others, it is a broader reassessment of how they want to lead and live.
This coaching creates the space to think clearly, reset intentionally, and lead with greater alignment and impact.
Grounded in my Master of Science in Coaching Psychology and informed by positive psychology, I bring more than 2,500 hours of one-to-one coaching experience as an ICF Professional Certified Coach. I work in service of you, providing a confidential, judgement-free space to deepen your perspective, strengthen self-awareness, and make more intentional leadership choices.
What we focus on
Together, we work across the key shifts that matter in midlife leadership:
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reconnecting with your values, strengths, and leadership identity
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managing energy, attention, and competing demands
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strengthening confidence and reducing self-doubt
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navigating complexity, stakeholders, and expectations
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making clear, aligned decisions in uncertain environments
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fulfilling career advancements and transitions.
You will build practical self-coaching strategies that you can draw on in real time, enabling you to navigate challenges, sustain performance, and lead with clarity.
Outcomes
Through the coaching, you will:
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gain clarity on what matters most and how you want to lead
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build confidence in your thinking and decision making
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strengthen your leadership presence and impact
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move from reactive patterns to intentional leadership
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create momentum in your current role or next career step.
How it works
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3–6 month tailored coaching program
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one-to-one confidential sessions
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flexible structure aligned to your goals.
Coaching may be supported by psychometric tools, including:
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Hogan Personality and Leadership assessments
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Mental Toughness AQR
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Strengths Profile
as appropriate to your development.
Midlife is not a stage to step back.
It is a stage to lead with greater clarity, confidence, and intent.
This coaching is designed to support you to do exactly that.
Connect with me at karensteincoaching@gmail.com to discuss your goals, program design, and pricing.
My coaching philosophy
Coaching is a wonderful opportunity to sit within an exploratory conversation with a qualified coach and together discover solutions which support your progress towards your goals. This attentional focus allows you to expand your understanding of you and become more engaged with your behaviours, emotions and cognitions. You become more empowered to choose those which will help you have the impact you hope for, and reduce those which might hinder you.
With over 2500 one-on-one coaching hours I am well qualified to assist you as your coach from three perspectives:
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from the gut - having been a leader within professional services for over 30 years, I have strong leadership instincts which support our coaching
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from the heart - I am high in empathy and able to stand in your shoes when supporting my coachees with achieving their success
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from the head - I strongly believe that coaching should be supported by evidenced based theories and science. My Master of Science in Coaching Psychology, Certification as a Mental Health First Aider, and accreditation as an ICF Professional Certified Coach, ensures that this holds true.
Coaching Experience
2024 -
2016 - 2024
I continue to provide Executive Coaching to senior leaders within professional services, consulting independently with corporate organisations and individuals. Coaching programs are structured to meet Executive's needs. Additionally I am trained as a Group Coach and work with groups to share their collective wisdom and aid in their growth.
My Executive Coaching is bespoke to each leader and meets them where they are at to support them in moving towards their goals.
Additionally I facilitate Group Coaching for managing menopause in the workplace, providing a safe and sensitive space for women leaders to equip themselves with self-coaching skills in support of their advancement through this transition (refer to my Menopause in the Workplace page for further details).
In 2016 I designed and implemented the Coaching Program for Women Partners of Deloitte Australia, which I delivered each year. Approximately 80-100 leaders were coached annually by me under this program. The feedback received from coachees was consistently high, including overwhelming endorsement of my coaching, listening skills, display of empathy and insights. The coaching was evidenced based, from the field of positive psychology obtained through completion of my Master of Science in Coaching Psychology. It was also supported by my ICF PCC accreditation.
In 2020 I commenced annual volunteer coaching clients of Dress for Success and Bambuddha Group, a social enterprise. In the latter I coach C-suite leaders in profit and not-for profit organisations.
Within Deloitte I co-led the Managing Menopause in the Workplace Committee, and designed and coached a group coaching program to manage menopause in the workplace which commenced in 2023 and continues to this day. In 2024 I was instrumental in aiding Deloitte in becoming the first Australian organisation to become a Menopause Friendly Employer.
Additionally I was a Partner faculty member of Deloitte University, Singapore where I co-facilitated leadership programs.
After 24 years as a partner of Deloitte, and proudly being the second longest serving woman partner of Deloitte Australia, I retired from the partnership, and continued as a Consultant, continuing my Executive and Group coaching, and leadership work.
1991- 2016
Having achieved a Bachelor of Economics and Master of Laws I completed a career consulting in Taxation, primarily as a Deloitte Tax Partner of 16 years in the field of Research & Development Tax Incentives & Grants. I also lead the Employment Taxes practice for Deloitte for 6 years and represented the Chartered Certified Accountants Australia as their Tax Technical representative with the Australian Taxation Office in this field.
I was a member of the Tax Executive of Deloitte focussed on leadership effectiveness and coached tax partners in this role.
I have limited coaching sessions available at this time. Please reach out to discuss your needs.
