About us
Our vision is a thriving, safe and wise social purpose sector where individuals, organisations and communities are achieving their full potential.
Our work helps leaders and teams navigate change, complexity, and growth in ways that are strategic, human, and sustainable.
At the heart of our approach is Organisational Coaching — a way of working that supports clarity in what needs to be done, while strengthening how people lead and work together to do it.
Whether we’re coaching an individual executive, facilitating a strategy conversation, or supporting a leadership team, we bring a developmental lens that helps you and your teams to lead with confidence in your unique fast-changing for-purpose context.
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Why Organisational Coaching?
Organisational coaching is a powerful way to strengthen your organisation's effectiveness because it works at two levels simultaneously: it helps leaders and teams clarify what you are doing — your strategies, priorities, and decisions — while also transforming how you do it — your ability to have robust and respectful conversations, and to lead with greater confidence, awareness, and skill.
It is strengths and evidence-based, practical, co-designed and tailored to your budget and real needs.
Why clients love working with us:
Who we work with
We work with organisations whose objectives are primarily social purpose. This includes not-for-profits, charities, social enterprises, government agencies at all levels, and some social purpose businesses.
We primarily work with those in leadership. This includes CEOs, and members of the executive leadership team, as well as management, operations and emerging leaders, as well as Chairs and Boards of Directors.
Our experience spans the breadth of the social sector and organisations from large to grassroots and everything in between.
Our experience spans the breadth of the social sector and organisations at all sizes – from large charities to grassroots not-for-profit groups.
Meet the Team
We’re a team of seasoned, purpose-driven Professionally Certified Coaches (PCC) and master facilitators who believe in the power of rigour, courage, potential, and joy — and we bring these to every engagement.
Over decades of practice, we’ve seen that when leaders are supported to work with clarity and consciousness, their organisations not only perform better — they become more human, resilient, and impactful.
Elise Sernik PCC, Founder and Coach-Facilitator
Barbara Barkley PCC, Coach-Facilitator
Sarit Vandegraaff PCC, Coach-Facilitator
Nicola Rothmann PCC, Coach-Facilitator
