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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

THE LEADERSHIP LOUNGE WITH PURPOSE

DEVELOP FEMALE LEADERS.
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IMPACT.
 

A tailored group coaching experience created by Janelle Ryan,
award-winning executive and leadership coach and founder of
Sky High Coaching.

Your organisation wants to develop its female leaders.

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It also wants to create meaningful impact within the communities and organisations it supports.

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The Leadership Lounge with Purpose makes it possible to do both through one shared leadership experience.

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Your organisation commissions a private Leadership Lounge for ten women and chooses how those places are shared between women from within your organisation and women from your nominated community partners.

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Together, they develop greater leadership presence, confidence, courage, emotional intelligence and the communication skills to lead in alignment with their values and yours.

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There are women within your organisation who are already making a valuable contribution.

 

Some are established female leaders. Some have only recently stepped into leadership. Others have been recognised as selected talent and are ready to prepare for what comes next.

 

They do not need another programme filled with information.

 

They need the space to understand themselves more clearly as leaders, strengthen their confidence and communication, apply what they are learning and receive coaching around the situations they are navigating now.

 

At the same time, women working within your community partners would benefit from the same opportunity, but access to this level of development may sit beyond their resources.

 

The Leadership Lounge with Purpose brings these women together.

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FEMALE LEADERSHIP.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.

ONE SHARED EXPERIENCE.

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The women come from different organisations and be at different stages of leadership.

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Each woman will be supported to develop the next stage of her own leadership while contributing to the growth of the other participants. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

 

Leadership development can create impact both inside and beyond your organisation.

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Your organisation commissions all ten places in its own private Leadership Lounge with Purpose.

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You choose the female leaders and selected talent from within your organisation who will participate.

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You then decide how many places to extend to women from your nominated community organisations, charities or social-impact partners.

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This creates two important areas of impact.

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Your own participants receive meaningful leadership development and coaching.

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Your community partners gain access to an experience that may otherwise sit beyond their resources.

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The wider group benefits from different perspectives, experiences and ways of seeing leadership.

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HOW THE EXPERIENCE UNFOLDS

 

The duration, frequency and priorities of each Leadership Lounge are agreed with your organisation.  Whether the Lounge runs as a concentrated experience or unfolds over a longer period, participants move through three important phases.

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01 

BUILD

 

Participants establish strong foundations in leadership identity, confidence, emotional intelligence, communication and self-leadership.

They develop a clearer understanding of their strengths, values, patterns and impact and begin identifying the leader they want to become.

 

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APPLY

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Participants take what they are learning into their actual roles, relationships and leadership responsibilities.

They bring their experiences back to the Lounge to explore what is working, where they are being challenged and what they may need to approach differently.

 

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EMBODY

 

As the experience progresses, the focus moves into deeper coaching.

Participants bring the real conversations, decisions, opportunities and leadership situations they are navigating into the Lounge.

Awareness begins to translate into new choices, behaviour and ways of leading.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP

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This is more than leadership theory.

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Participants learn, reflect, experiment and receive coaching as they apply their development to their actual roles.

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Depending on the priorities agreed with your organisation, the Lounge may strengthen:​

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A clearer understanding of each participant’s leadership identity, values, strengths and contribution.

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Greater confidence in her judgement, decisions and leadership presence.

Increased emotional intelligence, self-awareness and ability to respond intentionally under pressure.

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More effective communication, feedback, boundaries and courageous conversations.

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Greater ability to influence, build trust and create psychological safety.

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Increased readiness to step into opportunities and greater responsibility.

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Practical changes participants can continue applying beyond the Lounge.

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“I have backed myself and risen to the opportunity of Acting Director, as a direct result of the influence of this program!”

Eve

THE LEADERSHIP LOUNGE WILL SUIT YOUR ORGANISATION IF…

 

You want to help female leaders grow in confidence, capability and readiness for greater responsibility.

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You have female leaders, new leaders or selected talent who would benefit from development that moves beyond information alone.

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You want participants to receive support while applying what they are learning to real work.

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Your organisation supports charities, community organisations or social-impact partners.

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You would like that support to include meaningful investment in the people helping those organisations create change.

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You value leadership development that is tailored, practical, personal and connected to your organisational priorities and values.

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You are open to the different perspectives and experiences that a shared group can create.

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You do not need to arrive with the duration, how the ten places will be shared or the programme content fully decided.

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The first conversation is an opportunity to explore what you want the Lounge to achieve and how it could be designed for your organisation.

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MEET JANELLE RYAN

 

Janelle Ryan is an award-winning global executive and leadership coach, author, facilitator, presenter and founder of Sky High Coaching.

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Before establishing Sky High Coaching, Janelle built her own career within organisations, leading people, pursuing promotions and learning first-hand that being good at the job is only one part of becoming an effective leader.

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Drawing on more than two decades of leadership and people-development experience, she has coached executive, established, new and emerging leaders as they step into greater responsibility, strengthen their confidence and influence, navigate complex relationships and become more intentional about the way they lead.

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Her clients have worked across energy, finance, government, education, commercial property, professional services, sport, technology and other industries. Organisations including Google, Red Energy, Breast Cancer Network Australia, Microsoft and Pullman Hotels Worldwide have entrusted Janelle to coach their employees and leaders.

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Between 2019 and 2021, Janelle conducted a global leadership research project involving more than 200 professionals across industries and leadership levels.  She resumed this project in 2026.

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Her organisational experience, research and coaching work shape an approach that combines structured leadership development with deep, responsive coaching.

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Janelle does not believe every leader requires the same training or that leadership can be reduced to a checklist or a stagnant framework.

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She helps participants understand themselves more clearly, recognise what their situations require and lead with greater confidence, courage, emotional intelligence and impact.​

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"My ability to be open and honest (vulnerable) in front of a group of women I work with every day surprised me. I'm proud of stepping into two really difficult conversations with colleagues, after receiving the tools around how to navigate this from the Lounge."

Kate

“I have learned a lot from the Lounge. I've grown more confident. My communication around decision making has become clearer. I am saying 'no' clearly and respectfully without any negative consequences.”

Helen

“Janelle Ryan has had such a deep impact on my life and leadership. I would not be where I am today without Janelle.”

Stephanie Abouatallah

Senior Leader at Pinterest

PREVIOUSLY DELIVERED
WITHIN THE ENERGY SECTOR​

 

The Leadership Lounge with Purpose has previously been delivered for a mid-sized Australian energy organisation.

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The Lounge brought together women at different stages of leadership.

Emerging leaders.

New female leaders.

Established female leaders.

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Each woman worked on the next stage of her own leadership while learning from the experiences and perspectives of the wider group.

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Reported outcomes included:

 

  • Greater confidence and leadership presence

  • Clearer and more decisive communication

  • Increased willingness to speak up and contribute

  • Greater awareness of their strengths and areas for development

  • Stronger personal and professional boundaries

  • Increased courage around difficult conversations

  • Greater trust in their own judgement

  • A clearer sense of the leader they were and wanted to become

  • Increased willingness to pursue greater leadership opportunities

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THE LEADERSHIP LOUNGE
WITH PURPOSE

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DEVELOP FEMALE LEADERS.
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IMPACT.

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Create a Leadership Lounge designed around your organisation, your female leaders, your community relationships and the capabilities you want to strengthen.

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The duration, frequency, participant mix and programme priorities are developed in consultation with you.

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The initial conversation is an opportunity to explore what you want to achieve and whether the Leadership Lounge with Purpose is the right fit.

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EXPLORE A LEADERSHIP LOUNGE FOR YOUR ORGANISATION​

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