Why Choose Ellen?
PCC Coach accredited by the International Coaching Federation - only 16% of accredited coaches hold this level of qualification
C-Suite and NED Experience - Understands your real challenges
Featured in ABC, Smart Company, CEO Magazine
Trusted by 200+ executives and professionals
Who can benefit from a coach?
Ellen Hooper works one-on-one with senior leaders, executives and high-potential professionals who are operating in complex environments, often at moments of transition, stretch or uncertainty.
Coaching clients are typically:
- •Stepping into a bigger or more visible role
- •Navigating organisational change, restructure or ambiguity
- •Returning to work after parental leave
- •Technically strong, but carrying more responsibility, politics or pressure than before
- •Thoughtful, capable people who want to work smart and well, not just harder
Why work with a coach?
1:1 coaching focuses on the real, live challenges clients are facing, not abstract models or generic leadership advice.
Common Outcomes Include:
- ✓Clearer decision-making under pressure
- ✓Stronger influence and stakeholder management
- ✓Increased confidence and influential communication
- ✓Better boundaries, prioritisation and energy management
- ✓Reduced friction, internally and with others
For Your Organisation:
This means people who are more effective, steadier, and better able to operate in complexity.
For Individuals:
It means work that feels more sustainable, intentional and aligned.
Ready to Transform Your Leadership?
Let's discuss how executive coaching can support your growth and impact.
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Ellen brings a rare combination of:
Significant experience and world-class training in executive coaching
Senior HR and organisational experience
Legal training and governance expertise
This means sessions are commercially grounded, psychologically informed, and highly practical.
Ellen is known for being challenging her clients deeply while still feeling like a cheerleader.
"Ellen is so kind and supportive, that you sometimes don't expect the moments where you come face to face with exactly how you're holding yourself back. I don't think I've ever had so many moments of confronting my own behaviour, while someone is being so kind to me! She truly does get results, help you step back to see the wood from the trees, and make the changes you didn't know you needed to make."
— Frances Cook, CEO of Making Money Simple and Founder of New Zealand's #1 Business Podcast 'Making Cents'
Coaching Program Logistics
Program Structure
Coaching programs are a minimum of 3 x 1:1 sessions. Ellen recommends that organisational coaching engagements include a 3-way conversation with the client's people leader at the start of the engagement to set and document coaching goals and at the end of the engagement to celebrate progress and transition the changes made in coaching to be sustainable in the long-term.
Psychometric Tools
Psychometric tools can be added into the coaching program. Ellen regularly uses:
- •DiSC
- •Myers Briggs
- •Hogan
- •Clifton Strengths
- •Birkman Signature Report
What Coaching Clients Say
"Ellen is my secret weapon"
— Taryn Brumfitt, 2023 Australian of the Year
"Ellen helped me get clarity in navigating my career goals. She has extensive knowledge of frameworks to work through complex problems and assisted me in using these to help me break down and understand the issues. I was then able to make a difficult decision and feel confident about it. Two years on, I still reference insights I gained through Ellen's coaching. I would definitely recommend Ellen."
— Dominik Nicholls
Director, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
"Ellen's coaching helped me work out my decision making criteria for finding a job that's right for me and my family and helped change the way I show up at work - I'm getting better at holding boundaries and looking after myself."
— Nicole Jones
Manager, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing