Meaveen Sullivan
Background
Meaveen is a credentialed executive leadership coach and facilitator with more than 20 years' experience across a wide range of industry sectors including education, state and federal government, healthcare, professional services, not-for-profit and FMCG. She holds a master's degree in Coaching Psychology and is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with 1,000+ coaching hours completed to date. An engaging and dynamic professional, Meaveen is confident partnering with clients at all corporate levels, from emerging leaders to C-suite, to drive positive, sustainable change.
Coaching philosophy
Meaveen partners with clients to unlock leadership potential: developing vision, clarity and purpose, identifying key challenges and surfacing next-level solutions. Her experience and empathetic approach ensure a psychologically safe environment that fosters vulnerability, curiosity and innovation.
With a passion for evidence-based best practice, her work draws on tried-and-tested research underpinning sustainable change and leadership effectiveness, with a focus on leveraging strengths, reflective practice, values-aligned work/life integration, supporting organisational wellbeing and building quality relationships. Clients are empowered to embrace new paradigms and develop the mindset, resilience and leadership skills to help them and their people thrive.
Professional snapshot
Areas of expertise
- Development of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation (self and others), empathy and interpersonal skills, resulting in enhanced quality of relationships, strategic focus and overall leadership effectiveness
- Guiding clients to identify and leverage strengths and shared personal, team and organisational values, thereby boosting intrinsic motivation and sustainable high performance
- Supporting conscious and deliberate reflection on experiences to cultivate mental adaptability and perspective-taking capacity, equipping leaders to skilfully navigate complexity, ambiguity and systemic challenges
- Partnering with executives to actively foster autonomy, competence and a sense of belonging across the organisation, creating the optimal environment for growth and peak performance
Qualifications and accreditations
- Master of Applied Science (Coaching Psychology)
- ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
- Master of Business Administration Units (Leadership; Leading People and Change)
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology; English Literature; French)
- Hogan 360 and Strengths Profile Accreditations
- Mental Health First Aid Accreditation
- Member of the Sydney University Coaching and Mentoring Association (USCMA)
Group and Team coaching
- Group coaching experience with senior medical leaders in leadership coaching programs (groups of <20 participants)
- Online group coaching as a component of federal government wellbeing programs (groups of up to 20 participants)
- 25+ years’ experience of group facilitation and training with groups of 15-20 participants
Success stories
- Coached a C-suite executive to positively impact a stagnant board culture and negotiate portfolio autonomy, enabling strategic focus on her areas of strength, with the resulting success of targeted change initiatives
- Supported a senior medical leader to reduce siloing between departments in the organisation and foster a more collaborative, inclusive culture, leading to better cooperation between departments, improved patient outcomes and enhanced clinician wellbeing
- Coached an SES Band 1 leader to effectively transition to a Band 2 role, with a focus on developing leadership presence, influencing capabilities and industry visibility