Executive Coaching

Coaching from someone who has sat in your chair.

One-to-one coaching for senior executives in health, government and defence, grounded in thirty years of carrying the kind of accountability you carry now.

The problems

What clients bring to this engagement

  • New to the chair, first CIO/CDO/COO role, and the gap between competence and confidence is loud at 2am.
  • The role has outgrown the routine, what got you here is visibly not what the next two years need.
  • Carrying a hard season, a failing program, a restructure, a public incident, and nowhere safe to think out loud.
  • Building your own bench, your directs need to step up before you can.
How it works

The engagement, step by step

Senior-led, always. There is no bench of juniors, you work directly with me.

01, CHEMISTRY

No-cost first session

Coaching only works with trust. We test the fit before any commitment.

02, CONTRACT

Goals on paper

What we're working on, how we'll know it's working, and who else (board, CEO) sees what.

03, CADENCE

Monthly, protected

Regular sessions plus genuine access between them, because the hard moments don't book ahead.

04, REVIEW

Measure and decide

Structured review against the contract at six months: continue, conclude, or change focus.

What you get

Deliverables, not just advice

  • A confidential coaching agreement. Goals on paper, agreed boundaries, and clarity on what your sponsor sees.
  • Monthly sessions plus genuine between-session access. The hard moments don't book ahead, and neither do I.
  • A six-month structured review. Progress measured against the contract, with an honest recommendation: continue, conclude or refocus.
Proof
Dave has a tremendous amount of experience in ICT and such a calm nature with extremely relevant advice. The current nature of my work and challenges is identical to what Dave has previously gone through, and managed to fix at multiple organisations. His guidance has already helped me improve both as an individual and the processes of our ICT function.

Reesen Pillai, Calvary

Following my return from maternity leave, I felt a bit lost in my career direction. Dave brought me back to the foundations of leadership, expanding my understanding while giving me clarity on my path, and the confidence boost that reduced the imposter syndrome I'd taken on returning to the workforce.

Nicole Smyth, coaching client, Australian health sector

9.2/10
average "would recommend" score across coaching clients
For emerging leaders

Building toward the executive seat, rather than already in it?

dev/health is our sister company for structured professional development: an invitation-only peer cohort with personal coaching, and the Executive Compass competency self-assessment for digital health leaders.

Visit dev/health
Try before you talk

Could you make the call at 2am? Run the drill.

Free, takes minutes, nothing recorded.

Run the 2am Drill

Start with a conversation

A 30-minute discovery call. No deck, no pitch, a frank discussion about what you're facing.

Book a discovery call