Lena Coates

I Have Corporate / Coaching Experience And I Am Professionally Trained Using Coaching Methodologies Accredited By The ICF The Premier Body In Professional Coaching.

Lena Coates is one of Australia’s leading financial services career coaching specialists, mega Benefit from someone who has “walked the talk” She’ll take you on a journey to reach your true career potential and be happy.

“Just be yourself, there is no-one better! ”

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Lena Coates

is recognised as one of Australia’s leading coaching and executive search experts in the financial services industry. She is a unique professional who has “walked the talk”.

She has the corporate executive background, coaching experience, is qualified using methodologies accredited by the ICF, the premier body in professional coaching and bound by their Ethics. 

Who is Lena Coates

Lena is unique in the world of coaching due to the diversity of her professional background. Employed in leadership roles, she has the corporate experience via national and international firms. Lena also has over 25 years practice in executive search, coaching, mentoring. Educationally Lena is tertiary qualified in Business, is a Certified Professional Coach in Transformative Coaching accredited through the Coach Masters Academy and the ICF (International Coaching Federation). The ICF is the recognised premier international body for professional coaches. Lena is a ICAE qualified Personal Trainer and combines the philosophies of mental and physical well-being into her methodologies. She knows being mentally fit and physically fit is essential to your overall well-being and performance.

Lena’s Story

Lena’s ancestors are from Stromboli a little-known island of Italy. Lena grew up in a traditional Italian family where she lived together with her parents, siblings, grandparents, and uncles. It was a dual language family where she learnt to speak Italian and respect others. After finishing High School, she asked her father about going to RMIT University to study Business. Being an Italian father, he was strict in his views but all in favour of obtaining an education so, he approved, and Lena then spent two years obtaining a business qualification.

She then went onto have a successful corporate, recruitment and executive search career. Her experience includes working for leading businesses Sportscraft Group of Companies, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) PB Oil, Financial Recruitment Group and Finance Executive Women (FEW). Lena was a senior executive with FEW a business focused on the positive progression of women through coaching and mentoring. 

In 2018 she founded Lena Coates & Associates, her own career coaching, outplacement, and executive search business.

Lena is Vice-President of the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria and prior Committee Member of Cabrini Italians of Melbourne. She actively contributes to philanthropic and charitable works. She also provides “pro-bono” career guidance to those in less fortunate circumstances.

Lena’s Purpose

 

From feedback and research, she has completed Lena knows that individual career and outplacement coaching is the most effective way to deliver career results. Her deliberate aim is to encourage clients to “think outside the square” to realise opportunities they thought unachievable. 

 

Lena’s aim is to make a difference to the coaching profession by providing thought provoking career pathways that allow clients to realise their full potential and resolve career concerns. 

 

As a niche, bespoke executive search firm, Lena offers full consultancy at an agreed flat fee, without compromising any of the process, standards, or due diligence.

Services Offered

Services Offered

Lena has a high profile in the coaching recruitment and executive search industry. Having a successful career with some of Australia’s most prominent international businesses and part of two start-ups. Lena knows what she excels at -coaching and mentoring.

In 2018 she took the brave step to create her own career coaching search business. She has worked for companies big and small so she knows about culture, how it feels to get retrenched, being overlooked, uncertainty about career direction and the impact it can have on your career and well-being. She is passionate to help others achieve their potential, through her experiences.

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Success Story

Lena Coates

Lena’s heritage is from Stromboli a little-known island of Italy. Lena grew up in a traditional Italian family where she lived together with her parents, siblings, grandparents, and uncles. It was a dual language family where she learnt to speak Italian and respect others. After finishing High School, she asked her father about going to RMIT University to study Business. Being an Italian father, he was strict in his views but all in favour of obtaining an education so, he approved, and Lena then spent two years obtaining a business qualification.

She then went onto have a successful corporate, recruitment and executive search career. Her career experience includes working for leading businesses Sportscraft Group of Companies, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) PB Oil, Financial Recruitment Group and Finance Executive Women (FEW).

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