About us
Awakening Inner Power.
Book a conversationExceptional coaching. Transformative change. Measurable results.
Purpose
Our purpose.
Awakening Inner Power.
We help talented leaders understand what is shaping their behaviour, access their strengths and create a more constructive impact on others.
Vision
Our vision.
To be the world’s most impactful executive coaching organisation.
We measure impact through the strategic goals our clients achieve, the leadership transformations they experience and the positive difference they create for their teams and organisations.
Our values
Compassionate enough to understand. Courageous enough to challenge.
Meaningful growth takes both trust and challenge. We bring compassion to understand each leader’s experience, and courage to explore what needs to change.
Compassionate
We create the trust and psychological safety needed for honest reflection and meaningful development.
Courageous
We address difficult realities, challenge limiting assumptions and support leaders to take responsibility for their impact.
Our directors
Global reach. Local expertise. One coherent approach.
Sarah Friis
Director, Key Talent Coaching NZ
Sarah brings more than 25 years of experience in executive coaching, leadership development, organisational culture and high-performing teams. With a psychology background and extensive experience working with senior leaders and executive teams, she combines psychological insight with practical, commercially focused leadership development.
Based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Client experience
Your leadership. Your own way.
“Sarah works with you to help you get the best out of you and your thoughts and ideas with great questions, not looking to mold you to a ‘stereotype’ of a CEO.”
Qualifications and accreditations
- MA (Hons) in Psychology
- Member, New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS)
- Trained Teacher in Mindful Self-Compassion – Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, UC San Diego School of Medicine
- Co-author of The Power of Team
- Accredited: Life Styles Inventory™, Leadership/Impact®, Management/Impact®, Group Styles Inventory™ and Organizational Culture Inventory® (Human Synergistics)
Megan Davies
Director, Key Talent Coaching UK
Megan brings more than 25 years of experience in executive coaching, strategic People and Culture leadership, leadership development and executive-team effectiveness. With a background in psychology and education, she combines organisational insight with commercial understanding to help senior leaders lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
Based in Wales, United Kingdom.
Client experience
Supported to reflect. Challenged to grow.
“Megan is a natural coach, who put me at ease during our sessions so I could be truly vulnerable. She has an amazing ability to both be kind and let me know she had my back, but really challenge my thinking.”
Qualifications and accreditations
- Bachelor of Social Science – Double Major in Psychology and Education
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)
- ICF Level 1 Professional Coach
- Level 7 Executive Coaching and Mentoring Certificate – ILM
- Accredited: Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) and ACUMEN® Leadership WorkStyles™ (LWS) – Human Synergistics
- NLP Coaching Practitioner & Certified Psychometrics Practitioner
International delivery
Supporting organisations across regions and time zones.
We coach in person and virtually, working across the time zones our clients operate in. Programmes are led from New Zealand and the United Kingdom, with a single, consistent approach.
Key Talent Coaching NZ
Led by Sarah Friis.
Key Talent Coaching UK
Led by Megan Davies.
Meet the coaching partner for your organisation.
Start with a conversation with Sarah in New Zealand or Megan in the United Kingdom.
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