Our Impact
Client Testimonial
– ANZ
Exec Ascend drew on a combination of diagnostic tools and frameworks, strategic thinking and a deep understanding of leadership and team dynamics to deliver a program that brought out the individual and collective strengths of our team. Lisa intuitively understands what drives leadership behaviour and how to bring the best out of our people. She supports the team to take risks to deepen trust, alignment and team accountability to drive high performance and execution. Lisa is adaptable in her approach and enjoys co-creating and embedding leadership focus areas using clear metrics and evaluation.
Gerard Florian, Chief Technology Officer
ANZ, 2022
I have had the pleasure of working with Exec Ascend and Lisa in a few capacities. Firstly participating in an extensive leadership development program with the ANZ Tech Executive that Lisa delivered. This resulted in Lisa delivering a Security Domain leadership development program with my Leadership team involving group workshops and 1 in 1 coaching for my team.
Lisa brings a deep understanding of ANZ, technology and our operating model to best deliver meaningful and impactful leadership development. I have seen my team elevate as a result of these programs.
Lynwen Connick, Chief Security Officer
ANZ, 2023
I have really benefitted from working with Lisa as executive coach over the last 18 months. She has helped me to re-frame, identify and act on development opportunities, including really challenging me on strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement. Lisa’s open style makes her a pleasure to deal with and she creates a great environment for self-development. I have highly valued her counsel and guidance.
Isaac Rankin, Managing Director, Commercial & Private Banking
ANZ, 2023
My senior manager has obtained genuine practical value from working with Lisa and I can see him adding more strategic value to our business. Her highly-engaged, collaborative approach has really paid dividends.
Paul Richards, Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure – Australia | Corporate Finance, Institutional
ANZ, 2022
We partnered with Exec Ascend to deliver a leadership development program for the ANZ payments leadership team. Lisa was great to work with and understand our bold aspiration and differentiated needs. Following the delivery of interview based 360 feedback and broader diagnostics, Lisa facilitated a series of team workshops including visioning and linking strategy with leadership priority behaviours. One year on we still use the outputs of this work and has resulted in individual and leadership team capability uplifts!
Lee Ross, Head of Technology Payments
ANZ, 2022
Lisa was a great coach and mentor. The 360 degree feedback approached help to identify and focus on areas to improve. With Lisa’s help, we developed strategies and concrete actions to grow to become a better leader and manager.
David Pike, Head of Strategic Architecture – Architecture & Engineering, Group Technology
ANZ, 2022