EXECUTIVE RESILIENCE COACHING FOR HIGH-PERFORMING WOMEN
Lead calmly when the pressure comes from every side.
Get practical tools to set boundaries, make clear decisions and recover, without stepping back from your career or your family.
With Ann Brown, an ICA-certified coach with 30+ years of experience who has led enterprise risk and resilience across multiple organisations.
1,000+ hours
ICA-certified
Led risk & resilience
30+ years
of experience leading people in multinational organisations
for corporate and public-sector organisations
coach since 2018, ICF member
coaching leaders in corporate and government
You've done everything you were
"supposed to". So why does it still
feel like too much?
Your manager wants more. Your team needs you. At home, your family and
maybe your parents are counting on you too.
The people around you probably think you're handling it. Meanwhile you're
second-guessing decisions you used to make easily, and every new
pressure seems to put you back at the start.
With the right tools, you can carry all of it more calmly and keep the
career you've worked hard for.
What changes when we work together
You can say no to your manager without damaging the relationship.
You make decisions under pressure and stop replaying them in your head at 2am.
You recover faster when something knocks you off balance.
You stop feeling that you have to choose between your team, your career and your family.
My approach is calm and practical. I've held senior leadership roles and still work in one today, so I understand real pressure and get to what's really going on quickly.
I ask direct, thoughtful questions and give you tools you can use straight away.
Three ways to work with me
I'm your Sunday coach. Coaching shouldn't be one more thing to squeeze into a full week, so I run 1:1 sessions and Bounce Ahead on Sundays only, at a time that suits us both and gives you a moment to really focus.
1:1 Coaching
For whatever is weighing on you right now, whether that's managing up or a big career decision. Sessions run for 90 minutes on Sundays, by phone or video, so you never have to step away from work.
Bounce Ahead
An 8-week resilience workout for women in corporate roles. You'll
join a small group of 8
to 12, learn one practical tool each week and
finish with your Brown Belt in Resilience. The programme runs twice
a year, once at least 8 people have registered.
Speaking
Talks and workshops on resilience, reinvention and leading through uncertainty, for women's networks, conferences and leadership teams.
How resilient are you right now?
Take five minutes to answer questions and find out your resilience score. I'll email you what it says about where you are right now, along with a few practical tips to try first.
CLIENT STORY
How Rids went from seven years stuck in the same job to a new career and his first home
BEFORE
Seven years in a minimum-wage job he no longer enjoyed Living at his mother-in-law's, with one child and another on the way Hardworking and clever, but with no clear direction or next step
WHAT WE WORKED ON
We asked the deeper questions to uncover how much he had to give and what he was really capable of. From there we worked on his direction, his CV and getting him ready for interviews.
AFTER
A much better job, with a higher salary and a car Saved a house deposit and bought his first home Settled and happy with his family, with a clear direction
"When I was stuck in a job for seven years, depressed and no longer enjoying it, one of the best decisions I made was to meet Ann. With her coaching I'm in a better place and much happier in a new job. Thank you to Ann for helping me with my CV, preparing me for interviews and guiding me so I could also buy my first home. Thank you for being awesome!"
— Rids, Auckland
I've been where you are
I grew up in India, with family ties to Britain, and moved to New Zealand in 2002 with young children. I built my career in banking, where 2am finishes in audit week were just part of the job, and later led enterprise risk and resilience across several large organisations.
I know the pull of home as well as work: caring for parents, the expectations of wider family, and the guilt that comes with saying no. Many of the women I coach carry the same weight, and most coaches never see it.
Along the way I learnt that resilience is a set of skills anyone can build, and helping women leaders build them is now my work. I've spent more than 1,000 hours coaching leaders, and our first conversation is always free.
What people say about working with Ann
"I can't even begin to describe what coaching with Ann has opened me up to. I sought out her help when I wasn't in the best headspace and didn't feel any sense of control over my life. With her guidance, and the tools she has given me, I now feel such clarity and control over my thoughts. I've already experienced so much growth professionally and personally, and can't wait to see what else I open myself up to."
— Mala, Auckland
"I found the coaching very worthwhile and greatly appreciated Ann's ability to build relationships, listen and challenge my thinking. I have gained self-awareness and have the confidence and skills to refine my leadership and lean into challenging situations."
— Linda, Ashburton
I'm your Sunday coach
Book a free 30-minute strategy call with me. Tell me what's going on at work and at home, and we'll work out together whether coaching is the right next step for you. Whatever you decide, you'll leave with one thing you can try this week.
I run my sessions on Sundays, by phone or video, so you get time to think without stepping away from work. If you'd like to get to know me first, I share tools and stories from my own life every week on Instagram and Facebook.