Empowering leadership one woman at a time
Realise Your Leadership Potential
To succeed in a complex world, leaders need to truly understand themselves.
What are your strengths?
What do you stand for?
Who are you capable of becoming?
Leadership coaching provides a unique opportunity for you to answer these questions and craft your compelling future.
Hello, I’m Ruth Elliott, leadership coach and businessperson. Let me help you own your greatness and realise your leadership potential.
Let’s have a conversation like no other.
Are you finding as a leader today more is being asked of you? Do you find yourself in an increasingly fast paced, uncertain and ambiguous work environment?
Perhaps you have a feeling that what got you here, won’t necessarily get you to where you want to be.
Give yourself the tools and strategies to help you meet your leadership challenges and fully embrace new opportunities and possibilities. With a clear understanding of your strengths and motivations, you can become a better leader and enjoy more wellbeing along the way. Gaining more clarity, confidence and impact.
How can I help?
Leadership
coaching
Discover your
Strengths
The Leadership
Circle
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.
Maya Angelou
Signs we’d be a great match:
As an emerging female leader, you are keen to find your authentic leadership voice.
You may have experienced some of the following;
Feel underrated by others
People please or adjusted too much to fit in
Secretly feel low in confidence or that you don’t deserve your success
Feel 'too much' and at the same time 'not enough'
Reluctant to claim your achievements
Driven by a need to be perfect
Want to have more impact and presence but don’t know how
Be unclear what you want your leadership ‘brand’ to be
As a new or established leader you are keen to discover how well you’re performing.
You want to know how to leverage your leadership strengths and map a pathway to supercharge your leadership effectiveness and your future success.
As an experienced female leader, you have a proven track record in leadership and now you want to take your leadership to the next level.
You want to become more creative and impactful, inspiring others by being more authentic and courageous. You are keen to develop a coaching mindset in your leadership approach, to bring out the best in your team.
After years of striving and success you might be feeling stressed, a bit stuck and perhaps you’ve lost the zest you once had.
All your ambition and drive has meant you have neglected your own wellbeing. This has now become a focus for you to ensure your leadership is sustainable in the long term.
You are going through a period of transition and want to navigate it as your best self.
Experiencing more self-leadership, wellbeing, personal growth, fulfilment and achievement along the way.
A little more about me
I’m passionate about working with emerging or established female leaders so that they can realise their full potential at work and beyond. After all we bring the whole of ourselves to work.
I have long believed there is too much wasted potential in the workplace. If one-third of our lives is spent at work, these should be places of positivity and fulfilment. My mission is to help leaders and teams more fully bring their true selves to work.
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Ruth has made a significant impact on my understanding of how I lead and, more importantly, the leader I want to be.
Sarah G, Managing Director, Devonport Chocolates
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Meeting Ruth has been life changing. I came out of our 6-month coaching programme feeling comfortable in my own skin with a strong desire to test my limits. I now and forever will continue to use what I have learnt in our sessions in the rest of my life’s journey. This is something I will always treasure and be so thankful that I did to make my life richer.
Alex Tran, Head of Analytics & Insights, Woolworths Group
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I was amazed at how many of the answers were already there. I just needed Ruth to ask the right questions.
Felicity, Senior Leader, Fonterra
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The coaching process was often challenging and at times quite testing however it was always delivered with great care and patience and the outcome was far more than I could ever have imagined. I am a far better person and leader as a result.
Tim Knight, Senior Sales Leader
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I was recovering from a bit of burnout and my past routines and behaviours needed to change. Ruth provided a safe place for me to have an open dialogue with unbiased professional support.
Sara M, Auckland
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Ruth opened my eyes to what I could believe in and strive for. Her knowledge and passion in her profession was obvious but it was backed up by her fabulously insightful and calm manner. She is an amazing leadership coach.
Victoria Walker, Director Channels, NSW Health
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I loved the way your session revealed strengths I didn't fully understand I had, plus helped me realise, rationalise and respond to my weaknesses.
Tee M, Leader, IT, Auckland
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Ruth is truly everything you would need from a coach; she is genuinely caring, passionate about your growth, holds you accountable and encourages you to press on with the work needed to achieve your coaching goals. Perhaps best of all, Ruth is able to swiftly pivot when needed, adapting a session to give you the coaching you need at that time, whilst keeping you on the path towards your goals. I would recommend Ruth as a coach for anyone in leadership or looking to grow their career whilst maintaining their wellbeing.
Laura M
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I went into coaching with Ruth post burnout and not having a full view on what good looked like. Ruth was able to guide my unsurity and ambiguity into focussed action and change all whilst being extremely empathetic and totally judgement free. My life is truly improved as a result of our coaching.
Rebecca Fox, Senior Leader
A developmental approach
Not all leadership coaching is created equal. While performance coaching is often narrow in focus, developmental coaching tackles the whole person, increasing your capacity to embrace complexity and challenge with more creativity.
Signs we’d be a great match:
As an emerging female leader you’re keen to find your authentic leadership voice – it’s your superpower after all.
