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Executive Positioning Intensive
A single 90-minute deep session that turns your gap into three specific moves you can make this quarter.
- 90-minute 1:1
- pre-work diagnostic review
- one follow-up
Director track coaching
Close the gap. Get the title.
I help women leaders get seen for the director level work they’re already doing, using what a decade of sitting in hiring rooms taught me about how those decisions really get made.
See where you stand
The Gap
You’ve delivered the results. So why is the promotion still waiting?
It’s rarely about capability. Somewhere between senior manager and director, the test quietly changes, from what you deliver to how you’re read in the rooms you’re not in. The gap that opens there is specific enough to have a name, and specific enough to be closed.
About me
I’ve sat in the rooms where these decisions get made.
After a decade in Talent Acquisition, I watched the same pattern repeat: exceptional women overlooked while less qualified candidates advanced. I didn’t just observe the system. I understand exactly how it operates.
Now I work with women leaders to decode what’s really happening, reposition their leadership brand, and make the strategic moves that close the gap to director.
Background
- Talent Acquisition: in-house executive hiring and partnering with executive search firms
- Women’s Business Resource Group Leader (EMEA & APAC)
- Certified coach from Coach Training Alliance
The evidence
Capable women get stuck here for reasons the research makes plain.
93/100
For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 93 women are. The “broken rung” compounds at every step above it.
McKinsey & LeanIn · Women in the Workplace 2025
31%
of entry-level women have a sponsor, versus 45% of men. The ambition gap closes when the support is equal.
McKinsey & LeanIn · Women in the Workplace 2025
~5%
of organisations say their leadership is ready for AI-era demands, a fast-opening lane in director selection.
Korn Ferry · The AI-Ready Leader 2025
The Director Readiness Scorecard
Know exactly where you stand. Know what to do next.
Ten dimensions that actually determine whether women leaders reach director level. A weighted score, a priority diagnosis, and where to start this month.
10Dimensions
40Indicators
100Weighted score
~12 minTo complete
Coaching
Two ways to work with me.
The programme
Director Track Programme
Six months of structured work across the ten dimensions: strategy, visibility, and the inner shift that makes the title feel earned.
- 6 months 1:1
- sessions every two weeks
- between-session accountability
- the full readiness model
A deliberately small practice: a handful of clients at a time. Fees are discussed on the discovery call, before either of us commits.
Blog
What actually gets said when your name comes up.
Notes from the hiring side. Specific, and named where I can.
August 2026Life inside the corporate bubbleTwo and a half weeks away from the inbox left one question: who are you when the job title disappears?Read July 2026The delegation deficit for womenPast a certain level, over-delivering caps your growth. Why high performers hold on to work, and a four-level framework for…Read June 2026The ambition gap: why wanting more feels complicated for women?Women start their careers as ambitious as men. What changes is the calculation.Read