Executive Coaching

Giving you the skills and tools to thrive in your leadership role.

Having authentic confidence and executive presence is the foundation of everything – especially when it comes to leadership. Under The Professional Effectiveness Framework

At Jim O’Connor Executive Coaching, we help you become the kind of executive who doesn’t just perform but transforms the people and systems around them.

Our coaching is designed for professionals who want to step into greater leadership responsibility while developing the core traits that drive sustainable success. We do this by teaching you the psychology of effectiveness and performance:

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Confidence
  • Communication mastery
  • Executive presence

The Professional Effectiveness Framework

The Professional Effectiveness Framework is a both a tool and a system that helps you easily identify what you need to learn and do to be more effective in your role. It is simple to follow, highly useful and allows you to readily track changes over time.  It is meant to be used in a self-directed, step by step fashion and becomes the basis of your executive coaching program.  As you work through the framework it will help you establish confidence and capability across the five key areas that drive business performance — those areas being, personal, relational, team, leadership, and cultural effectiveness.

This Professional Effectiveness Framework develops the five core pillars of professional success — helping you master your mindset, lead people, build strong teams, and create high-performing cultures. It gives you the psychology, structure, skills and strategies you need to excel in your executive role with confidence.

Personal Effectiveness

You’ll develop the resilience, focus, and emotional regulation needed to remain calm, clear-headed, and strategic under pressure. From mood management to motivation, these are the internal capabilities that elevate your external performance.

Relationship Effectiveness

During our sessions, you will learn to communicate with empathy whilst maintaining integrity, you’ll learn to be assertive without being aggressive, manage conflict, and build trust with diverse personality types. Understanding psychology of human behaviour and group dynamics gives you the ability to undertake complex relationships and influence with integrity and be effective.

Team Effectiveness

Helping you become the kind of leader who unites and inspires. You’ll learn how to foster collaboration, raise morale, and improve systems within your team so that performance becomes not just achievable — but repeatable.

Leader Effectiveness

The focus shifts to vision, influence, and strategic decision-making. This is where you learn to articulate direction, lead change, solve complex problems creatively, and manage competing priorities while maintaining authenticity and authority.

Culture Development

Teaches you how to build and sustain high-performing environments. You’ll understand how to shape organisational values, foster inclusion, and lead with purpose in a way that transforms not only your team but the wider business.

How Our Executive Coaching Sessions Work

We begin with an initial consultation. This is where Jim takes the time to understand not just your role but your personal challenges, career goals, and the context in which you operate.

From there, Jim creates a tailored coaching roadmap based on the Professional Effectiveness Framework. This isn’t off-the-shelf advice. It’s a plan grounded in your needs and designed to help you strengthen core competencies like emotional intelligence, presence, influence, and decision-making.

The sessions themselves are dynamic and interactive. You’ll be introduced to powerful concepts, but more importantly, you’ll learn how to apply them. Through real-world scenarios, feedback, and refinement, you’ll turn insights into habits and habits into results.

And because leadership development is a journey, not a moment, your coaching includes ongoing check-ins and accountability. You’ll be supported long after your sessions are complete.

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This coaching program helps executives build the clarity, presence, and resilience required for high-level leadership by understanding and adopting the psychology, skills and strategies of interpersonal effectiveness. Using the Professional Effectiveness Framework supports your growth across mindset, emotional intelligence, and leadership capability — so you can lead with confidence and create meaningful impact in your role.

  • Over 25 years of experience in executive and leadership coaching
  • Clinical qualifications in psychotherapy and performance psychology
  • Specialist in emotional intelligence, executive presence, and influence
  • Creator of the Optimal Performance Framework
  • Coaching tailored to real-world executive challenges and goals
  • Executives, vice presidents, and senior professionals
  • Emerging leaders stepping into high-responsibility roles
  • Individuals seeking greater confidence, clarity, and presence
  • Professionals focused on long-term career growth and leadership success

Book A Free Consultation

Book your free 20-minute phone consultation with Jim today and discuss how Jim may be able to help you

Become the Executive You Were Destined to Be – Get Started Today

You’ve worked hard to get where you are. But if you’re ready to operate at the next level, then now is the time to take the next step.

Our executive coaching services are here to help you realise your full potential, elevate your performance, and lead with impact. 

Whether you’re preparing for a bigger role, facing a critical challenge, or simply ready to stop second-guessing yourself, we’re ready to guide your next transformation.

Book a consultation with us and discover what’s possible when you lead with presence, purpose, and professional effectiveness.