Director-track coaching

You already operate at director level. The organisation just hasn’t caught up. Yet.

For senior-manager women who deliver the results but not the title. From someone who spent a decade on the hiring side of the table.

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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. That gap is specific. It has a name. And it can be closed.

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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 at senior manager level to decode what’s really happening, reposition their leadership brand, and make the strategic moves that close the gap to director.

Background

  • A decade in Talent Acquisition, including in-house executive hiring and partnering with executive search firms
  • Certified coach
  • Women’s Business Resource Group Leader (EMEA & APAC)

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What the research shows

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

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The Director Readiness Scorecard

Know exactly where you stand. Know what to do next.

Ten dimensions that actually determine whether capable women at senior manager level reach director level. A weighted score, a priority diagnosis, and three specific moves to make next.

10Dimensions
40Indicators
100Weighted score
~12 minTo complete
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The Work

Three ways in, all built around the criteria that actually move you.

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Executive Positioning Intensive

A single 90-minute deep session. We find your gap and turn it into three specific moves you can make this quarter.

  • 90-minute 1:1
  • pre-work diagnostic review
  • a written positioning plan
  • one follow-up

From €900

Credits in full toward the programme within 30 days.

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
  • fortnightly sessions
  • between-session accountability
  • the full readiness model

From €12,000 · payment plans available

Founding cohort: the first five clients join at €9,000, in return for a documented case study.

Employer-funded

Sponsored Director Track

For organisations backing a director candidate: the full programme, extended with the structure sponsors need.

  • everything in the programme
  • 360 with stakeholder interviews
  • sponsor alignment
  • written progress reporting

From €18,000 + VAT

Proposal-based, scoped with the sponsoring organisation.

A deliberately small practice: a handful of clients at a time.

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Questions

What you’re probably wondering.

Senior manager women who are already performing at a high level and are ready for director. You know you’re capable. You just need the strategic clarity and insider perspective to make it happen.
Ten years sitting inside the rooms where promotion decisions get made. This isn’t theory or generic leadership advice. It’s an insider’s understanding of how advancement actually works, combined with a proven strategic framework.
All sessions are conducted virtually, making this accessible globally. The Executive Positioning Intensive is a focused 90-minute session. The Director Track programme runs over six months with fortnightly sessions and ongoing support between calls.
A clear positioning strategy that changes how senior leaders perceive you, with visibility shifts you should expect within the first eight weeks. The Director Track programme is designed to get you into genuine consideration for director-level roles within six months.
That uncertainty is exactly what the free discovery call is for. We’ll have an honest conversation about where you are and whether this is the right time. No commitment, no pressure. Sometimes the answer is “not yet” and that’s perfectly fine.
I work primarily with individual clients. However, organisation sponsorship is possible. If your employer is open to investing in your development, I can provide the information they need to approve the investment.

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The title is a decision someone makes about you. Let’s make sure it’s the right one.

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30 minutes · no pitch · we find your gap and whether I’m the right person to help you close it.

Field notes

What actually gets said when your name comes up.

Notes from the hiring side. Specific, and named where I can.

March 2026The quiet architecture of perceptionTen years of hiring rooms taught me: competence gets you into the conversation, then stops mattering. The three layers of…Read February 2026Seen for how you think, not what you doFrom the hiring side: the three signals that separate a strong senior manager from a director in waiting. None of them is who…Read January 2026The systems weren't built with you in mindMost promotion frameworks were modelled on male executives decades ago. That is not a grievance. It is information, and you can…Read

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