Helen has had extensive experience supporting leaders, individuals, teams and board members to expand their influence beyond themselves for the greater good of an organisation and the community or people it serves. An example was when she drew on qualities like courage, responsibility, assertiveness, confidence and care to tackle and positively influence a challenging situation that others had ignored within a large not-for-profit despite its potential to severely damage the organisation’s reputation, culture and ability to fulfil its community objectives. As a result of Helen’s intervention, the organisation increased its annual turnover from $8m to $32m over the following years and dramatically improved its service to the community.

In addition to courage and fear, Helen asserts that many other qualities impact an individual’s ability to develop and nurture their circle of influence. Those qualities include authenticity, vulnerability, awareness, presence, care and others. She also supports people in overcoming perfectionism, imposter syndrome, unrealistic expectations and others issues holding them back from fulfilling their intentions. More recently having dealt with her own health issues and the impact of managing side effects of medication, she knows the importance of being responsible in her circle of influence to deal with family and herself first. Helen maintains that unless we start by working on our relationship with ourselves, we limit our ability to develop our circle of influence. As a consequence, we impact our potential to grow in our careers, step in front of the right people, get the dream role and develop ourselves as well-rounded individuals. Having worked in the community and not for profit sectors for a long time, she has a keen interest in this space and now works with a select number of clients in this space.

Today, Helen supports individuals who are developing themselves across the following key areas: 1.Building strong relationships with team members and leaders at work or on a board, within the community or with family members. 2.Expanding their influence within their team, organisation, the boardroom or their community. 3. Increasing their confidence so they have the courage to express themselves authentically and make an impact.