Develop the women in your leadership pipeline - before you lose them.
Strengths-based coaching that turns your high-potential women into confident leaders — in six months, without another workshop that fades by Monday.
The problem you already know
You can probably picture her already. She's capable, trusted, and carrying a lot — the person everyone relies on. But she's still operating as the doer rather than the leader she could be, and she's quietly becoming a bottleneck: for her team, for succession, and for her own next step.
For every 100 men promoted into their first management role, only 81 women make the same step — the “broken rung” that McKinsey and LeanIn have documented for a decade. And the standard fix, a workshop or a course, rarely holds: the research on learning transfer is blunt about how quickly training fades once people are back at their desks.
The problem usually isn't that she needs to know more. It's that nothing happens between the learning and the doing. That gap is exactly where this work lives.
The ALIGN Method
Every engagement runs on the ALIGN Method™ — a strengths-based process that starts with who she already is (Gallup CliftonStrengths®), builds deep self-awareness, and then does the unglamorous work most programmes skip: integration. Reflection between sessions, commitments she's held to, and habits that survive contact with a demanding role.
It moves from the inner work — Awaken Awareness, Look Within — to the outer shift your organisation actually needs: Grow Others, the move from doing everything herself to developing the people around her.
Two ways to sponsor a leader
Lead From Strength — the cohort
A six-month online cohort for women stepping into or growing in leadership. One 90-minute group session a month, a weekly accountability partner, two private coaching calls, and a CliftonStrengths foundation — around an hour a week, designed to fit a demanding role rather than compete with it.
Founding cohort investment: NZD $2,800 per seat. Founding sponsors get the founding rate in exchange for honest feedback and a testimonial — the programme experience itself is complete and professional.
The 12-month 1:1 partnership
For a senior leader, or a woman whose next step deserves individual attention: a year of one-to-one coaching, a full strengths assessment and debrief, and a written reflection journal after every session. Investment: NZD $5,000.
Not sure which fits? That's what the 20-minute conversation is for — no pitch, just an honest look at what she needs.
What your organisation gets
• A visible, credible investment in a high-potential woman — the kind that shows up in engagement and retention conversations.
• A leader who delegates and develops instead of absorbing everything — easing a bottleneck you can name today.
• Progress you can see. Coaching sessions are confidential (ICF ethics protect the trust that makes them work), but sponsors receive a clear programme structure, a monthly manager-conversation guide so her manager stays connected to the growth, and a development focus you'll recognise in how she shows up.
• A partner who understands the AU/NZ context — including the gender-balance and succession goals your board is already asking about.
About your coach
Jodi Peeters is an ICF ACC-accredited coach and Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths® Coach, based in Tauranga and working online across NZ and Australia. Her approach is warm, direct and research-grounded — less about adding to what your leader knows, more about helping her use it well.
Ready to explore it for someone on your team?
Book a 20-minute conversation — bring the person you have in mind, and leave with a clear recommendation and a one-page business case you can take to your leadership team.
Frequently asked questions
What is strengths-based leadership development?
It helps a leader grow from what she already does well rather than fixing weaknesses. At Equip 2 Excel it starts with a Gallup CliftonStrengths profile, then builds self-awareness and applies it to her real work through the ALIGN Method.
How do you help organisations develop and retain women leaders?
We coach emerging and senior women leaders through a structured, strengths-based process sponsored by the employer, applied to the leader’s real role, with a monthly manager conversation that keeps progress visible.
How much does leadership coaching cost in New Zealand?
The Lead From Strength founding-cohort rate is NZD $2,800 per seat and the 12-month one-to-one executive coaching partnership is NZD $5,000. A 20-minute conversation is free.
Is coaching delivered online across New Zealand and Australia?
Yes, coaching is delivered online across NZ and Australia, with local in-person sessions in Tauranga by arrangement.
What is the ALIGN Method?
The ALIGN Method is Equip 2 Excel’s strengths-based coaching process, moving a leader from inner work such as Awaken Awareness and Look Within to the outer shift of Grow Others.