Unit Director, Public Hospital, Melbourne
How a senior clinician prepared for a leadership interview, stepped into a unit director role, and gained clarity about her leadership path.
I contacted you for help with the interview preparation. I came away with why I even wanted the job. It was incredibly valuable.
This client applied for a promotion from a senior clinical role into a unit director position. While technically capable, the move into a more corporate leadership environment felt unfamiliar and intimidating.
She wanted interview preparation, and if successful, support to step confidently into a leadership role with significantly broader responsibility.
One-to-one executive coaching focused on interview preparation, leadership readiness, and role transition.
She wanted an external coach she could speak with candidly, particularly given a colleague had also applied for the role. Someone experienced, well-qualified, and focused on helping her make the most of her existing strengths rather than trying to change her.
If you’re preparing for a senior leadership interview or transition, you may want to explore my executive coaching work.
She was appointed to the unit director role.
More importantly, she gained clarity about why she wanted the position and what kind of leader she wanted to be. Before working together, she struggled to articulate her motivations and confidence in stepping into the role.
As she put it, everything now feels radically different, but also exactly the same.
