CEW Executive Coaching

Executive coaching for senior women leaders.

Work one-to-one with an accredited coach who understands the realities of senior leadership. Choose the coach and package that suit the challenge you are facing.

Completely confidential
Accredited coaches
Designed for senior women
Online coaching sessions
CEW coach in a one-to-one coaching conversation
Coaching from $750
20+ years of leadership development
3,000+ Connect Women Alumni
Two accredited executive coaches
Your choice of coach and package
Women executives engaged in group discussion at a CEW program

Why choose executive coaching with CEW?

Our coaches are experienced and accredited practitioners with a shared commitment to quality, ethics and the advancement of women leaders, who understand what it takes to lead at the top.

Selected by CEW
Each coach has ICF or equivalent accreditation and senior leadership experience.
Designed for senior women
Work on the decisions, relationships and leadership demands that matter in your role.
You choose your coach
Compare experience, areas of strength and coaching style before you decide.
Access coaching from anywhere
All sessions are held online, so you can connect with your coach from wherever you're based.

How to get started

Discovery call

Book a complimentary 15-minute discovery call with your chosen coach.

Choose your coaching package

Following your discovery call, select and book your coaching package.

Begin with intention

Set a clear focus before your first confidential session.

Meet the CEW executive coaches

Compare each coach's executive background, areas of strength and coaching style to find the right fit for you.

Sarah Rowley, CEW executive coach
Sarah Rowley

For over 25 years, Sarah has worked with more than 800 clients from leading ASX organisations, bringing deep expertise, genuine warmth, and a rigorous evidence-based approach to every engagement. Her experience spans retail, pharmaceuticals, technology, and not-for-profit, enabling her to connect individual coaching with broader organisational outcomes. Sarah has led Chief Executive Women (CEW) as CEO and continues to run its Leadership Development Practice, designing and delivering flagship programs for executive and C-suite women leaders.

Holding a Masters Degree in Relationship Therapy, as well as membership with leading professional associations across Australia and the United Kingdom, Sarah creates space where executives can rethink, reframe, and reconnect with their own thoughts, ideas, hopes, and aspirations.

IECL Gallup LSI Human Synergistics CBT Australia Wellness Coaching Australia Gottman Institute Time to Think Ltd ACA BACP UKCP
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Clea Newson, CEW executive coach
Clea Newson

Clea brings 20 years' experience at the intersection of people, culture, and organisational transformation. She partners with leaders, teams, and organisations to design and deliver programs that create lasting impact. Having worked across the technology, professional services, government, logistics, communications, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally, Clea brings both breadth of perspective and a practical, human-centred approach to her coaching.

Drawing on positive psychology, Gallup CliftonStrengths and DEI expertise, Clea helps individuals discover what makes them exceptional, harness their natural talents, and lead with greater authenticity, inclusion, confidence, and influence. With a sophisticated understanding of the challenges leaders navigate, Clea creates meaningful behavioural change that endures over time, enabling executives to genuinely thrive.

ICF Gallup GPCA Coaching Certification Positive Psychology Strengths-based coaching Bachelor of English and Journalism
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Executive coaching packages and pricing

All coaching is one-to-one and confidential. Sessions are 60 minutes. Every package type includes goal setting and reflective summaries. Coaching sessions are held online.

1 Session
Focused session

For one immediate decision, important conversation or leadership challenge.

Standard $750
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3 Sessions
Leadership acceleration

For a specific transition, goal or leadership capability.

Standard $2,100
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6 Sessions
Sustained leadership

For deeper, sustained development across changing leadership demands.

Standard $4,250
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Prices are shown in Australian dollars. Program and coaching discounts are not cumulative.

Executive coaching FAQs

Executive coaching is a confidential, one-to-one partnership that helps a senior leader work through a specific challenge, transition or development goal. Your coach asks questions, tests your thinking and helps you decide what to do next.
CEW executive coaching is designed for senior women leaders across sectors, including Connect Women.
Packages start at $750 for one 60-minute session. Three, six and twelve-session packages are also available, with prices shown above.
Choose one session for an immediate decision or conversation. Three or six sessions suit a defined transition or development goal. Twelve sessions provide longer-term support through a C-suite transition or complex change. We can help you decide.
Yes. Conversations between you and your coach are confidential. Your enquiry is also treated confidentially by CEW.
Compare each coach's executive experience, coaching style and areas of strength. If you are unsure, book a discovery call with our coach to connect with them directly. Book a discovery call.
At the time of booking a coaching session, our Accounts Team will issue an invoice which is payable prior to your scheduled session. You can also pay by credit card once you receive your invoice.

Should you or your coach cancel a scheduled coaching session within the timeframe outlined in the Cancellation Policy, next steps will be arranged in line with our terms and conditions.
Yes, if you complete your discovery call and would like to meet with another coach, you are welcome to do so. Discovery calls are an opportunity to connect with a coach prior to booking ongoing sessions to ensure the perfect fit for your goals.
No, all coaching sessions are held online, so you can connect with your coach from wherever you're based.

Book your discovery call

Connect with your chosen Coach for a 15 minute complimentary discovery call

✓ Takes around two minutes
✓ No payment required to enquire
✓ Your information is treated confidentially

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. CEW celebrates the diversity of First Nations people and their continuing connection to land, water, and community, and acknowledges the strength of First Nations women leading their communities. We extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are part of the CEW community.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.