Impactful CIO Program
Lead with more confidence, influence and impact in the next 90 days.
Feel more authentic, assertive and effective in your role as CIO.
Are you a CIO, CTO, Head of Technology, Head of Digital, Head of Data, Head of AI or General Manager of Technology and struggling with:
- Spending too much time firefighting or not enough time thinking strategically.
- Feeling like your voice is not being heard at the executive table.
- Struggling to keep up with the endless demands ever increasing performance expectations.
- Concerned about your ability to sustain energy, relevance, and impact over time.
- Fear of burnout or disengagement — both personally and within your team.
In the age of AI, the technical challenges are significant, but the human ones are decisive. Research from Gartner, Deloitte and the World Economic Forum consistently shows that empathy, trust and emotional intelligence are now the critical differentiators for sustainable performance.
Prior to 2020, technology executives were already operating in a VUCA world, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. The demands of this environment created a constant pressure to perform in an ‘always on’ reality. The global pandemic then amplified this dramatically, placing leaders under relentless scrutiny to deliver new capabilities, accelerate digital transformation and achieve more with fewer resources.
In today’s tech world CIOs are more under the spotlight than ever. According to the State of the CIO Survey 2025, 15% of IT leaders say they are burned out, and another 33% report experiencing some level of burnout in their current role. More than half cite talent shortages, particularly in AI, cybersecurity and data science, as a significant hurdle. At the same time, 62% believe their legacy operating models are overburdened and unable to support their organisations’ future strategic objectives.
Did you know that:
- 15% of IT leaders report being burned out, and another 33 % experience some level of burnout in their role? [SOURCE: State of the CIO Survey 2025]
- 87% of organisations report a high ROI from executive coaching? [SOURCE: International Coaching Federation]
- Executive coaching can deliver 5 to 20 times the return on investment, according to McKinsey? [SOURCE: McKinsey]
- One study found a 788% ROI from coaching, driven by productivity gains and reduced turnover? [SOURCE: MetrixGlobal Study]
- The World Economic Forum projects that 44% of core job skills will change by 2030, with empathy, resilience and leadership influence among the most in- demand? [SOURCE: World Economic Forum – Future of Jobs Report 2025]
The Journey to Becoming a High Impact CIO
ENERGY: The first step is to restore your physical and mental energy. How consistent is your sleep routine? How often do you move your body, and does your workout leave you energised or depleted? What tools or practices do you use to give your brain regular breaks?
SELF-REGULATION: How effectively do you manage your emotions? Do you tend to suppress them or express them? How is your ability to self regulate shaping your relationships with your team, peers and leader? What practical techniques are in your toolbox for managing strong emotions?
ASSERTIVENESS: How confident are you in difficult conversations and negotiations? Do you sometimes avoid healthy debate, limiting innovation and creating artificial harmony? How comfortable are you in standing up for your perspective and setting clear boundaries?
INFLUENCE: What is the quality of your relationships with direct reports, peers, leaders and board members? How strong is your ability to influence in all directions? What does your personal brand say about you, and how credible are you seen within your organisation and industry?
PURPOSE: What are your top three core values, and how do they align with your vision, goals and role as a technology executive? How well does your lifestyle support those values? What is the purpose of your team, and how clearly and consistently is that purpose being lived?
It’s Time To Shift From High Pressure To
Sustainable High Performance
What you’ll learn:
Leading Self – Identify your core values, strengths, biases and beliefs. Practise self care to strengthen mental and emotional wellbeing. Build greater resilience and grit.
Leading Others – Adapt your communication style to improve relationships. Delegate with confidence, give and receive feedback effectively, and create psychological safety that inspires and engages your team.
Executive Presence – Build trust and credibility. Negotiate with impact. Manage upwards and elevate your personal brand.
What you’ll Achieve:
Results – Achieving consistent results is the natural outcome of managing yourself well and leading others effectively.
Authenticity – Show up with confidence by knowing yourself and mindfully speaking up. Contribute meaningfully to organisational strategy and vision.
Influence – Leverage your personal brand and relationships to shape decisions that benefit both your team and the wider organisation.
The International Coaching Federation reports that 87% of organisations see a high return on investment from coaching. McKinsey estimates the ROI can range from 5 to 20 times the initial investment, and a MetrixGlobal study even documented a 788% return. This combination of rising pressure, high stakes and proven ROI is exactly why building emotional intelligence, resilience and clarity through coaching is no longer optional but essential for tech leadership to succeed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Emerging to senior leaders in tech, interested in achieving sustainable high performance.
- Coaching is a series of collaborative one-on-one learning conversations that facilitate transformation and accelerate development. It’s something most successful C-suite Executives engage in to further their career, skills and development. Rather than being a teacher, advisor or expert in the counterpart’s profession, the coach is an expert in the learning conversation and guides you to identify goals and aspirations, which then become the content of the coaching engagement.
- Coaching is not mentoring, it is not counselling, it is not training, it is not consulting and it is not therapy.
- Professional coaches focuses on setting goals, creating outcomes and enabling transformation.
- The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as follows:
A partnership with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise both their personal and professional potential.
Executive Coaching is a powerful means of providing your mid to senior level management with personalised one-on-one development to assist in delivery on key business objectives whilst developing their leadership capability. It is designed to help facilitate professional and personal development to the point of individual growth, improved performance and fulfilment.
According to research conducted over ten years by the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), coaching builds capability in the following areas:
- Self-awareness and capacity to respond to personal challenges
- Ability to have difficult conversations, manage performance and influence both up and down.
- Communication of ideas and capacity to give and receive feedback
- Team effectiveness and team building skills
- Strategic awareness and sensitivity to the business environment
- Clarified career interests direction and vision
- A coach is an expert in human behaviour, is able to identify patterns, and guide you to your own conclusions through questioning.
- Great coaches have experience in your domain (whether it be tech, leadership, strategy or people management) so that they are able to relate on a certain level to your context.
- They believe that you have the answers within you and so prefer not to give you the answers, but guide you to come up with them yourself.
- A professional coach will challenge you and help you stretch your thinking, once a trusting relationship has been established. They will hold space to enable reflection and insights. The coach will also encourage you to take action, serve as your accountability buddy and celebrate your wins with you.
- As per the International Coaching Federation (ICF) code of ethics a professional coach with maintain strict confidentiality and a non-judgmental attitude at all times.
- Want to become a better leader
- Are seeking a promotion or career change
- Have received constructive feedback and need help addressing
- Upon reflection you know you have not realised your full potential
- Need an accountability buddy
- Are conscious you have blindspots and keen to uncover them
- Are in a crossroad and feel the need to press pause to re-evaluate things
- Would like to carve time for reflection
- Want to be challenged by a human behaviour expert who is neutral and has your best interests, not a friend or partner
In order to be coachable, you need to be open-minded, curious, keen to explore, be challenged, interested in grow as a human and as a professional. You also need to be ready to take action and have some level of courage. Most professionals would benefit from coaching of some kind – facing into areas of growth enables you to become a stronger, more respected leader.
- My approach is practical but holistic, and I tap into my diverse background and experience when coaching. I am highly supportive, focused and action oriented.
- My clients described me as a warm, intuitive, sincere and a deeply passionate coach who cares about your outcomes.
- I combine adult learning frameworks with positive psychology and neuroscience.
- All my programs are tailored to meet the specific needs of my clients.