When what worked before is no longer enough

For CEOs, founders and senior leaders at significant moments of transition.

I work with leaders to find the clarity, language and presence to lead what comes next.

The visible challenge is rarely the whole story. What happens within us shapes how we lead. What happens between us shapes what becomes possible. And every leader is part of a wider leadership system that influences, and is influenced by, their choices.

As a Leadership Advisor and systemic coach, I bring more than 25 years of experience working with CEOs, partners and senior teams across 150+ organisations worldwide, in the public and private sectors.

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Leadership Advisory

A confidential partnership for CEOs and senior leaders navigating significant change and transition.

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Communication for Impact >>

Teams & Organisations

When the work extends beyond the individual into the wider leadership system.

Strategic Realignment >>

C-Suite Team Coaching >>

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Reflective Practice

Structured space to pause, digest organisational complexity, and ground your presence.

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What happens within us, between us and around us shapes what becomes possible.

The Art of Connection is the practice that has grown from more than 25 years of working with leaders, teams and organisations through complexity, transition and change.

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Trusted by leaders and organisations

  • Carissa helps you look beyond the obvious to build fundamental, deep trust to achieve high ambition goals as a team. Together with her, we have unlocked incredible value and energy.

    — Hans Peter Granicher, CEO and Co-Founder D ONE

  • I dared to believe anything was possible.

    — Melanie Seymour, Head of Global Client Services, BlackRock

  • Carissa is just an outstanding coach and expert in the human condition. Her ability to tap into the key issues and be able to bring them to resolution sets her apart.

    — Brady Rafuse CEO eunetworks

  • “Our relationship has unlocked my ability to connect and lead with more compassion, essential for driving transformational change across our organisation.”

    — Silviu Popovici, CEO PepsiCo Europe & Middle East

  • “Carissa has the combined unique skill of being able to get under the skin of an issue with incredible insight coupled with a true grasp of commercial reality and business.”

    — Harry Hyman, Founder and Chair Primary Health Properties PLC

  • “When winging it is not an option and you need your top talent at the top of their game, it’s a reflex to seek support from the best.”

    — Gregg Svingen, Vice President Internal Corporate Affairs, UPS

  • Working with Carissa has been transformational. She helps you to understand what is required at the next more senior level … and what is expected at the top table.

    Stephen Crocombe, Managing Director BlackRock

“Life is a conversation worth being awake for.”

- Carissa

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