ExecPath Navigator began in 2017 when our founder, Renata Voss, left a 15-year career in corporate strategy to focus on the problem she kept seeing from the inside: talented leaders who were technically brilliant but struggling with the human side of their roles.
She had watched three CEOs in succession at her former employer burn out within two years of appointment. Each was smart, experienced, and well-intentioned. None had a structured way to develop their leadership skills once they reached the top. Mentors offered advice, but advice without accountability fades fast.
Renata trained as a coach through the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership in Sydney, earned her ICF PCC credential, and started taking clients in Perth. The first year was small: six clients, all referrals from her professional network. By the end of year two, demand had grown enough to bring on a second coach. Today we are a team of four, and we have worked with over 180 leaders across mining, professional services, healthcare, technology, and government.
We are still based in East Declanstead, Western Australia. The practice is deliberately small. We do not want to scale to fifty coaches and lose the quality of the work. Each of us carries no more than eight active clients at a time, which means you get a coach who is fully present and not stretched thin.
Four principles that shape every engagement we take on.
We do not do motivational speeches. Every session produces something concrete: a decision framework, a communication script, a weekly planning template. If you cannot point to a tangible output from a session, we have not done our job.
What you say in a session stays in that session. When an organisation sponsors the coaching, we agree upfront on what (if anything) gets reported back, and you approve the exact wording before it is shared. We have turned down engagements where the sponsor wanted full access to session notes.
We use 360-degree feedback surveys, self-assessment scores, and behavioural tracking to measure progress. "I feel better" is nice, but "my direct reports rated my feedback clarity at 4.2 out of 5, up from 2.8 at intake" is useful. We want both, but we insist on the second.
Our programs run 8 to 16 sessions. We are not interested in creating dependency. The goal is to build habits and frameworks you can use independently. The three-month follow-up session exists to confirm that the changes have stuck, not to sell you another package.
Four coaches, each with a distinct background and area of depth.
Founder and lead coach
ICF PCC, Master of Organisational Psychology (Macquarie). 1,200+ hours of coaching. Former head of strategy at a national infrastructure company. Specialises in CEO and C-suite coaching, particularly for leaders in their first 18 months in role.
Senior coach
ICF PCC, MBA (UWA). 20 years in mining operations before transitioning to coaching. Works primarily with technical leaders moving into general management. Known for his direct, no-nonsense style and deep understanding of resource-sector culture.
Coach and facilitator
ICF ACC (working toward PCC), Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Curtin). Background in organisational development at two ASX-200 companies. Leads our team workshops and designs the pre-session interview protocols. Strong focus on communication and stakeholder management.
Coach
ICF PCC, Master of Business Psychology (Deakin). Eight years coaching experience across healthcare, education, and professional services. Specialises in the communication intensive program and in coaching leaders who manage large, distributed teams.
A snapshot of our coaching practice since 2017.
These figures come from our internal tracking system. Every client completes a post-engagement survey, and we run an annual review of goal attainment rates. We are happy to share the methodology with prospective clients during the consultation call.
All coaches hold International Coaching Federation credentials at PCC or ACC level.
Member of the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), Australia.
Professional indemnity insurance held through a major Australian insurer, covering all coaching engagements.