"Working with Lesley as our coach was an absolute pleasure. On a personal level, Lesley’s mentorship has helped us to implement greater self discipline, improve our self confidence and shifted our mindset to one of success and gratitude. This has enabled both of us to let go of negative self beliefs, regain our creative passions and realign our focus so that we are now able to move forward towards our goals as a team. From a professional perspective we are now more organised, have gained clarity around our business messaging, and our presenting and networking skills have improved immensely. As a coach, Lesley is a great presenter herself and extremely knowledgeable in communication and business, but she is also professional, patient and engaging. We both highly recommend working with Lesley if you are looking to develop more confidence in yourself and your business."
Michelle Crowe
Director at Lift Promo
"What I found in Lesley exceeded all expectations. Professional, inspiring, respectful and empathetic were a few of the attributes I was looking for when considering the vast leap to taking on a life coach. Challenging, motivational, transparent, with a no-nonsense attitude to round out an impressive skill set, Lesley provided me with tools and resources to remove self-imposed roadblocks, flip the narrative, and face life with renewed purpose. In a relatively short period following our work together, I successfully negotiated a work promotion. Imposter Syndrome is becoming a thing of the past. Grateful and privileged to have participated in a holistic life-changing few days. Lesley personifies the healthy self-reflection, decision making, and hard work it takes to reach your individual goals. I now continue to follow Lesley's journey as a reminder of what can be achieved if you decide to change and the importance of the follow-through."
Cathryn Jackson
"Lesley, through RPS Consultants, was commissioned by Regional Development Australia Tropical North Inc to provide guidance, advice and consultancy services to the development of the Far North Queensland Recycling Industry feasibility study and business case. Lesley is very knowledgeable in the resource recovery, waste management and recycling industry. Having operated her own plastics re-manufacturing business she is well positioned to 'ground truth' the application of government policies and also, understands the nuances of establishing businesses operating in the circular economy.
Lesley was an invaluable member of the project team - always displaying professionalism, flexibility and working through solutions in a collaborative manner. Her contributions shaped both the feasibility study and business case in a positive manner, ensuring that marketplace gaps and strengths were successfully captured to enable better CAPEX and OPEX calculations.
As a contract consultant, Lesley brought a vital and insightful connection to the resource recovery and recycling industry. Her communication skills are impeccable. I thoroughly recommend Lesley for any contract work involving complex issues in a highly regulated environment."
Sonja Jonson
CEO – Regional Development Australia Tropical North Inc
"Lesley facilitated a ‘Stand Tall’ professional development at our workplace, and it was truly uplifting, thought provoking and gave some great real life examples and scenarios. It is great to be in a room with someone who speaks from the heart, has real passion, works tirelessly as a regional leader and who empowers others. A great workshop which we will do again with a larger group of staff. This introductory will definitely lead is into some full day workshops with Lesley which will give us further time to really unpack our true value and goals."
Joanna Pinchbeck
"We engaged Lesley as a management coach in Cairns following a restructure and fresh management team, knowing that there would be value in a coach assisting us with grounding the new team. COVID challenges within the business were also fatiguing and to improve resilience we sought to build on the efficiency of management and streamline certain tasks. By including Lesley in the restructuring plan it expanded our capacity to deal with personal growth of management whilst internally we focused on the more technical and commercial aspects to be developed. Lesley was easy going and understood the brief. She certainly met our expectations and allowed us to focus on our core business and growth. I highly recommend Lesley."
Daniel Hughes
CEO AJ Hackett International/Skypark
"Lesley Van Staveren is an amazing coach. She is herself a wonderful presenter and speaks passionately and from the heart. Her public speaking training helped immensely with my preparation for TEDx. Her assistance helped to make my presentation much more engaging and her tips on learning the content and on delivery made me feel much more prepared and confident in this process."
Sophie Barrett
"I have had the privilege to attend twice Lesley's course Find your Voice - Master Your Message. I appreciate the guidance Lesley provided to me and the other attendees of the course to find our confidence to speak from our heart and not follow a set script when presenting to our clients and at seminars and functions.
Lesley has a way to nurture each individual to find their unique message and style to present. She helps calm the nerves and help us grow in confidence to take on new challenges and grow as a presenter and speaker. I highly recommend Lesley as a speaker and mentor to help develop your own skills or your teams."
Rita Zappulla