Strategic Advisory
Strategic Advisory draws on expertise across career strategy, professional positioning, leadership, brand, communications and business to help you quickly understand the problem, assess your options and decide on the strongest way forward.
I will help you identify what is really going on, challenge the assumptions shaping the situation and focus on the decisions that matter most.
Bring the problem. We will work out what needs to happen next
For professionals and founders.
Strategic Advisory Session
One issue. One focused session. A clearer way forward.
90 minutes | $900 AUD
Best for
One defined issue, decision or upcoming professional or business moment where you want experienced strategic perspective.
Helpful for
Interview strategy, promotion conversations, career decisions, professional positioning, difficult workplace conversations, founder questions, offers, business decisions or a specific positioning challenge.
You will leave with
A clearer understanding of the issue, my recommendation, the priorities that matter most and practical next actions.
Strategic Advisory Intensive
Get underneath a more complex problem and build the strategy around it.
3 hours | $4,250 AUD
Best for
A complex situation where several issues are connected and need to be considered together.
Helpful for
Career direction and professional positioning, preparing for a significant career transition, founder positioning, business strategy, audience, offers, brand direction or deciding what needs to change before investing further.
You will leave with
A strategic diagnosis of the problem, the options considered, a recommended direction and clear priorities for the next 30 to 90 days.
Strategic Advisory Partnership
Navigate and adjust
Strategic support while the situation unfolds.
6 weeks | $6,500 AUD
Best for
A significant career, leadership or business situation where decisions will need to be made at several points, as new information emerges.
Helpful for
Executive recruitment, career repositioning, negotiations, major career transitions, leadership decisions, founder strategy, business repositioning or testing a new strategic direction.
You will leave with
A clearer strategic direction, better decisions as the situation evolves and an agreed roadmap for what happens next.
When the career decision needs sharper thinking
You may be preparing for an interview, promotion or salary conversation. You may be considering a new role, changing direction, repositioning after moving countries or navigating a period of redundancy or uncertainty.
You may also be dealing with a leadership challenge, a difficult professional decision or a situation where several options appear possible but none feels obviously right.
I will help you examine the situation, understand what is influencing it and decide what deserves your attention next.
When you need another strategic mind on the business
Running a business can make it difficult to see the problem clearly because you are standing in the middle of it.
You may be questioning your positioning, offer, pricing, audience, founder brand or marketing direction. Growth may have slowed. Something may not be converting. You may be considering several different directions and need to understand which one is worth pursuing.
We can step outside the activity and examine the business strategically.
I will help you interrogate the problem, challenge assumptions, identify the strongest options and turn the conversation into decisions you can act on.
Strategic Advisory can be used for career decisions, interview strategy, promotion positioning, professional reputation, leadership situations, founder positioning, business direction, brand strategy, offers, customer strategy, marketing priorities and other strategic decisions that sit within my expertise.
If the issue is important, specific enough to examine and within my areas of expertise, we can put it on the table.
Sometimes you want questions. Sometimes you want a recommendation.
Coaching is developmental. It gives you space to think, build capability, examine patterns and make progress over time.
Strategic Advisory is more directive.
You are asking me to bring my experience to the problem, tell you what I see, challenge your thinking and recommend a way forward.
There will still be questions and reflection.
The difference is that you are also investing in strategic perspective and advice.
If you want longer-term developmental support, Career Coaching, Professional Brand Coaching or Leadership Coaching may be more appropriate.
Strategic Advisory is designed for diagnosis, decision-making, strategy and recommendations.
It doesn’t include ongoing implementation, extensive research, document rewriting, copywriting, design, campaign delivery or full business consulting unless separately scoped.
Relevant material can be reviewed as part of your preparation. If the work requires substantial document analysis, research or implementation, I will let you know before we proceed.
This keeps our time focused on the decisions where my strategic input can create the most value.
Strategic Advisory is designed for diagnosis, decision-making, strategy and recommendations.
It doesn’t include ongoing implementation, extensive research, document rewriting, copywriting, design, campaign delivery or full business consulting unless separately scoped.
Relevant material can be reviewed as part of your preparation. If the work requires substantial document analysis, research or implementation, I will let you know before we proceed.
This keeps our time focused on the decisions where my strategic input can create the most value.
I rarely look at a problem through one lens
I bring more than 15 years of experience across brand, marketing, strategic communications and leadership, alongside my work as a Career and Leadership Coach.
I have advised executives, led complex positioning and communications work, built businesses, navigated career transitions and worked with people making consequential professional decisions.
That breadth matters because the problem you arrive with is not always the problem we ultimately need to solve.
A career problem may actually be a positioning problem.
An interview problem may be a value-articulation problem.
A marketing problem may be an offer problem.
A visibility problem may really be a reputation problem.
The value of advisory is working out which problem deserves your attention before you spend more time solving the wrong one.
Before we meet, you complete a short questionnaire outlining the situation, relevant context and what you would like to work through. You can also provide agreed supporting material so I can understand the issue before the session.
During our time together, we diagnose before jumping to solutions.
Your written recommendations or strategic summary will be provided within two business days where included in your package.
Strategic Advisory works best when you have a real decision, problem or opportunity to examine.
It’s not intended as therapy, legal advice, financial advice or specialist technical advice outside my expertise.
It’s also not a done-for-you implementation service.
If I don’t believe your situation is suited to the advisory option you have selected, I’ll recommend a more appropriate pathway.
All conversations and materials shared as part of Strategic Advisory are treated confidentially.
Do I need to know exactly what I need help with?
No. You need enough of a problem or decision to bring into the room. Part of the advisory work may be identifying what is actually driving it.
Can I send documents before the session?
Yes. Relevant material can be submitted with your pre-session questionnaire. The Session includes review of up to three relevant documents or links. More substantial review may need to be scoped separately.
Can I split the Strategic Advisory Intensive?
Yes. You can use the three hours as one intensive session or two 90-minute sessions within 14 days.
How quickly will I receive my written summary?
Where your package includes written recommendations or a Strategic Advisory Summary, this will be provided within two business days of the relevant session or final session.
What does limited email support mean?
The Strategic Advisory Partnership includes up to two brief strategic questions per week during the six-week engagement. Responses are provided within two business days. Substantial new work or document review is not included.
Will you implement the recommendations?
Not as part of Strategic Advisory. Implementation, writing, research, design or project delivery can be discussed separately where appropriate.
Is this coaching?
Not primarily. Advisory is more directive. I will bring recommendations, strategic perspective and experience to the issue rather than relying solely on a coaching process.
Is Strategic Advisory available to organisations?
This offer is designed primarily for professionals and founders. Organisational advisory, consulting and professional development should be scoped through the For Organisations pathway.
We will work out what needs to happen next.
You don’t need another month of circling the same decision. Choose the level of advisory that reflects the complexity of what you are navigating.
Strategic Advisory Session
90 minutes | $900 AUD
Strategic Advisory Intensive
3 hours | $2,250 AUD
Strategic Advisory Partnership
6 weeks | $4,500 AUD