Executive coach Mike McGregor smiling at a table with an open book, a lamp behind him

Executive and Leadership CoachingGet a Fresh
Pair of Eyes

Confidential executive coaching for CEOs, founders and senior leaders, the people others lean on.

The Truth About Leading

Address What Shapes Your Results

You make the calls, and everyone looks to you for the answer. Who do you think it through with?

Coaching gives you a place to think clearly with someone direct, confidential and on your side. Together we recalibrate direction and address what is shaping your decisions and results beneath the surface, drawing on my 23 years across global organisations, high-performance environments and entrepreneurial contexts.

  • Evidence-based coaching, informed by psychotherapy
  • Master Coach, Elementum Coaching Institute
  • 60 minutes on Zoom, $175 AUD

Doing It All Alone?

  • Pattern #1

    Under Pressure

    Pressure feels constant, with no off switch and no one to share it with.

  • Pattern #2

    No Sounding Board

    Big calls run round your own head, with no one outside it to test your thinking.

  • Pattern #3

    Always the Strong One

    Carrying the weight privately because the world around you expects you to have it together.

  • Pattern #4

    At A Crossroads

    You know something in your life, career or identity needs to shift, but it feels risky to raise with anyone close to it.

  • Pattern #5

    Lonely at the Top

    The higher you go, the fewer people tell you what they really think.

  • Pattern #6

    Ready for Your Next Level?

    Growth feels close and possible, but no one is helping you see the way forward.

Different Rooms. Same Depth

For Leaders

A partner to think with when the decisions are yours

Your team sees the decision, not the doubt behind it. Coaching is where you work through the doubt, session after session.

  • Test your thinking before you take it to your team
  • A candid view from outside your organisation
  • Accountability for the change you commit to

For Founders

A steady partner while the business keeps moving

You make the calls no one else can, often alone. This is the hour you step out of the business and look at what drives them.

  • Space to think clearly, outside the day-to-day
  • Clearer decisions when the pressure is on
  • Someone to hold you to what matters most

For Professionals

A confidential sounding board for your next move

Your manager, team and family all have a stake in your career. Here you work out what you want with someone who has none.

  • Weigh your options with someone on your side
  • A path built on your goals, not a template
  • Change that holds after the session ends

The Coaching Model

  • KPIs, targets and performance reviews.

  • Habit tools, routines and accountability.

  • Mindfulness, emotional and somatic practices.

  • Parts work, timeline regression and breathwork.

  • Identity, purpose and soul work.

ResultsBehaviourInner StateLimiting BeliefsTrue SelfMost coaching stops here

Why Coaching

  • A Path Built For You

    Your goals and outcomes first, then the way there.

  • Root Cause, Not Symptoms

    We work on what drives the behaviour, not just the behaviour.

  • On Your Side

    Direct and human, with no agenda but yours.

  • Progress You Can Measure

    Clear goals set at the start and tracked as we go.

  • Said In Confidence

    A place where the difficult thing can be said out loud.

How It Works

  1. Book Your Session

  2. Go Beneath the Surface

  3. Leave With Your Next Move

What You Get

  • Feature #1

    1:1 Coaching Sessions

    Sessions where you can say everything, from wherever you are.

  • Feature #2

    Goals and Outcomes, Defined

    Clear goals we set together, so you can see progress rather than hope for it.

  • Feature #3

    Accountability

    Someone who holds you to what you commit to, so it doesn’t slip when life gets busy.

What Changes

  • Less

    Isolation

    Deciding everything by yourself, and living with it by yourself.

  • Less

    Pressure

    Work that follows you home and keeps you up at night.

  • Less

    Disconnection

    Thoughts, feelings, needs and values that have gone blurry.

  • More

    Real Progress

    Moving forward on what matters, with someone beside you the whole way.

  • More

    Inner Peace

    Ease with your most pressing challenges, and a peace that lasts.

  • More

    Self-Awareness

    Clear on what you think, feel and need, and more real with the people around you.

Held, Heard and Supported

Mike’s ability to hold profound space helped me navigate through deep subconscious beliefs. His energy is warm, calming, and deeply supportive. He’s one of the most gifted and powerful coaches I’ve worked with, and I’ll be eternally grateful for his guidance and wisdom.

Levi Loamanua, Australia

With breadth far exceeding traditional executive coaching, Mike helped me unlock deeper parts of myself and integrate them into my career and leadership.

Chief Information Officer, Australia

Working with Mike has been a profound journey of healing and self-discovery that has transformed my relationships, energy, and life.

Debbie Hadjisocratous, Cyprus

Mike’s support has been powerful, inspiring and impactful in my life. His unique blend of Counselling and Coaching reaches more of me and gives me space to grow.

Ross De Vincentiis, Australia

An absolute breath of fresh air. Mike’s style has a beautiful stillness that brings safety and his voice is an absolute gift that allows you to dive deeper and do work via powerful questioning. He holds powerful space for me that allows me to dive deeper.

Jai Drennan, Australia

Mike created such a beautiful and safe space for me to explore my inner landscape and connect with my inner child. I’ve felt so much more connected to myself. I love his deep presence, his loving fatherly energy and his way of taking me to a deeper place of healing. Much gratitude!

Cato Vermeulen, Holland

Mike’s support was phenomenal. I felt really safe as he held me with compassion and so much care. He’s a great listener and held so much space for me. Mike helped me connect the dots which now gives me so much clarity. It was an honour to have Mike support me.

Vicky Achilleos, Cyprus

Mike has a beautiful way of holding space which I always experience as safe, secure and comfortable, so I can go deep inwards. Mike’s facilitation and guidance in working on my inner world has had a huge impact. Thank you, Mike.

Larissa Martins, Australia

Mike holds a safe and beautiful space to go inwards and explore. I’ve been able to meet my inner world more deeply and gain insights that leave me feeling lighter, peaceful and more creative.

Raheela Jussab, England

The moment I stepped into Mike’s space I felt grounded and an all-allowing space. Mike’s an incredible coach who holds space for ALL of you to come to the table. Mike has a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. A total privilege to be in his presence.

Karrie Gregson, Austria

I just LOVE the ease, wisdom and safety that Mike brings. It allows for deep transformation to take place. I have benefited greatly from my time with him.

Leah Harley, Canada

I almost gave up on finding a Coach. Mike’s support is ‘360’ degree. Supporting my dreams, helping me heal my traumas, showing me how I can shift my mindset to achieve my dreams and guide me to find my own answers. I love his supportive, non-judgemental approach.

Ebru Ergen, England

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from other coaching?

Most coaching stops at behaviour: habits, routines and accountability. I use those too, then go deeper, to the beliefs driving the behaviour. That is Shadow Work, done through internal parts work and timeline regression.

How long does coaching take?

Six sessions. Most people I work with see results by the fifth or sixth, so we set your goal in the first session and check it in the sixth. Each session runs for 60 minutes on Zoom.

Do you work online?

Yes. I’m based in Hawthorn, Melbourne, and every session runs on Zoom, so you can join from anywhere.

What does it cost?

6 Sessions to Freedom is $945 AUD. A single 60-minute session is $175 AUD, paid when you book, and it counts toward the six if you go on. To reschedule, please give at least 24 hours’ notice.

Is it confidential?

Yes. Our work is confidential, and I will not share your information or details of our work without your consent, except where the law requires or permits it, as the Privacy Policy sets out.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”

Max De Pree (1924-2017)American business leader, author of Leadership Is an Art.

Stop Carrying It Alone

The more you lead, the less room there is to think out loud.
This is that room. Six sessions of 60 minutes for $945 AUD, or try one for $175 AUD.

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