“We are standing at the crossroads of a huge opportunity as a global society. We have the technological and scientific means to positively change our world on a massive scale, yet to make this happen, we must also redefine how we develop our humanity, both individually and collectively. This brings us face to face with our individual and team learning edge. At the Edge, we come face to face with our limitations and blind spots where we have a choice about how to move forward. We can continue with the habitual practices that have brought us to this point which will drive burnout, conflict and toxic work environments, or we can embrace the edge as a place of learning and exploration. Organisations, in this sense, provide the context to enable every individual to flourish and unleash their full potential to create futures that change the world. Mental fitness, peak performance, diversity, leadership, consciousness, and culture are not individual pursuits, they are part of one interconnected journey of continuous learning and growth.”
About Caroline
I specialise in helping leaders, emerging leaders and high achievers increase their impact and excel under pressure without burning out so that your organisation can continuously adapt to the rapid rate of change.
Drawing on my own high profile leadership (& burnout) experience in Richard Branson’s Virgin Group & my 20-year journey of recovery and discovery, I demonstrate through powerful storytelling, science & wisdom how it’s possible to tap into a source of energy, & life, within ourselves allowing us to flourish through change & adversity without hitting the wall.
Working with me, you & your organisation will be able to actively intervene in the multi-faceted causes of burnout, anxiety and overwhelm and build your teams creativity, courage, innovation, & motivation to meet the challenges of a disruptive & uncertain world.
Through authentic, lighthearted & practical keynote talks, storytelling, seminars, masterclasses, mentoring, individual & team coaching, I help organisations to ‘burnout proof’ their people & business through the development of sustainable, human-centred ‘ways of being’ which allow leaders and their teams to:
• Interrupt the ‘inner turbulence’ which drives burnout & develop the mental, emotional & physical agility, presence & resilience to flourish in high-pressure environments.
• Navigate the relational & team conflicts that contribute to burnout while building a spirit of inclusivity, trust, care, commitment & communication
• Build an authentic robust relationship with uncertainty & hectic/toxic cultural dynamics
• Navigate the ‘crisis of meaning’ often triggered by burnout & build a sense of greater inner connection, compassion, & purpose.
I deeply understand the challenges faced by your people & your organisation because I have been there. I speak from first-hand experience of the lonely path of Executive Burnout while working in a high profile role one of the most disruptive brands in the world. I combine this with 15+ years of hands-on experience in culture change, leadership & team development & applied axiomatic, scientific research in burnout recovery, ancient wisdom traditions, intrinsic human motivation & performance. I’ve done the work, so you don’t have to. Working with me is a shortcut to sustainable success.
My approach to change and resilience is human-centred and diverse gained in multi-national and multi-cultural environments. I am half English/Half Irish and have lived and worked extensively in the UK, USA, South Africa, the African Continent, India and New Zealand working with/for organisations like Virgin, Ernst and Young, Deloitte, ABSA Bank, Duke Corporate Education, Project Management Institute, Old Mutual, DA (Political Party) and Delta Airlines.
How can I help you?
Professional Speaker at Conferences and Events
As a leading authority on Mental Agility and Executive Burnout, In my keynote talks, seminars and breakout sessions, I share stories of leadership, authenticity, and courage. Drawing on my own high profile burnout experience in Richard s Branson’s Virgin Group and my powerful journey of recovery and discovery, I demonstrate how it is possible to EXCEED performance expectations, flourish in hectic work cultures and tap into greater power, courage and resilience without burning out. Working with me, you and your organisation will be able to actively intervene in the causes of burnout to build your teams creativity, innovation and motivation to meet the challenges of a disruptive, uncertain world.
Mental Agility & Burnout Prevention – Masterclass Facilitator
With burnout fast becoming a global epidemic, costing billions of dollars annually, working with me guarantees a comprehensive result. I deeply and personally understand what drives burnout, individually and collectively. Working at many levels, I help you and your team make simple human centred changes and small shifts that have a lasting impact.
PROGRAMME DURATION
From 1-day taster workshops to 6-month deep dives with coaching and mentoring
Programmes include burnout and leadership risk assessments, team, and cultural profiling.
One – One Executive & Wellness Coaching
Burnout has a big impact on confidence and motivation. Working individually or in teams, I help exhausted leaders and stressed out team members to work through the effects of burnout and the ‘crisis of meaning’ that often ensues. The journey through recovery is a co-created supportive process that helps individuals regain their presence, focus and joie-de-vivre.
360-degree Leadership & Burnout Profiling.
Are you burning out or burning your team out? Sometimes we are oblivious to how our leadership is impacting those around us, and we need a little extra help to uncover our blind spots. Using a systematic, state of the art 360 – degree profiling tool, I can qualitatively and quantitatively pinpoint the reactive tendencies that drive burnout and keep you stuck and replace them with powerful creative strategies that can turn your leadership into a performance art.
Cell Health Mentoring
Our ability to handle change has an impact on our mental health which is a burgeoning issue globally. Research has shown that stress, overwhelm, depression affect almost 65% of leaders in the UK alone. Based on formal training, (which includes training in functional medicine and cellular health) and my own personal experience of ‘beating burnout’, I support busy leaders to speed up by slowing down, shortcut the stress response, increase energy and develop physiological and psychological resilience.
Retreat Director & Creative Guide
Burnout is often misunderstood as a phenomenon brought on by high levels of stress. Whilst this is one of the causes of burnout, what is often overlooked is the ‘crisis of meaning’ individual’s experience as part of the phenomenon which leaves people feeling empty, disconnected and hopeless.
For the last 20 years, I have been a student of Yogic Psychology, Hermetic Sciences, mythology and eastern/western wisdom traditions and in 2021, post-COVID, I decide to offer retreats and deep dives for those wishing to connect with deeper aspects of their being in a small and personalised environment with a handful of others. Retreats are offered in UK India and Africa, COVID restrictions permitting.
Certified Heart-Based Yoga Meditation Trainer & Mindfulness in Action Coach
Our natural human state is stillness. Combining neuroscience, Mindfulness, Martial Arts and Heart-Based Yoga meditation, I work with people to help them retrain the brain and nervous system to shortcut the stress response, and burnout proof their nervous system for greater peace, centredness, courage and resilience.
