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“Changing one’s outlook.”
Vanessa was asked to work with a team of leaders who had become somewhat overwhelmed with the challenges of their role and struggled to find positivity or a way forward. Day one, there was a sense of victim mentality and a complete lack of empowerment. Over the course of two half days Vanessa worked with the team, providing the team with insights on their outlook and tools that they could deploy to change outcomes. Skeptical at first, the team did take onboard the techniques and insights and I am pleased to report that 6 months later many of the positive impacts of these sessions are still highly evident today. This positive impact has been measured formally via engagement surveys, but more notably it’s evident on the floor amongst the team. The fog has lifted and the leadership team is more positive and operates more effectively, with benefits flowing to the broader team. Vanessa worked skillfully with the team, ensuring a fairly pessimistic group embraced new concepts encouraging them to adopt these tools into their daily working environment. Personally many of the insights Vanessa shared I have been able to apply not just into a work situation but more broadly.
Thanks Vanessa for taking on the challenge and in helping turn around negative sentiment.
Senior Vice President, Country Head Australia
“Alex provided expert guidance for the launch of our values.”
The NEP team has been guiding us through a key values project for our firm. One of the particular challenges of this project was how, in a 3-hour offsite session, to take the individual thoughts of 50 Partners and Directors and shape them into a core set of values to help start the values design process. Alex [Davids] managed this workshop event extremely well, taking our exec team through the key steps of the design process and maintaining interaction throughout the session to ensure everyone had the opportunity to voice their thoughts. By the end of the session, we had a starter set of values and behaviours that generated interest and attention, and we were able to use these to begin a widespread consultation process with our staff. Finding the right business to help us deliver this project was important. Alex has provided expert guidance to us through to the recent launch of our values and is continuing to work with us to ensure a successful implementation of the values into our business.
CEO, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
“I’m so much more effective at work.”
This course is life-changing! Now that I know how to prioritise according to energy instead of time, I’m getting way more done in less time and it’s feeling so much easier, the quality of work I undertake has also dramatically increased. I’m so much more effective at work and I’m enjoying it more than ever. I also have more energy for my hectic and growing family.
Sales Manager, NSW, Global Payment and Risk Management Solutions
“An easy process to get more done in less time and improved my communication with others.”
Thanks so much for all of your help and support as my coach. I have never been coached before and going in, I was quite apprehensive about what it would involve and how hard it would be, particularly when I always feel stretched for time. In fact, you made the process very easy and simple and it never felt like too much work. Instead, I feel like it gave me a solid sounding board and an opportunity to really analyse situations and look at them from a different perspective. I have learned a lot and the coaching has really helped me manage my time, set boundaries and improve the way I see myself and the way others see and interact with me.
Commercial Director, IFM Investors
“I would not hesitate in recommending Vanessa to help clarify career goals”
It has been an absolute pleasure to have worked with Vanessa over the last few months. We have focused on a number of areas, from building new neural pathways to facilitate positive thoughts through to better understanding my drivers and values as they relate to my work and career. Her weekly coaching calls are invaluable as you implement new tools and ways of being. Her coaching style is informative and gentle with very practical suggestions that have made a huge difference to the way I think and operate. I have clarity around the choices I make and how I make them as well as being very clear on my career goals and next steps. I would not hesitate in recommending Vanessa to anyone seeking to perform at the next level and who wants to have clarity on their personal career journey.
“My firm experienced tremendous growth.”
Hands down, Vanessa is the most Powerful coach I’ve ever worked with. Her insight into limiting beliefs, energy management and leadership strategies has been invaluable for me in 2018. I’ve experienced tremendous growth (personally & financially) as a direct result of our work together, and am extremely grateful to have met her. She truly ‘gets it’ and is the most effective high performance coach you’ll ever meet. I’m certain her work will pay dividends for you—you owe it to yourself to have her help!!
“Practical tools for sustained high performance.”
As a Private Client Adviser for one of Australia’s leading financial planning firms I have heard the phrase “To take our performance to the next level we need to work smarter, not harder!” used by managers and CEOs alike for almost a decade. Vanessa has been the first person I’ve come across who not only worked with me to change my personal beliefs around what it takes to achieve and sustain high performance but also provided me with practical tools to turn the clever sounding MBA catchphrase into a daily process for sustained high performance.
I look forward to working with Vanessa in the future and I would have no hesitation recommending Vanessa as an Executive Coach to anyone searching for a practical way to sustain high performance without burnout, or the need to sacrifice family time in order to achieve higher levels of success.
Leading National Financial Planning Practice, Melbourne, Australia
“My team as benefitted hugely from better productivity and mindset.”
What a great experience it has been receiving coaching from Vanessa, I didn’t know what to expect and from the beginning but Vanessa was very open with her communication and the support I received from her through the coaching program was fantastic. I learnt to think differently about certain areas which increased my productivity and was able to free up a lot of my time to focus on important tasks. My team has benefitted hugely from the things I have passed down to them and also from the new mindset I’ve learnt. Thanks again Vanessa for all of your coaching and expertise you have taught me.
Project Director, Surfers Paradise Sales
“Beliefs and goals aligned for success.”
I’ve had the opportunity to work with Vanessa from Next Evolution Performance as a professional coach for a little over 2 years.
The coaching program has been extremely beneficial to me both professionally and personally. Through regular feedback and discussions, I’ve been able to gain greater clarity of purpose, and ensure that my beliefs and goals are aligned to give the greatest chance of success.
The skills that I’ve developed through this program have had a significant impact on how I’ve led my teams, and greatly assisted me with successfully implementing numerous change initiatives.
General Manager Holcim Vic/SA Aggregates
“Empowering leadership and strategic confidence.”
Working with Next Evolution Performance has been a game-changer for both myself and my team. The program helped us refine our culture, team ethos, and communication, allowing us to operate with greater clarity and purpose. By checking in with team members, eliminating repetitive energy-draining tasks, and doubling down on individual strengths, we created a more efficient and motivated environment. My biggest breakthrough was learning to focus on painting the picture of the outcome rather than getting caught up in the details of how it’s achieved. As a result, my leadership confidence has significantly improved, and my team now embraces a high-performance mindset. This has set us on the path to developing the next generation of leaders and growth for the business.implementing numerous change initiatives.
CEO Forbes Fava Saville
“Transformational for both me personally and our business.”
Working with Vanessa over six months was transformational for both me personally and our business. We were launching a new European Intermediary business and a new range of UCITS ETFs while maintaining excellence in our existing institutional business – a challenging period that required me to be at my absolute best. Through our regular coaching sessions, we followed an arc that included identifying and maximizing focus time, better structuring my daily schedule, stakeholder management, change management, building a high performance culture, and conflict resolution. Vanessa’s coaching on how to maximize collective cognitive energy and optimize execution was particularly impactful. The results speak for themselves – I led our business through this challenging period of change and we raised $1bn in UCITS ETFs in just 9 months, one of the most successful launches the industry has seen. We transformed from being somewhat concentrated and volatile to delivering more balanced and consistent growth through diversification, better aligned with our stakeholders’ needs and providing both financial and personal growth for our people.
Head of EMEA, Global Funds Management Company
“The results have been transformative.”
As an executive coach myself, I understand the value of having a coach who helps you work through prioritization and neuroleadership concepts. Working with Next Evolution Performance brought me more clarity on priorities and significantly reduced the time I spent ruminating on decisions. The energy credits model became my primary tool for thinking about where I place my energy each day. My biggest a-ha moment was realizing I needed to spend more time celebrating my successes. The results have been transformative—I now have greater clarity on what matters most and make decisions with much more confidence and ease.
Thanks Vanessa for taking on the challenge and in helping turn around negative sentiment.
Founder, Women Thriving in Construction: A Global Institute
"Empowering leadership and strategic confidence."
Working with Next Evolution Performance has been a game-changer for both myself and my team. The program helped us refine our culture, team ethos, and communication, allowing us to operate with greater clarity and purpose. By checking in with team members, eliminating repetitive energy-draining tasks, and doubling down on individual strengths, we created a more efficient and motivated environment. My biggest breakthrough was learning to focus on painting the picture of the outcome rather than getting caught up in the details of how it’s achieved. As a result, my leadership confidence has significantly improved, and my team now embraces a high-performance mindset. This has set us on the path to developing the next generation of leaders and growth for the business. Cameron Forbes CEO Forbes Fava Saville