Professional Summary
Sinja has worked as an organisational change manager, workshop facilitator and coach in a variety of organisations and industries, including education, management consulting, banking, utilities, oil and gas and mining for over 20 years. With substantial expertise, she has successfully overseen the management of individuals and organisational transformations, guided workshops, and provided coaching to both established and emerging leaders. Her efforts have revolved around equipping them with the tools to navigate change effectively and augment their leadership capabilities. This, in turn, has enabled their teams to seamlessly embrace change within intricate settings, brought about by large-scale project rollouts across diverse regions such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Europe, India, and the United States.
Education and certifications
- MBA – University of Adelaide 2010
- MBA – University of Adelaide 2010
- Certified Life Coach (ICF) – 2021
- Certified Business Coach (ICF – completion and attainment of ACC expected August – October 2023)
- PROSCI Certified Organisational Change and Transformation Manager (2010)
- Dare to Lead ™️ Trained (Brené Brown) 2020
Experience
Sinja has been voted as a Top 15 Exec Coach in Adelaide for 2022 and is currently coaching Fortune 100 leaders at Exec, SVP and VP level worldwide. She mainly works online but is available for face-to-face consultations and workshop facilitation if required. Her passion is supporting seasoned and emerging women leaders to create a positive impact, step into their confidence and intentionally live and lead powerfully their way to unleash their own and their team’s potential, create sustainable results and working environments.
Coaching Approach
Her coaching style and modalities are individual but always strengths based and focused on positive psychology. She is heart-centred, practical, and straight talking. Having been in a corporate career herself she is familiar with the complexities and amount of change faced by organisations and their leadership teams and is well equipped to coach at all levels within an organisation.