The Experts

Helen Holan

Helen Holan

Leadership, career and team coach since 2008

Helen has been delivering transformative career coaching, leadership coaching, team coaching and workshop facilitation since 2008.  She facilitates insights that change careers, people and organisations for the better.

Driven by curiosity and values of growth and contribution, Helen asks perceptive questions to spark understanding and encourages clients to stretch themselves to gain the results they desire.  With her pragmatic approach clients are supported to develop practical action plans and inspired and challenged to own their actions.

Helen’s approach delivers measurable results.

Prior to her coaching career, Helen consulted for PwC and PKF and gained broad commercial experience.

Helen is personable, professional and perceptive with high standards of quality and ethics. She delights in helping people own their career and be at their best.

Helen’s coaching is an investment in growth for both individuals and organisations.

Some of the organisations who have experienced the benefits of coaching with Helen include ING, Public Sector Commission Western Australia, Pilbara Ports, BHP, NOPTA, Murdoch University, Main Roads, Coates Hire, Kinetic IT, Thyssenkrupp, Cargill, RSM, NERA, Forrest Accountants, Water Corporation, Department of Finance, JV Engineering, Makmax and Virgin Australia.

Professional Memberships:

  • Professional Member – International Coach Federation
  • Professional Member – Australian Human Resources Institute
  • Professional Member – Career Development Association of Australia

Accreditations:

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation
  • Certified Global Leadership Coach & Global Team Coach
  • Integral Leadership Management Profile 360
  • Global Leadership Assessment 360
  • Language and Behaviour Profile Practitioner
  • MBTI Step I & Step II Practitioner
  • iWAM (Inventory for Work Attitude & Motivation) Practitioner
  • NLP Practitioner
  • Chartered Accountant with CA ANZ (2003 – 2013)
  • Accredited Mental Health First Aider
  • Qualified administrator of a range of psychometric and aptitude assessment tools

Qualifications:

  • Masters Business Psychology (current studies – due for completion 2025)
  • Certificate IV Coaching
  • BSc (Hons) Economics & Accounting

Recent media coverage:

AIM WA – Online Networking: How to Improve your Virtual Handshake

Perth Now – Setting New Year’s Resolutions

ABC – Want a career change but don’t know where to start?

ABC -The fine line between being friendly and friends with your boss

ABC – How to tell good career advice from bad

The West Australian – Jobseekers urged to avoid social media trap

Kendal Drew

Kendal Drew

Leadership, Career and Team Coach since 2012

Kendal knows the courage it takes to change your career. She has over 30 years’ experience across a range of industries including the Defence Force, Mining, Education and Not for Profit sectors.

Kendal is passionate about increasing occupational wellness within organisations via career management, leadership coaching programs, training and workshops to increase engagement, productivity and joy in the workplace. Over the past eleven years, Kendal has delivered career counselling, executive, change and transition coaching to individuals and workshops to groups across blue chip organisations and SME’s.

Kendal’s approach is a combination of enthusiasm, compassion and pragmatism to collaborate with individuals as they work through their present-day challenges to increase their contribution and move forward with confidence and composure. She partners with her clients to analyse their challenges and goals; assisting them to construct a clear vision, create actions to help increase their performance, achieve growth and strengthen career satisfaction. Witnessing the successful transformation of clients in taking ownership and authoring their career success is the ultimate reward of her work.

Kendal holds a BSocServ (with Distinction) and a GradCert Career Development and a GradCert Positive Psychology. Kendal is a Registered CICA Practitioner, Professional Member of the CDAA, APCDA and a Member of the ICF. Kendal is a qualified administrator of a range of psychometric assessment tools and a Points of You® Certified Expert.

Kendal is a board member of the Rockingham Montessori School, a past general member on the board of Tiny Sparks WA and Baldivis Secondary College, and is active a number of local government and professional association committees focusing on increasing engagement in education and training.

Read Kendal’s My Future blog articles: Alternative Pathways to Higher Education & What is a Leader

Read Kendal’s Tiny Sparks WA blog: Back to (Paid) Work

Recent media coverage:

CareerWise – Allies as a critical success factor in advancing women in leadership

Business News (pages 26 and 36)

YMCAWA – What career is right for you?

My Future – What is a leader?

CareerWise – Leveraging values-based storytelling in job application processes