Executive Coaching for Senior Leaders Navigating the Next Level
There is a particular kind of pressure that comes with stepping into a larger leadership role.
From the outside, everything looks like it is working. You have the track record, the title, the trust of the people around you. But underneath the composure there is a quiet, persistent question:
What got me here won’t get me there. So who do I need to become next?
That question is not a sign that something is wrong. It is a sign that you are paying attention. The Executive Edge exists for leaders who are ready to answer it honestly.
The Gap No One Names
Most senior leaders stepping into broader scope are given more responsibility and less support.
Boards, peers and mentors will celebrate the promotion. Few will sit with you in the genuine discomfort of becoming a different kind of leader, one whose identity, operating style and relationship with authority needs to shift alongside the new title.
You need a trusted, confidential partner outside the business. Someone with no agenda except your growth and your honesty. Someone who will tell you, without flattery, what is not working and who has the experience to know the difference between a capability gap and an identity threshold.
The Identity Shift Method
Generic coaching teaches skills.
The Identity Shift Method works the deeper transition that skills alone can never touch the psychological and identity shift a leader must make to genuinely operate at the next level.
This is not borrowed theory. It is built from over twenty years of coaching senior leaders through exactly this kind of transition, seven years working inside Melbourne Business School with Executive and Senior Executive MBA leaders and lived experience as a CEO who has navigated this shift personally.
The leaders who thrive long-term are not those who accumulated the most skills. They are those who did the identity work early.
Together we will work on the specific identity and strategic shifts your expanded scope demands, building the clarity, confidence and self-knowledge that will carry you well beyond this next chapter.
| Identity & Transition The psychological shift required to lead at the next level not just the skills. | Strategic Thinking Thinking several moves ahead. Positioning for long-term impact, not just the next quarter. | Sustainable Leadership Leading in a way that creates growth, opportunity and reward without burnout or over-extension. |
Who This Is For
The Executive Edge is designed for a specific kind of leader. Not every senior professional, the ones who are genuinely ready for this kind of work.
| This is for you if… | This is not for you if… |
| – You are stepping into expanded scope, authority or visibility – You are navigating a significant transition: new role, new organisation, new level of accountability – You are a woman in senior leadership who self-funds her own development and takes it seriously – You are already successful and genuinely ready for the next level of honest, challenging growth – You sense that what got you here will not be enough to sustain what comes next | – You are looking for generic coaching or prescriptive advice – You want a coach who will validate your existing approach without challenge – You are not yet ready to examine the identity patterns that may be limiting you – You are looking for a quick fix or short-term skill acquisition – You are not willing to take honest responsibility for your leadership impact |
The Twelve-Month Partnership
Kelly Magowan
Executive Coach & Strategic Leadership Partnership
The Executive Edge is a twelve-month, one-to-one partnership. Not a course, not a cohort, and not a fixed program designed around someone else’s calendar. We begin when you are ready and work at the pace your transition genuinely demands. Every engagement is personalised. The methodology is consistent. The work is yours.
What we work on together
- The identity and psychological shift required at the next level of leadership
- Strategic thinking and decision-making under pressure and complexity
- Stakeholder influence, executive presence and positioning
- Navigating organisational dynamics without over-extension or burnout
- Career design and long-term leadership sustainability
| 16 Sessions One-to-one over twelve months | Face to Face Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or virtual | Between Sessions Access, support & document review | Assessments MBTI Step II & CCL 360 |
Your investment
The Executive Edge is offered in two ways depending on how your development is funded. Both pathways include the same twelve months of one-to-one partnership, the same Identity Shift Method, and the same depth of commitment to your transition.
| Self-Funded | Employer-Funded | |
| Single payment | AUD $12,000 | AUD $14,400 |
| Monthly payments × 12 | $1,250 / month | $1,500 / month |
All fees are exclusive of GST. Coaching fees may be tax-deductible, please consult your accountant. For employer-funded engagements, Kelly is happy to provide supporting documentation to assist with internal approval.
What Leaders Say
“Kelly is a highly focused, straightforward coach who emphasises self-accountability and impact. If you value direct, high-quality conversations that drive real progress, she is an exceptional partner.” — Renee, Head of Stakeholder Engagement
Kelly has an exceptional ability to synthesise experience and challenge leaders to reposition themselves at an executive level. Her advice is thoughtful, direct and grounded in the realities of senior leadership and complex career transitions.— Kathie, Senior Executive
Kelly helped me gain clarity, sharpen my leadership skills and create a career plan aligned with my goals and values — tools I continue to use today.— Angela, Logistics & Supply Chain Executive
Why Only Six Places
The Executive Edge is capped at six clients per year. This is deliberate not manufactured scarcity. Real identity work, the kind that changes how you lead for the rest of your career cannot be delivered at scale without losing what makes it effective. Depth requires limits. Intake is rolling, which means there may be a place available now. When the year’s six places are filled, the next opening depends on when a current engagement concludes. There is no way to know in advance when that will be.
If you are navigating a significant leadership moment, the honest thing to do is have the conversation before that window closes.
Before Any Commitment — a Discovery Session
Before any decision is made, we begin with a complimentary one-hour Discovery Session.
This is one honest hour to explore your specific leadership moment, how The Executive Edge would apply to your situation, and whether this is the right partnership for where you are heading.
There is no obligation attached to this conversation. Only clarity.
Your Risk, Removed
If you decide to proceed, your first month comes with a full satisfaction window. If The Executive Edge is not the right fit after your first session, you receive a full refund. This is deliberate because Kelly only works with leaders who are genuinely ready, and you deserve certainty before you commit twelve months of your growth to anyone.
How would you like to begin?
Complimentary Discovery Session
A 60-minute conversation to explore where you are, what you’re looking for and whether working together is the right fit.
Executive Career & Leadership Strategy Session
A focused private session to work through a career decision, leadership challenge or what comes next. 90 minutes | $595 + GST
Executive Edge
A 12-month private coaching partnership for accomplished leaders ready to step into their next level of leadership and intentionally create what comes next. 12-month private partnership
Kelly Magowan
Executive Coach & Strategic Leadership Partner
Kelly brings over twenty years’ experience in executive coaching and leadership development, including seven years coaching MBA and Executive MBA leaders at Melbourne Business School, senior HR leadership roles at Ernst & Young and General Electric, and lived experience as co-founder and CEO of Six Figures, a national executive platform scaled through to successful exit.
She works with senior leaders across Australia and Singapore who are navigating significant leadership transitions — stepping into expanded scope, recalibrating how they lead, or positioning for the next chapter of their career with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
Accreditations & Credentials
- MBTI® Step I & II Accredited
- Positive Intelligence® (PQ) Certified Coach
- CCL Benchmarks® 360 Assessment Suite
- Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management
- Professional Member, Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA)
Kelly Magowan | kelly@diversitas.com.au | 0417 330 673
The Executive Edge is a flagship program of Diversitas Consulting
