Professional Profile:

Lisa Baker is has a long-standing reputation for results-oriented coaching and consulting across diverse sectors including financial services, government, higher education, health, research, telecommunications, IT, not-for-profit, and professional services. She’s been coaching executives for more than 25 years and brings deep experience in performance development and management, succession planning, and building high-performing, diverse, and inclusive cultures.

Key Executive Coaching Expertise:

• Coaches chairs and boards to stabilize governance, align on values/strategy, and manage performance and accountability in volatile stakeholder environments
• Supports technically brilliant leaders to improve self-awareness, emotion management, communication style, and stakeholder navigation on the path to partnership
• Coaches senior leaders transitioning across cultures/languages to rebuild trust, delegate effectively, and strengthen perceptions of leadership
• Builds people-and-culture frameworks with executive teams and boards
• Delivers women’s leadership programs that build confidence and capability across sectors

Education and Credentials:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Coach Mentor, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Master of Social Science, RMIT University
• Postgraduate Diplomas: Career Counselling, RMIT; Business, Deakin University; Workplace and Business Coaching, University of Queensland; Coaching Supervision, Coaching Supervision Academy, UK
• Certifications: Workplace Assessment and Training, Holmesglen TAFE; Birkman; Leadership Circle 360; Hogan; GENOS EI; HBDI; MBTI I & II; OCAI; Career/Life Values

Coaching Approach:

Lisa believes change is at the heart of coaching and gains satisfaction from seeing leaders engage, experiment, and flourish. She blends care, empathy, humor, and pragmatism to help clients embrace change, leverage strengths, and achieve high-quality outcomes for themselves and their organizations.